⊵ hi, my name is lina! i used to post my milgram ocs on my other blog (@/linalilia) but i felt like it's not the best blog for that, so i decided to make a whole new blog just for them they better be grateful but i know they aren't!
⊵ so yeah, starting from now, i'll be posting all of my milgram ocs content here. i hope it's not annoying, i just really thought it would be nice for these silly murderous guys to have their own space or something like that! all of my older posts will be reblogged here and i will keep the masterlist i made on my other blog and it will be updated as i post more stuff.
▶ you can find the masterlist here and you can read more about my ocgram (stuff like trigger warnings, how it works, etc) here.
⊵ i will post things like oc art, voice dramas, interrogations and pretty much anything related to my milgram ocs. you can ask questions/talk to me about them or you can interact with them, if you want!
⊵ anyway, that's it, i hope you find these guys as interesting as i do :D
was thinking about which linagram characters would cover the t3 songs that have been released so far and here they areee
life: reina sounds like the only option to me seriously.
some lyrics are giving off strong reina vibes to me.
"Cuz it was freezing, that’s why I looked for warmth / Not treating myself right? Well, it wasn’t all bad" can describe her days as a delinquent and doing things that are harmful both to herself and others, and avoiding talking to her family, and well, "I have much more that needs fixing, so why / LIFE, I wanted you to care enough to scold me and tell me I was wrong" and "Think about those who should have lived instead of me, so why / LIFE, I wanted you to care enough to Tear and Drop me" is definitely very reinacore with her obsession with being voted guilty (except unlike yuno, she did get what she wanted in the end 💀💀)
as for who she would apologize to in the end, i think it'd just be her brother. i had thoughts about miki but like.. if anything, it's MIKI who should be apologizing to her for making her stay and repeat the cycle (even if it was reina's choice in the end). also, her telling her brother "if by accident or chance we meet again" when he's dead.. it just makes me very :')
the appare march: .. is it okay to say that i genuinely forget this song exists sometimes. i really had to think hard about this one but then i was like wait. i could just go with yurika SJAKSKDLD.
like if anyone would do this song justice, it's her 🙏🙏 i imagine her cover sounding even more unhinged like it'd be just pure RAGE.
but i genuinely think it'd fit her! i think it could be interpreted as both seeing takame as her "savior" and wanting to follow her anywhere no matter what, and also threatening the guards and trying to sound more brave than she actually is. though hey, reina planned the whole memory wipe thing, but yurika was the one who broke eiji's arm and he wasn't able to punish anyone again thanks to her so 😌😌
pain: OOOOOH this was a hard one because it feels both extremely akiocore and rikucore to me? honestly i think it'd work very well as a duet too.. but if i had to choose just one of them, i'd definitely give it to akio.
the lyrics fit him and describe his arc and his murder so well!! honestly, i'd find some bits disturbing if he covered it, like "I want you to really taste that pain, lick it good", "You know your "I'm sorry" won't reach anyone", and "Cry all you want, I won't stop teaching you a lesson" are just.. like yeah, just a reminder that he DID torture chise 😭😭 (chise's death is one of those i find the most tragic personally, because he literally was just a boy who was loved by his classmates because of his kindness and akio and arata did all that to him..)
i think this cover would be addressed to both arata and the guards, for example, some parts definitely sound like him realizing that what he and arata did was very messed up and that arata was never in on it for akio's sake ("He wouldn't have had to die, that poor baby", "So lame, that the "villain" is the one still alive", "That baby, what he was feeling as he died, you have no idea, do you", "I'll take on the role of the villain, I just want you to apologize to him"), but some parts would def just be him calling out the guards ("You're a murderer too, you know? Oooh, I'm so scared", "No really, you think you're Mr. Justice or something?"). also i just think him singing "Cuz you're the one who killed him, I judge you as GUILTY" would be very neat bc it could both reference him judging all guards as guilty, and also metaphorically voting arata as guilty.
and yeah, him saying "it's not that poor baby's fault"... yeah..
camouflage: THIS WAS ALSO A HARD ONE and i was considering akio because he hid his relationship with arata from other students and all other prisoners are either openly queer or they don't care about all that, BUT. then i realized. kei.
kei is definitely openly bisexual, but his murder happened because he wanted to take revenge on his friends for 'disapproving' of his relationship with ruka. DEFINITELY more messed up than kazui's situation, since kei's murder would've probably never happened if his friends just said 'hey, we don't have any issues with you dating a guy, it's just why does he look like he just crawled out of your basement' (except i don't think they'd say that, because i imagine most of kei's friends to be homophobic.. but they for sure were more bothered by ruka's condition than his gender).
honestly, i find kei's murder the weakest part of his character 😭😭 if i could, i would rewrite it, but oh well.
also, i imagine his cover would have a more night club type beat idk how to describe it :'D
non-demonium: you know what? let's give it to aimi.
i had thoughts about miki, but i imagine miki's voice would be too soft for it, maybe? i think i posted my voice claims for female prisoners (i'd change some of them tbh..) before, and i still like to imagine aimi being voiced by reina ueda, and i think it'd be cool if her cover sounded like sparxie from hsr :D
non-demonium fits aimi's aesthetic and vibe a lot, and also the song in general really reminds me of her relationship with misao (she always kinda disliked him, but could never say no to him, and she sees her murder as finally becoming free. i left a lot of details out on purpose, but hanasaki siblings' relationship is. very messed up).
for the shidou and fuuta part, i can imagine her changing fuuta to akio, while shidou.. maybe miki if this is her season 3 cover? or she could just not bother and call misao out.
what i've been thinking about a lot lately is that to me, right now, the main difference between linagram 1 and linagram 2 prisoners is that pretty much all linagram 1 prisoners are either a) 100% confident they were in the right or b) just don't care if they've done something wrong. there are exceptions, of course, like reina and also akio eventually realized that what he and arata did was fucked up, but pretty much all of them are actually very self-centered and think They Can Do No Wrong and even if they do, well, who cares. like even naomi, who DOES understand that killing a child, especially as his teacher, is very messed up, can't bring herself to truly feel bad about it.
however, linagram 2 characters feel very different to me because they are so. so easy to manipulate. almost all of them are extremely vulnerable and they just go with whatever the strongest or the smartest person in the group suggests. if i had to separate them all into categories, it'd be "those who would join a cult because they are extremely vulnerable", "those who would join just for fun or bc they have nothing else to do", and "the cult leader". there's only one prisoner in the last one btw. linagram 2 characters feel much more sad and anxious to me while linagram 1 prisoners are more driven by anger or their own desires to me.
the dynamics also feel a bit different to me, most likely because of the ages, and if i had to describe it, linagram 1 prisoners either form extremely codependent relationships or just do their own thing, while linagram 2 prisoners.. seem to have some kind of obsession with acting like a family.
I remember reading the T1 vds on my high school bus...now im done with sophmore year in college...oh god we're old...
ANYWAY CONGRSTS!!!! RIP TO LIKE MOST OF THEM!!!!
YES WE'RE FINALLY DONE!!! and wow time sure flies...
i think some of them will come out of this alive when they go back to the outside world, but some others.. may not be so lucky 😭😭 i was planning to make some kind of post where everyone's fates post-milgram are revealed, maybe i should work on that..
first post after the finale let's go. bringing back this gem. yeah yurika maybe if you yelled and thought about women more you would have survived your execution actually
and this is the ACTUAL FINALE!! the two LAST linagram 1 voice dramas are here!! WOOOOO!!!
(also i know the sakura blooming season has ended but I DON'T CARE I WANTED TO DRAW SMTH WITH THAT THEME... and i think it fits well here because. sakura trees are usually associated with renewal and fresh starts but also the fragility of life and i think you'll see why i chose them)
these ones are. intense. but i think they should be this is the finale after all.
warnings: as always, obvious warnings for death, murder and violence, but also, warning for description of character death (and also.. does jackalope's death count as animal death.. he doesn't really die anyway but still)
[ Post-T3 Voice Drama #04 ] No Justice In This Place
Rana: Let's get to the punishments, shall we?
Rana: Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi! You go first!
Aimi: .. Sure.
Kei: Oh, oh, will I be the one to-
Rana: No, Kei. Her idea to make everyone watch their videos made me really mad.
Rana: *laughs* Aimi. Aimi, Aimi, Aimi. That's not how we do it here.
Rana: You know, I'm so mad that I want to punish her myself!
Arisu: Wait-
(sounds of a screen turning off and a door opening)
Reina: .. Huh?
Yurika: .. Is that a fucking rabbit?
Akio: I-it looks like one at the first glance, but-
Miki: .. It looks familiar.
Jackalope (?): Hiiii, everyone!
Eiji: That's-
Reina: That's Rana's voice..
Rana (?): Oh, you see, I'm just a little bit too shy to actually come here in person, so I'll be using this cute little Jackalope to communicate and, well, punish everyone who deserves to be punished. Aside from Yurika, of course. That's gonna be Kei's job.
Eiji: .. Is this thing a robot or something?
Rana: Hmm, who knows! This Jackalope in particular could be a robot, could be an animal, or could be something in-between. It's truly a mystery..
Rana: Anyway, Aimi. Sit here.
(sounds of Aimi's footsteps and her sitting down)
Rana: Good. Now, could you do me a favor and look at the screens in front of you?
Rana: Nobody is going to see what's going on there except you.
Aimi: .. What are you going to make me watch?
Rana: Take a wild guess.
Rana: Everyone, as I've already said, you will not be able to see anything that those screens show. Sadly, because of the way Aimi is sitting, you will not be able to see her face expression either. But don't worry, I'm sure she will bless you with a wonderful reaction when we're done!
Rana: Arisu. Won't you do us a favor?
Arisu: .. A-as you wish.
Rana: Ah, wear these headphones too, Aimi. We don't want everyone's songs to play at the same time for everyone to hear.
Eiji: Everyone's.. songs?
(It's quiet and nothing can be heard at first, but then Aimi's breathing gets faster and it sounds like she's in pain.)
Rana: Oh, what's wrong, dear? You know you can just get up and stop watching, right? Or just turn away from the screens? Or you can just simply close your eyes.
(Aimi starts screaming.)
Rana: Come on, do it. Close your eyes. Turn away. Get up. Just do at least something.
Rana: Or maybe you're waiting for someone to save you again? You know..
Rana: Your brother won't be able to help you anymore.
Aimi: ...
Aimi: *starts crying*
Rana: You can see them, don't you? Everyone's sins are right in front of your eyes.
Rana: You can see them so clearly! You can hear everyone too, right? Begging the guards to forgive them, or claiming that they don't deserve forgiveness..
Rana: Oh, is that you on that screen over there?
(Aimi's crying gets louder.)
Miki: Just.. stop this already.
Miki: S-she's suffered enough. Let her go.
Rana: What is it, Miki? Do you want to become everyone's savior again?
Rana: Do you think you can save her this time? Well, you had your chance and you-
Miki: I just don't want to see her in pain. You know.. Like a normal person.
Rana: *laughs* You? A normal person? The girl who left her poor sick father to die?
(sounds of someone's footsteps getting faster and faster)
Rana: Huh-
(sound of a screen getting broken and Aimi gasping loudly)
Eiji: *breathing heavily* .. You said that we can't see anything on the screens, but..
Eiji: .. You didn't say anything about us not being allowed to walk up to them.
(sounds of Eiji breaking more screens)
Eiji: Ahaha.. These things are so fragile, I could break them with my bare hands..
Eiji: A-ah..
Miki: Eiji-san!
Miki: E-Eiji-san, y-you're bleeding-
Eiji: I-I'm going to be fine-
Rana: .. Did you just..
Rana: Did Sanada Eiji, out of all people, just do something to end someone's punishment?
Rana: Huh? All other screens turned off too?
Arisu: .. Sanada Eiji-san, please, go back to your seat.
Arisu: Y-your body is not.. strong enough for this.
Eiji: What are you talking about.. I'm completely fine..
(sounds of Miki's footsteps)
Miki: Eiji-san, please. I don't want to end up as the only guard who survived.
Eiji: .. F-fine.
Kei: .. Did.. did he just-
Rana: You know what, if it was literally any other person, I would just execute them on the spot, but since it's Eiji and it makes everything so fun and ironic, I'll let it slide.
Rana: Anyway, Aimi, how are you feeling?
(Aimi starts crying again.)
Rana: Oh, poor girl. The videos completely broke you, huh?
Rana: Well, you were right all along. If you made everyone watch them, I'm sure they'd be sobbing and begging someone to just kill them already.
Rana: You did so well, my dear. Now, you can get up and you will be sent back home when we're done with everyone.
Rana: .. Come on, get up.
(sounds of Aimi still crying)
Rana: .. Okay, this is getting annoying. Can somebody help her?
Miki: I-I will.
Miki: Um.. Aimi-chan, right?.. Here, hold my hand.
Aimi: .. Ai.. mi..
Miki: Great. Do you think you can walk on your own?
Aimi: I'll be.. f-fine..
Rana: How cute. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you two are best friends.
Rana: Okay, the next prisoner-
Kei: Heyyyy, Rana.
Kei:Maybe I should take care of Yurika already?
Kei: I think she's going to snap veeeeery soon.
Yurika: Huh?! No, no, no, Reina is supposed to be punished first!
Reina: And I thought we were a team, everyone.
Yurika: I thought my execution is going to be the main course!.. Or the dessert.. Or.. Ughhh, whatever, I just..
Yurika: I just don't want to die..
Rana: Hmmm..
Rana: You know what? Go ahead, Milgram's Executioner.
Rana: I'll decide what to do with Reina later.
Yurika: .. What?
Yurika: No. No, no, you're not just going to let this guy do what he wants, right?!
Yurika: H-he's not much better than me, you know! He got only one innocent verdict, who cares, literally who cares!
Yurika: I bet he just.. I-I don't know, I bet Miki just liked him sooooo much and forgave him! A-and she somehow made the others agree with her!
Yurika: Oh, wasn't Hinode the only other guard in charge of the second trial? Oh, it'd be so easy for a cute girl like her to make him do whatever she wanted-
Riku:Did you just imply that Miki seduced my dead brother?
Yurika: I DID BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE, NOW SHUT UP!
Yurika: NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR BROTHER DYING ANYWAY!
Yurika: I DON'T THINK THAT EVEN YOU CARE-
Kei: Now, now, Yurika, let's relax a little bit, okay?
Kei: Such a pretty girl like you should go off with a smile, don't you think?
Yurika: .. You're really going to kill me.
