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15corpses2017-12-02 02:07 am
strangerpeople) wrote in 15corpses2017-12-02 02:07 am
WELCOME TO THE GAME.
[You have died. When you awaken, it's in your body back to the shape it was in before whatever it was that killed you - but not all is right. Nothing surrounds you but darkness as far as the eye can see. A girl's gentle voice speaks to you from seemingly nowhere. It is a voice you probably haven't heard before.]
It's all right...it'll be all right.
Please forgive me for this, but, you're in the True Game now. As you're now here, on this plane, I...took something from you. Something important. The thing dearest to you. It has to be taken, though, as it's your entry fee - it's one of your means of surviving this!
I promise, we don't mean to do anything terrible to you! But this Game is important, and you getting through it is, as well. You'll receive missions, and for the missions you complete, you'll be given points. The more points you earn, the closer you'll get to leaving this place. And then, when you do finally leave, perhaps you'll understand why you were brought here. You'll regain what you lost, and you'll know the truth.
So please...please survive! I have faith in you! You'll be all right!!
[Sure enough, as soon as she's done explaining and collects your fee, something important of yours is missing. It might be memories, an object, or even a person (that's not a Titled), but they are your collateral now. Your motivation for continuing your existence in this world. You black out, and when you wake again, you're back in the mall, in the bedroom you'd been assigned. You remember everything you'd forgotten while you were alive, although you might have re-forgotten it if that was your entry fee. At least everything here seems mostly the same.
However, there's a few new things to discover... your cell phone now lets you read the surface thoughts of everyone that's living, and imprint thoughts into their heads (except for Croix, The Chance. Maybe it's because she didn't have a power? Who knows.) You also have all the items and money you had when you were still alive, which will be useful, because you still get hungry and, we'll say you still need clothes, but that's actually debatable because you are invisible. Not to other dead people, no, but to the other people in the mall.
Yeah. That's a thing. This version of the mall is full of random people who are using the mall as a mall, and even working the registers - oddly enough, there's this one girl with pink hair who seems to work at all of the restaurants at different times. But no one can see you, except for the shopkeepers of food and clothing stores specifically. (Luckily, the Barcade counts as food.) The Titled can be seen going about their business as well, and you can follow them around and watch them, listen to their conversations. However, nothing you say or do can be perceived by them. Even using your powers goes unnoticed, no matter what you try to do with them. It's like you're in parallel worlds. So that's a little spooky.
Speaking of spooky things, there are also monsters in this version of the mall, though the living seem as able to perceive them as the Titled can perceive you, and even to you they are only barely visible unless you focus on seeing them clearly. But these monsters attack people - they attach to the mall-goers like parasites, however for now, they seem to be leaving the living Titled alone... they prefer to attack the dead Titled, and only the power you gained here seems to truly damage them. They also seem quite difficult to defeat on your own. If one of them happens to come for you, you'll need to find the others, fast. At least if you checked your phone, your first mission told you where to go!]
It's all right...it'll be all right.
Please forgive me for this, but, you're in the True Game now. As you're now here, on this plane, I...took something from you. Something important. The thing dearest to you. It has to be taken, though, as it's your entry fee - it's one of your means of surviving this!
I promise, we don't mean to do anything terrible to you! But this Game is important, and you getting through it is, as well. You'll receive missions, and for the missions you complete, you'll be given points. The more points you earn, the closer you'll get to leaving this place. And then, when you do finally leave, perhaps you'll understand why you were brought here. You'll regain what you lost, and you'll know the truth.
So please...please survive! I have faith in you! You'll be all right!!
[Sure enough, as soon as she's done explaining and collects your fee, something important of yours is missing. It might be memories, an object, or even a person (that's not a Titled), but they are your collateral now. Your motivation for continuing your existence in this world. You black out, and when you wake again, you're back in the mall, in the bedroom you'd been assigned. You remember everything you'd forgotten while you were alive, although you might have re-forgotten it if that was your entry fee. At least everything here seems mostly the same.
