Shuichi Saihara (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
truthstranger) wrote2018-02-15 11:18 pm
truthstranger) wrote2018-02-15 11:18 pm
Trash Squad Day 1: Korekiyo
[ In Korekiyo's dorm room or something, probably. ]
Alright... I wonder where I should start.
Alright... I wonder where I should start.
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Hm... I think it would be best to begin from when you first discovered something was amiss.
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[ That's an interesting way to put it. ]
Well, I suppose it began when we got a flashback light that gave us memories that conflicted with earlier ones... and some facts which became apparent, also.
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[Yes, he was around for two of those... He still remembers that Ultimate Hunt... And going into hiding... And seeing his own funeral.]
[Hm... That last bit seems contradictory enough.]
So are you saying that the flashback lights were giving us false memories, or did you discover a lot of red herrings?
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More of our memories...?
Do you mean...?
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Our memories were... Lies?!
[That can't be true. His heart begins to pound. It can't be true. All his studies, all the time he spent, everything he's done for Sister... No, he can't believe his classmate's words. It can't all be false.]
On... On what grounds are you basing that theory?! That person could have been lying to your face!
[His voice pitches. He's getting defensive.]
Those flashback lights could have been false, but there's no proof our entire lives were fabricated!
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But certainly the outside world isn't how we remembered it. Our killing game was popular entertainment. And the technology level... Things like Flashback Lights and Exisals never seemed normal, right? It doesn't make sense that only some kidnappers have things like that.
[ He's thought all this over fairly extensively, by now. ]
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[Shuichi can hear his shaky breaths as his arms wrap around his chest.
He tries to reason, but... Nothing solid comes up to refute that. He remembers going to various developed countries in his research and none of them had that level of technology. Not even Japan. There must be an explanation... THERE HAS TO BE SOME EXPLANATION.]
No... No, we've clearly seen at least the Monokumas can be replicated. Didn't you see the chinchillas? And he raccoons! You saw those in person! Surely, the technology exists...!
[THERE HAS TO BE SOME EXPLANATION. HE CAN'T BE A COMPLETE FAKE, RIGHT? RIGHT?!]
[Sister still exists, right? He can feel her...]
[Please let that exist.]
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[ Though, now that he thinks about it... ]
Though I suppose... it's possible that even if our memories are fiction, there's some universe out there where it really happened.
[ Given... some other people who appear to be here... ]
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[It's... So much to consider.]
Listen to yourself! Do you even know what you're saying? Are our pasts real or not!?
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1/2
2/2 sorry about the spoilers...
[He stays silent for a moment...]
[He mutters to himself. Shuichi should be able to hear a familiar falsetto coming out of his mouth.]
Calm yourself, Korekiyo... You mustn't shout at your peers.
Yes...
[He slowly straightens out, dragging his hand down his face, pulling off his mask. He glares at Shuichi with a face that the detective hasn't seen in a while.]
Now then... What buisness do you have for confusing my brother like that?
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[ It takes him a while to come up with more than that. Somehow this is even weirder in a dorm room than it was at a class trial. ]
I'm just... telling you what I know.
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[She regards him with a look of scorn.]
Is that all you have to say? I've heard you lying before...
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[That was... A surprisingly good question. But who would we be able to trust here?
She remains firm with him.]
Were you the only one who lived?
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Just you and her?
[Was he... Honest? It seems unreal.]
But what became of dear Yumeno-san?
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[She humbly smirks. Perhaps that dream was achieved after all...]
[Yet it wasn't by his hand, was it? And if it wasn't real... He was so much further away...]
[Shuichi knows nothing. He doesn't know who he really is.]
[And yet...]
... I'm sure she's safe...
[That was Kiyo's voice, chiming in with his "Sister's."]
As far as we know, that is...
And besides, we now know of at least one place that may bring back the dead.
Our other classmates.
Wherever they are.
[Getting dizzy, Shuichi?]
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Mm. It's true they can bring back the dead, as well as transport people to and from alternate timelines. There are ones where everyone lived... But, we can't go to those without replacing our 'selves'. That's what we learned last time.