Yurika: Y-you're really going to-
(the door opens and someone's footsteps can be heard)
Arisu: .. I-I'm here to help out with the execution.
Arisu: Don't worry, Kei-san, I'm just here to assist you. I will not do anything to interrupt the process.
Kei: Whoa, I get someone so cute as my assistant? I think I'm going to enjoy being the executioner even more than I thought..
Yurika: W-where is this guy taking me?!
Arisu: Please, calm down, Yurika-san. I will not do anything to hurt you, I promise.
Rana: Hey, hey, everyone! You weren't able to see Aimi's punishment that well, but don't worry, you will be able to see this execution in all its beauty!
Rana: So, Kei, give everyone a good show, okay?
Yurika: Wait.. Wait a damn minute..
Yurika: I-is that..
Yurika: .. Kei.. A-are you going to-
Kei: Ahaha, looks like everyone's punishments are supposed to be related to their crimes or just.. who they are as people, I guess.
Kei: Aimi planned to make us watch our videos, hoping that we'll all want to kill ourselves when we're done, but in the end, she was the only one who watched everything and now she has to live with the consequences. She was told that she could put an end to her own execution, but she didn't resist.
Kei: Like she.. accepted it. In the same way she accepted her brother wanting to kill her classmates for her sake, I'm assuming.
Kei: In your case, Yurika, it's so much more simple.
Kei: Can you remind me what you did for a living? You know, other than working at that maid cafe.
Yurika: ...
Yurika: .. You're going to.. At least kill me first, right?..
Yurika: Haha.. Y-You're not going to.. Do it while I'm-
Kei: Yep.
Yurika: .. Is that-
Kei: Yeah, I'll do it while you're still breathing.
Kei: Hey, Arisu, you have some on your cheek, let me-
Arisu: I'm fine.
Arisu: I can take care of myself, Kei-san. Please, don't worry about me. You did a fantastic job.
Kei: .. Were you crying?
Arisu: Maruyama Yurika-san's execution is over. Prisoner 010, Himura Reina-san, it's your turn.
Kei: Oh, oh, am I the one who has to do it too?
Eiji: .. That girl just died. Right in front of us.
Eiji: Haha.. I knew that at least someone is going to die here, but..
Eiji: Why do I feel so..
Miki: .. Sick?
Eiji: .. Y-yeah.
Eiji: This.. is not justice. This is just.. torture.
Eiji: Even though I did support something like that, now that I saw it with my own eyes..
Eiji: .. Sure, maybe she did deserve to get executed but not by someone like him!
Eiji: And that guy just stood there and sobbed!
Eiji: .. It's just like.. It's just like..
Miki: .. It reminds you of your own murder, right?
Miki: Kei and your other family members were the ones who actually killed her. And you stood there. And, maybe..
Eiji: I-I didn't cry. But I was.. s-shocked.
Reina: Before I get punished, I want to ask one question that I'm sure "Ex-Guard 002" was curious about as well.
Reina: .. You mentioned a reward for the prisoner who got voted innocent three times.
Reina: May I ask what kind of reward Prisoner 007 will get?
Miki: !..
Miki: R-right, they did say something about that..
Miki: "I just hope it will be an actual reward. I hope it will actually be something good."
Miki: "And not.."
Rana: Ooh, that's an interesting question! I wanted to talk about it later, but since you've mentioned it..
Arisu: According to this Milgram's rules, the prisoner who got voted innocent three times gets to.. continue the cycle.
Miki:Continue the cycle?..
Asahi: What the hell does that mean? Also, can I open my eyes already-
Arisu: .. That prisoner becomes the new guard.
Eiji: !
Naomi: ...
Asahi: .. W-what?..
Asahi: .. W-what do you.. W-what do you mean by that?..
Asahi: H-hey. Hey, I want to leave. I want to go home. I don't care where I'm going to live now, as long as Miki-nee is with me.
Asahi: I'M OKAY WITH LITERALLY STARVING TO DEATH, JUST DON'T MAKE ME STAY HERE!
Eiji: M-Miki?.. Are you okay-
Miki: ...
(sounds of Miki's slow footsteps)
Rana: *laughs* I bet you're really mad right now, aren't you?
Rana: You fought so hard, you did everything you could just to save your dear brother, you were so close, you could finally leave with him and live together without your parents trying to turn your life into hell..
Rana: All this time, you thought that your brother was dead. But no, he was alive! He was alive this whole time! And he will continue to live, just not with you.
Rana: And who knows, maybe, when it's time for him to be judged as a guard, he will be voted guilty and then-
(It sounds like something is being broken and torn apart at the same time.)
Eiji: What..
Eiji: .. Miki, what did you do?..
Arisu: .. I can't believe it..
(a sound of something being repeatedly hit against the hard surface)
Miki: Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die.
Miki: Die. Die. Die-
Arisu: M-Miki-san, please, calm-
Miki: You too. Please, die. For Marito's sake.
Arisu: Miki-san, please, listen to me. You can't kill her. You just did something that made her very-
(a sound of a screen being turned on)
Rana: YEAH, I'M REALLY MAD RIGHT NOW, MIKI!
Rana: YOU KILLED MY PRECIOUS JACKALOPE! HOW DARE YOU!
Miki: And I will do it again. How many of them do you have?
Miki: I will kill all of your rabbits, and when you run out of them, I will force you to finally come here in person and I will do the same thing to you.
Miki: So please, send them right here.
Rana: You.. You don't care about killing an animal-
Miki: Oh, this? This thing is not an animal.
Miki: Really, what is this.. I can see blood, but its body feels so..
Miki: And even if it was an animal, I would still kill it.
Miki: I don't care who I have to kill to save Marito. Even if I had to kill a child.
Asahi: ...
Naomi: Heh. Your sister is more dangerous than I thought she is.
Naomi: Are you.. proud of her? She's fighting so hard just to protect you.
Asahi: .. I-I'm scared.
Asahi: Her.. eyes..
Asahi: Is this.. really Miki-nee?..
Rana: .. *laughs*
Rana: You really are something, Miki. You really are everyone's sav-
Miki: Quit it. I don't want to hear that anymore.
Miki: I'm not everyone's savior.
Miki: I'm Marito's savior.
Miki: Ahaha.. Come on, Goddess, what is taking you so long? Do it, send the rabbits.
Miki: I don't care if they try to bite my hands off or something, I just want to kill you already. How many of them do I have to kill until I finally get to you?
Miki: Oh, oh, maybe I have to kill that cute servant of yours? Will that make you finally listen to me?
Miki: Hehe, he has such a pretty face..
Kei: .. Okay, she's actually kinda scary.
Rana: Fine, fine, stop this already. If only you could see what you look like right now.
Rana: At least look at all the prisoners. Everyone is shaking.
Rana: *laughs* You made these murderers become scared of you. Honestly, I think they're more scared of you than they're scared of me.
Rana: Okay, okay, Miki. You're right, I do have quite a lot of Jackalopes. I don't think you'd be able to kill all of them.
Rana: But also, I know that you're crazy enough to try to actually kill Arisu and I can't let you do that. I need him.
Rana: So instead, how about this?
Rana: We still need someone to be a new guard. Just like we needed someone to become the executioner.
Rana: And before you say anything, no, Miki, you can't become the guard again.
Eiji: I-
Rana: No, Eiji, you can't do it either.
Rana: So, Miki, what are your ideas? What should we do to get the new guard who will not be your brother?
Miki: ...
Asahi: .. M-Miki-nee..
Miki: .. Just choose someone else.
Miki: If you really want to follow your rules that you are completely free to ignore just like you said, you can just choose someone who has two innocent votes and not three. That would be the closest thing to following your rules.
Miki: And who do we have here.. Aimi-chan and..
Miki: .. You.
Reina: ...
[ Post-T3 Voice Drama #05 ] Accept This Punishment Called Life
Miki: If you really want to follow your rules that you are completely free to ignore just like you said, you can just choose someone who has two innocent votes and not three. That would be the closest thing to following your rules.
Miki: And who do we have here.. Aimi-chan and..
Miki: .. You.
Reina: ...
Rana: *laughs* I like your way of thinking.
Rana: But I'm afraid that Aimi can't become a guard. She's already been punished and that means we should send her back home just like we promised.
Rana: So that means..
Rana: Reina, do you wish to become the new guard to save Prisoner 007?
Rana: Just to remind you, you will be able to go back home once we're done with your punishment. You don't have to say yes to this unless you're okay with losing your freedom.
Reina: ...
Asahi: .. Reina-nee..
Miki: .. Himura-san, right?.. Please.
Miki: Please, I'm begging you.
Miki: Here, I'm literally on my knees. Just p-please..
Miki:*starts crying* S-save.. Marito..
Reina: ...
Arisu: ...
Eiji: ...
(Miki and Asahi's crying can be heard)
Reina: .. Can that.. be my punishment?..
Rana: Huh?
Reina: I want this to count as my punishment. You said that I'll be able to go back home right after my punishment ends, right?
Reina: But you've never said how long my punishment has to be. You just sounded like you were in a hurry, but you've never actually told us about the time limit, if there is one.
Reina: So, I want to become the new guard, and I want this to count as my punishment.
Miki: .. H-Himura-san..
Rana: .. Why?
Rana: Why do you want this to be your "punishment"? Is that just because you still want to be punished in some way or-
Reina:Who knows. You can choose to believe anything you want. It's not like I can change your mind.
Arisu: ...
Reina: Haha, did you figure it out already?
Reina: Just don't tell her, okay? That will ruin the surprise.
Rana: .. You know, I don't like it when someone is hiding something from me, but as long as it's entertaining, I'm all for it.
Rana: I guess that's it, then..
Arisu: .. Prisoner 010, Himura Reina, will become the new guard of this Milgram once the current prisoners and guards leave.
Arisu: .. Her punishment starts now.
Arisu: Since her punishment will.. t-take more time than we expected, we can say that the Third Trial is..
Arisu: .. Officially over.
Arisu: T-thank you for your hard work, everyone-
Arisu: .. *laughs*..
Arisu: .. What am I doing with my life?..
Kei: Sooo, does that mean I-
Arisu: You stay here. All your memories will be erased. You will be nothing but an empty shell. A perfect executioner.
Eiji: !
Eiji: S-so he will really.. stay here..
Kei: But that means.. I won't remember Eiji?..
Arisu: That will be good for your relationship, I suppose.
Kei: .. Hey, Eiji?..
Eiji: .. What is it.
Kei: So, like, you're very close with Miki, right?
Kei: It's okay if you don't remember. Just trust me, you were very close with her, I thought you two were a couple, haha.
Kei: Since Asahi was saved, that means they'll live together and..
Kei: .. Their Mom and Dad are dead, aren't they?
Eiji: Just tell me what you want.
Kei: .. Take very good care of them, okay?
Kei: A-ah, and please check up on Ruka too. You still have the keys from my house, right?
Kei: Oh, oh, you all can live there, if you want. I don't mind. I'm sure my house is better than.. whatever those two call home.
Kei: Ah, but make sure to get a job real soon, okay? You had such great plans for your future.. Follow your dreams, Eiji. You will do amazing, I just know it.
Kei: Maybe Miki can get a part-time job, but Asahi is definitely a bit too young. And both of them will still have to go to school.. You have to be strong for them, haha.
Eiji: ...
Eiji: .. Idiot.
Eiji: Don't act like you care about them.
Kei: Maybe I don't. But you do.
Kei: You care so much about everyone, Eiji. I mean, you still care about me. You still care about a guy who just ripped a poor girl's insides out in front of everyone.
Kei: You literally went and destroyed those screens just so that Aimi wouldn't have to look at them. You're a kind boy, Eiji. A very kind one. You're just very.. passionate about justice, haha..
Eiji: ...
Eiji: *starts crying* I hate you so damn much.
Kei: I know.
(Eiji starts walking away)
Kei: I love you, Eiji. A lot.
Eiji: .. I know.
Akio: .. Is this the end? Are we free to go home now?
Arisu: Yes. You all are getting a little sleepy now, aren't you?
Riku: So that's why my eyelids are getting heavy..
Arisu: When you all wake up, you will be home. You will finally go back to the outside world.
Arisu: The outside world will be kind to some of you. And it will be very cruel to the others.
Arisu: You all will get.. what you deserve.
Arisu: .. Do you have anything to say before it's all over?
Akio: .. Riku, you remember what I've told you, right?
Riku: .. You really were serious about that, huh.
Riku: *sighs* Fine, fine, I remember.
Riku: .. I'll try to stay alive. But make sure to find me really soon, okay? I'm not that patient.
Akio: *laughs* You really think your king is going to disappoint you?
Aimi: ...
Riku: .. (to Aimi) Are you gonna be okay?
Aimi: .. Hehe..
Akio: I-I don't think it's possible to have a proper conversation with her anymore.
Riku: .. Maybe we can try to find her later. Maybe.
Akio: You're worried about her?
Riku: You know, now that I know what she did..
Riku: *laughs* Maybe we could be friends. She's just as obsessed with attention as I am.
Riku: .. I feel bad for ignoring her this whole time.
Akio: .. Maybe there's a place for her in my kingdom as well.
Shun: .. Eiko-san.. You still think we're-
Eiko: Eiji-kun!
Shun: .. Ah.
Eiko: E-Eiji-kun, I'm getting a little sleepy, so..
Eiko: .. If I end up getting caught.. I will accept whatever they decide to do with me. I promise.
Eiko: Because.. this is what your justice all about, right?
Eiji: ...
Eiji: S-sure. Be a proper criminal and accept your punishment proudly.
Eiji: .. You know I still don't remember you, right?
Eiko: *laughs* I don't care. I still love you, Eiji-kun.
Eiko: You're really so, so kind..
Eiko: You're just.. too perfect.. for me..
Eiji: D-did she fall asleep?
Arisu: Yes. Most prisoners are already asleep.
Arisu: .. Naomi-san. Please, close your eyes. Don't try to fight it.
(you can count this as the guards' version of that time when i've tried to draw milgram second anni artwork but with my prisoners hehe)
as i've promised, i've changed my plans and the linagram finale will be divided into two posts. these posts will each feature two voice dramas.
now, again, please, if you need a reminder of where we left off back in 2024 (or a reminder of who these characters even are, and to be fair, i added like TWO new characters in the last voice dramas), check the masterlist ! and if you don't know anything about this project, you can read about it here!
and if you genuinely were waiting for this. thank you so much for being patient with me.
warnings: obvious (considering the original source) warnings for death, murder and violence, mentions of torture, character death and description of suicide.
