reserved at haven...

[particularity]

...

Oi, you...have you even thought this through? What happened to "I'm gonna wait"? You haven't even decided on a canon point.

[It's even a horror game, haven't I been around that genre enough?]

You got a lotta problems you haven't even considered. At all.

And "it's okay, Komaeda's going too" doesn't make me feel happier about this.

[Isn't that one of the problems...]

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[unluckless]

I wouldn't really expect you to be happy that I'm going too. But I think it's a really great stroke of luck. Leaving the island behind and having new dangers to face!

[Yes. Good.] It's really exciting when you think about it, isn't it, Hinata-kun?

[particularity]

[Speak of the devil and he doth appear... I think that's how it goes.]

I'm having a hard time getting excited when I start thinking about all the stuff that's gonna happen. [Horrifying stuff. Monsters and who knows what else. Every day spent with Komaeda... No, that's a joke. Probably.] Are you really not worried at all about this?

[unluckless]

That's the exciting part! You never know the strength of the hope in your until you have to face the worst things.

That's why I'm really looking forward to a place like this. And to going there with you!

[A pause and he adds.] It's not worth it to worry. Even if something terrible happens, that just means what comes after it will be even better.

[particularity]

[I probably should've guessed the conversation would go like this...]

Wouldn't trying to avoid the terrible things be the better course here?

[unluckless]

[Blink.]

Maybe. But that isn't how it works. Isn't that obvious?

Terrible things happen that you can't really do anything about. Picnics get ruined by rain. Field trips that are supposed to be just field trips get taken over by bears.

[particularity]

[...I guess he's got a point.]

But we know about this. Er, well-- [He sighs a little. Meta knowledge. Never there when one truly needs it.] I guess we won't know anymore when we go there.

Still. I'm gonna be careful; I don't wanna rely on your luck.

[soudalicious]

Y-you're going to that game? With him?

[He's mourning you already, Hinata.]

[particularity]

[If Komaeda gets him killed, remember him fondly, Souda.]

Yeah. Looks like I'm the one getting shipped off to a horror game first.

[--and so.] What was that you said before? About having my back? [You owe me by now, I think.]

[soudalicious]

Oh...I did say that...

Okay! I can't let my friends down! You can use one of my hiding places and stay there until your mun gets bored and sends someone else.

[particularity]

[You have hiding places ready for this kind of thing? Wait, am I really surprised...?]

I'm not sure that's gonna work for me so well.

[soudalicious]

Oh. Well, do you have a different plan?

[particularity]

I was going with the "outline everything that's bad about this" but.

That's doing the opposite of what it should.

quietly threadjacks whoops

[paving]

Why not come to my game instead, Souda-kun?

[bearfaced]

My little students are growing up so fast. Graduating from my Field Trip of Mutual Killing into another game of horror and despair...

[particularity]

We're not yours in any way...

[Who asked for this kind of graduation? Not me.]

[bearfaced]

How cruel. And after I spent so much time and effort on you little bastards...

[particularity]

We didn't ask for it.

[bearfaced]

But you got it anyway! I guess you bitch about "buy one get one free" offers too!

[particularity]

This and that are entirely different things!

[This'd be like a buy one get one free offer on murder! And who'd want that?!]

[paving]

I'm not going! At least, not me me. I guess another one is. Isn't that crazy?

Well, nothing I can do about that. I'm at least glad that the other-me will have Hinata-kun with him.

[particularity]

...Yeah, it's kinda crazy. [This is never not going to be weird to me.]

But it's not going to be the best place to go, no matter who's with who...

1/2

[paving]

It would be worse if you were alone, right? With other-me with you, you two now have hope of surviving whatever's going to happen!

2/2

[paving]

I have to admit though - I'm a little sad that I'm left alone in my game . . .

But who would want to be with trash like me? I'm lucky that people even talk to me.

[particularity]

What, are you giving up on someone from our class going already?

[paving]

Why would any of them even want to spend time with me? I'm a useless companion. You were all pretty happy to leave me in tied up, after all. I'm better off a stepping stone for you, Hinata-kun.

Still, if anybody came . . . I would happy.