Regarding plots happening at wonderfulworlds...

[notsogrimreaper]

Mun...

Why are we going there? It isn't safe! Minato-kun and the others will...

[Ryoji looks away for a moment, struggling to stay calm.]

They still have a week though. Maybe they can do something. I just wish they didn't have to suffer again.

If I was Erased, would that mean...?

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[leekspins]

No more trying to be erased! It's against the law.

[She's very firm on this.]

[notsogrimreaper]

Orihime-chan.

[He doesn't... really know what to say. How to even begin to explain.]

It wouldn't hurt me. I'm already dead anyways, there.

[Why doesn't she understand that it's to keep everyone safe?]

[leekspins]

So what if it doesn't hurt you? That doesn't make it okay! You have just as much right to experience being alive as anybody else!

[notsogrimreaper]

You don't understand... In a few days, I won't be myself anyways. I won't experience life anymore, regardless of whether I live or die.

And if I do get Erased, maybe then the others won't be in danger.

[leekspins]

I can't accept that as the only solution.

[notsogrimreaper]

If they fight again, someone will have to be sacrificed. I don't want anyone else to be killed.

[leekspins]

[She shakes her head, folding her arms tightly. Nope, still not accepting any of this, even if she's not in that game and has no idea what sort of details are involved.]

[notsogrimreaper]

...Why are you so worried? You aren't a part of this.

[leekspins]

I know. I can't really say, I guess...

Outside of the game, you're dear to me.

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji forces a smile.]

And you to me... that's why I want to protect you. And everyone else who is important to me.

[leekspins]

But how can you protect us if you're gone...?

[notsogrimreaper]

By making sure that at least I don't hurt you.

[leekspins]

You could never do that.

[notsogrimreaper]

...You don't know the whole truth, do you? All I do is harm people. That's my nature.

[leekspins]

No, it isn't. You've never hurt me, and it's obvious you don't like hurting people, so how could it be your nature?

[notsogrimreaper]

It's what I was born to do. I'm Death, Orihime. All I do is make people suffer.

[leekspins]

That's not true! While dying might hurt a little, it's just another phase! I know plenty of shinigami who help people pass to the other side, and none of them are bad people.

[Well, most of them, anyway.]

The only way you'd make me suffer is by leaving me behind...leaving to a place I could never go, even if I died. So please reconsider?

[notsogrimreaper]

I'm sure they haven't tried to destroy their worlds... not like me.

[Ryoji can't mention that if he leaves the Game (an event which may happen very soon, due to his Avatar state), he'll be sealed off from humankind anyways. It's not likely Orihime can ever follow him.

All he can do is give her a bit of reassurance.]

...I'll reconsider.

[leekspins]

[It'll have to suffice. She throws her arms around his neck and hugs him tightly.]

Thank you.

[notsogrimreaper]

[He can't say anything in return, afraid he'll lose his grip on his emotions. So he just clings back, eyes squeezed tight, just trying to embed the hug in his memory for a bit of comfort before he goes.]

[tamedhollow]

Huh? What's the matter, Ryoji?

[notsogrimreaper]

This is the world I'm from... The world I'm going to end.

[tamedhollow]

... Oh.

[derp]

... Well can you... hold off on that? Until we leave?

[notsogrimreaper]

[...That really uncomfortable silence should give you an answer, Ichigo.]

[tamedhollow]

[Ichigo lets out a sigh and looks down. When he looks back at Ryoji, his kindness is hidden under a stern look, and his eyes are determined]

You know I'll do what I have to, to protect the people in that world, and the rest of us.

[notsogrimreaper]

[That actually does get Ryoji to smile. It's a little sad, but more relieved.]

That's just what I'd want you to do.

[tamedhollow]

But I don't want to, Ryoji. [he puts his hand on the kid's (notkid) shoulder, offering a concerned look] Look. Stay in the UG. Try not to interact with anyone from that world, if you can. Maybe if you do that, nothing bad will happen.

[notsogrimreaper]

Ah... That may be a little difficult now. My mun's remembered that I-I'm supposed to be in the RG.

[So now he's just doubly suicidal.]

[tamedhollow]

Oh great... well... you're not a Player. That means you don't have to do anything if you don't want to! Maybe just... stay in the Hotel?

[notsogrimreaper]

I c-couldn't do that... You said yourself that you would do what you had to, and the same goes for me.

[read: If none of you wussies will kill him he'll just do it himself.]

[tamedhollow]

Why can't you just stay in the hotel? You can get someone to bring you food...

[notsogrimreaper]

I'm not going to just sit there and wait for the end. I have to try to prevent it, no matter what it takes.

[tamedhollow]

[he sighs] So... it doesn't matter what you do. You just BEING there is bad?

[notsogrimreaper]

My existence summons the end. So yes. Unless I'm killed, there's no way to hold it off.

[chibibanana]

Ewased?

[notsogrimreaper]

[Oh hello small child this is going to be awkward.]

...It means go away. For a really long time.

[chibibanana]

But Kichi want you to stay! Wanna play!

[notsogrimreaper]

We can play later... It won't be nearly as long as you think.

[Ryoji doesn't know if either of those are the truth. How does being in games and then being in memes even work?]

[chibibanana]

No play now?

[what's a 'meme'?]

[notsogrimreaper]

N-Not right now. I'm really sorry.

[chibibanana]

...

But...

[ut-oh here comes the waterworks!]

[notsogrimreaper]

P-Please don't cry.

[No, really, don't, he won't be able to handle it.]

[shy_kindness]

Um, if it's okay for me to ask, what's going to happen...?

[notsogrimreaper]

...Fluttershy, I'll only tell you this if you promise to stop it. S-Stop me.

[nature_of_shadow]

Given the nature of what you are, I highly doubt it even possible for you to be erased.

[notsogrimreaper]

[Hey who are you and how do you know what he is?]

It's happened before. I trust my friends to find a way.

[nature_of_shadow]

[He's on your side. Sort of.]

You've been erased, and yet here you stand before me. A fascinating phenomena. As far as I can tell, it is unique to Shadows that are born of other more powerful entities. Once those entities give the Shadow a will, they begin to transcend ideas of temporal consistency.

[notsogrimreaper]

[Are you on his 'no hurting people' side or 'destroy everything because mom said to' side?]

I just think it's because of this place. I should still be in the Seal. And even if I did come back, it wouldn't be me. My human form shouldn't exist anymore.