[ Post-T3 Voice Drama #03 ] The Judge Becomes The Judged (Part 1)
Rana: Now, all prisoners should simply tell us what they want to vote every guard.
Rana: And please be quick, everyone. I want to get to the punishments already..
Rana: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio.
Rana: What are your verdicts for each guard?
Miki: "I.. I really don't remember much.."
Miki: "I'm trying to remember what these prisoners were like and what my relationship with them was like.."
Miki: ".. Well, I don't really care about what happens to me as long as Marito is alive.."
Miki: ".. I don't want to leave him alone again though.."
Akio: ...
Akio: I-if they think I'll forgive them just because they forgave me, they're wrong.
Akio: Sure, I'm still alive, but barely. I don't know what's going to happen to my body when I'm out.
Akio: Will I.. Will I still have this injury?..
Arisu: It won't hurt anymore and your life won't be in danger, but you will still have a scar from it. I'm sorry.
Akio: .. I see.
Akio: That's going to be hard to explain to Mom and Dad..
Akio: Well, that doesn't matter.
Akio: These guys.. they never were "victims" to me.
Akio: Yeah, maybe they also had no idea what they were doing, but did they have to treat me like this?
Akio: Nobody asked you to do this to me, Ex-Guard 001. Nobody.
Eiji: .. He's talking to me, right.
Akio: Yes, I did make it worse because of.. my attempt, but again, I wouldn't even think of doing something like this to my head if they didn't-
Rana: So, are you voting all of them guilty? Even Guard 002 and Guard 003?
Miki: "So Guard 001 is.. Eiji-san, and Guard 002 and Guard 003 are.. me and Hinode-san, I'm assuming."
Akio: .. Yes.
Akio: Andou Miki never was a "goddess" or a "savior" to me. She always did the bare minimum and got praised for it.
Rana: But you did get attached to Aimi when she saved you back then, didn't you?
Akio: ...
Akio: .. That's different. Hanasaki is just another prisoner. She didn't have to save me, but she did.
Akio: .. Meanwhile everyone's so-called "savior" had to make sure I was still alive, unless she was ready to deal with the consequences.
Rana: Hmm, that's interesting. I expected you to say something like "All of them had to be there for me, making sure I'm still alive is everyone's responsibility"!
Rana: Like, aren't all of them your servants, Your Majesty?
Akio: .. You're comparing a knight and a random peasant here.
Aimi: ...
Akio: That's it. All of them are guilty to me. I won't say anything else.
Rana: Right, right. Thank you, Your Majesty.
Rana: Nowwww, the next prisoner! Can't wait to hear your opinion, my dear.
Rana: Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi, please share your thoughts with us.
Aimi: ...
Miki: "The way this girl is looking at me.. I still can't remember anything, but I have a feeling that we were.. close, maybe?"
Miki: ".. No. No, that's wrong."
Miki: "I most likely just.. made her think that we're close while not feeling anything for her."
Miki: "Because.. I couldn't possibly care about anyone else except Marito."
Aimi: .. Guilty.
Rana: Hm? Which guard?
Aimi: A-all of them.
Eiji: T-two prisoners in a row wanting us all dead?!
Eiji: Were we that cruel-
Eiji: I-I mean.. It makes sense, I guess. They just want to kill us all, like the criminals that they are.
Aimi: .. Miki-chan.
Aimi: Miki-chan, if you just said that you see me as a friend, you would be the only forgiven guard here.
Aimi: Your words.. They really hurt me back then.
Aimi: No, no, that's not right. Your silence really hurt me back then.
Aimi: I asked you.. I begged you to call me your friend.
Aimi: But you didn't, Miki-chan. You were so damn focused on my crime like a good, no, perfect guard that you are, haha..
Aimi: But it's okay. I forgive you.
Aimi: So please, make good use of my forgiveness and tell me that you still want to be friends with me.
Miki: ...
Akio: .. I just voted you guilty, but do not listen to her. It's not worth it.
Aimi: Shut up, Akio-kun, it's not about you.
Miki: ...
Miki: You are.. Aimi-chan, right?
Aimi: !
Aimi: Y-you.. you called me Aimi-cha-
Miki: I.. I don't remember anything about our relationship. But I have a feeling that I know what happened.
Miki: And if my theory is true..
Miki: Sorry, Aimi-chan. I really don't care about you that much. I don't feel anything when I look at you.
Miki: Maybe I felt pity for you when I was a guard, but it was just that. Pity. Nothing more, nothing less.
Aimi: ...
Aimi: .. Ahaha...
Eiji: .. Are you sure that was a good idea-
Aimi: Guilty.
Rana: All of them?
Aimi: I WANT ALL OF THEM DEAD!
Rana: Okay, okay!
Miki: I don't care if it was a good idea or not, Eiji-san. If I'm going to be forgiven, I want to actually be forgiven by someone who sees me as innocent. I don't want to be forgiven just because someone promised to forgive me.
Miki: Maybe these prisoners did matter to me in some way in the past, but.. Right now I just can't be bothered.
Miki: I just want to go home with Marito.
Eiji: .. Y-you're really obsessed with him, huh.
Rana: Wow, all of you just keep getting voted guilty..
Rana: I wonder what Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun, will have to say.
Rana: So, Shun-
Shun: A-ah, I-I just want Eiji-san to be voted guilty, that's all.
Eiji: THE HELL DID I DO TO YOU?!
Shun: Others have voted Miki-san and.. Hinode-san, I think, guilty so far, so maybe I should do the same..
Shun: Though Miki-san was usually very nice.. But she's still a guard..
Shun: And the guards.. no matter how much they try to be nice, they still just end up messing everything up..
Shun: Y-yeah, I think they're all guilty. E-Eiji-san especially.
Eiji: AGAIN, WHAT DID I EVEN DO TO YOU?!
Shun: .. I love Eiko-san a lot, Eiji-san.
Shun: I love her very much. And I don't want anyone else to steal her from me.
Eiji: Eiko.. You're talking about that blonde girl, right?
Eiji: Take her, she's yours. I'd never be interested in a criminal.
Eiko: Well that was mean, Eiji-kun.
Shun: Please don't listen to him, Eiko-san. You're perfect.
Shun: Eiji-san, this is why you should be voted guilty.
Shun: S-so please.. Die for the sake of my and Eiko-san's happiness.
Eiji: .. God, I hope you end up getting executed when you leave this place.
Rana: Ahaha, oh no, I guess there is no hope for you after all..
Rana: Okayyy, next prisoner! Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi, what are your thoughts?
Naomi: ...
Eiji: I-isn't this a woman who killed a kid?.. Yeah, she definitely wants to kill us too-
Naomi: Innocent.
Eiji: H-huh?!
Naomi: .. I think all of them really are victims.
Naomi: I can't say that they're completely innocent. And it's not like I'm going easy on them only because they're young.
Naomi: All of them are messed up, just in very different ways, haha.. But still, even with someone like Eiji-san, I can't say that he wanted to vote everyone guilty only out of pure sadism.
Naomi: Also, I don't know what I'll get from voting them guilty. I'll just end up with more blood on my hands.
Naomi: And I'm.. I don't know how much more I can handle.
Naomi: Especially considering that I wasn't able to end up with blood of the prisoner that I wanted to be voted guilty not one, not two, but three times..
Naomi: But it's okay. I just.. don't want to have even more regrets.
Naomi: I want to die knowing that I was able to save at least someone.. Haha, maybe that's just me wanting to feel like I've done at least something good with my life.
Rana: Huh? Die?.. But you can't be 100% sure that you're going to be executed when-
Rana: .. Ah. I get it now.
Rana: Thank you for your verdicts, Naomi.
Rana: Andddd next prisoner! Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei, your thoughts?
Kei: Yay, my turn!
Kei: Hmm...
Eiji: ...
Kei: ...
Eiji: .. Kei.. Please-
Kei: Yep, Innocent!
Eiji: ...
Eiji: .. What?..
Kei: *laughs* You should've seen the look on your face, Eiji!
Kei: I mean, how could you possibly think I'll vote my little brother guilty? Do you really think I hate you that much?
Eiji: ...
Eiji: .. No.
Eiji: No, you're just going to say something like "Juuuuust kidding!" and vote me guilty, aren't you?!
Eiji: Because that's the kind of person you are! You just.. you just want to see me suffer and that's it..
Miki: Eiji-san..
Eiji: *starts crying* IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY! JUST WHAT DID I EVEN DO TO YOU, KEI?! WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH?!
Eiji: You.. Y-you always were weird, but.. Sometimes you could be really nice..
Eiji: A-and then, one day, you just..
Eiji: I just want to know what I did..
Eiji: I-it's not like I want to be forgiven by you, you're obviously in the wrong here. I-I still hate you.
Eiji: B-but I have all the reasons in the world to hate you! WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST ME?!
Kei: ...
Kei: .. Nothing.
Kei: Literally nothing.
Kei: I love you a lot, Eiji. I love you so, so, so, so, so much, it makes me want to break something.
Kei: And that's why I just go and break you instead.
Eiji: ...
Kei: And that's why I'm voting you innocent, Eiji.
Kei: It'd be much better if you kept living while your brother was still trapped here or in the "outside world" prison, wouldn't it?
Kei: Keep saying that you hate me, but starting from this day, your life will turn into actual hell.
Kei: Like, it'd be so boring without me, haha.
Eiji: .. You.. You always were so..
Kei: I love you, Eiji. A lot.
Kei: You're the best older brother I could've wished for.
Eiji: ...
Eiji: ...
Miki: But.. Kei-san looks older-
(sound of Eiji falling on the floor)
Kei: Hm? Eiji? Eiji, is everything okay?
Kei: Don't tell me that you fainted because you couldn't handle me just saying I love you, haha.
Miki: ".. Eiji-san's eyes are completely empty."
Hinode: He's going to be fine. He's just a bit shocked, probably.
Hinode: .. Hey, Kei-san.
Hinode: .. Why did you vote me and Miki-san innocent then?
Kei: Oh, just because I think you two are cute, really. I haven't thought that deeply about it.
Kei: Also, if there's a chance of me getting out and not becoming an executioner for as long as they want me to stay here, it'd be so cool if you and me went out on a date one day and I need you alive for that.
Hinode: .. *laughs*
Hinode: Sure. Whatever you say.
Kei: By the way, Hinode is not even a guard, so why do we have to judge-
Rana: Time's out! Next prisoner, please!
Arisu: But there's no time limit-
Rana: Prisoner 006, Yoshioka Eiko, what do you think?
Eiko: .. Innocent.
Miki: "Huh? Another prisoner who sees us as innocent?.."
Miki: "Three prisoners who voted us guilty and three prisoners who voted us innocent.. It's a tie for now."
Eiko: I just can't be mad at them, haha. They were just doing their job.
Eiko: Especially Eiji-kun.. Hehe, he's so hardworking..
Eiko: I hope he's going to be okay. He doesn't look so good right now..
Eiko: And Miki-chan and Hinode-kun are cuties as well. And they haven't done anything that bad, I think. When it comes to me, at least.
Shun: .. Eiko-san..
Shun: D-did you just.. vote Eiji-san innocent?..
Eiko: Yeah, I did. Have a problem with that?
Shun: A-ah, no, no, not at all..
Shun: W-well, actually.. No, no, I think I do.
Shun: Eiko-san, I just really want us both to be happy together..
Shun: Do you.. not want that-
Eiko: *sighs* Could you.. shut up about that already?
Shun: Huh?..
Eiko: Shun. I don't think it's possible for us to be happy after we're out of here.
Eiko: Both of us will most likely go to real prison once we go back to the outside world. And who knows, maybe I will get a death penalty, maybe you will, maybe both of us.
Eiko: Those two guys can still try to fight for their happy ending. But for us..
Eiko: That ending would be far from perfect. And I don't want anything that's less than perfect.
Eiko: .. Do you want me to kiss you on the cheek as an apology? You look devastated.
Shun: .. I..
Shun: (sounds of Shun trying not to cry) I.. I wanted more..
Rana: Next prisoner! Prisoner 007, Yano-
Rana: Ugh, Arisu, don't give me that look. Fine, fine..
Rana: Prisoner 007, Andou Marito, what are your verdicts?
Miki: "W-wait, it's Marito's turn already?!"
Miki: "Now that I think about it, I'm.. actually not sure what he'd vote me.."
Miki: "To be honest, I think I deserve a guilty verdict more than innocent one-"
Asahi: I.. I really want to vote Eiji-nii guilty, but..
Asahi: .. My sister wouldn't want that. Even if she really can't remember anything right now.
Asahi: Hey, is this guy still too shocked or whatever? Oh, that's good actually, saying that I'm going to vote him innocent otherwise would be embarrassing.
Asahi: Hinode-nii.. I don't know that much about him. He's creepy, but he hasn't done anything that bad so far, I think.
Asahi: Other than.. voting everyone guilty except me and Akio-nii. I knew you were going to turn out to be crazy, but still..
Hinode: Haha, sorry about that.
Asahi: .. Innocent.
Rana: Huh? All of them?
Asahi: Y-yeah.
Asahi: .. My sister worked so hard to save everyone. I'm just.. paying her back.
Miki: .. Marito..
Miki: "He.. forgives me?.."
Rana: Hm, way too many innocent votes. Time to spice this up.
Rana: Yep, that's an "all guilty" verdict. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, Yurika.
Rana: Ugh, can somebody knock her out already? I knew she's unhinged, but this is getting annoying.
Kei: On it, boss!
(sounds of Kei hitting Yurika and her falling on the floor)
Reina: .. You sure decided to betray us all really quick.
Kei: Come onnn, this is not me being a traitor. I'm just following orders like a good boy.
Reina: .. Well, I should've seen this coming when I decided to work with you.
Rana: Thank you so much. Now, the next prisoner..
Rana: Prisoner 009, Kuroki Riku. Your thoughts?
Riku: ...
Riku: .. Innocent.
Miki:"Another prisoner who voted us inno-"
Riku: Innocent.
Miki: "Huh?"
Riku: Guilty.
Miki: ".. What does that mean?"
Rana: Ohh, so that means..
Rana: Guard 001 and Guard 002 are Innocent and Guard 003 is Guilty?
Hinode: ...
Riku: .. Yeah.
Rana: *laughs* You hate your brother this much?
Rana: Wow, Riku.. You might be more cruel than Eiji, actually!
Rana: But I guess Kei just managed to ruin Eiji in such a way that even if Eiji tries and tries, he won't be able to actually kill him.
