February 7 
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Today I read some 風つよ in between classes; I missed the running boys!! As reluctant as they all are to become running boys haha. There was one part in particular where ハイジ was reciting rules for the 箱根駅伝 and it was just a wall of kanji, terrifying 
I figured it out though!
I also played some more 999 
More puzzle exploration with pauses for conversation; it’s still a lot of fun!
999 details
Not that I’m surprised really, but like every screenshot I took today was of サンタ lmao. Dude really went on some tangents:
Of course they are This was all started by some four-leaf-clover bookmark he found (which is interesting to say the least considering 四葉 exists) and super didn’t like because each of the leaves represents one of those words? And his reason for not liking those words is just so edgy anime boy: they’re all things that can be betrayed which immediately prompted both me and 淳平 to be like “who hurt you???” Then he started making 花言葉 puns:
Ah yes, love leaf words. It was all just so dramatic, this was him getting me to take the bookmark because he didn’t like it:
Like bro calm down it’s a clover I knew I came with this group for a reason haha.
And THEN I ended up on a whole tangent learning about おいちょかぶ because of サンタ of course, he started talking about numbers (guess that shouldn’t be shocking in this game) and 淳平 continued to echo my thoughts exactly:
Something about calling the number four half-assed is really funny Makes way more sense in the context of おいちょかぶ though. How very on brand for サンタ to be like “no me not liking four isn’t because of the whole death thing, it’s just boring” lmao
There was a lot of number talk all around in this section and you know what I don’t think that’s gonna stop, somehow I get the sense that’s a theme
(Also さんた is the term used for three in おいちょかぶ and that’s definitely not a coincidence, he’s just like this)
Anyway サンタ aside, I got some good reading done today! I’m constantly torn between playing 999, reading 風つよ, and reading ラストゲーム, but that’s a pretty good problem to have.
Words!
底力 - hidden reserves of strength, latent energy
考えれば考えるほど - the more I think about it
厄介払い - getting rid of a nuisance (ie. a bookmark)
今日び - nowadays
首謀者 - mastermind, ringleader