However, there's a few new things to discover... your cell phone now lets you read the surface thoughts of everyone that's living, and imprint thoughts into their heads (except for Croix, The Chance. Maybe it's because she didn't have a power? Who knows.) You also have all the items and money you had when you were still alive, which will be useful, because you still get hungry and, we'll say you still need clothes, but that's actually debatable because you are invisible. Not to other dead people, no, but to the other people in the mall.
Yeah. That's a thing. This version of the mall is full of random people who are using the mall as a mall, and even working the registers - oddly enough, there's this one girl with pink hair who seems to work at all of the restaurants at different times. But no one can see you, except for the shopkeepers of food and clothing stores specifically. (Luckily, the Barcade counts as food.) The Titled can be seen going about their business as well, and you can follow them around and watch them, listen to their conversations. However, nothing you say or do can be perceived by them. Even using your powers goes unnoticed, no matter what you try to do with them. It's like you're in parallel worlds. So that's a little spooky.
Speaking of spooky things, there are also monsters in this version of the mall, though the living seem as able to perceive them as the Titled can perceive you, and even to you they are only barely visible unless you focus on seeing them clearly. But these monsters attack people - they attach to the mall-goers like parasites, however for now, they seem to be leaving the living Titled alone... they prefer to attack the dead Titled, and only the power you gained here seems to truly damage them. They also seem quite difficult to defeat on your own. If one of them happens to come for you, you'll need to find the others, fast. At least if you checked your phone, your first mission told you where to go!]
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I doubt any of us were actually meant to die this way. If we can regain access to our original worlds, I may be able to convince Koenma to help.
As I understand the story, Yusuke was dead for quite a while before his first resurrection.
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Do you remember the last words I said to you before we ended up in that execution chamber, Goro?
[He does. He remembers the shock on the teen's face as he whispered 'I was worse than you, for longer.']
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[He chews his lip, looking nervous.]
I had thought I'd changed...become less selfish. But then the timer came close to running out, and I killed someone anyway. Then did it again, just so there wouldn't be a witness to tell everyone what I'd done...how can I claim I've changed for the better, after having done that?
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[Can Kurama coax the lip out from between his teeth with a gentle thumb? That's not actually good for it.]
Goro... No one sheds a lifetime of pain in two weeks. Everyone can change, but no one can reverse their entire course in an instant. Change is a process. It may start in a single moment but it will rarely if ever be completed in it.
[He sighs quietly, lowering his eyes.] Many will tell you it is an irrelevant distinction, but murder and assassination truly are two different things. There is no such thing as a spontaneous assassination. They are premeditated by nature.
You committed murder as an act of desperation and fear. Your remorse is clear. This is not the same as your sins of the past.
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One could argue that it's worse. As an assassin, there's...the understanding that even if you refuse, there will be others more willing. Shido has Yakuza connections, and has paid to have people simply disappear, before.
What I did last week...I was well aware that I was the only danger to their lives.
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Were you? I will admit that while my own secret was not quite enough to drive me to kill, not the way a threat to my mother was... I did consider it. I doubt I am the only one, just as I doubt that no one but me was tempted by the danger to our loved ones.
We are all, in the end, only...human. Everyone has a breaking point.
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Would you do it again?
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...Come to think of it, would he even have a choice but to act quickly, now? He's been gone for three weeks, he missed an important assignment...surely that would be seen as abandoning his duties. A betrayal to be punished. He doesn't fear Shido right now, but he does know what that would mean.]
...No. I feared most of you would abandon me as soon as you learned the truth, regardless, but...I realize now that I had too little faith in my bonds. So many of you stayed by my side...I think I might even be able to face the scorn of the public, with such loyal friends.
[His eyes are misting up again, but the tears are different this time. They aren't from hurt or anger...he's simply so touched, he can't help but cry.]
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He leans in to rest his head against Goro's, his voice quiet.]
See? You have changed, Goro. You continue to change. And we will be beside you for it, Akira and I, and all the friends you have made.
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Of course, I hope you realize...if you aren't going to let me hate myself for what I did, I won't let you hate yourself for doing the same.
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I wouldn't call it quite the same, Goro. But it's kind of you to care.