Rana: Hey, Hinode, are you okay with your brother literally saying he doesn't for-
Hinode: I am.
Rana: .. What?
Hinode: We're just related, that's all. Him saying he sees me as guilty isn't supposed to mean anything.
Hinode: I know you want this to be fun, I know you want this to be dramatic, I know that that's the reason why you made the guards judge their own siblings..
Hinode: I'm sorry. I'm just not the most interesting person here, haha.
Hinode:A-ah, I'm feeling a bit dizzy. Probably should take my medicine..
Rana: .. Boring.
Rana: Riku, don't you want to at least tell us why you want Hinode to die?
Riku: .. I never said I want him to die.
Riku: .. I just can't forgive him. That's all.
Riku: Don't make me say anything else.
Rana: .. Prisoner 010, Himura Reina, can you at least try to make this more interesting for me?
Reina: I'm afraid I can't.
Reina: Innocent. All of them.
Reina: Yes, I wish some of the decisions they made were different and yes, I wish they showed more interest in solving the mysteries of this place, but they really are victims, just like us. You just chose extremely unstable and vulnerable people to be the guards and you gave them more power than they could handle.
Reina: So I forgive them.
Rana: ...
Rana: I just hope that all of you will either kill yourselves or get executed or get a life sentence when you go to the outside world, I don't know.
Rana: Oh, except for Yurika. Since she's going to get executed anyway.
Rana: Alriiiiight, I guess that's it for the guards' trial! I sure wish it was more exciting, but oh well.
Rana: Arisu, you've been really quiet. Do us all a favor and count the votes, please.
Arisu: .. Right. My apologies.
Arisu: Guard 001, Sanada Eiji. Six innocent votes, four guilty votes.
Arisu: Verdict: Innocent.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to go back to the outside world with all memories of his crime and what happened in Milgram intact.
Arisu: Congratulations, Eiji-san. If you can hear me now, of course.
Eiji: ...
Kei: So Eiji gets allowed to leave, but it's possible that I'll have to stay here? Aw, this is so sad..
Rana: Haha, you sure will miss your brother a lot.
Rana: Hey, Kei, do you even want to leave this place? The outside world is so cruel after all.. I don't think you'll be able to find happiness there considering your verdict..
Kei: ...
Rana: Think about it, you can just stay here and torture the prisoners as much as you want! Well, only if they got three guilty verdicts.
Arisu: Guard 002, Andou Miki. Six innocent votes, four guilty votes.
Arisu: Verdict: Innocent.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be able to go back to the outside world with all memories of her crime and what happened in Milgram intact.
Arisu: Congratulations, Miki-san. You and Marito-san will be able to leave together.. probably.
Miki: .. P-probably?..
Miki: Hey, tell me more-
Akio: Wait, I just realized something.
Akio: You mentioned not only their memories of what happened here, but also their.. crimes.
Akio: .. Does that mean that this whole time we were being judged by murderers just like us?
[ Post-T3 Voice Drama #03 ] The Judge Becomes The Judged (Part 2)
Akio: Wait, I just realized something.
Akio: You mentioned not only their memories of what happened here, but also their.. crimes.
Akio: .. Does that mean that this whole time we were being judged by murderers just like us?
Reina: ...
Kei: .. Haha..
Shun: D-does that mean.. Ei-
Eiko: Eiji-kun..
Asahi: M-Miki-nee would never do something as bad as our murders! S-she's.. she's different from me.. from all of us..
Aimi: Miki-chan?!
Yurika: .. This whole time..
Yurika: THIS WHOLE TIME SHE WAS POSING AS OUR SAVIOR WHILE BEING JUST AS FUCKED UP AS US?!
Yurika: MIKI, I WILL-
Miki: Posing.. as your savior?..
Miki: Haha.. Just what kind of person did you guys meet?..
Miki:I am not your savior. I am not your goddess.
Miki: But I still think that I was in the right when I committed my murder.
Eiji: ...
Eiji: Y-you.. You also..
Miki: Hm? So you're a murderer as well, Eiji-san?
Eiji: D-don't call me that!
Miki: Is Hinode-san also-
Rana: Fine, fine, I'll explain their crimes, but it'll be real quick, we have to get to everyone's punishments soon.
Rana: Also, their crimes are not as fun as the prisoners' crimes anyway.
Rana: Sanada Eiji, 19 years old. Unemployed, was supposed to start college before ending up here.
Rana: His murder actually happened a year ago, when he was still in high school. His victim was Hirata Fuyuri-
Eiji: DON'T!
Eiji: Don't.. don't you say another word!
Eiji: I wasn't the one who killed her! It wasn't me!
Eiji: It was.. It was.. It was him!
Rana: Now, now, Eiji, let's not blame your brother for all your sins, okay? You have to take responsibility, just like a good older brother would.
Eiji: I..
Eiji: I'm..
Rana: I mean, if you want to tell us the story of your murder, go ahead. Are you sure you have the courage to do that?
Eiji: .. I.. I'm not a..
Rana: Well, Hirata Fuyuri is still dead. Wonder why. Maybe you could do something to save her-
Eiji: SHUT UP!
Kei: Hey, hey, can I be the one to talk about it then?
Kei: Well.. It really was my idea in a way, so..
Kei: .. I wonder, why didn't I go to Milgram back then? Why did you all wait only until I killed those girls?
Rana: Heh. Who knows. Maybe this was supposed to be counted only as Eiji's murder.
Rana: And even if you were the one who actually did it.. It was Eiji who wanted her dead.
Eiji: I would never-
Miki: Eiji-san.
Miki: I.. I really don't remember anything. But for some reason these prisoners keep calling me their "savior", "goddess" and all of that..
Miki: And I'm not like that at all. I admit it.
Miki: So please. They already heard that we all are murderers. I don't know what lies we've told them before, but let's be honest with them just this once.
Miki: If you want, I can start. Would that be okay with you, um.. Kei-san?
Kei: If that's what my brother wants, then sure!
Eiji: ...
Eiji: I just.. can't imagine you being a murderer-
Miki:I killed my father.
Asahi: !
Miki: S-sorry that you have to find out like this, Marito, but..
Miki: It's true. I killed him.
Miki: Not directly, more like.. His health started to get worse and worse after Marito ran away from home. Honestly, it was his fault, he completely stopped to take care of himself and he just continued to ruin himself all day, every day.
Miki: And I was the only family he had left. I was the only one who could help him in any way.
Miki: I wasn't allowed to have friends. I wasn't allowed to spend time with my classmates. I couldn't join any clubs and I had to immediately go home after I was done with my classes, otherwise.. Haha..
Miki: But then, one day, one of my classmates invited me to go to karaoke with her and some of her other friends. They were.. worried about me, even though we weren't really friends.
Miki: At first, I refused, because I had my father waiting for me. He couldn't get out of bed by himself anymore and I also really needed to buy medications for him..
Miki: But.. I just couldn't do it anymore, Eiji-san.
Miki: My mother died after giving birth to my little brother. And that little brother ran away because he was tired of our father's abuse. M-maybe he was tired of me too.
Asahi:That's-
Miki: .. So I went to karaoke with them.
Eiji: .. Was it fun?
Miki: .. *laughs* It was! It really was.
Miki: And when I finally came home..
Miki: ...
Eiji: .. T-the old man was dead?
Miki: .. Yes. Again, he couldn't get out of bed, and his symptoms got worse, and..
Miki: ...
Miki: .. Do you hate me now, Eiji-san?
Eiji: Huh?
Miki: I don't remember anything, but I have a feeling that we were close when we were guards. Who knows, maybe we were friends.
Miki: And for some reason, even though I don't remember what you were like as a guard at all..
Miki: .. I feel a bit worried about what you think of me now.
Eiji: .. I-
Asahi: MIKI-NEE! IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT!
Miki: Marito-
Asahi: I.. I never.. liked him..
Asahi: And to be honest.. Now that I know that he's dead, I can't help but feel..
Miki: .. Happy?
Asahi: .. Y-yeah.
Asahi: *starts crying* I'm so.. glad he died..
Asahi: Really.. Thank you..
Miki: .. Ahaha.. Y-you should be thanking our father for ruining himself so badly.
Asahi: I'd rather see him die again with my own eyes than thank him.
Eiji: .. Kei, I'll tell them everything myself.
Kei: Oh? Think you're brave enough?
Eiji: .. I don't want to lose to her.
Kei: .. *laughs* You two sure are something.
Miki: Hehe.. Thanks for trusting me, Eiji-san. I'm listening.
Eiji: .. Fuyuri was my classmate.
Eiji: She was.. my only friend back then. She was always so nice to me for no reason.
Eiji: And sometimes she.. you know, sometimes I wondered if she..
Miki: .. Liked you?
Eiji: .. Y-yeah.
Miki: Did you like her?
Eiji: .. *nods*
Rana: Ooh, a certain prisoner must be feeling very jealous right now.
Eiko: I don't know what you're talking about.
Eiko: Also, she's dead anyway, I still have a chance.
Rana: .. Okay then.
Eiji: Of course, this could just.. be me, but I swear I thought she really did flirt with me a few times.
Eiji: She always said that she finds me being "weird" cute.
Eiji: So I..
Miki: .. Did you confess to her?
Eiji: I-I did. And, uh..
Eiji: .. I was wrong.
Eiji: She apologized for making me think she had feelings for me and she said that she didn't like me in that way.
Eiji: And it.. it broke me.
Eiji: I.. I swear I thought she really liked me. She said things that.. that made no sense if she really did like me only as a friend.
Eiji: And it was.. painful.
Eiji: I.. I wanted her dead. All this time, she manipulated me, made me believe that she loved me in the same way that I loved her, and I just couldn't understand why she did that.
Eiji: I know how stupid it sounds. No, it's more like.. Now I understand how stupid it sounds.
Eiji: But back then..
Eiji: .. Kei found out and asked if I want to kill her. I said no, but.. He could see right through me.
Kei: Haha, of course I could.
Miki: And.. what happened?
Eiji: .. If your whole family kidnapped your crush who lead you on and made you believe that you're special and that you're so, so loved, and said that they can torture her right in front of you or they can just kill her, how would you react?
Miki: That's.. quite an interesting family.
Miki: They're more loving than mine, that's for sure, haha.
Miki: .. Did you go with torturing her or killing her?
Eiji: .. Torturing to the point of killing her.
Eiji: I just.. I didn't know what to do. I-I wanted to see her in pain. I knew that it was probably wrong, but I didn't care. In my eyes, she was the one in the wrong. It was her fault. She was the one in the wrong, she was the culprit, she was the sinner, she was the criminal in my eyes. She.. deserved to be punished.
Eiji: I-I just stood there and.. watched.
Miki: Were you the one who-
Eiji: N-no. No, it was my family. It was their idea. They were the ones who tortured her. I really just.. watched.
Eiji: That.. that doesn't make me a murderer, right?..
Arisu: .. According to this Milgram's rules, it does.
Eiji: .. This is so dumb..
Eiji: I WASN'T THE ONE WHO KILLED HER! THAT SHOULD JUST BE ADDED TO THE ALREADY LONG LIST OF KEI'S CRIMES! AND EVEN IF I DID..
Eiji: She.. she still..
Miki: Do you still think she deserved it? Do you feel bad for her in any way?
Miki: .. Would you do the same to her if she was still alive?
Eiji: ...
Yurika: Oh, so this guy treated us like shit because he couldn't accept being responsible for his crush's death. Amazing. I can't wait to just die already.
Kei: Really? Would you like me to-
Yurika: DON'T TOUCH ME!
Kei: Haha, sorry, sorry. Eiji, about you being responsible for her dying..
Kei: I'm okay with taking the blame. It was my idea after all. But also..
Kei: .. You agreed to it.
Kei: We asked if you want us to do all of that to her. You could say no to us. We would understand. Sure, being kidnapped would leave her traumatized, but she'd probably still be alive if you just refu-
Eiji: DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE TO BLAME ME FOR THIS!
Eiji: You.. you would never just let her go after that. I-I don't believe it.
Kei: .. Where I work, we do let our victims go when we're done with them. I don't know if they're still alive, but they really are always given freedom after the torture ends.
Eiji: ...
Kei: I wouldn't treat that girl differently.
Eiji: .. Please, let's just end this.
Eiko: Eiji-kun, I-
Eiji: Y-you too. Shut up.
Miki: .. I don't judge you, Eiji-san. I want you to know that.
Eiji: .. I-I don't care.
Eiji: A-anyway, so.. What about that other guy's crime, if he also used to be a guard and-
Miki: Hey, Hinode-san has been very quiet.
Eiji: Well, he didn't seem like that much of a talker, so-
Eiji: Huh? Did he fall asleep?
Riku: Ah, yeah, he tends to do that-
Riku: !
Riku: H-Hin-
Eiji: .. Hey.
(sounds of Eiji touching Hinode's body)
Eiji: .. I-is he-
Arisu: .. Eiji-san, can you hear Hinode-san's breathing? Or heartbeat? Is he moving in any way?
Eiji: .. N-no.
Eiji: God, he's-
Miki: P-please, let me take a look, Eiji-san.
(sounds of Miki's footsteps)
Miki: .. (to Riku) Y-you're his brother, right?
Miki: .. S-sorry.
Riku: ...
Akio: .. You're kidding, right?
Akio: Did he.. d-
Yurika: DID ONE OF THE GUARDS JUST DIE?!
Reina: He could've been dead for a while. Did anyone here notice anything strange about his behavior?
(silence)
Reina: .. You all were too focused on your own verdicts, huh. Not judging, but still-
Kei: He said that he was going to take his meds.
Reina: Meds?
Kei: When he visited me and that.. bunny thing came, Hinode looked at it and then suddenly said that he's going to go take his medicine. He was kind of a weak guy, right? A fragile one..
Kei: But then he changed his mind and said that he's going to take it with him. And right after Riku said he's voting him guilty, Hinode said he feels dizzy and that he should-
Rana: Arisu, have you seen that guy go to his room to get his meds?
Rana: Has anyone here seen him do that?
Arisu: I-I have not.
Arisu: .. Wait.
Arisu: .. C-can anyone there check if Hinode-san has anything in his hand?
Miki: H-he does!
Miki: It's a small bottle?.. It looks empty..
Arisu: .. Damn it.
Rana: Hey, Arisu, what the hell does that mean?
Arisu: H-he told me that he's been having trouble with falling asleep lately.
