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bakerstreet2016-12-27 06:43 pm
socketeer) wrote in bakerstreet2016-12-27 06:43 pm
( the random scenario meme )
- Post your character, name, and series in the subject. Include any preferences as well.
- Go to RNG and enter 1-7 for a scene type, and 1-20 for a scene to play out.
TYPE OF SCENE.
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!
ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honor → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.
ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.
CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.
FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?
GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.
SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hate sex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knife play, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?
"it's been too long since I tormented Steve and myself with this," I said at 2-something-am
[Naegi starts to turn towards the bathhouse - but he stops. Waits for a moment.] ...Thank you, though, Ikusaba-san. I know that must've been hard for you to say.
[Because she's her sister - Enoshima is her sister, and now that he can finally remember them and the days they'd spent together, it makes him helplessly angry. Knowing the truth about Enoshima makes it obvious why she'd decided to kill off her sister, but...
But even if she didn't do everything right, Ikusaba-san never deserved to be killed by the person she loved the most.]
...That's not a conversation to have out here, though. [He can't think about it right now. Enoshima's cruelty is more than his heart can bear, and breaking down over it now is something he can't afford to do. Not when it would put both of them in danger.] We should hurry.
oh no
[The way to the bathhouse is oddly quiet, but at the same time, it's probably not that odd. Everyone else is probably at breakfast, listening to Ishimaru be Ishimaru, in a few minutes, they'll probably send someone to check for them, but she can use those few minutes to get them in without disturbing the tape. As for Monokuma...perhaps her sister is busy watching her classmates in the cafeteria. Or perhaps she's decided to popcorn whatever's going on here. Either way, there's no sign of everyone's least favorite Headmaster.
Once they're there, Mukuro places herself right near the exit, guarding the entrance, ready to deal with any sort of intrusion. It might look a little silly since she's still made up to look like Junko, but it's not like she has any other choice.]
All right, we're here. We should have a little while to talk before...
[Before she does something though Mukuro isn't entirely sure what kind of consequences Junko would hand out for this except bad ones.]
one day I will stop tagging this in the middle of the night but it is not this day
But Naegi sighs, runs a hand down his face helplessly. Where the heck is he supposed to begin? It's not like he can just drop the bomb that he's from the future, if that's even what's going on here. He's certainly seen some strange things since he first woke up in Hope's Peak, but even that seems like a bit... much.] I... don't even know where to begin. There's so much I need to say, and even if I said any of it, all of it would sound so crazy that I doubt you'd believe me. And our time is so short...
[What if it is, though? What if this really is some kind of time travel or second chance that's been given to him...?
Naegi doesn't know. He doesn't know, but he doesn't have enough time to risk that it isn't.]
I'll try to explain everything else to you... somehow. For now, though, I need to ask you some things even though it won't make any sense to you that I'm asking it. [Naegi takes a shaky breath. If Ikusaba doesn't think he's insane yet, she probably will by the time he's through. But he'll cross that bridge when the time comes.] How long has it been since I and the other students woke up? Is everyone else still alive?
[If he can save anyone... If he can save even Ikusaba...
He'll do it in a heartbeat. Even if he has to risk his life, he'll do it. Naegi refuses to live through this nightmare again.]
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[That's good, right?]
...unless they're not? Junko-chan said she's not going to tell me in advance because I can't act and she says our audience wants real reactions even if my portrayal is disappointingly fake.
[That's probably not so good. And she's not sure why she shared it with Naegi, but if they're being honest, she's going to be honest about it too. Which kind of...turns into a mess because she probably shouldn't talk about her reactions to her classmates dying like that, but there you go.]
Oh, I guess everybody's not okay. She already killed the headmaster. She said we needed an opening that really grabbed the viewer's attention and that a character like that wouldn't have the cute factor Monokuma does.
[...she doesn't get it. But that's okay! It's not her job to get it. That's Junko's job.]
I think right now, they're all going to discuss exploring the school. I heard Ishimaru-kun talking about it while I was getting ready to be fashionably late because that's what I'm supposed to do.
things I missed: this thread
...There's other things to focus on now, though. He might not know what's going on here, but Naegi is still treating this like a second chance, so he needs to focus on the things he can change. They still have time to prevent things. There's no way for him to anticipate just how much might be changed by his actions, but he can't worry about it now; all he can focus on is saving as many people as he can.
And he's going to start with Maizono and Ikusaba. He breathes a little easier. He will save them. No matter what he has to do or give up.] We should still have some time before she releases the motive. There's nothing I can do to directly stop it from happening, but... I can prevent what happens after.
[He won't accept any failure.
