Week 4

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[After everything that this case was, you probably don't want to deal with anything else. But you wake up on Sunday, just like before, with some new memories, and some new stores to check out.

Let's see what this week brings.]

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(( Don't forget to check in, and check your memory regains! You can also stop by the gacha machine and Xander's office hours. ))

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[induality]

...

[Oh. Oh.]

...what did I do?

[How much does she absolutely need to hate herself.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

You didn't do anything.

Neither did she.

...I might have misinterpreted something Ardyn said and started stripping? And then we were arguing. And then Shoebox decided this was delicious.

Didn't help that Xanax was okay with it. I'm just that attractive I guess. Can't be helped.

[induality]

[Oh. Oh right. She vaguely remembers Church being... Church. And then-- nothing. Pitch black.]

...of course she did.

[She didn't imagine Xander playing along though.]

I didn't think that s-stuffy guy would be interested in things like that...

[motherfucking_ghost]

I like making him turn a nearly inhuman shade of pink. Call it picking at his weaknesses. Or just picking on him.

But uh. That was...inappropriate? Of me? Even though I swear the way he said to check clothes meant...something apparently only I interpreted it as. [gee wonder why]

Uh. So. That's a thing. Also if she comes out next she might want to take Ardyn to the salon and do his hair, but I think there's a couple of us now roped into that.

Just. uh. as an FYI.

[This isn't awkward or anything! Let's move right along! He shoves the photo at her as if he just remembered about it. Which he might have.]

Also! Also, I, uh, got this out of the gumball machine. It's your class?

[induality]

Y-you're probably not the only one who thought that but you're p-probably one of the few that would just... do that.

[Now that it's not happening, she's honestly close to laughing about it.]

...I'm sure he's thrilled at the idea.

[Not.

...oh. Fukawa takes the picture and her eyes slowly widen.]

Yeah. This... is the 78th Class of Hope's Peak.

[Her fingers tighten on the edges of the photo.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

I thought it uh. Belonged to you. Obviously. [Or Togami's but fuck that noise.] No sense in me keeping it if it...helps you.

[induality]

I mean... maybe.

[One of them anyway. It's fine. They can share.]

No, I'm... glad to have it. Thank you. It's... been a long time since I've seen a lot of these people.

[motherfucking_ghost]

And it helps with memory. Memory is the key. [He immeidately wants to punch himself in the face for that, but thankfully refrains.] And we can all use a reminder of friends around here.

[LIKE ALL THE FRIENDS YOU HAVE HERE]

[induality]

...yeah, you're right.

[In this picture, she still isolated herself, but-- she was still one of them.]

They weren't so bad. At least... I don't think so.

[Now, anyway.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

You wanna talk about 'em?

[induality]

Are you interested?

[Well, she supposes considering what Hope's Peak is and what they went through-- it's probably more interesting than if it was any other normal school.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

Heck yeah, I tend to tell people about my stupid shitfuck friends, 'bout time I hear about everyone else's.

[induality]

I guess... the survivors are as good a place to start as any.

[They're at least the ones that people could meet--

Ah. Well. With one exception.]

...wait. No. There's one other person. H-him.

[She points to a boy with untamed red hair.]

L-Leon Kuwata. He died in Hope's Peak... b-but showed up in Starfield Penitentiary with the rest of the people from my group. He's the Ultimate Baseball Star-- n-not that he cares a lot about the sport. Apparently he was more interested in music.

But in Hope's Peak he was e-executed for killing Sayaka Maizono.

...as of what I know now, he was still alive in Starfield. B-but he's not here, so he probably...

[MMMMMMMMM.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

So...probably double dead? That...would be some shitty luck. But maybe there's a chance...

Why'd he do it? Were you guys given, uh, proper motivation too?

[induality]

...probably. Yeah. Wh-who knows though...

[She doesn't have much reason to believe it though.]

Yeah. But... he wasn't the one who acted. Sayaka... s-she tried to kill him and frame one of the others. But Leon... he got a chance to fight back and...

Although he could have walked away he chose not to. He followed her and killed her. The motive we got... had to do with what was going on outside of the school. Sayaka was told something happened to her friends. So... in order to get out and find out the truth she tried to...

[motherfucking_ghost]

...Oof. I mean...he could've let that go. But at the same time, knowing that one of your own tried to kill you? Knowing they'd probably do it again? I dunno, maybe he did a service.

[induality]

...even if he let her go, sh-she couldn't have just let him go. If he'd told anyone...

[Having time to think about it... changed the way she thought about some of the things her classmates did. Going through this a second-- third time was honestly perfect for it.]

She would have been stupid not to try again. If it wasn't him... s-someone would have probably targeted her. If not him... m-maybe the person she tried to frame... or she might have thought that. Not like he really would.

[motherfucking_ghost]

No, it...makes sense, it just sucks that that's the way it had to go down. Just because she had to fuck around first.

[induality]

None of us knew what was happening outside of that school. The idea that the people we cared about-- the lives people built-- were being destroyed while we were stuck in that place... she just c-couldn't handle it. She thought if she could just get out... maybe... she could save the group she cared so much for.

...she couldn't have known that it was already too late. They were just... using her emotions against her. Th-the same way they will here.

[motherfucking_ghost]

But we know better here. We know where we're from, we know our own histories even if we don't remember this other experiment we were in. We've got at least a little bit of an advantage...

[induality]

...you're right. We know now... we've all done this before. We know... what happens... to the people who try to play the game.

I just... hope that will be enough.

[motherfucking_ghost]

[He nudges her gently.]

Tell me about more of 'em.

[induality]

The other people that lived... b-besides the ones here, are... Asahina Aoi, Hagakure Yasuhiro, Kirigiri Kyouko and Naegi Makoto.

For starters... Asahina is the Ultimate Swimmer. Hagakure is the Ultimate Clairvoyant. Kirigiri is the Ultimate Detective. And Naegi... is the Ultimate Lucky Student.

[motherfucking_ghost]

How can you be the ultimate at being lucky? Did he cheat at gambling? Aces up his sleeves and loaded dice?

[induality]

It's pretty stupid, isn't it. The truth is... he was just selected at random. From a raffle. Because of that, he was able to come to Hope's Peak.