Arisu: I didn't believe him, but it's my job to make sure the prisoners and the guards don't actually die, s-so I-
Reina: Wait, wait, he could talk to you?! C-could all the guards do that-
Arisu: I-it's hard to explain, it wasn't exactly me, it was-
Reina: Then who was it?!
Arisu: P-please, just shut up. I-I intended to take the bottle back because I realized that was a lie, but-
Rana: .. Did you give him that bottle, Arisu.
Arisu: ...
Rana:The Goddess wants to hear your answer.
Arisu: ...
Rana: ARISU, ANSWER ME ALREADY!
Arisu: I MESSED UP, OKAY?! I'M A FAILURE, I'M A LOSER, I'M AN IDIOT, RANA, THAT'S WHO I AM! YOU ALWAYS KNEW THAT, THAT'S WHY YOU DECIDED THAT I SHOULD BE-
Rana: The Goddess forgives you.
Arisu: ...
Arisu: .. Kuroki Riku-san, I would like to apologize for being responsible for your older brother's death.
Arisu: I will explain everything.
Riku: Y-yeah, that would be nice.
Arisu: Inside the bottle that Hinode-san is holding was.. something we used to keep all of you asleep for as long as we needed when we brought you here.
Arisu: And he..
Riku: Don't say anything else. I get it.
Riku: But still, why did he.. do that?
Riku: I-I feel kinda jealous of him now, haha.. Why did he die and not me..
Riku:WHY DID HE DIE AND NOT ME?!
Riku: HINODE, YOU NEVER WANTED TO DIE! YOU WORKED SO HARD, YOU KEPT TRYING, AND TRYING, AND TRYING, YOU CAN'T JUST-
Riku: WHY DID YOU THROW AWAY YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT, IDIOT?!
Rana: If he really did just drink all of it.. It would be enough to kill him immediately.
Rana: .. Arisu, can you announce Hinode's verdict, please? I'm curious about something.
Arisu: .. "Guard 003", Kuroki Hinode. Five innocent votes, five guilty votes.
Arisu: .. It's a tie.
Rana: Ooh, interesting, interesting! So according to this Milgram's verdict system, what should we do to decide his verdict?
Arisu: .. You're the one who judges the guards in this case.
Arisu: But knowing you, you would've voted him guilty anyway.
Rana: Correct. And for a guard, a guilty verdict means death!
Eiji: D-death?!..
Eiji: We were.. barely saved, huh..
Rana: Hmm.. Hehe, I have a feeling that Hinode knew it would end up this way.
Rana: Oh, maybe he killed himself because he didn't want to let me have my fun?
Rana: Or, well, let Kei have his fun.
Rana: Such a shame, isn't it, Kei? You two seemed to get along. I'm sure you'd love to end his life yourself.
Kei: .. Y-yeah, haha..
Kei: He.. he was alive just a few minutes ago..
Kei: *laughs* Hinode, come on, you could have.. waited for me. Maybe I would even go easy on you..
Rana: .. But you, Riku, voted only your brother guilty.
Riku: .. Ahaha..
Riku: Great. You're saying I killed him.
Riku: Wow, like Yue's death and Akio almost killing himself wasn't enough for me.
Rana: *laughs* You have so much blood on your hands, Riku!
Rana: Well, are you happy now? You killed your brother. He won't be able to go back to the outside world.
Rana: Oh, I'm sure you'll be happy! I mean, nobody will even remember your brother existing!
Riku: !
Riku: W-what.. do you mean by that?
Rana: Exactly that. Honestly, we're more strict when it comes to guards rather than prisoners.
Rana: You noticed, right? For the prisoner, an "ultimate" innocent verdict means they'll be able to go back home and they won't remember what happened here, they won't remember their crime, and nobody else will remember their crime as well.
Rana: But for the guard, it just means that they will go back home, but they will still remember everything.
Rana: And for the prisoners, they can survive even if they end up with only one innocent verdict. As for the guards.. they get only one trial, so one guilty verdict already means death penalty for them.
Rana: And if they get a guilty verdict, that means they failed as a guard. And we don't need guards who failed. The world doesn't need those who failed to save it.
Rana: So everyone forgets about that guard ever existing! Aside from those who get to keep their memories of Milgram.
Rana: Congratulations, Riku! You're now your parents' beloved oldest child!
Riku: ...
Riku: .. Haha.. Guess I got what I wanted..
Riku: Except I.. always was kinda the oldest child..
Riku: Just.. not the beloved one.
Riku: .. At least he died like he wanted. He didn't die because of his illnesses, he didn't get executed, he died by his own rules.
Riku: And that's.. That's pretty cool.
Riku:I wish he could always be this cool. *laughs*
Kei: .. Waiiiit a second.
Kei: You know, Rana, Hinode told me something very interesting about the role you made him play.
Rana: .. *sighs* And? What did that guy tell you?
Kei: Aww, thanks for agreeing to hear me out! Well, you see, he told me..
Kei: (in a lower voice) That he's not really a guard.
Rana: ...
Kei: He was simply supposed to replace Eiji and that's really it. And, like, do the other guards' job when they couldn't and make sure nobody got a 50/50 verdict.
Eiji: H-he was supposed to replace me?!
Kei: His crime wasn't mentioned, and if Hinode actually didn't do anything to end up as a prisoner, but he also wasn't really a "true" guard..
Kei: And he killed himself thinking that you're gonna punish him for being a "bad guard"..
Kei: Isn't that, like, kiiiinda unfair?
Riku: .. Are you trying to say that my brother killed himself for nothing?
Kei: Yeah. Possibly.
Rana: .. Well, you see..
Rana: According to this Milgram's rules, the Goddess of this Milgram can ignore any rules as she wishes.
Miki: ...
Eiji: Y-you!..
Eiji: There really is.. no justice in this place after all..
Rana: Hmm, I wonder if I truly was going to ignore that rule and punish Hinode like he was a real guard.
Rana: Or maybe he truly did kill himself, not knowing that I was going to act nice this time and actually follow the rules?
Rana: Who knows. You can choose to believe anything you want. It's not like I can change your mind.
Rana: Anyway. I'm tired. The guy died and there wasn't even any blood. Boring..
*blows the dust off this blog* oh. oh omg hiiiii <3 it's been. a while
okay. i'm like 100% sure y'all don't even remember me or know me or anything. (if it helps, i've noticed this post of mine is still getting notes, so yeah, i'm the one who made that guide lol. i'm glad it's useful ig??) it's been a while since i've updated this blog or been on tumblr at all (or more like i was still lurking but never actually posting anything). when it comes to this ocgram, i've really had it all written down and completed, but i never actually posted the final voice dramas because, to put it MILDLY, i was in a very dark place mentally back when i finished writing it. i won't get into details, but my depression basically made me feel like nobody cares about me or what i do so i shouldn't even try posting anything anymore. to be honest, my situation didn't get better in any way, i'd argue it actually became worse because of some irl stuff (again, won't get into details).
however, i still wanted to post what i wrote for the ending, even if it's just for myself because, no matter how cheesy it sounds, i genuinely worked very hard on this project and it taught me a lot. i also truly love these characters and i wish to let their stories finally come to a well-deserved end.
i know i'm talking too much and i'm probably making it sound like a big deal BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL TO ME.
so, originally, i was supposed to post like four more voice dramas. however, i decided to simply just put them in two LONG posts for my own comfort. i actually wanted to compile them all in one single HUGE post but i decided to go easy on y'all, because when i saw them all together i was like. this should've been a google doc 💀💀
so yeah, i'm just making this post to sort of.. announce my comeback? even if it's a brief one?
if anyone here still remembers or cares about linagram 2, i'm gonna be honest, the idea is still there, i'm still interested in it, but it'll all depend on my mental state. and, well, feedback (if there is any lol) ^^'' but it's okay, i think linagram 1's ending is very cool anyway. if i'm allowed to say so myself haha.
so.. yeah that's what i wanted to say! expect two long voice dramas soon.
Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.
Rana: Okayyyy! Kei, just wait until we're done with all the verdicts and then you'll get to do your job.
Kei: Hm.. If I have to punish certain prisoners..
Kei: Does that mean I'll have to punish Aimi as well?
Rana: Nope, I'll take care of her.
Rana: You know, Aimi.. You're a very cute girl, but..
Rana:That idea of yours was quite stupid.
Rana: You really thought making everyone watch their videos would give you the result you wanted?
Rana: *laughs* Well, I'm going to be honest with you. You actually were kinda right.
Aimi: !
Aimi: D-does that mean-
Rana: Yep. If you guys got to watch your videos, your brains simply wouldn't be able to handle it and.. I dunno, your heads would just explode, I guess.
Miki: "What videos are they talking about?.."
Aimi: T-then-
Rana: No, they still aren't allowed to watch them. Honestly, the fact that you came up with all of that..
Rana: Makes me a bit mad.
Rana: Like hey, why did you think you'd be allowed to watch your videos? Why did you think that we'll be so kind that we'll let you watch all of them with everyone?
Rana: Please, get those thoughts out of your head. They're not doing you any good.
Aimi: .. Why did you mention my idea anyway?
Aimi: You were talking about my punishment. How is my plan related to all that?
Rana: Hehe. You'll see.
Arisu: .. Is it okay for me to start talking about Yoshioka Eiko-san's murder now?
Rana: Oh, right, right! Sorry about that, Arisu. Please go ahead.
Eiko: ...
Arisu: Prisoner 006, Yoshioka Eiko. 23 years old, a university student and a part-time model.
Arisu: Her victim was Gatou Takeru, her boyfriend..
Arisu: Or, I guess "ex-boyfriend" would be more accurate.
Arisu: Eiko-san and Takeru-san met online and they realized just how much they have in common, though Eiko-san herself believes that Takeru-san was actually lying about his interests, hoping that it will help him to become closer with Eiko-san.
Arisu: They did end up falling in love with each other, however, Takeru-san quickly realized that Eiko-san was.. more affectionate than he thought she would be.
Arisu: He wanted to break up with her, but he felt too afraid, and he was also convinced that Eiko-san wouldn't take it well and that she will even try to hurt him in some way if he decides to put an end to their relationship.
Arisu: And that's why Takeru-san came up with.. a very unique plan.
Arisu: He decided to fake his own death just so that he won't have to actually break up with Eiko-san while still making her leave him alone.
Rana: *laughs*
Arisu: ...
Rana: Sorry, sorry.. This is so funny. Men would rather fake their own death than actually talk about their feelings.
Arisu: .. May I continue?
Rana: Oh, yeah, yeah, go on.
Arisu: Takeru-san stopped using his main account and started using his private one more instead and asked his friends to make it look like something tragic happened to him and he ended up seriously injured or simply dead.
Arisu: Eiko-san was shocked when she saw that Takeru-san completely abandoned his account because he was the kind of person who was obsessed with social media, and she didn't know any information about him that could help her find out what happened.
Arisu: When Eiko-san finally was able to contact his friends, she almost ended up believing his lies, but one of them couldn't take it anymore and gave her the access to Takeru-san's private account which showed that he was still using social media very often and he didn't go anywhere.
Arisu: And when Eiko-san realized what actually happened.. She was very.. very angry about it.
Arisu: Eiko-san searched for more information about Takeru-san and eventually, she was able to find his full name and address. She found his house and when Takeru-san opened the door, he saw his ex-girlfriend who was there definitely not because she wanted to reconcile and because she missed him.
Arisu: Takeru-san begged Eiko-san for forgiveness and he knew that Eiko-san came here to end his life. When he realized that no matter how hard he tries, she will still kill him in the end, he revealed what he actually thought about all of this and said that he didn't think his lie would affect her so badly and that "it wasn't even a big deal".
Rana: Wow, what a piece of-
Arisu: In a fit of rage, Eiko-san used the "equipment" she brought to kill Takeru-san in a very brutal fashion: by dismembering him. She believed that it was the most fitting murder method for him and that he fully deserved it.
Rana: Woah, she sounds like a woman you just can't mess with! Unless being killed by her sounds fun to you.
Arisu: After she was done, Eiko-san felt very overwhelmed and she ended up losing consciousness. When she woke up, she was already at her house and she received a message from her mother that implied Eiko-san's parents cleaned up after her and brought her there.
Arisu: Eiko-san never knew what her parents do for a living, but she had a feeling that it wasn't something legal, so she wasn't surprised.
Rana: Man, her parents are so nice!
Rana: It'd be a shame if something happened to them.
Eiko: !
Rana: Arisu, hurry up with the verdicts, I think this girl has a lot to say.
Arisu: Yoshioka Eiko's verdict combination is..
Arisu: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she should be able to come back home safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.
Arisu: Congratulations, Eiko-san. You may speak now.
Eiko: *breathing heavily*
Shun: E-eiko-san?.. A-are you okay-
Eiko: .. Are my parents working for you two?
Shun: Eiko-san, I-I don't think you should just ask-
Rana: Sure were.
Eiko: .. Were?
Rana: Hehe.
Eiko: .. Tell me everything. Now.
Rana: Or what? Are you going to try to dismember a goddess?
Arisu: Eiko-san, allow me to explain.
Arisu: Your parents started to work for us very recently and they were supposed to help us out with these three trials specifically. If everything went according to plan, they would be allowed to continue working here.
Rana: They even went as far as sacrificing their own children just to prove their loyalty to us!
Eiko: !
Arisu: .. T-they did.
Eiko: .. You didn't have to make Naruha a guard. He was only 14.
Arisu: We had no choice. Your brother wasn't a murderer, but you were. Of course we'd have to make you a prisoner and him-
Rana: Hey, just to remind you, our guards are-
Arisu: Please, do not interrupt me.
Rana: Ooh, scary.
Eiko: .. What happened to my parents?
Arisu: They realized that what they've done was a mistake and tried to come up with a way to save you.
Arisu: They.. I guess they wanted to rebel against us.
Arisu: As for the consequences..
Arisu: My sincerest apologies, Eiko-san.
Eiko: ...
Eiko: When did it happen?
Arisu:After the second trial.
Eiko: ...
Rana: *laughs* How are you feeling, Eiko? Your parents literally got killed while you were too busy worrying about your crush's broken arm!
Shun: B-but I never got my arm broken-
Rana: Oh, and about your brother being one of the guards and killing himself just so that he doesn't have to judge you, of course.
Eiko: .. Haha..
Eiji: "Now that I think about it, my arm does feel a bit.. weird."
Eiji: ".. Must be a coincidence."
Eiko: .. I see.
Eiko: Well, guess I have no choice but to accept any punishment the outside world will decide is best for me, haha.
Eiko: I do wish Eiji-kun was the one who punished me instead though..