Naegi pauses for a moment. He shouldn't say what he wants to. She'll either think that he's crazy or lying. But the words tumble out anyway, soft and without his full consent.] I know you probably won't believe me, but... Your life is in danger. [He can't even look at her as he says it. Doesn't want to see the refusal to accept it that's surely on her face. Naegi stares at his hands, feeling a deep sadness settle over his chest.] You won't believe me if I say whose intending to kill you. But regardless of whether or not I'm successful in preventing the next murder, your life will be in danger the next time Monokuma calls us all to the gym.
ah yes, this thread. It's been a while since I've been upset
But talking to Naegi's giving her nothing but time to think, so when he says her life is in danger, she starts mulling over candidates. Oogami's one. Sure. Probably the most likely to actually kill her if they ever came to blows, but...she can't see a reason why that would happen. Not unless Junko outs her to the rest of the group, but she wouldn't do that...would she?
So next there's Syo. Which is unlikely, but it's still a possibility. But that seems pretty farfetched too. And she's pretty sure the others could try, but wouldn't get very far, so that leaves...]
…
[From the upset look on her face, it's probably clear that she's put two and two together here. She can't say she's surprised. Or that some part of her didn't expect it. She made peace with that fact a long time ago. If she dies, Junko'll be involved. That's how it works. The thing is...she probably hasn't tried to kill Mukuro in a while. She's let her guard down because her sister's been so busy focusing on this whole mutual killing thing that Mukuro wouldn't see it coming or even expect it. She would've walked right into whatever it is, and it's all thanks to Naegi letting her actually take the time to think that she can figure out who it is.]
No, I...I believe you.
[She really does. It's obvious now. She'd kick herself for not seeing it sooner, but she doesn't really do that. Somebody else tends to kick her for being slow on the uptake, no surprise there.]
But I can't...if that's what she's going to do, I can't really stop her from doing it. Nobody can. She's Junko-chan. Everything always goes her way, no matter what.
[There's no point in fighting or trying to change the outcome because she always wins. Always. She can even remove herself from the narrative and still wins. There's just no way to beat someone like that.]
always here to make both of us upset~
"I believe you."
He... hadn't expected that. Something unloosens inside of him, and tension he hadn't been aware of seeps out of his shoulders.]
Iku... saba-san...
[A hot feeling starts behind his eyes, spreads to his cheeks and throat as he listens to Ikusaba talk. Because she knows, he realizes just as she reveals it, she knows that Enoshima is going to be the one to kill her. That spreading heat, he also realizes, is anger. Anger on her behalf, because it isn't fair. Nothing that's ever happened to her is fair.]
...No.
[Naegi won't watch this happen again. He doesn't know why he's here, but he didn't come back here for this.]
I can stop her. [The words are tumbling out before he has a chance to check them with himself, sharp as knives. That same heat is there, voice rising with every word that slips free.] It might sound crazy, but I don't care. I've stopped her before, and I can do it again. As long as everyone is with me... I will stop her. Because I refuse to let her do as she pleases - to you and to the rest of us!
[In his mind's eye, the image of Ikusaba saving him from danger a lifetime ago crashes together with the image of her impaled by the spears with that lost look on her face, and his tone climbs to a shout before he can stop it.]
I won't let her kill you! I can't watch you die again!
[As his voice rings throughout the room, Naegi finally realizes his slip. "Again." He'd said again. His face goes pale as he tries to figure out a way to backpedal.] Ikusaba-san, I... I shouldn't have...
[But any words he tries to say die in his throat. He can't explain that away. There's nothing left for him to say.]
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But she doesn't say any of that because he said he won't watch her die again and she just...completely locks up when she hears that. She hasn't died...that's not how it works. Death's permanent, so if she died she'd be dead and she'd remember being dead, and Naegi has definitely never seen her die ever. He's possibly seen her get rid of someone else sure (because who knows what condition Madarai number whatever was in when she dragged him out of the infirmary), but he shouldn't remember that and once again, it definitely wasn't her dying.]
Again? What?
[She's so confused. Just a few moments ago, she felt more stable than she can remember feeling for quite some time, and now it's like someone just kicked her feet out from under her. It's a feeling she's pretty familiar with, just not from speaking with him.]
How could you...I don't understand.
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...I'm sorry. [He isn't even sure what kind of expression is on his face before he forces himself to look away. He can see the confusion on her face and he can hardly blame her, but everything about this just... hurts so much. Naegi is the only one who knows what's going to happen and it's... it's lonely.] Please forget what I said, Ikusaba-san. I shouldn't have said it. Even if I knew everything about what was happening here... I'm sure no one else will believe me. Not about this. It's just... [He shakes his head.] Too impossible to even imagine.
In any case, the gym is dangerous. [His voice is still quiet, subdued as he has to face the fact that the truth is a weight he'll have to carry on his own. But he knows things from the future, and that means he can change them. That's the most important thing about this; not how he feels about any of it.] Specifically for you. I'm not sure how to keep you out of harm's way yet, but I can start thinking of a plan, at the very least.
