[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI YAGAMI ]

[dormheads]

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[goalsides]

[a hum.]

This Sora guy and I really are a lot alike, aren't we. [he will just outright say it. but also god.]

...three for the documents?

[darksubverted]

More than I'd like.

[Why are there TWO_OF_THEM.PNG? One Sora/Taichi is enough!]

Three for the documents.

[goalsides]

[there's a blip of amusement. ]

Sorry about that. [but okay. he will hand over three vouchers. ] Trade me.

[darksubverted]

Deal.

[He gives off playfully exasperated vibes. Tch.

Stretching his good hand out, he'll take those vouchers. And then from behind him (magic), he takes out a piece of paper, front and back. Which he hands to Taichi.]

[goalsides]

[give him a second to read this... ]

...should...I feel threatened right now? What the hell?

[darksubverted]

[He watches Taichi's face to try to make out the other boy's expression when it's read. Nothing good, apparently.]

What's it say?

[goalsides]

It's...a lot? It's a lot that says things like "don't you want to stay? Don't you want to be with your friends forever? You will you will you will."

And the back says "you will finish the story."

[darksubverted]

[He holds his hand out for it.]

I'm able to see it, you dork.

[goalsides]

Then why'd you ask? [he hands it over.] ...what do you think?

[darksubverted]

You were reading it first.

[He takes the paper and looks over the front of it slowly, then flips it briefly over to glance at the back. His brows furrow.]

"Finish the story"...?

[goalsides]

However this was supposed to play out...we don't have a choice but to continue to the season finale, apparently.

[... ] What do you think about what Otome-san said yesterday?

[darksubverted]

[The question makes his lips thin into a frown. Disgust, at first, tickles around the edge of the pool of worry and confusion coming off him before it fades.]

Trying to save them from this world? It... has to be the truth, right? Because of what happened... They're killing people to... save them?

[goalsides]

I've been thinking it's to save them from becoming a permanent part of the story. Like how those of us who go on those field trips lose memories and get memories of this place. Or how people get cursed into thinking school is real and important. If killing them removes them then...it makes sense.

[darksubverted]

[His brows pinch gently. He glances up at Taichi, offering the paper back. Something curls in the pit of him, small. It's fear.]

If that really is the case then... how are we going to keep going?

[goalsides]

There's an obvious answer but it's not a great one. [there's a small flutter of irritation.] So we have to find something else. Otherwise the cycle is going to keep going.

[darksubverted]

[The vibes from him are "yeah, figures" in an agreeing sort of way. Something in him grabs the irritation and runs with it, too. Loop of irritation.]

Do we let them... do it? And just... accept one of them will have to get "expelled"? We don't... hunt for them all, but for one. It satisfies the whole... [His jaw hardens, frustrated. Disgusted again.] ...game. Whatever this is.

Script.

[goalsides]

...how is that any different than just sacrificing our friends? [...it's about the only option. search for one, keep the others alive to meet the minimum. but...that's still putting people up for execution.]

This can't go on for much longer.

[darksubverted]

Are we really sacrificing them if it's saving them?

[He shuts up, though, because by the way he feels, he still doesn't enjoy it any more than Taichi does.]

The end of the school year. What happens then? Will we all just be...

[Stuck.]

[goalsides]

No. [he can still hate it though!] So...what? We sacrifice enough people until those in the daycare get to the administration office? Are we just doing this to buy them time?

[darksubverted]

I don't know. Maybe we just work on "finishing the story" while the ones in the daycare...

[He shrugs, kind of helpless for the words he's looking for.]

...get the keys?

[goalsides]

You think the keys are the answer? [he seems skeptical of that.] If the beat is helping them does that mean he's just captive as the rest of us? It kind of feels like we're running face first into a trap.

But if that's the only thing we can do to face whatever monster is waiting...we have to figure i out what to do when we get there.

[darksubverted]

Principal Bear always had his keys. How are they going to do anything if they don't find them?

[There's some familiarity there. Mood. He looks away, and then drops his head on the back of the couch.]

What do we do if there isn't any monster waiting?

[goalsides]

[there's a good point in that, and he frowns.]

If it's a not a monster, then we'll face whatever it actually is together. We still have enough people on this side to put up a good fight, especially if everyone in the daycare is working with Principal Bear.

[darksubverted]

[The talk about together makes him frown. It isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's more... he believes that, too, but hearing the friendship together speech puts a pang of longing in him he can't brush away fast enough.

Slowly, he lifts his head again, running his hand back through his hair. Worry, worry, worry are dark clouds brewing in his emotions.]

None of you are planning to do something stupid, are you?

[goalsides]

[he recognizes those feelings, quiet and unsure before he gives an awkward smile. ]

I can't promise that, but I can try not to do something completely stupid. We're gonna do whatever it takes. You oughta know by now.