reawakened muse is reawakened

[idolminded]

Heehee, I knew you'd come back eventually. After all, I can read minds.

[...]

Just kidding.

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[verbalbullets]

[...That can't be...can it?

.....oh but it is.]

...

M....Maizono-san......?

[idolminded]

[...Well. How awkward the situation has become all of a sudden.]

...N-Naegi-kun.

[verbalbullets]

[You can almost feel the awkward.]

....

...a....mun decided to......bring you here?

[He coughs as his voice cracks on the last word he says. It's hard enough to say anything, but how on earth is he supposed to just casually make conversation with her??]

[idolminded]

[Oh, she's sure it would be difficult speaking to a deceased classmate. It's even twice as awkward for her, given her actions and that she should be, well... dead. She nods slowly, lips pursed in a tight line as she ponders how to respond.]

She... she did, yes. I'm just as surprised as you are, Naegi-kun.

[verbalbullets]

[Ah great. Naegi really doesn't know what to say next as he just sortof stands there, awkwardly shifting his weight from one foot to the other. He never takes his eyes off Sayaka, however, his gaze practically piercing her with it's intensity.

He can't seem to articulate what he wants to say, but what he's thinking should be pretty obvious.]

I....I see.

[He defended you, Sayaka. He trusted you.]

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[idolminded]

[...Don't look at her like that, Naegi. No doubt she feels guilty for her actions now, especially with how it cost her her life, and she truly does feel horrible for duping you like that. After all, if she hadn't felt remorse for it, she wouldn't have pinpointed the true culprit. That has to account for something, right?

The uneasy atmosphere between them is enough to make Sayaka uncomfortable, and she's sure that if it isn't relieved any time soon that she'd break. So, she gives a soft sigh, thinking of some way to ease the tension.]

2/2

[idolminded]

...So, has your mun decided to do anything with you yet?

[verbalbullets]

[Oh. He wasn't expecting her to ask that, but the break in the tension is silently welcomed. For now, he gives his own sigh before answering, shaking his head slowly.]

No. I've...only recently found myself here, actually.

[idolminded]

...Mm, I see.

[She sighs again. This is certainly not what she wanted to experience. Not that she had expected to come alive again, but hey, she would have appreciated a different scenario.]

Well, I'm sure whatever your mun decides to do with you can't be as worse as what happened at Hope's Peak.

1/???

[thousandknocks]

[... oh.]

2/???

[thousandknocks]

[Oh.]

3/???

[thousandknocks]

[OH.]

4/???

[thousandknocks]

[OH NO.]

5/6

[thousandknocks]

[OH HELL NO.]

You...

6/6 DONE

[thousandknocks]

FUCKIN' BITCH!

GOODNESS

[idolminded]

[Sayaka isn't even fazed right now. She simply gives a heavy sigh, staring at Leon unblinkingly. She should've expected this sooner or later.]

...Well, aren't you one for pleasant greetings?

[Oh, the sarcasm is strong in this one.]

[thousandknocks]

[He's so furious right now that he couldn't care less either.]

Yeah, 'cause it's so freakin' nice to see the crazy chick who TRIED TO MURDER ME!

[idolminded]

...

[Don't let him get to you, Sayaka.]

And you killed me. Yet, you don't see me being hostile towards you, do you, Kuwata-kun?

1/2

[thousandknocks]

[She kind of has a point.
Still...]

... I never WANTED that to happen.
I know it did anyway, but...

2/2

[thousandknocks]

What about you, huh? Ya regret almost screwing Naegi over? He TRUSTED you, and you were gonna frame his ass! How fucked up are you?!

And oh, that's right, if you'd gotten away with it we ALL WOULD'VE BEEN DEAD!
But it would've WORTH IT TO YA, WOULDN'T IT?!
YA FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT?! DO YA?!

1/2

[idolminded]

[...Of course. She should have expected that would come up in conversation sooner or later. By this point, Sayaka's quivering with a mixture of anger, frustration, and distress. Her fists tremble at her sides as she yells back at Leon with a shaky voice. She knows that her actions aren't justified by no means, but that doesn't give him the right to attack her with her own faults when he was to blame as well!]

Yes, I DO feel bad for almost framing him, actually! Naegi-kun was my FRIEND! But you can't say you wouldn't have done the same! You can't say that ANYONE wouldn't have done the same! That was our only way of ESCAPE! Did you... Do you really think that SOMEONE would've RESCUED us!? We were TRAPPED.

[Though, wait... Something about his words doesn't make sense.]

2/2

[idolminded]

...Did you just say that you all would've been dead?

[The rules never mentioned anything about the others being affected by a murder. She clearly recalls it stating that you had to kill another and not let anyone else know you were the culprit in order to graduate. Sayaka purses her lips together tightly, an expression of partial bewilderment coming upon her features. She has no idea about the class trials, having died before Monobear decided to disclose that bit of information, so she simply regards Leon as if he lost his mind altogether.]

Didn't you graduate, Kuwata-kun...?

[Of course, there was her dying message, but still. He had successfully gotten away with killing her; he should have been able to leave the academy before anyone had noticed.]

1/3

[thousandknocks]

[He also wasn't exactly expecting that sort of response. Her outburst leaves Leon paralyzed and speechless for several moments, not knowing what to do, say, or feel...
Until she asks that question.
Oh, you really have no idea, Sayaka.
Looks like he better fill you in.]

Lemme tell ya what happened after you bit it.

2/3

[thousandknocks]

After everyone found your body, Monokuma told us what was next. It's not as easy as the minute ya kill someone you're outta there. Nah, the real challenge is gettin' away with it, 'cause what happened then was a "Class Trial."
Basically we had to figure out who really did it. If we were right, only the killer got the penalty. But if we were wrong? That's when the culprit's free, while everybody else pays the price.

Give ya one guess what that price is.

3/3

[thousandknocks]

And they caught me. And by they I mean "mostly Naegi," for some goddamn irony.
Followed all the clues right to me, includin' that "dyin' message" of yours.
Leon Kuwata, proclaimed motherfuckin' guilty. And ya know what Monokuma does with guilty motherfuckers like me?

[He drags a finger across his neck and makes disgusting a sound like slashing.]

That's right, I'm a dead man walkin'.
Thanks to bein' chained to a pole then bludgeoned with a MILLION FUCKIN' BASEBALLS BY SOME PSYCHO-ASS TEDDY BEAR 'TIL I WAS D-E-CEASED!

So congratu-fuckin'-lations, princess. Only your killer got his just desserts while everybody else lived to see another day in that mutual murder hellhole!