[Finally, he lifts his head to look at her.] I know that... faced with Enoshima-san, it seems like there's not much we can do. But she's not all-powerful, despite how it may seem. I'm not going to ask you to fight against her. That would be cruel. But... if you'll at least help me save your life, that's the only thing I'll ask of you. [He lets his voice drop, go soft.] I don't know what you think of me now, but we were friends once. I remember now, even if it's not everything. And I'll do what I have to in order to help you.
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But she's sort of stuck on one of the last things he said.
“I don't know what you think of me now.”
That's...she's not sure how to answer that, and it hurts. It really hurts. They're classmates, sure, but she's classmates with all of them. If the situation were different, say Ishimaru or Fujisaki pulled her aside and told her all this, she wouldn't put as much stock into it as she does when he says it.]
I...could say the same thing.
[Why are words so hard sometimes? If she had Junko's confidence, she wouldn't be worried about saying the wrong thing or making a mess of things. Then again if that were the case, they probably wouldn't be having this conversation, so she's not sure how she feels about that either.]
We were friends. I'd like to think...I'd like to think we still can be.
[She remembers him as the type to get along with everybody. Even now, aside from that mess in the gym with Mondo, he's getting along with them. She figures to him, it's nothing out of the ordinary. But to Mukuro it's a very big deal because she doesn't get to have friends. Instead, she gets Junko.]
But if you know about her, and I don't know how you do, I don't know if she messed up with your memories or what, but...
[Suddenly the floor is very interesting to Mukuro. Yup, that sure is a floor all right. Definitely, a floor. It's funny though, staring at the floor isn't supposed to hurt like this. It feels like she's being stabbed...or at least what she'd think that would feel like. Given that she's never been wounded in battle, she wouldn't really know.]
Then you know what I've done too, and I don't know if you'd want to be friends with someone like that.
[...Okay, yes, they're class isn't exactly the most stable. Mondo's a gang leader, Togami's a jerk, and sometimes Fukawa turns into a serial killer. But even counting Fukawa, that's not on par with the things Mukuro's done. Not even close.]
I don't understand why you'd want to help them either.
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Ikusaba-san, do you remember back when you first came to Hope's Peak? It seemed like it was really hard for you to spend time with the others, because you were almost always by yourself whenever I ran into you. It seemed... [He pauses, lets the words roll over themselves.] ...lonely. Something about it always hurt my heart when I would see you. So it made me really happy when we first talked!
[The memory is still fuzzy at the edges, and like with any of the erased memories, his head starts to ache whenever he thinks about them. But it's worth it, and this one is clearer and less difficult besides. Something terribly soft slides across his features.]
Even if you did things that are bad, do you really think that feeling would ever change?
[His fingers tug at the sleeve of his suit. Still a little awkward on his body, and he feels like a little boy playing at being a man, but in a way that isn't physical, he's grown into it more than when he first put it on.] I know about a lot of the things you've done. According to what you know, a lot more than I should. I can't really say why, but I can tell you the chances are low that it's because of Enoshima-san. [Namely because she's dead, but Naegi isn't about to say that.] But it doesn't matter, because... it doesn't change the fact that you're my friend. I'm not friends with you because you didn't do bad things... I'm friends with you in spite of it. [He chuckles a bit, head tilted to the side.] I don't think I need a better reason than that.
[He knows it might not be easy for someone like Ikusaba to understand, but it doesn't change anything. Affection thrums through his veins. He's been sad, confused, hurt, angry since he woke up, but... This one thing is right.]
If you still want to be friends, then we are. No need to give it any more thought than that.
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[She wasn't lonely. She had Junko. That's the first thing that comes to mind. But that's not really the same as not being alone is it? She's family, and for a while was Mukuro's only friend, but she's mean, distant, and just genuinely unpleasant. So no, it doesn't really count. So she just stops talking and decides to go with the tried and true staring into the floor routine.
She's done so many things. So many horrible terrible things. As a soldier, sure, but also as Junko's sister. There's no point in listing them all. It's probably not as long a list as Junko's, but it's still horrible. The type of thing no one could forgive.
And yet, Naegi says he still wants to be her friend, despite knowing all that. At first she's tempted to say that if he can say that, then he doesn't know. But he knew about Junko, and he knows about her, so she's willing to believe he knows all that stuff. Besides, even without that, he's Naegi. She can't really picture him lying about something like that.]
...I'd like that.
[Wow, that took some serious effort to say. A lot. Okay, yes, pretty much this entire conversation's taken a lot of effort, but that was probably the hardest thing to say yet.]
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[The softer look that’s been held on his face merges into something more serious, more firm.] And that's why I won’t let anything happen to you.
