tentative reserving to afterliving

[shsloptimist]

What do you mean I'm going to die?!

After all of that you're just going to have me killed?!

I don't get you, Mundane-san, but I don't like whatever you're planning in the long run.

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[tsunball]

.. What, Naegi, your mun's gonna send you there?

[ Not too sure what to think of that.. sure, wouldn't be bad to have him around, but on the other hand, it's sort of more than just a little awkward by now, huh.. and it's the afterlife, so it's not like it's great to begin with. ]

[shsloptimist]

It looks that way. There's not much I can do to change their mind either.

[ If it was up to him he wouldn't go. Especially considering how his mun plans to kill him off. Still, he'd be lying if he said he wouldn't mind seeing familiar faces, even Leon's. After all they're still friends right? As awkward as things might be. ]

[tsunball]

Of course you can do something to change their mind! Shit, if you don't want to go, then don't just let them do it to you! Just yell at them or whatever! [ Leon, your methods don't necessarily work for anyone else. Nor are they particularly good. ]

[shsloptimist]

It would be embarrassing to go kicking and screaming like a baby, Kuwata-kun.

[ Plus all that would do is get the mun to laugh. ]

[tsunball]

I wasn't saying you should do it like that!

[ .. then again, that's what he usually ends up doing either way, huh. Whoops. ]

I'm just saying you shouldn't just take it from them without at least putting up some protest! I mean-- [ a little.. more.. awkward.. this is too sappy to say, why this. ] .. not like I'd want you to end up dead or whatever either, I guess.

[shsloptimist]

[ Leon Kuwata route unlocked!

...Except not really. ]

I would, but... It's hard to describe. Have you ever tried pushing against a wall?

[ And there's the topic. It wasn't like he wanted to avoid it on purpose... but it was still hard to talk about. ]

Kuwata-kun... About everything at Hope's Peak...

[ He wanted to apologize, but the words just couldn't come out. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place: One life or many. A friend or a group of friends. He couldn't say he'd have done the same in Leon's situation, but maybe that's because he'd be too shocked by Maizono's betrayal to defend himself. It was a pretty natural reaction... as natural as the situation could be considered anyways. ]

[tsunball]

[ .. Yup, this topic. He was pretty much avoiding it too, either way. It seems like so long ago with how long he's been in that afterlife now. Hope's Peak, everyone there, everything that happened there -- they're all like very distant memories. Although there are still things that are more clear than he would have liked them to be. The blood all over him, the panic, the trial, and then...

He has to swallow thickly, even if he tries to not show it. Come on, Leon, just act tough like always-- ]

What about it? Don't tell me you're going to point fingers at me again. You got what you wanted in the end, right?!

[shsloptimist]

[ wha- ]

N-No, that's not true Kuwata-kun! I never wanted anyone to die!

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[tsunball]

Sure, you say that now! But all of you sure sure were eager to get me--

[tsunball]

[ .. his voice trails off. Sure, even Leon is aware that of course they pointed him out as the culprit, they didn't want to die, just like him. But he's not selfless enough to just find it okay instantly, or brave enough to dare to explore his own buried guilt. Besides, wasn't he ready to sacrifice everyone to save his own ass just since he was so scared?

Instead he sighs. ]

.. Listen, Naegi.. let's just not talk about that shit anymore, okay? I don't even want to think about it.

[shsloptimist]

...Sorry.

[ About a lot of things. But, specifically in this instance, for bringing it up. It was a touchy subject for them all. ]

[tsunball]

.. Why don't we instead talk about what you can do to make it up?

[ Leon... ]

You see, there's plenty of cute girls over there, but I somehow can't seem to win points with them enough to get them to like me in that way.. won't you be my wingman, Naegi?

Spoilers, ho?

[despairista]

huff... huff... huff... huff...

I'm here! I'm here! Don't start without me! Who needs to be killed?

Go for it!

[shsloptimist]

[ YOU. ]

No one needs to be killed! Why are you here?!

[ Because Naegi already has to deal with one person that enjoys tormenting him. ]

[despairista]

Awwww, don't be like that. I'm just a humble little bear trying to do his part for society.

I'm providing a service!

[shsloptimist]

You're pitting people against each other and making them kill! How is that a service?!

[despairista]

Huh? Just when did I "make someone kill"? As far as I can remember, everyone killed of their own volition, and I have the memory of a bear!

Isn't that the truth of the world? People try to hide behind things like "circumstance" or "coercion" but when you strip all the excuses away, it's just mano killing mano for their own gain! No better than the law of the jungle! The sooner that people realise that, the better.

Ah. But saying that, if you really need to die then I have to insist that I be involved somehow. At least give me a front-row seat in the peanut gallery.

[luckybreak]

Well that seems a little unfair.

[shsloptimist]

[ oh hey sup luckbro. ]

There's not much I can do about it either. They won't budge.

[luckybreak]

Perhaps I could die in your place?

[shsloptimist]

N-No, that wouldn't be right...

[luckybreak]

No, I guess it wouldn't. I mean, if being dead is a requirement of that place...

[shsloptimist]

[ Well when you put it like that... ]

W-Well, I don't know why you'd want to go there... but if you do, I guess you could...

[undeveloped]

D-- Did you exhaust your luck, Naegi-chi?! Don't worry, I'll say a chant for you so you won't come back after you die!!

[Hagakure's helping. Really.

Somehow.]

[shsloptimist]

[ Ah, Hagakure. Never change. ]

S-Shouldn't the concern be that I'm dying in the first place, Hagakure-kun?!

[undeveloped]

Well, we thought you were going to die once, so I can't be as shocked the second time, y'know?

[He's gotten desensitized. Or maybe he's just not sensitive. No, it's probably that.]

[shsloptimist]

[ Naegi wouldn't understand if he hadn't already seen a good handful of people die. As morbid as it may be to say, you did start to get used to it. ]

I guess... Though if my mundane has their way, I really will have died.

[undeveloped]

You know what they say, Naegi-chi, death is only the beginning!

[...]

It's no good if you're a ghost, though.

[shsloptimist]

You have a mun too, Hagakure-kun. You should know that it's not a good beginning.

[undeveloped]

But mine's lazy! I don't get to stretch my legs much, 'right? And I don't have to worry about dying either, yeah?

[He should worry, just in case. But it's...Hagakure...]

[shsloptimist]

I wouldn't make that assumption, or be so eager. Look at some of the memes other mundanes have put up.

[undeveloped]

Naegi-chi, are you trying to curse me?!

spoiler warning!

[inducing]

Because Muns are so boooooooring. Why put you in a situation that you're so familiar with? I don't care, it's pretty funny to watch you squirm with being dead and all. You must be filed with so much despair over it!

[guiltydulcinea]

I've yet to meet someone who actually likes what their mun's planning in the long run...

[ Then again, there's JUNKOS but that's another matter entirely... ]