Trash Squad Day 11: Korekiyo secret

[truthstranger]

[ Back in Korekiyo's room again. He's slightly wary, but he wants to be someone he can trust, so... ]

What is it that you needed to show me, then...?

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[justpure]

This... One second...

[He brings up the video on his tablet and presents it to the detective.

It's not much of a video, really. More like an audio track of two people having a conversation played over a video of an equalizer.

"Hey," says some unknown person's voice, "You think we might of gone too far with that third trial?"

"I dunno!" replies a voice that almost sounds like Junko Enoshima's... Or a good imitation of her. "I thought themes of forbidden love and spooky spirits did wonders for ratings!"

"Wonders? You see how many angry comments we're getting over how we handled Korekiyo? They're saying we jumped the shark!"

"Yeah, yeah, they already said that when we killed off the piano freak. Besides, Kiyo said he'd do anything for his sister, so..."

The video ends here. Kiyo is silent for a moment before he glances up at Saihara.]

... I think I owe you an apology.

[truthstranger]

Ah...

[ His eyes widen slightly in surprise as he listens to the audio, but mostly he just looks grim about it. ]

...It's not as if I'm happy to be right, in this situation.

[justpure]

Of course you wouldn't.

[He shuts the tablet off.]

But they mentioned my sister as if she truly exists... So some things must be true...

[truthstranger]

Yes... it seems likely they... built our characters, I suppose, on top of a foundation which already existed. But it's impossible to tell where that ends...

[justpure]

Yes... That is very... Very unfortunate.

[His voice falters a bit.]

And yet, we are forced to live on with what we do have. Do you think these... Captors really thought about the lasting impact of their little game?

[truthstranger]

They don't expect very many people to survive long enough for that to matter.

[justpure]

... What was that rule again? The game would go on until two were left standing?

Would that mean the mastermind and the last participant?

I wonder how that would have ended?