It was... a football field? Though, it didn't look like the football I know.
[Because it was American football, and Google says that's pretty niche in Japan. The more you know.]
Um... We met a group of cheerleaders there, and were made to try out for their team. After we were accepted, the leader asked us to kill one of her friends. I refused, but... Taako-san took the knife and...
He didn't say yes, exactly... But we had nowhere else to go. I think, um, the cheerleaders really annoyed him. They were saying a lot of really mean things to him, and...
[She takes a deep breath, her gaze sliding off for a moment like she's thinking.]
He stabbed the leader, and she transformed into Lup-san.
It still felt real enough that it was hard to focus. I know. [he frowns.] I knew mine wasn't real either, but it was so familiar that for a while I wasn't sure.
It doesn't change the part where those are the images you're stuck with, too.
It seems... finding familiar faces is a common theme. After Taako-san killed that cheerleader, our friends arrived. Both mine and his. We were asked if we wanted to play with them, and were offered helmets. But... Taako-san refused, and I stayed with him.
[A beat, and she glances at the nearest wall.]
It wasn't a game at all. An axe was brought out, and Taako-san's friend struck my senpai down. I wasn't able to think rationally. I lost my eye, and caused so much trouble for him. It's my fault they broke his nose and shot him.
...it's not your fault. I don't really know what happened there, but none of it was your fault when you were unprepared. Were you unarmed? Or did you have your rapier to help?
It makes someone think negatively for twenty four hours. I used it to distract our friends from chasing us down, but... I feel as though I only made things worse. Um, my senpai pulled out a gun.
Well... Taako-san had an item that allowed him to gain super strength, and he used it to disable our friends and most of the cheerleaders. But, ah, the marching band arrived, and chased us in their place. We continued to run away from them, and that led us to a minefield.
[She tiredly gestures at her leg. It's wrapped in bandages now, but he may remember the burns she had. I am tired of using ellipsis, but assume she's speaking kind of sluggishly through this.]
... We were unable to make it through unscathed. I was even struck by an instrument. Though, I was able to use it to take it for myself and use it to my advantage.
[The fucking tuba.]
After making it through the field, we found a building. That's where we reunited with Wilde-san and Dorothy-san.
I think... they were upset that I interrupted the game, and tried to leave the field with Taako-san. [Because, you know, of the eye situation.] I don't know what Dorothy-san and Wilde-san went through, exactly, but they were already inside the building when we arrived. They were injured, and it seemed like they were waiting for a while.
[Because football adventures took A While.]
They weren't alone, though. It was... some kind of auditorium. Everything was a little dark, but there was a stage and a crowd. Claire-san, the cheerleader we refused to kill, was on the stage. Another man was with her. He was dressed like a priest, and it looked like Dorothy-san and Wilde-san recognized him from somewhere. [A pause.] ... Claire-san and the man said we failed again and again, and that they hoped the lesson would stick this time. The lights flickered on, and we got to see the rest of the stage, and that four more people were there.
We each recognized one of them as someone from our world. For me, it... It was my sister, Kasumi. They wanted us to kill them.
Uh. I think he threw it at Xie Lian, but I don't know where it went from there. I'm sorry. One of the others probably picked it up.
[SUMI YOUR TUBA? SUBA!]
That sounds about right. If you don't follow the rules of the memory, the things inside tend to get angry. [that's scary though, he'll have to pay a visit to the others later.]
You...failed what though? What lesson would they possibly be trying to teach you? [this keeps getting worse!!!] ...did you find a way to say no?
Each of the people we recognized had a knife on their laps, and a noose above their head. Most of us didn't want to do as we were told, of course. It was too horrible. Wilde-san acted like he was about to do it, though, so... I asked him to consider another option. Taako-san and I knocked Claire-san out, and Dorothy-san and Wilde-san killed the man. [Sometimes, these things happen.] I don't know what Taako-san and Wilde-san did in that moment, exactly, but Dorothy-san and I went backstage to find another way out.
[...]
We didn't find an exit backstage, but we did see the remains of a... goat. [Looking right at Sora for this, frowning.] ... It looked like it had been sacrificed.
"Do you believe you can change destiny? Time has already been written. There's nothing you can do, is there? Except try, try again. But you'll never make it."
[it's from his own adventure, but it seems to resonate with that same idea. you can't outrun destiny.]
Rufus seems like someone to do anything to get out of a dangerous situation, so that isn't too surprising. [he doesn't seem fussed that they killed someone either.] It gave you time.
[he's about to continue but uh. oh. what? haha what?]
A...goat. [a goat????] I know this is crazy, but do you think it's possible..."protect the Goats"?
At what point did you hear it? Before we left, the... man Wilde-san and Dorothy-san reappeared. He was alive and dressed in a suit, and he said...
[A pause, like she's truly scrambling to remember the exact phrasing.]
Congratulations on your graduation. And just so you know... Having faith is putting your hand in someone else's, and learning to take the good with the bad. [A pause.] ... We "graduated" when we gave in, and died.
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[Because it was American football, and Google says that's pretty niche in Japan. The more you know.]
Um... We met a group of cheerleaders there, and were made to try out for their team. After we were accepted, the leader asked us to kill one of her friends. I refused, but... Taako-san took the knife and...
