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The Ware Wolf Shop has a two item limit per month, even if you have enough Chroma for more. How does anyone decide what to buy? I know I want one orb to get one of my books that Caster asked for, and I know I want to have another orb for some of my coworkers' works... But how am I meant to choose just one? Even if I can get more later, I find it hard to say whether Kyouka's works are a higher priority than Dazai's or Chuuya's or Yosano's or Kunikida's or - well, I could go on. And that's just limiting myself to buying the orbs and limiting what I could summon to books. I could use advice? Or opinions about Japanese literature, if you have those.

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It's still so strange that so many people in my world are writers in your own...

I can imagine Kunikida as a writer, at least. He's always writing in his notebook.

I kind of want to start throwing out names and seeing if you recognize them. Your Kunikida keeps a diary too?

Well, I recognize all of those names at least.

I don't know if he'd call it a diary, but a notebook? He used it with his ability, but he also wrote schedules and his ideals in it.

I've heard a few other names from Yosano-sensei and Dazai. Are your Kyouka and Kouyou really women? Not that I doubt Dazai, but that's a big change.

Ah, yes! Kyouka-chan and I room together back home, at the Agency dorms. We're good friends.

She's only 14, but she's really amazing on the job!

Kouyou-san... I don't really know her that well. She's part of the Mafia.

[And very, very attached to Kyouka, to the point of trying to eliminate Atsushi for his role in convincing her to leave the Mafia. Whoops.]

[Protective teachers gotta protective.]

The Kyouka I know is one of the writers I admire most and one of the people I'm closest to in this life. He's a very loyal student to Kouyou and a diligent worker. He and Kouyou's other student, Tokuda Shuusei, are always getting into arguments, but they do care about each other beneath all the bickering. Kouyou I don't know as well, but he's someone who looks after all of his students fondly, both the loyal and the rebellious ones. He also has a mischevious side, but it mostly comes out around kids like Kenji or Niimi.

If you're dealing with items of equal value, perhaps consider a non-bias method of selection. Or simply reward it by merit within this world.

How can you sort literature by merit without bias? Their value is inherently subjective.

So you two are close as well? That's wonderful! And that does sound like Kyouka-chan... she's always giving her best when it comes to work. As her senior at the Agency, I have to work hard to keep up!

[It really was kind of nice, to know even if there were... other versions of them out there, some things really did stay the same, no matter the differences.]

...I know a Miyazawa Kenji too, actually. He's another member of the Agency. But what do you mean 'this life'?

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...living human beings don't bleed ink, and I know you've seen that.

[With their spars and all.]

Saying I'm a ghost is technically inaccurate to the exact kind of spirit I am? But it's close enough.

Rather than the quality of their works, judge their merit in actions after arrival here in Lunatia. If they've done impressively, they'll be rewarded for their hard work in whatever it is you value.

None of them are here.

[ That's harder. He doesn't know who is or isn't here, but he assumed at least some of them would be, which could give it more value. Hmm. ]

Get a literature compilation set.

[ Does that count as one item since it's a set?? He doesn't know that they're all in the same set though, but if even one or two are then that's a better choice right?? ]

Does that count as one item? It's worth a try...

YOU'RE DEAD?!

I'm sorry!

[apologizing for being dead.]

If it doesn't work, perhaps it will select one at random and it won't be a concern any longer.

That would be another solution, at least for this month.

[Wow they really are way too similar in some ways--]

It's not like you did it on purpose! Or something??

I just thought everyone in your world did that!

[A pause, before--]

The ink thing, not the dead thing!

No, regular people bleed normal blood. It's only spirits who bleed ink. You're certainly going to outlive me, so please don't worry about that! You're much healthier than I was.

It could provide valuable information for others as well.

[ Like if he can get item sets or not. That could be useful for potential lucky items. ]

I'll let you know if it works.

[Ah...

Well. He's probably right.

Considering how hard people have tried to kill him so far.]

I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bring up what's probably a painful subject. I was just so surprised, I didn't think.

I'm sorry! You look very good for being dead!

[....]

Oh - thank you, that's kind of you to say. Really, it isn't such a painful subject that I can't talk about it. I've always known I was going to die young anyway.

It could be used for less well-known sets of literature as well. There are a number of book series like that in more modern times that you're used to.

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