Shun: .. Eiko-san, c-can you not talk about Eiji-san right now?
Eiko: Shun, your girlfriend just found out her parents are dead. Can you not act like your clingy and jealous self right now?
Eiko: .. And if Naruha is also dead.. Then that means..
Eiko: Ahaha.. I don't..
Eiko: I-I don't have anyone else.. left..
Shun: ...
Shun: .. Do you want a hug?
Eiko: .. That would be nice.
Miki: "So if I understood correctly, this prisoner's little brother died?.."
Miki: "And her parents too.."
Miki: ".. I feel bad for her. Maybe we could get along."
Miki:"Wait, the prisoner standing next to her is-"
Miki: !
Rana: Well that was sad. Anyway, time for me to talk about the next pair!
Rana: Prisoner 007, Yano Asahi!
Miki: "What did she just call him?!"
Miki: U-um, s-sorry, but I think this prisoner's name is actually-
Rana: Ugh, can you just let me do my job? Please?
Miki: B-but I know this prisoner! H-he's my-
Miki: "He's looking right at me! He still remembers me!"
Miki: "Haha.. I'm just so glad that he's still alive.."
Miki: "I will get you out of here, Marito. I'm sure you've never committed any crime-"
Rana: Anyway. 11 years old, an elementary school student.
Rana: Oh, his story is so, so sad!
Rana: Little Asahi over here actually comes from a very toxic and abusive household.
Rana: His biological parents named him Andou Marito.. Well, his biological father never actually bothered to call him by his name and his biological mother died shortly after giving birth to him.
Rana: So his lovely older sister was the only one who actually called him by this name. Just to let him know that he was still worth something. That he deserved to have a name even though his existence itself killed his own mother.
Miki: "Don't.. Don't say that.."
Miki: "Honestly, I'm grateful that Marito's birth.. killed her.."
Miki: "Ahaha... Our life would be so much worse if she was still around-"
Rana: His older sister was strong enough to handle all of their father's abuse, but Asahi didn't want to go through that for who knows how long.
Rana: So when both siblings were out on a walk one day, Asahi waited for his sister to get distracted and.. he ran away.
Miki: ".. H-he didn't wait."
Miki: "H-he couldn't.. I-it was my fault, I should've paid more attention-"
Rana: Pretty selfish of him, isn't it? They could try to run away together, but he decided to do it alone. Did he want his sister to continue going through that abuse?
Miki: .. Shut up.
Rana: So when Asahi-
Miki: I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!
Miki: YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM!
Miki: I'm literally his sister, I should be the one talking about his past, not you-
Rana: Then go on. Please, tell us the truth about Asahi's murder.
Miki: Huh?...
Miki:M-murder?..
Rana: But you can't. Because you don't remember anything.
Rana: Too bad. I'm sure you telling us his story would be so interesting.
Rana: Come on, Miki. Don't you want to protect your brother? Don't you want to defend his honor?
Miki: .. H-he can't be a murderer.
Miki: Even if he is.. I would forgive him as many times as I had to.
Miki: So please-
(sounds of Hinode standing up)
Hinode: .. I would like to tell everyone the story of Marito-san's murder.
Miki: !
Rana: Ooh, interesting.
Miki: B-but how do you know-
Hinode: Miki-san. I think both you and Eiji-san already know that I know more than you two.
Miki: ...
Eiji: I knew that he's suspicious-
Miki: .. If you really know something.. Please, protect him for me.
Hinode:I will protect him just like his older sister would, even though I don't have nearly as much love in my heart as you do.
(sounds of Hinode's footsteps)
Hinode: I will keep it short. Marito-san was adopted by Yano Satsuki-san and her husband, though "adopted" is not exactly the correct word.
Hinode: Satsuki-san wasn't able to have a child of her own, so I'm assuming she wanted Marito-san to.. fill the void inside of her.
Hinode: She gave him a new name and started treating him like her own son, however, even though Satsuki-san's intentions were pure, she didn't know how to take care of children and what children need from their parents.
Hinode: And the most important thing that children need is obviously love. And Satsuki-san wasn't able to show it in a way that Marito-san wanted her to.
Hinode: Marito-san couldn't take it anymore and got angry at her. After that, Satsuki-san started saying strange things which scared Marito-san and made him think that Satsuki-san will try to get rid of him, since she started saying that adopting him was a bad idea and that she will never be a good mother.
Hinode: Marito-san knew that Satsuki-san had quite a lot of health problems and he also knew that she was allergic. Deathly allergic.
Hinode: I don't know all the details, but Marito-san was able to secretly add something she was allergic to into her food. Satsuki-san ate it and..
Hinode: .. This is the truth, Miki-san. This is what actually happened.
Miki: ...
(sounds of Miki falling on the floor and sobbing)
Eiji: H-hey! Come on, he's your brother, but-
Hinode: .. Please, announce his verdict.
Rana: Thanks for doing my job, I guess, but seriously, this was so boring!
Rana: You had to make it more emotional! More interesting! More fun!
Miki: "Please, please, if those guards voted him guilty at least once-"
Rana: Innocent, Innocent, Innocent.
Rana: According to the verdict system, he should be able to come back home safely and everyone will forget about his crime and his victim's existence, including him.
Rana: He will also get a special reward.
Rana: Congrats, Asahi! You can speak to your lovely older sister now.
Asahi: MIKI-NEE!
Miki: .. M.. Marito..
Asahi: LET ME GO! I NEED TO TALK TO HER!
Rana: Can't do that. Not until the trial is officially over.
Asahi: MIKI-NEE, I WANT TO GO HOME! I WANT TO GO HOME WITH YOU!
Miki: W-we will! We will get out of here and we will go home a-and-
Eiji: But what about.. the reward?
Rana: Hehe, we will announce it later, after we're done with everyone.
Rana: I'm surprised that this kid got so many innocent verdicts though..
Rana: The guards must really care about him a lot..
Rana: Or they just didn't want to make a certain guard sad.
Hinode: ...
Eiji: ...
Rana: Now, the next prisoner!
Rana: Prisoner 008, Maruyama Yurika. 21 years old, a maid cafe worker and a university student.
Yurika: ...
Rana: Oh, she's one of the interesting ones, that's for sure!
Rana: And the guards have been so cruel to her.. So mean..
Eiji: .. When will we meet the guards, by the way?
Eiji: I mean.. They have to be somewhere around here, right?
Rana: ...
Rana: Ah, so you still don't understand..
Rana: Well, it's okay. I'm sure you will soon.
Eiji: Can you stop talking in riddles for one second-
Rana: So, Yurika ended up in quite a horrible situation. Yurika grew up in a pretty rich and successful family, which resulted in her becoming.. a bit spoiled.
Rana: Her parents got sick of her being so dependent on them and decided that it was time for her to do something on her own and basically kicked her out, forcing her to grow up as fast as she possibly could.
Rana: Some time passed and Yurika was able to find at least some kind of job, even if it meant simply working at a maid cafe. Oh, if her parents saw that, they wouldn't shut up about how she needs to find a more "serious" job..
Rana: Even though Yurika was always so passionate about anime, manga and anything associated with it, that job was nothing but torture and dealing with customers sometimes could be.. hard.
Rana: But she was okay with going through all that! Because now she had someone who could always protect her..
Rana: Kanasawa Takame was the woman who owned the cafe and she was always there to help Yurika with anything she had trouble with.
Rana: And Yurika became very, very dependent on her.
Rana: One could say she got a little crush on her own boss, hehe.
Rana: But simply working there obviously didn't give her enough money to live on her own while also attending university.
Rana: So Yurika secretly had another job..
Rana: There was a reason why Takame owned a maid cafe in the first place. She used it to hide her other job and she offered one to Yurika as well..
Rana: And that job involved organ harvesting.
Rana: And they often used the customers' organs too.
Rana: Yurika found the job gross and scary.. But she was okay with it as long as that meant she could earn more money and more of Takame's attention.
Rana: But some people from her university got a bit curious about Yurika's job.. Or jobs.
Rana: Yurika was a criminal even before her murder, it's true, but she was usually just Takame's assistant and nothing more. As for her actual murder..
Rana: Her victims were Amari Karin and Amari Rion. Two siblings that wanted to know more about what Yurika did for a living.
Rana: Well, Karin was the one who was curious about it, meanwhile Rion was just there to support her and make sure Karin didn't end up in danger. Too bad Rion was the one who got killed first..
Rana: Both siblings were ready to do anything that could help them learn more about Yurika, including stalking.
Rana: And of course, eventually, Yurika snapped and decided to fight back.
Rana: When the siblings found out about her real job, they were shocked. Karin couldn't understand how Yurika could do something like that "just for money"..
Rana: And this was the last drop for Yurika.
Rana: At first, she simply knocked them out and then called Takame for help. When Takame got there, she calmed Yurika down and told her that she did the right thing and that they should get what they deserve.
Rana: "They wanted to know more about your job, right? How about they see you in action then?"
Yurika: !
Rana: Karin and Rion both got killed that night. Hopefully someone found a good way to use their organs, haha.
Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she should receive a death penalty.
Rana: Congrats, Yurika! What do you think about your verdict-
Yurika: MIKI, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!
Miki: "S-she knows my-"
Yurika: YOU'RE OUR SAVIOR, HUH?! IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF SAVING PEOPLE?!
Yurika: OR I'M JUST SO EVIL THAT I DON'T DESERVE TO BE SAVED BY YOU?!
Yurika: I JUST WANTED TO LIVE! I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY NORMAL, PEACEFUL LIFE! I JUST WANTED TO SURVIVE!
Yurika: IF YOU WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION, YOU WOULD ALSO-
Yurika: ...
Rana: Okay, you're a bit too loud. I think we should turn your voice off again.
Eiji: How can they just.. take their ability to speak?..
Eiji: This is not a normal prison, I know, but just..
Eiji: How can a place like this even exist?..
Miki: .. You're smiling, Eiji-san.
Eiji: Huh? W-well, of course I'm smiling, that means this is a place where all criminals get what they-
Miki: I don't think Maruyama-san deserved to die.
Miki: Whoever did that to her.. is very cruel.
Asahi: M-Miki-nee..
Rana: Since Yurika is going to be executed, of course, Kei will be the one to take care of it.
Rana: You still have some time to get ready, Kei.
Kei: Haha, sure..
Yurika: !
Kei: Yurika, I know what you're trying to say.
Kei: Both of us helped Reina with her plan. We were basically a team for some time.
Kei: I know I should feel sorry for you, and I do, but..
Kei: If you were in the same situation, you would also-
Rana: Arisu, do you want to talk about the next pair?
Arisu: .. If that means both the prisoners and the victims will get the respect they deserve, then sure.
Rana: Hmm? What was that? You're saying our prisoners deserve to be respected?
Rana: You're so silly.. Even innocent prisoners don't deserve any respect-
Arisu: Prisoner 009, Kuroki Riku. 17 years old, a high school student.
Hinode: ...
Riku: ...
Arisu: His victim was Shiozaki Yue, his childhood friend.
Arisu: Riku-san and Yue-san's relationship wasn't healthy for them from the very start. Riku-san never actually wanted to be friends with him and instead was forced to by his and Yue-san's parents who wanted Yue-san to have at least one friend since unfortunately, nobody was interested in even simply talking to him.
Arisu: Riku-san agreed, having no idea that there was a good reason why Yue-san had not the best reputation among other children.
Arisu: As the years went by, their friendship started to become more and more destructive for both of them. Riku-san was able to become popular at his school, make more friends, create a music group, he even dated someone at some point.
Arisu: But Yue-san was always alone.
Arisu: Riku-san's mental health started to get worse because of family-related problems, because no matter how popular he was, it was never enough for him, and.. because of Yue-san.
Arisu: Yue-san was very dependent on Riku-san and hoped that Riku-san will "fix" him in some way. According to Riku-san himself, it felt like Yue-san saw him as a "therapist" and not a friend.
Arisu: Yue-san also encouraged Riku-san's unhealthy coping mechanisms and was actually the one who inspired him to cope with his issues in those ways.
Arisu: Yue-san wanted to die, just like Riku-san did, but he said that he will die only with Riku-san by his side.
Arisu: .. Riku-san had a different idea in mind.
Arisu: Riku-san always knew that he was the popular one while Yue-san was always forgotten and ignored. So he decided to use his reputation to make people hate Yue-san and bully him to the point of driving him to suicide.
Arisu: Everything was according to plan, and then, Riku-san left a note for Yue-san, saying that he wants to end his life as well, and that he will be waiting for him at the school rooftop.
Arisu: Riku-san really was there, but he wasn't alone. His friends and bandmates were there as well.
Arisu: And instead of ending his life with Yue-san by his side, Riku-san and his friends told Yue-san to jump off the rooftop.
Rana: So cruel!.. Is this what kids are like these days??
Rana: Also, wait, wouldn't there be a fence or something to make it harder for Yue to jump off?
Rana: Ah, I shouldn't think too much about it.. As long as it's fun, it doesn't matter how believable the crime is!
Arisu: Yue-san didn't mind the bullying. Maybe he actually knew that it was Riku-san's idea all along.
Arisu: He even agreed to jump off, however..
Arisu: He still intended to keep his promise. He still was okay with dying, but only with Riku-san by his side.
Arisu: Yue-san even threatened Riku-san with a boxcutter, saying that he was going to stab Riku-san if he didn't jump with him, which meant that Riku-san would die either way.
Arisu: Yue-san hugged Riku-san and he was about to fall down with him, but Riku-san's friends saved him, making Yue-san fall in the process.
Arisu: Most students knew that Riku-san was somehow related to Yue-san's death, but because of how bad the victim's reputation was, they..
Arisu: They decided to turn a blind eye.
Rana: Again, these kids are so cruel.. Well, that's just what highschoolers are like, I guess.
Arisu: Kuroki Riku's verdict combination is..
Arisu: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should be able to come back home safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.
Arisu: .. Riku-san, you may speak now.
Rana: Huh? No "congratulations" this time?
Riku: ...
Riku: Miki..
Miki: !
Riku: You don't.. remember anything, do you?
Miki: W-what do you mean?..
Riku: .. Heh. Just like I thought.
Riku: It was so weird to watch everyone try to speak to you or Eiji, even though Reina's plan was successful.
Riku: I guess they just thought that your memories will come back or something.
Miki: Reina's plan?..
Riku: You don't have to think about it too much.
Riku: Just..
Riku: .. I don't know. I don't know what I'm supposed to say.
