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graveyard.
 You remember dying. In fact, you remember the exact feeling and fear of how you died, and yet in the next moment, you're suddenly standing in a cold room. You're not sure how you got here at all, but it's as if you were suddenly put here the moment after you died. As you look around, the first thing you'll notice is that you're standing in front of an open casket. And you're inside. The corpse inside the casket is definitely you, and it's also definitely dead, which certainly makes this confusing. Luckily, here's someone here to explain. When you wake up, there's footsteps walking closer, and then a familiar face appears. Iván is here, or someone that looks very much like her is. All she starts off with is two simple words— "You're dead." Which would seem obvious, but she explains that you have been before you ever arrived to the island. The shipwreck and the island are't real, after all. This is purgatory, and the Hunt is a way to judge the souls of the living. People show their true nature when they're put in a stressful situation, so it was deemed that this was the way that these judgements would be passed. She explains that you'll know your fate when the game ends, but if you really can't wait that long, you could always ask, but hope isn't lost. After all, the "killers" are on your side. If they can win the game, then everyone can come back to life. They know this, and it's why they're fighting so hard to win. It's a shame that the odds don't seem to be in their favor, but that's also part of the Hunt. Exploring your new surroundings, you'll realize that you're likely at the bottom of that giant sinkhole, at least if that light far above you is any indication. You no longer feel the need to eat or sleep anymore (technically, you never did, but the habits of being alive are hard to break), so it's a good thing there's enough to do while the game continues. You can watch the proceedings of the Hunt in one room where there's plenty of comfortable couches to sit in and lounge, as well as a fully stocked bar, if you feel like indulging. Another room offers a game room with cards, billiards, and any other games you'd like to play in a group. If you ask your host nicely, she might provide more, but for now, there's not much to do other than to watch and wait for the Hunt to end. |
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Death isn't the release we wanted, is it? How troubling things are, even now. Still, you might find release after the game is over, bird. After you are judged.
[ You, not her. ]
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[ 0/5 stars for death. ]
So. You've done this before? And, I'm guessing, will again?
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[ Since she failed...again...because she's bad at being non-suspicious...
Well, he knows her better than anyone. He can guess why. ]
The first game I played went...wrong. None of us were judged. So I must play until I win.
[ SO FAR, THAT PLAN HAS CLEARLY NOT BEEN GOING SO HOT... ]
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[ or is it just the obvious ]
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...I keep getting caught.
[ it's the obvious. somehow she got away with faking being a normal emotional human being in alya academy, but they also for some reason didn't blink when she simply laughed hysterically upon losing an arm and said it would be fine if she tied it back on.
ODDLY, PEOPLE IN MURDER GAMES FIND HER QUIRKS MORE CONCERNING THAN NINJA... ]
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Have you tried being less... suspicious?
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...I was trying not to be suspicious. [ maybe make less jokes about murder, next time ] More or less...
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Well, I'd start with less jokes about murder. Though, now I wonder what would happen if someone did get tossed into the sinkhole? [ Since this is the sinkhole, he's guessing. ]
And maybe appear more... innocent? Sweet and waifish, like someone that could never harm even a mouse. [ basically don't be you, shijima ]
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It's just something that sounds hard...she's never been sweet and waifish, and if anyone ever makes the mistake of thinking she is, they're usually quickly corrected. ]
...So, what, I should pretend to be you? [ Not that he's sweet or innocent, but he managed to fake it for a hella long time and she knows it. Shijima has never envied Kouichi the task of pretending to be an Ordinary Human; there's a reason he took it up and not her. ] I don't know how you stand that...anyway, people always seem to think my reactions to murders are odd...
[ IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO CARE ABOUT DEAD PEOPLE DYING MORE???? ]
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No. Well, yes? Sort of, if that helps? [ Shrugs... ] That's where you should start, with having a more innocent human reaction to murder. Just pretend that you don't know they're already dead and that you actually care. Like you're just a sweet schoolgirl who's never seen a fellow human murdered before and that it's terribly tragic. Maybe even cry.
[ how to be human 101 ]
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[ the sad thing is she kind of needs the lessons. She sighs, deeply. ]
Shall I practice my reaction the next time we see a body on screen? Though they shouldn't be too horrifying...
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[ pause ] I'm guessing you're the one who made them horrific?
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[ Make things worse...it's a dumb job but someone apparently has to do it and Shijima is at least good at the "making things worse" part. ]
I'm given all the tools in the world for it and everything...well, I also didn't lose any of my powers, you know. Though I always do for executions.
[ So she was just as strong and fast as ever. ]
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[ Things are never "fair". ]
Are executions always so gruesome?
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At least part of the reason for ours being so bad was because of my role, I'm afraid. Sorry.
[ Not that she thinks he cares...and not that either of them had brought up the whole Kouichi-being-forced-to-drown-her thing, even if in the end she was killed by the corpses. Shijima doesn't seem rattled. ]
But yes, really. That's how it works.
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Wait... It was you who did that to our bodies? The General wasn't involved at all?
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[ How many rounds has she played if she doesn't even count them any longer. ]
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What's the point? Having a third party come in to rearrange the General's victims seems unnecessary... unless he was afraid someone would stumble by and catch him in the act, I suppose.
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[ She knows how she became Zaroff, but she admits the only point she sees to it is as punishment...she'll keep trying to escape anyway, since infinite murder game loop is sort of fucking horrid. ]
My main goal was to cause confusion, I will admit. [ SHE SUCCEEDED AT THAT AT LEAST, DIDN'T SHE...did she confuse anyone...like okay she also might have attempted to get Hinata to throw up but Shijima wasn't the nicest person even before she began infinite murder game loop and it hasn't done wonders for her disposition. ] To make it as hard as possible to find the true culprits of anything.
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You said the first game you played went wrong. What happened?
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[ so you know that's a thing ]
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[ If she says they voted for Ivan......! ]
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[ A flippant wave. It's nothing she likes talking about, because SHE'S STILL MAD. ]
It's eons ago, and I hate thinking about it. You lot aren't going to do what we did, don't worry about it.
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Tease.
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SHE FUCKED UP AND IT GOT HER INTO THIS SITUATION, DON'T MAKE HER TALK ABOUT IT ]
Tch...I'll answer whatever other questions you have, I just don't like talking about that first game. [ even tho it's the only game where she didn't cut up bodies as a role ]