not sending him anyplace until i can see the whole vita translation, but...

[luckybreakdown]

Mun, you don't need to worry. I think that the hope within you is admirable! To want to play me at a game where you know other people are familiar with the canon... when you already have someone else there? You can't let the worries in your mind deter you now! You can't give up!

...and besides, even if you don't end up being a very good mun, that will only make everyone else much happier when they find a castmate who isn't an embarrassment like you or me! And it might even bring us closer together, because we'd both be able to watch everyone else soar to new heights, even though we're both worthless.

[Komaeda, that doesn't help.]

...Eh? It doesn't?



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[luckybreakdown]

[If anyone else were in this situation, they might listen to what Nanami's saying and notice her body language, which would lead them to conclude that it is indeed Nanami himself who is the traitor -- based simply on the fact that she looks so unusually worked up about the whole thing. ...But of course, this is Komaeda we're talking about.]

[Truth is, he doesn't know much of anything that happened past when he died. The real traitor could have shared this information with Nanami at any time, and he would have no idea.]

[Well, maybe he just has to take a guess.]

...Is it you?

[entercheats]

[There's a lengthy moment where Nanami says nothing, her expression unchanging, until she suddenly smiles.]

...Yep, you've got it. Good job, Komaeda-kun.

[Even if she had to give him clues to help him out, she still can't help but praise the fact that he was able to deduce from them.]

I'm the spy sent by the Future Foundation...the traitor that you wanted to protect.

[luckybreakdown]

I actually... didn't come to that conclusion on my own. [The smile fades slowly; very slowly.] It was a lucky guess.

...Is that all that my abilities boil down to? A series of lucky guesses?

[Komaeda now is not the time to talk about your personal problems-- oh welp alright you're going ahead with it anyway.]

[entercheats]

[Komaeda, no.]

...Mmm, nope. I don't think so.

[luckybreakdown]

How can you be so sure, Nanami-san? This affliction of mine is still very much a mystery, in terms of both causes and effects. ...Although, it doesn't really matter in the end. What matters is that the case is solved and the spirit of hope is preserved. If all I have to contribute to that effort is my tendency to take good guesses, then even though it's a terrible ability to have, I'm happy to use it for any hopeful purpose!

[entercheats]

It may...be a mystery, but...I don't think it's just lucky guesses.

[luckybreakdown]

Why? Do you have any proof to back your claim?

[Despite how it's worded, this doesn't actually sound aggressive at all. In fact, he seems more curious than anything else.]

...What am I saying? Of course you do. You're the Super High School Level Gamer. I'm sure that you must have picked up on a hundred miniscule things that I have missed due to incompetence.

[entercheats]

I mean...your luck isn't just for lucky guesses, right? It's like a luck factor in most RPGs...almost as if a number is calculated by random, which effects what happens in this world. It could be for guesses, too, but it could also be for other things... Maybe one day, the right number will come up and reward you with something good.

[...]

...I think.

[luckybreakdown]

Well, it's more like... a balancing act, where the good luck always has to be higher than the bad luck. If something bad happens to me, then something better will happen shortly afterward; if something good happens to me, then I'll have a lesser misfortune down the road.

...It would make sense... after all, even if it is a crummy talent, this mercurial luck is the only thing I have going for me.

[entercheats]

[...What is she supposed to say to that? That sounds really sad, and she can't help but feel sorry for him. It makes sense why he depended on his luck so much, especially when he incorporated it into that case. There's a long pause with her words failing her until she finally manages to utter out a faint:]

...I see.

[...She's not at all content with that being the only thing she says, but...she's not sure what else to say in this situation. That sounds...really lonely, and she feels that she can at least understand him a bit better now; he had always been one of the few on the island that she couldn't truly understand, not only out of her own social ineptitude but Komaeda's complexity as well. She can see why he would cling to the idea of hope when he was in such a hopeless situation himself, their circumstances aside.]

[luckybreakdown]

[Despite the... really depressing thing that he just said, Komaeda widens his smile.]

Does that help you understand? I can try another way if it doesn't. I'm not the best at explaining things.

[...we know.]

[entercheats]

[Yes, Komaeda, we know; therefore, she shakes her head slightly.]

No, I get it, but...

[Might as well get it out of the way.]

...that sounds really sad, you know? I don't know a lot about your life, but...now that you've told me about how your luck works, I can't help but think about how lonely you must've been... If this has been happening all of your life...you must've experienced a lot of tragedy, right...? I'm sorry.

[luckybreakdown]

You really shouldn't worry about me, Nanami-san!

[Komaeda makes a motion as if he is physically brushing her words away.]

It's not worth it to get upset about unimportant things.

[entercheats]

[She huffs slightly.]

Even if you say that...it won't stop me from feeling that way.

[After all, she considers everyone on the island her friend; they were her very first friends, to be specific, so she can't help but be worried about them, right...? It makes sense to her, and that's what she chooses to believe in, no matter what Komaeda may insist otherwise.]

[luckybreakdown]

Haha!

[Komaeda legitimately seems to find this funny.]

Well, I can't change your feelings, Nanami-san. So I guess... I should be really honored! Thank you!

1/2

[entercheats]

[gdi Komaeda you ruined the moment.]

.........

[Yeah, that is definitely a really long pause there.]

2/2

[entercheats]

.........

[Aaaand it's over.]

...Yep, in this situation, that sort of response is fine...mmm, actually, it might be the best option. If you keep making choices like that, maybe there's a chance that the flag'll raise and an event will trigger...?

[In other words, please stop denying her help, Komaeda. Let her be a friend to you...]

[luckybreakdown]

Yes! I'm waiting for the ultimate good fortune to come upon me -- if it ever does -- and until that day, I will always hold out hope!

[Komaeda. Komaeda pls. ...He doesn't actually realize that what she's trying to do is "friendship", unfortunately.]

[entercheats]

[KOMAEDA PLS. ...She'll tell him some other time, then. Maybe. As of right now, she's pretty tired because talking with Komaeda can really be exasperating.]

...Yeah.

[Yaaaaaaaawn...]

[luckybreakdown]

Oh... is this heavy talk making you tired? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up. I mean, I wouldn't want to listen to my moping, so there's no way you would.

[entercheats]

...No, I was already sleepy...so, it's fine.

[She's not going to deny that the topic of discussion made her sleepier, though.]

[luckybreakdown]

Ah. Of course.

...Well, do you want to sit down? Or would that just make you sleepier?

[entercheats]

Mmm...sitting down would be okay, probably...

[Despite the uncertain-sounding verbal tic, she's going to sit down anyways. Right there. Where she was standing. Nanami pls.]

[luckybreakdown]

[Komaeda follows suit. There are chairs on the opposite side of the room, but you know, Nanami has chosen this spot. There was definitely a very good reason. Absolutely.]

Ah, if you really do fall asleep, we should find a bed...

[Because if they don't, Komaeda will have to carry her. And that will be bad in so many different ways.]

[entercheats]

[Sorry, Komaeda.

What was that about falling asleep?

Because she already has.]