B-Shock! 42

=== Chapter 42, B-FILE ===
<br>Range: Pages 21-34


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@T: Chapter 42: B-FILE

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WB: Fall
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WB@R: Its been a month since Natsume and Miyoko left Toaru College
Small text: Thank you everybody
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WB: A replacement assistant has still not been found.

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WB@TR: Arata and Hatsune are being made to pick up the slack
Kafka: (Once you are done sorting those documents I'll need you to check the lab equipment and order any spare parts needed )
BOX: Quality Mikan's
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SFX @R: gurururu -- growling sound
SFX @L: kyurururu -- rumbling sound
Arata: (It's already 3pm)
Hatsune: (We haven't even had lunch yet... )
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Kafka: (Fine. Be back in 10 minutes )
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Arata: (...Dammit )
Arata: ( He's working us day and night... )

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Arata: ( And unlike an assistant we're not even getting paid for it )
Hatsune: ( There's no way! I'm not going to be able to eat all this in 10 minutes )
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Arata: ( Who cares, lets take our time )
Guy1: ( Hey, it's Arata )
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Guy1: ( Long time no see! )
Guy2: ( I thought you had quit school! )
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Arata: ( Yeah right, I've been holed up in that lab the whole time )
Guy's: ( Hmmmm )
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Guy2: ( The Kafka seminar is famous for the fact that everone quits it within a semeter )
Guy1: ( Yeah, but it seems like Arata is fitting right in )

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Arata: ( <bold,angry> I do NOT fit in there, ASSHOLES! )
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Arata: ( This is such bullshit! We're basically prisoners!? )
Arata: ( I will not be labeled as one of <italic>them</italic> )
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Hatsune: ( ....Well, aside from the professor, they aren't that bad right? )
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Hatsune: ( And they all know about the B-SHOCK, so we can relax around them... )
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SFX: pita -- sudden stop
Arata: ( ... wait just a second... )
Hatsune: (hm?)

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Arata: ( The fact that they <italic>DO</italic> know about the B-SHOCK's )
Arata: ( and are completely okay with it is normal to you? )
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SFX: chi chi chi chi -- thinking
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SFX: ha -- realization
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Hatsune: ( Come to think of it even Natsume didn't seem to have any problem with the B-SHOCK situation at all.....! )
Arata: (Thats right.....
You were so caught up with Natsume and yet you still didn't notice )
Arata: ( You gotten acclimated to that environment where abnormal things are accepted as normal.. )

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SFX: gaaan -- stark realization
Arata: ( The professor is not our only enemy... )
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Arata: Him
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Arata: And Him
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Arata: And Him
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Arata: ( The fact is you can't let your guard down with any of them )
Mishima: (Ah)
Mishima: ( Nitta-kun, Nogi-san)
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SFX: girori -- wicked stare
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Mishima: ( Um, here you go )
SFX: chari -- jingle

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Mishima: ( The professor says that a floppy is missing, and he wants you to find it by tonight )
Mishima: ( <small>The file number is 95D-YO2 )
Arata: ( What's with this key? )
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Mishima: ( He said it should be somewhere in the central storage room )
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Arata: ( That room... )
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Hatsune: ( It's always locked, so we can't normally get in... )

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Arata: ( Somewhere in this room )
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Hatsune: ( Its definitely )
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Both: ( Somewhere in here! )

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Hatsune: ( <bold>Ah...! )
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Arata: ( You found it!? )
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Hatsune: ( File number U&#12539;SO800 ... )
Hatsune: ( "B-SHOCK" .......! )

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Mishima: ( Professor )
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Mishima: ( I haven't seen Nitta-kun or Nogi-san around today )
Mishima: ( Maybe they couldn't find the disc you wanted so they're hiding out somewhere )
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Kafka: ( No )
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Kafka: ( They found what they were looking for )

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Hatsune: ( That's enough... )
Hatsune: ( I can't do any more )
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Arata: ( Hang in there.... Just a little bit more to go.... <small> I think)
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SFX @R: gurun gurun -- going around in circles
SFX @L: bun bun -- swinging in air
Hatsune: (Is doing this really going to make the B-SHOCK's come off....!? )
Arata: ( .... That's what it said in the manual )
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@R: If the B-SHOCK is subjected to prolonged centrifugal force, the distance sensor will shut off and the lock mechanism will release.

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SFX: guttari -- limp/worn out
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Arata: ( ... Well, I guess... )
Arata: ( We could try <italic>that</italic> )
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Hatsune: ( ....<italic>that</italic>... )
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SFX: oooooooooooo -- yelling
@B: Also, the same result will occur if it is subjected to prologed zero G conditions.
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Kafka: ( Right about now
they are probably busy wasting their time )