[Ikusaba probably won't recognize the reason behind it, but the Future Foundation has made him into something a little bit tougher than the Naegi Makoto she knew. Not enough to change him or take away the softness, but there's a steel underneath that's still in the process of being recast.]
No matter what I have to do. [And he lets the sternness slide from himself once more.] If... I failed, and something happened to you...
[No.
He won’t let that happen. He can't.]
...Anyway. We should figure out what to do for the immediate future and then head to breakfast. The others will probably start to wonder about us soon. [He averts his eyes for a second, because it's difficult to look at her just then without thinking of Enoshima's trap ending her life. But he lets his gaze fall on her carefully again.] I know I dumped a bunch of questions on you earlier, so you can return the favor if you want... Although I don't know how confusing my answers might end up being. [Because this whole situation is A Mess.] Other than that... It'll probably be for the best if we avoid talking about this with anyone else just yet. Enoshima-san may or may not be aware of everything that's going on, but she'll probably be less likely to interfere if we act normally.
I've been waiting for the right time to do this
[She's good at that. Which usually Mukuro doesn't find to be a problem, but right now, she kind of does. And speaking of things she has or does, she definitely has a lot of questions for Naegi, and honestly, she wouldn't mind staying here and asking all of them, even if there's probably a lot of answers she doesn't want to know. But he's right, they should probably get going.]
And we should, before...
[As if on cue, Mukuro gets cut off by the sound of the PA and an annoying voice.
”Ahem. Ahem. Testing, testing. Is this thing on? Upupupu, of course it is, I'm just not sure if everyone can hear me. Seems like a couple of you decided you had better things to do than meet up with the rest of the class. Who knows what a couple of high schoolers could be up to all alone, possibly somewhere they shouldn't be. Any guesses any guesses? Because I know I'm just dying to find out!”
Mukuro just frowns while this is going on because she never found Monokuma particularly entertaining, but somehow it's even worse now.
”Anyways, will everybody, and I do mean everybody, head to the gymnasium? I have an important announcement to make and it's one of those that has to be made in person!”
The PA clicks off, leaving Mukuro at a bit of a loss here. Even without knowing where they are, Junko still ruined her plans.]
...before that.
I'm so glad but also oh my God
No. Makoto, calm down. He has to calm down. There is no choice about it; it's imperative to their survival, because this is and always has been a fight for their lives. The warmth of the moments with Ikusaba had almost allowed him to forget that their time limit is very real and very pressing.
This is... bad, though. They don't have time for a proper plan now. Snap decisions could get them killed, but inaction is just as deadly.]
It isn't good, but we have to go. [Naegi is finally able to breathe around the words a little, but dread still cloaks them.] If we don't, Enoshima-san could do something to us or to the others. It's a risk to do as she says, but even riskier to do nothing at all.
[It feels like a lifetime since he lived in that moment, but he's certain he still remembers where the spike trap lies. Unless there's more than one lying around the gym, he can keep Ikusaba out of danger in that way at least. It's just all the other dangers that Enoshima might have lying in wait that they'll have to keep an eye out for.]
...No matter what happens, though. We stay together. I wasn't expecting this to happen so soon, so might not be able to anticipate all of her moves, but... If we're together, it'll be more difficult for her to contain us. [That softness from before briefly flickers over his face.] And easier for us to protect each other.
[Whatever happens... He definitely can't fail. He won't let history repeat itself.]
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I know.
[If it were possible for her to frown more, she'd be doing it. But it's really not. She's reached about the maximum level of frowning a human face can do because none of this goes according to plan and she's...what's that feeling?
She's worried. That's it. She's worried because she has no idea how this is going to go, and it's not in the typical Junko's gonna do something and didn't tell her way. It's a way worse feeling than that. She doesn't like it, but at the same time, as horrible as it is, it's not something she regrets either. Because regretting it would mean she regrets her time with Naegi today and she really doesn't feel that way at all.]
…
[She feels like she should say something, but she has no idea what. She can't say they'll be all right because she knows her sister too well. She can't really say that sticking together's the best idea either because everybody being together is how they all got trapped here in the first place.And she doesn't want to lie either, that would just make things worse. So...]
I'll do what I can.
[She can't promise much more than that.]
/dusts this off, Hi Steve sorry Steve
[He forces the smile, even though the nerves in it are clear to see, but Naegi is pulling on every reserve of strength that he's got - because he knows both of them need it right now.]
If you're ready, [and he nods towards the yellow tape at the doorway] let's go.
[He pauses for a moment. Naegi doesn't know how much it'll help in this situation, but there's no time to think of something better, so...]
No matter what happens... No matter what your sister or the others say, or do... Do everything you can to stay by my side. [And maybe there's something that's right about this, because the trembling panic is almost completely gone from his voice when he says those words.] And... I'll do everything I can to stay by yours.