Riku: Almost all of my classmates knew about it, but they didn't care.. But now everyone is going to know..
Riku: .. I don't wanna know what my Mom and Dad are going to say, haha. God, Mom is going to be devastated.
Riku: .. Maybe I can just put an end to it before it even starts-
Akio: Don't.
Riku: Huh?
Akio: What, are you thinking about killing yourself the moment you come back home?
Riku: .. What other options do you want to suggest?
Riku: And no, I don't wanna hear anything like "keep on living" from someone like you.
Riku: .. We're more similar than I thought we were.
Akio: I'll find you.
Riku: Wh-
Akio: I don't even know where you live, I wouldn't be surprised if you lived far away from me, but..
Akio: I-I'm sure I will hear about your murder on the news. At least one person will mention it. I'll hear about it somewhere.
Akio: My murder will still be kept a secret, and nobody will even remember my victim..
Akio: S-so when I hear about your murder, I'm sure I will also find out where you live, a-and I'll go there and find you.
Akio: I don't care how long it will take. M-maybe I'll ask my parents to come with me, I don't know, I'll tell them that I want to come and see a friend I met online or something like that.
Riku: .. What are you even saying-
Akio: I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO DIE BECAUSE OF ME EVER AGAIN!
Riku: !
Akio: If I.. If I knew that my plan won't work.. O-or if I knew that Arata wanted Chise to die slowly and painfully from the start..
Akio: ...
Akio: A-also.. The king has to take care of his servants, right?
Riku: ...
Riku: You.. Y-you really are stupid..
Aimi: ...
Miki: "If all of these prisoners know me.. and Eiji-san.."
Miki: "And me and Eiji-san don't have certain memories.."
Miki: "Does that mean-"
Rana: Finally, we're getting closer to the end! Ahh, I can't wait to see all the punishments..
Rana: Though I wish there were more, of course..
Arisu: .. Prisoner 010, Himura Reina. 20 years old, unemployed.
Reina: ...
Arisu: Reina-san had.. a difficult relationship with her family. She didn't want to spend time with them or see them at all, so she preferred to spend most of her time outside, participating in all kinds of activities, and most of them weren't exactly legal.
Arisu: However, Reina-san did always try her best not to injure anyone seriously or actually kill them. She also rarely did anything herself and most of the time she was giving orders.
Arisu: Her younger brother, and also her victim, Himura Neiro-san, who was only 15 years old, found out about his sister's actions and he refused to believe that she either enjoyed it or came up with everything herself. He believed that it was Reina-san's friends' fault and he didn't want to accept that Reina-san could be guilty as well.
Arisu: Neiro-san wanted to talk to Reina-san's friends about it and ask them to "leave his sister alone". He went to them when it was very late and it was very dark outside as well, which was.. not a good decision.
Rana: Haha, I guess being so rebellious runs in the family.
Miki: ".. I can guess what happened next."
Arisu: Neiro-san was very naive and he really thought that his sister's friends will listen to him, but first of all, they didn't even recognize him as Reina-san's brother since they've never seen him before. They didn't take him seriously at all and they all just laughed at him and told him to leave.
Arisu: Neiro-san didn't give up and he tried to attack them himself, which was a bad idea, since considering his age and his build, he was too weak to actually hurt them, and.. he was too weak to defend himself as well.
Arisu: Reina-san's friends only wanted to scare him away at first, but when he attacked them, they decided they had enough and..
Eiji: .. Did they really just beat the kid up?
Eiji: This.. this is insane.
Miki: .. I didn't think someone's age would matter to you that much, Eiji-san.
Eiji: Huh? What does that mean?
Eiji: W-well.. Why would they just.. do that?
Eiji: .. A-all criminals are sick. It would be nice if I could just kill them all somehow, haha..
Miki: Wouldn't that make you a criminal though?
Eiji: People like that don't deserve to live. I would be doing this world a favor if I got rid of them.
Eiji: .. Why is he the one who's allowed to do that and not me?..
Arisu: .. W-when Reina-san came back, she saw her brother's corpse on the ground. One of her friends pushed him too hard, making him accidentally hit his head against the wall.
Arisu: .. They claimed that he died instantly, but it wasn't true. They just failed to get help in time. I'm sorry, Reina-san.
Reina: !..
Eiji: W-what the hell..
Eiji: Did they.. Did they even try to call for help?
Hinode: I doubt it. They'd have to confess that they were the ones responsible or they would be suspected anyway.
Eiji: True..
Miki: .. Does that mean you see that prisoner as innocent, Eiji-san?
Eiji: Huh?
Miki: If.. If you were one of the guards and you could either vote that prisoner innocent or guilty..
Miki: .. Would you forgive her?
Eiji: .. No, of course not.
Eiji: E-even if she wasn't the one who killed her brother directly, if she wasn't a criminal from the start, this would've never happened.
Eiji: She should've been a better older sister. Even if it was indirect, she's still a murderer to me.
Miki: .. I see.
Arisu: Himura Reina's verdict combination is..
Arisu: Innocent, Innocent, Guilty.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.
Eiji: *breathes out* Good. She's not the prisoner who deserves three innocent verdicts. I'm glad that the guards realized that..
Arisu: Reina-san, you may speak now.
Reina: ...
Reina: Haha..
Reina: They did it.. They really did vote me guilty..
Reina: Ahaha..
Eiji: Is she.. okay?
Reina: Hey.. About my murder..
Reina: .. Does this mean the outside world will know I'm the one who did it? Or will they forget about my victim ever existing?
Reina: Will I.. still remember my victim?
Rana: Hey, aren't you asking too much-
Arisu: Your victim will still be remembered by everyone, Reina-san. They will know that your brother has been murdered.
Arisu: They just won't know that it was you.
Reina: ...
Arisu: You will still have all your memories, so you will also have the option to confess to your murder and receive the punishment that you think you deserve.
Arisu: Ah.. Same goes for Aimi-san as well.
Reina: .. Thank you for answering my question.
Arisu: And by the way..
Arisu: .. The guard- I mean, the guards wanted you to still remember your brother even after you leave.
Arisu: This is.. one of the reasons why the decision to vote you guilty was made.
Arisu: I hope you're satisfied with your verdict.
Reina: .. Heh. Don't worry, I am.
Rana: Ugh, this is getting boring..
Rana: Okayyyyy, everyone! And now that we're done with revealing the prisoners' verdicts, before certain prisoners get punished, could all prisoners look down at the audience, please?
Rana: Oh, uh, you can speak now, Yurika.
Akio: .. They're still there..
Aimi: Miki..
Shun: .. She's still looking at him..
Naomi: ...
Kei: Eiji, hiiiii!
Eiko: Hehe, Eiji-kun..
Asahi: MIKI-NEE, GET ME OUT OF HERE!
Yurika: All of you.. I will kill.. all of you..
Riku: ...
Reina: ...
Rana: Great! Now that you can take a nice, long look at all of the guards who worked so hard on judging you and choosing the best verdicts for you all..
Rana: It's time for you all to judge them!
Eiji and Miki: !
All prisoners: !
Hinode: ...
Eiji: We.. w-we were the guards all this time?..
Eiji: I.. I was the one who made all of these decisions?..
Miki: I had a feeling that we were the ones responsble for it, but..
Miki: Wait, does that mean that Hinode-san is also-
Hinode: Kind of. I'm kind of a guard.. But also kind of not. You'll see.
Akio: We.. We will have to judge them?
Rana: Correct! Before some of you get punished, you all get to participate in the guards' trial!
Rana: So come on, if you are still mad at them, if you want them to feel the same pain, or if you love them so much and want them to survive no matter what, go ahead and tell them about your feelings through voting!
Rana: Just say the verdicts you think they deserve out loud, and we'll make sure to remember them and count all of them when you're done.
Reina: .. This.. is interesting.
Asahi: .. G-guys?.. Y-you all are going to vote Miki-nee innocent, right?..
guys i was serious when i said that those vds are going to be long. so uh. get ready
Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.
???: ...
???: Huh..
???: "W-where.. am I?.."
???: "This place looks.. scary.."
???: Ah-
???: Oh, you're awake. Good, good..
???: How are you feeling? Does anything hurt?
???: "T-that's one pretty guy, haha.."
???: A-ah, no, no, I'm fine. Don't worry about me.
???: W-wait, actually, w-where are we?
???: A-and, um.. Who are.. you?
???: .. Ah, right, I forgot to introduce myself.
???: Kuroki Hinode. Nice to meet you.
???: N-nice to meet you too..
???: A-ah, my name is-
Hinode: Don't worry. I already know.
???: Huh?..
???: H-hey, where the hell am I?
???: What is this place? God, it looks like-
Hinode: A prison? That's because it is one.
Hinode: Welcome to the Milgram prison. You two have been invited to watch the third trial end.
Hinode: You two should be honored, it's a pretty big deal, haha.
???: .. Milgram.. prison?..
Hinode: Come on, we should hurry up. It's better if we don't keep the guys in charge waiting.
???: I-I'm not going anywhere with you-
Hinode: Eiji-san. Please, for your own safety, follow me.
Eiji: How do you know my name-
Hinode: I know you both very well.
(the door opens)
(sounds of footsteps)
???: W-whoa..
???: This is.. even scarier than I imagined..
Eiji: You mentioned the third trial, right?
Eiji: That means someone is going to get.. judged?
Hinode: Haha, yes. Of course, someone like you, Eiji-san, would understand how the trials work very well.
Eiji: ...
Hinode: These are your seats. Please sit down.
???: O-okay!..
(sounds of someone sitting down)
???: U-um, Kuroki-san-
Hinode: Just Hinode is fine.
???: O-okay, um..
???: Hinode-san.. who exactly are you?
???: Do you.. work here?
???: Ah, maybe you're going to be the judge?
Eiji: He certainly doesn't look the part.
Hinode: Haha, no, no, I'm not like that at all.
Hinode: .. I'm.. quite the opposite, actually.
???: Wh-
Hinode: Anyway, Miki-san, Eiji-san, are you prepared to see the ones who are going to be judged tonight?
Miki: "He really does know my name.."
Eiji: Huh? So that means it's a trial for multiple people?..
Hinode: Yeah, kind of.
Hinode: Except.. their verdicts are already known.
Hinode: But they don't know what is going to happen to them.
Hinode: I'm sure they're excited to find out, haha.
Hinode: Please, prepare yourselves. You might see some.. familiar faces.
(sounds of multiple doors opening and people's footsteps)
Hinode: All ten prisoners are ready to be judged. Please, have fun watching them.
Eiji: !..
Eiji: *stands up* I-is that-
Miki: .. T-this boy-
Hinode: I told you their faces might look familiar.
Eiji: .. How did he end up here?..
Eiji: O-of course he deserved to go to prison, but-
Miki: ...
Miki: (in a lower voice) What is my brother doing here, Hinode-san?
Hinode: I'm afraid my answer will take too long-
Miki: I'm not going anywhere.
Hinode: ...
Hinode: *sighs* Then I think you should hear it from someone else and not from me.
(sounds of screens turning on)
???: Hello, hello, everyone! I hope you're ready for the end of the Third Trial.
???: Don't you feel excited? I sure do.
???: Now, before we proceed. Right now, the prisoners aren't able to speak. They can still hear and understand everything very well.
???: Just look at everyone's face expressions! I wish I was here to see them in person..
Miki: W-why can't they speak though-
???: We just made a few.. adjustments. Please, don't think about it too much.
???: We wouldn't want the prisoners to start crying and screaming while we discuss their verdicts, would we?
???: Of course, it would be a beautiful sight, but we have to keep this serious.
???: All of them will be able to talk after their verdicts are announced though. I wonder what they will say..
Eiji: Hold on. Who even are you?
Eiji: Are you, like.. The one in charge?
???: Me?...
???: Hm.. I guess you can call me..
???: The goddess of this place?..
Miki: ...
???: Does that ring a bell, Miki-chan?
Miki: .. P-please don't act so familiar with me.
???: Haha, sorry, sorry. You're just so cute!
???: Anyway, yeah, I guess you can see me as the one in charge of this place.
???: If you need a name to call me by..
???: My name is Miguro Rana.Please, just call me Rana.
Rana: Ah, take a look at the second screen. This is my assistant, Arisu.
Rana: He's a pretty boy, isn't he? A shy one though. He doesn't talk much.
Eiji: Why can we see his face, but we can't see yours?
Rana: Because I'm shy too! And who knows, what if I show you all my face and you all will instantly fall in love with me? That wouldn't be good at all!
Rana: Arisu, can you say something so that we know you're here with us right now and not in your silly inner world?
Arisu: ...
Arisu: I-it's a pleasure to finally see you all, everyone.
Akio: !..
Rana: Now, here's our plan for tonight. First, we're going to discuss everyone's crimes. I'm sure the guards have figured most of the stuff out, but there could be some details they don't know yet. Gotta make sure we're all on the same page, right?
Eiji: Guards?..
Rana: After we talk about each crime, the prisoner's verdict will be announced. The prisoner will be able to talk after they find out their verdict. We will also talk about what will happen to all prisoners as well.
Rana: As for the final part..
Rana: Hehe, well, you all just have to wait and see.
Rana: Now, Arisu, can you do me a favor and start with the first prisoner's crime? You had a chance to see him personally, so..
Arisu: *nods*
Arisu: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio. 16 years old, a high school student.
Eiji: So it's that guy with brown hair.. Looks kind of boring.
Eiji: So all of them are criminals, huh? Even that one kid?
Miki: ...
Hinode: They're not just criminals. All of them are murderers. So they all committed the worst crime of all.
Eiji: Whoa..
Eiji: Heh.. They all deserve the worst punishment of all then-
Miki: Eiji-san, right?
Eiji: What do you want?
Miki: Please take back what you just said.
Eiji: Look, this is just my opinion. Also, don't you think that all murderers and criminals in general should rot-
Miki: My brother is not a murderer.
Eiji: W-what does that have to do with your brother?!
Miki: My brother is not a murderer, my brother is not a murderer, my brother is not-
Hinode: Calm down, Miki-san. I assure you, your brother will be fine.
Hinode: .. You really saved him.
Miki: W-what was that?
Arisu: His victim was Kitami Chise, his classmate.
Arisu: Akio-san recently started attending an elite high school thanks to his parents' hard work. He immediately tried to impress his classmates and teachers with his intelligence and he was successful. He quickly started to become very popular.
Arisu: And he also quickly became friends with his another classmate, Saito Arata, who also was the headmaster's son.
Akio: ...
