[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI YAGAMI ]

[dormheads]

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[goalsides]

[he rolls his eyes and puts it on a nearby box.]

That doesn't mean you can't be upset about it and I can't be mad about it, you know. Especially when we actually caught his killer.

[inaccordant]

[please taichi he threw the frame to the floor for a reason]

You're allowed to feel whatever you want.

[goalsides]

[listen he walked in and shit was knocked over, he assumed hugo ran into it :unamused:]

I don't think that's actually correct, but I get what you're saying. [...] How do you do it, man?

[inaccordant]

Do what?

[goalsides]

Just...give off the impression you're calm, I guess.

[inaccordant]

[...]

It's not necessarily something to strive towards.

[goalsides]

Maybe not, but...[he doesn't exactly have an argument.] Let's just say I'm just wondering.

[inaccordant]

[he's silent for a bit.]

... Controlling what you showed others was important for me to pick up. It's not really something I do, at this point.

[as so much as it is just part of how he is—a habit so ingrained that he doesn't know if he'd be able to emote the way others do, even if he wanted to.]

[goalsides]

...does that bother you? [and then, quickly:] The truth. None of that "it doesn't matter" shit, I'm tired of people not saying things at this point.

[he says, hypocritically.]

[inaccordant]

It doesn't.

[it's not like he's known anything else.]

[goalsides]

[he hums a little curiously.]

...I've been trying to be better because I think we have enough people here who have a hard time not showing their emotions at times. But it's also making people mad, I think.

[inaccordant]

Maybe. People do seem to get frustrated about it here, although it was never an issue for me until this place.

[disclaimer: hugo's very limited social life should not be taken as a good sample.]

[goalsides]

[hugo...buddy...]

When you told me as Chad that you didn't have friends...is that true for you too then? How much of what you told me then is actually close to the truth?

[inaccordant]

[...]

While there are differences, my fake life seems to have largely been based off my actual memories.

[goalsides]

Then...everything on the application that was written in red was true, too?

[inaccordant]

... Yes. With my memories returned, I can confirm those were likely references to my real life.

[goalsides]

[there's a frown.]

So, uh. I'm allowed to say that your life is pretty concerning right? Do you remember how you got here?

[inaccordant]

No. I was probably brought here in a similar manner as you.

[goalsides]

[jan give me a memory you coward unless i'm going first.]

I guess that makes sense. It would've been too easy if you guys actually have memories about that. But I had to check.

[inaccordant]

Sorry, nothing.

[but also fine wow memory

You stand before a giant crystal, inside which the silhouette of the god can be seen. From two points behind you, beams of light pierce through it.

This is only the starting point, though. You raise your hand and channel your energy into the crystal—at which point it cracks. It's working. You pour all of your magic into it, and in return, the god's own lashes back. Energy whips at you, tearing at you on the outside like a harsh wind; and inside, it feels as though something is ripping you apart from within.

You can taste blood in your mouth, rising from your throat.

"Tch..."

But you endure. You have to, until the final moment.

"Hugo!"

She calls, from behind you.

You haven't felt a hint of hesitation all this time, and you still do not. You're not afraid. However, a pang of sorrow hits you—a lamentation that there's still one person left who'd grieve for you.

There's nothing to be done about it now, though. As blood spills from your lips, your vision fades, and the last of your energy is spent, you hear the crystal shatter—

You succeeded. This world will change.

But with that, you are gone.]

[goalsides]

[...oh. wow, memshares are a mistake, and after the memory fades taichi faces hugo for a long moment as if trying to process all of that. it's...obvious, maybe, but maybe he also doesn't want it to be obvious?

god. okay. so.

so!!!

haha.]

...I...dude. [this is not even remotely intelligent to say, but he has to take a moment.] What were you...was that really the only option?

[inaccordant]

[...

well, the thing taichi mentioned before about always seeming calm? that's definitely at play here, as hugo keeps a level expression.]

Yes.

[goalsides]

[hate that for him.]

Is that the last thing you remember before waking up here? Or did you go somewhere else after that?

[sometimes other worlds have afterlives, right? look at manwol.]

[inaccordant]

That's the last thing.

[goalsides]

What were you stopping? Like...what was that god doing?