[She trails off, suddenly looking extremely concerned.]
Wait, Sora-san. Is Lup-san okay?
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[TAAKO? but he blinks again.] Lup's fine. Or. She's as fine as she can be after yesterday, but we took care of her. Why?
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[She takes a deep breath, her gaze sliding off for a moment like she's thinking.]
He stabbed the leader, and she transformed into Lup-san.
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...hm. yeah, maybe.]
...how did she transform? Like one minute she was a cheerleader and then when you blinked she was Lup?
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Yes, exactly like that. We both knew it wasn't real, but it was still...
[Horrible.]
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It doesn't change the part where those are the images you're stuck with, too.
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It seems... finding familiar faces is a common theme. After Taako-san killed that cheerleader, our friends arrived. Both mine and his. We were asked if we wanted to play with them, and were offered helmets. But... Taako-san refused, and I stayed with him.
[A beat, and she glances at the nearest wall.]
It wasn't a game at all. An axe was brought out, and Taako-san's friend struck my senpai down. I wasn't able to think rationally. I lost my eye, and caused so much trouble for him. It's my fault they broke his nose and shot him.
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[also sumire YOUR EYE.]
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I wasn't expecting this, so I left it in my room this morning. All I had was a scalpel, and an item I received from Shima-san.
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Wait, what'd Shima give you?
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Did your senpai or whoever shoot you guys?
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closes her single eye.]
... The Akechi-san I know is very proficient with a gun. It seems the Realm was aware of that trait as well.
[taako's leggy!!!]
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...what happened after that?
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[She tiredly gestures at her leg. It's wrapped in bandages now, but he may remember the burns she had. I am tired of using ellipsis, but assume she's speaking kind of sluggishly through this.]
... We were unable to make it through unscathed. I was even struck by an instrument. Though, I was able to use it to take it for myself and use it to my advantage.
[The fucking tuba.]
After making it through the field, we found a building. That's where we reunited with Wilde-san and Dorothy-san.
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Is...that why Taako had a tuba? I can't believe you guys got chased, too. What did they even want from you? Did they say?
Maybe it doesn't matter. [he absolutely looks horrified though because wow you guys had a bad time.] What happened with Rufus and Dorothy?
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[HER TUBA? HER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TUBA.]
I think... they were upset that I interrupted the game, and tried to leave the field with Taako-san. [Because, you know, of the eye situation.] I don't know what Dorothy-san and Wilde-san went through, exactly, but they were already inside the building when we arrived. They were injured, and it seemed like they were waiting for a while.
[Because football adventures took A While.]
They weren't alone, though. It was... some kind of auditorium. Everything was a little dark, but there was a stage and a crowd. Claire-san, the cheerleader we refused to kill, was on the stage. Another man was with her. He was dressed like a priest, and it looked like Dorothy-san and Wilde-san recognized him from somewhere. [A pause.] ... Claire-san and the man said we failed again and again, and that they hoped the lesson would stick this time. The lights flickered on, and we got to see the rest of the stage, and that four more people were there.
We each recognized one of them as someone from our world. For me, it... It was my sister, Kasumi. They wanted us to kill them.
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[SUMI YOUR TUBA? SUBA!]
That sounds about right. If you don't follow the rules of the memory, the things inside tend to get angry. [that's scary though, he'll have to pay a visit to the others later.]
You...failed what though? What lesson would they possibly be trying to teach you? [this keeps getting worse!!!] ...did you find a way to say no?
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We had to stop running away... and die.
[Ha ha ha.]
Each of the people we recognized had a knife on their laps, and a noose above their head. Most of us didn't want to do as we were told, of course. It was too horrible. Wilde-san acted like he was about to do it, though, so... I asked him to consider another option. Taako-san and I knocked Claire-san out, and Dorothy-san and Wilde-san killed the man. [Sometimes, these things happen.] I don't know what Taako-san and Wilde-san did in that moment, exactly, but Dorothy-san and I went backstage to find another way out.
[...]
We didn't find an exit backstage, but we did see the remains of a... goat. [Looking right at Sora for this, frowning.] ... It looked like it had been sacrificed.
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"Do you believe you can change destiny? Time has already been written. There's nothing you can do, is there? Except try, try again. But you'll never make it."
[it's from his own adventure, but it seems to resonate with that same idea. you can't outrun destiny.]
Rufus seems like someone to do anything to get out of a dangerous situation, so that isn't too surprising. [he doesn't seem fussed that they killed someone either.] It gave you time.
[he's about to continue but uh. oh. what? haha what?]
A...goat. [a goat????] I know this is crazy, but do you think it's possible..."protect the Goats"?
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[Sora, context!!]
It's not crazy at all... When I saw it, I couldn't help but to think of our conversation from yesterday.
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But oh. That was what we heard on our break-in. About destiny. If you had to stop running away to die, maybe...[maybe they tie in together.]
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[A pause, like she's truly scrambling to remember the exact phrasing.]
Congratulations on your graduation. And just so you know... Having faith is putting your hand in someone else's, and learning to take the good with the bad. [A pause.] ... We "graduated" when we gave in, and died.
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