Arisu: Akio-san was very happy with his reputation until a new student showed up. That student was Chise-san.
Arisu: Chise-san started to become more and more popular which Akio-san did not like. Akio-san didn't understand why someone like Chise-san could be more loved and respected by his classmates, considering that he had not the best grades, wasn't the most intelligent student there and it overall seemed like he "didn't deserve to attend that school".
Arisu: Akio-san had no idea that Chise-san was loved because of his kindness and him wanting his classmates to stop being so hard on themselves and start taking care of themselves.
Arisu: Akio-san started to get tired of Chise-san's popularity and he did have thoughts about possibly killing him, but he wasn't sure about it at first. After a certain event, however, he finally decided that Chise-san deserved to die.
Arisu: Interestingly enough, he still didn't want to kill Chise-san in a brutal and painful way. Even though he was okay with torturing him.
Arisu: Akio-san decided on a murder method, which was supposed to be hanging.
Arisu: One day, Akio-san and Arata-san invited Chise-san to hang out with them after classes. He gladly agreed, thinking that they have finally accepted them as their friend.
Arisu: They all wanted to go to Arata's house and spend the night there since his parents weren't home and they could do whatever they wanted.
Arisu: It was rather late when they arrived and then, Arata-san knocked Chise-san out and carried him to the basement where Chise-san would later die.
Arisu: When Chise-san finally woke up, he already had a rope tied around his neck. Not enough to strangle him, but just enough to let him know that he's not going to make it out alive.
Arisu: Akio-san started to torture him by asking him all kinds of questions, making fun of Chise-san's "low intelligence" and said that they'll kill him if he keeps getting the questions wrong.
Arisu: When Chise-san failed too many times, Akio-san ordered Arata-san to move the stool Chise-san was standing on.
Arisu: Arata-san did exactly that, but then, something went horribly wrong.
Arisu: Chise-san's neck was supposed to break. It didn't.
Arisu: Chise-san died of strangulation. He tried to get the rope off his neck, but it didn't work.
Arisu: He was supposed to die instantly, but.. some time definitely passed before he finally died.
Arisu: Akio-san was in charge of the planning meanwhile Arata-san was in charge of the execution.
Arisu: That means, Arata-san was the one responsible for killing Chise-san in the wrong way.
Arisu: However, Akio-san was the one who came up with the murder in the first place. Arata-san was definitely the one who encouraged it, but Akio-san was brought here because if it wasn't for him acting up on his thoughts, Chise-san would most likely still be alive.
Rana: Though honestly, with a guy like Arata around, I can't imagine Chise's life being that long.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back home safely with all his memories intact while other people forget about his crime and his victim's existence.
Arisu: Congratulations, Akio-san. You may speak now.
Akio: ...
(sound of Akio falling on his knees)
Akio: H-how did they..
Akio: How did they.. know..
Akio: *crying* How did they know.. all of this..
Akio: .. I-I have a question.
Arisu: What is it, Akio-san?
Akio: .. Will.. my accomplice also.. forget about my crime?
Arisu: Yes. Even though he was involved, he is not the Milgram prisoner.
Arisu: He will not remember anything about the murder you two committed and he will not remember Chise-san ever existing.
Akio: ...
Akio: Haha..
Akio: .. How will I be able to look him in the eyes after that..
Eiji: .. That guy is literally evil.
Eiji: Doing all that just because his classmate was more popular than him?
Eiji: Those guards are way too nice. They forgave him twice, when I wouldn't be able to forgive him even once.
Hinode: ...
Miki: W-well, at least it looks like he feels guilty about it. Who knows, maybe he will change.
Miki: ".. Why is that pink-haired girl looking at me like that?"
Rana: Now, let's talk about the second prisoner, shall we?
Rana: Arisu, would you like to tell us about her crime as well? I promise, I'll be the one who talks about the next two prisoners.
Arisu: .. Of course.
Arisu: Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi-san. 16 years old, a high school student.
Eiji: Another high school student?! What's wrong with kids these days..
Miki: You don't look that old yourself, Eiji-san.
Eiji: I-I'm still older than them though. I was supposed to go to college this year..
Eiji: .. W-what stopped me from going to college?..
Eiji: Why can't I remember-
Arisu: Her victim was Hanasaki Misao, her older brother, and she was also related to the deaths of her classmates.
Miki: "S-she killed both her brother AND her classmates??"
Arisu: Hanasaki Aimi-san comes from quite a rich family. She was used to getting whatever she wanted, so when she wasn't able to make friends at her new school, she felt.. confused.
Arisu: She continued to try to make her classmates like her. She bought them gifts, she was as kind to them as she could be, but she still couldn't buy their friendship.
Arisu: Aimi-san.. wasn't happy about it at all.
Arisu: And one day, Aimi-san snapped.
Arisu: She started acting more rude, she started breaking down in front of her classmates, she started to blame them for everything, she tried everything to make them feel bad for her and force them to become her friends.
Arisu: Her classmates.. did not like it.
Arisu: At first they were scared, but then they started to fight back. Some of the things they did were valid and understandable, but some of the things they did were.. a bit too cruel.
Arisu: We're not here to decide if Aimi-san really was a victim of bullying or she was just being too.. dramatic.
Arisu: But Aimi-san's older brother, Misao-san, certainly did see her as a victim of bullying.
Arisu: Misao-san was tired of Aimi-san's classmates treating her this way. He was so tired that he thought it would be better if they all just died.
Arisu: So he decided to take care of them. Just like a good older brother would.
Arisu: Aimi-san's family owned a popular amusement park. Lately some of the rides there started to behave in a strange way and they definitely needed to be fixed.
Arisu: Aimi-san's parents, however, refused to solve this problem.
Rana: Even though they were so rich, they still didn't want to close the park even for a short period of time..
Rana: Heh, I feel like they treated their kids the same way. Seriously, why couldn't they send both of them to therapy?
Arisu: Misao-san knew about it and he paid the workers so that they continued to act like everything was fine. Then he told Aimi-san about his plan and.. she agreed.
Arisu: Aimi-san did not like her brother, but she also did not like her classmates. And if she had to choose, she would prefer to get rid of her classmates first.
Arisu: Aimi-san invited her classmates to that park and they agreed, forgetting about how much they hated Aimi-san and how scared they were of her.
Arisu: Aimi-san also made sure to tell them that the rides that weren't working properly were the most fun ones.
Arisu: .. Aimi-san's classmates died on those rides.
Arisu: Some of them fell off, some of them got crushed, some of them lived longer than the others, but eventually ended up dying due to blood loss.
Arisu: It was.. a tragedy.
Arisu: After all of them died, Misao-san went to comfort his sister who found her classmates' corpses too scary to look at, and at first she accepted the hug..
Arisu: But then she stabbed him with a knife Misao-san gave her to protect herself or kill some of the classmates herself if she wanted to.
Arisu: After that, Aimi-san left Misao-san to bleed out. She was able to leave the park in the middle of the chaos.
Rana: That girl must've been completely covered in blood after all of this.. How was she able to just walk around like that?
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.
Arisu: Congratulations, Aimi-san. You may speak now.
Miki: "H-her expression was completely emotionless the whole time.. She just kept staring at me.."
Aimi: ...
Aimi: Will I.. get punished after everyone's verdicts get revealed?
Arisu: Correct.
Aimi: .. I-I see. That's good, haha..
Aimi: .. Is it okay if I spend some time with the prisoners before my punishment?
Aimi: I-I know that I will miss them a lot when I go home, so I just-
Arisu: No.
Aimi: ...
Aimi: .. The fuck you mean by that?
Arisu: You are not allowed to spend time with the prisoners after everyone's verdicts get revealed. You will be punished right after we're done with all the prisoners.
Aimi: ...
Aimi: N-no..
Aimi: B-but I thought-
Aimi: .. I HATE YOU!
Aimi: I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, AND MOST OF ALL, I HATE YOU, MIKI!
Miki: M-me?!
Aimi: DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!
Miki: BUT I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU!
Aimi: ...
Aimi: .. H-haha..
Akio: .. What were you planning, Hanasaki?
Aimi: Huh?
Akio: Admit it, you didn't just want to hang out with us because we're friends or something like that.
Akio: What did you want from us?
Aimi: .. I thought..
Aimi: .. M-maybe it'd be possible for us to..
Aimi: Watch our videos together.. somehow..
Aimi: Like maybe the people in charge would allow us..
Aimi: A-and I hoped that watching our murders happen right in front of our eyes would..
Aimi: Drive us all.. to the point of-
Aimi: Ahaha...
Aimi: Come on, wouldn't it be better if we all just died-
(sound of Aimi getting slapped)
Akio: .. You're insane.
Akio: How would that even work?! Did you even think about the possibility of us not being able to watch our videos?!
Akio: A-and why did you even want us all to die?..
Aimi: ...
Aimi:Because you refused to be friends with me.
Aimi: You all either ignored me or felt sorry for me, but you haven't even tried to actually become friends with me.
Aimi: .. Except you, Akio-kun.
Aimi: Akio-kun.. you still like me, right?
Akio: L-leave me alone.
Akio: Don't even.. look at me.
Akio: You stopped talking to me right after I started to get better.
Akio: You're.. disgusting.
Aimi: ...
Rana: Oh no, what a sad little breakup.
Rana: Anyway, time for me to talk about these prisoners' horrible, horrible sins! Yay!
Eiji: .. How old is this "goddess", by the way?
Miki: "Why did that girl know my name?.."
Miki: ".. Hinode-san is very quiet right now.."
Miki: "I wonder if he knows more than he's letting on-"
Rana: Okayyy, so who's the next one?
Rana: Oh, right, right, that guy.
Rana: Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun. 24 years old, a fast food worker.
Rana: Hmm, where do I even start? This guy has been kinda weird since the very beginning.
Rana: So, Shun had only one victim.. Well, that's what the guards thought at first.
Rana: But reality was more complicated than that. Though honestly, I actually think it makes more sense than him just having only one victim.
Rana: Shun's victims were Inaba Hina, his so-called "ex-girlfriend" and Egawa Jouhei, her "new boyfriend".
Rana: Shun always dreamed of having a girlfriend, but he knew that most women would never be interested in him. And honestly, maybe he'd be fine with it at least for some time. At least he has dating sims, right?
Rana: Well, his parents had a different opinion.
Rana: Shun got into a really bad argument with his parents one day and they said that he should "find someone already". They wanted Shun to have a family, they wanted grandchildren already since they knew that their own child is a failure, so maybe at least his children will be good enough for them?
Rana: Shun, who was already so sick and tired of his parents, panicked and.. decided to lie.
Rana: He lied and said that he already has a girlfriend. Well.. more like "had".
Rana: His parents told them to "get her back" so that they could believe him. Shun had to act quick.
Rana: Shun's memory started to get worse and worse with every single day and it was already bad, so him having to lie to his parents and all the stress just completely.. ruined it. Shun was getting closer and closer to becoming a shell of his former self-
Rana: Ah.. well, maybe he never had his own "self" to begin with. Maybe a new "self" started to form instead.
Rana: And then, one night he got another call from his mother and he got so angry that he just threw his phone on the ground and he was about to go home, but then..
Rana: Hina picked up his phone and gave it to him.
Rana: Shun became obsessed with Hina. He needed to know everything about her. He needed to know everything about the only person who treated him like a normal human being, even if it was a basic act of kindness and nothing more.
Rana: To Hina, that act of kindness was something she'd forget tomorrow. To Shun, that act of kindness was basically Hina confessing her love for him.
Rana: Shun found more information about her. He found out her name, age, occupation, even the names of family members. To do that, he had to do what he turned out to be surprisingly good at, which was lying.
Rana: Shun lied and pretended to be Hina's ex-boyfriend who just returned to this town and wanted to see her again.
Rana: People liked him a lot when he acted like that. They trusted him enough to tell her everything about Hina, having no idea that they were telling all that to a random person who just happened to be very interested in Hina.
Rana: No wonder Shun eventually started to believe he really was Hina's ex-boyfriend.
Rana: I mean, people trusted him so much and for some reason Hina didn't talk to him anymore even though she helped him that night..
Rana: But aside from all Hina's personal info, he also found out something he did not like at all.
Rana: .. Hina started dating someone new.
Rana: That someone was Egawa Jouhei, a guy who acted cold and rude on the outside, but actually genuinely cared about Hina and even though they argued a lot, they really did love each other.
Rana: Of course, Shun couldn't just let that guy treat Hina like that, even if they weren't dating anymore!
Rana: So eventually, Shun decided that the only way he can protect Hina is by simply.. eliminating his rival.
Rana: Shun stole Hina's phone while he was stalking her and texted Jouhei and lied again and claimed to be Hina herself this time. He said that Hina went to visit a friend and asked him to go to that friend's apartment building to get her.
Rana: That friend's apartment building was the same building where Shun lived.
Rana: Shun was getting ready to meet his rival in person, but he was so focused on Jouhei that he forgot one thing.
Rana: Hina actually could go to that building because her grandma lived there. And while she had no friends living there, she could go to visit her grandma.
Rana: And Shun just turned out to be particularly unlucky that day because Hina actually did go to that building and his lie turned out to be partially true. Who knows, maybe if he remembered that Hina was supposed to come there, he would've ended up only with one victim. So much stalking and trying to get to know her better and for what?
Rana: Shun.. well, he had a breakdown.
Rana: He started to beg Hina to come back to him and he promised that he will treat her better than Jouhei.
Rana: And Hina reacted like a normal person. She didn't recognize him and got scared.
Rana: And again, Shun had to act quick. He knocked Jouhei out, and while Hina was too terrified to speak, he forced her to walk into his apartment.
Rana: He knew he shouldn't waste any of his time, so he went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed Jouhei while he was unconscious. He also still tried to convince Hina that they really used to be a couple, but when Shun realized that Hina really does not know him..
Rana: He stabbed her with the same knife in a state of pure rage and despair.
Rana: That apartment building wasn't.. the best place. Most of the people who lived there either came back there only closer to nighttime or were just as weird as Shun.
Rana: Or, they were as old as Hina's grandma and their hearing wasn't that good.
Rana: So even if Hina did scream, nobody either heard it or cared enough to check what was going on.
Rana: And after Shun was done..
Rana: He did not get rid of the bodies. He was not in a mental state to care about it. If he got rid of them, he'd probably lose his mind completely, if he hasn't already.
Rana: And he also knew that most of the people there wouldn't care about it as well. If they did notice anything, like the smell, he could just come up with a lie.
Rana: Since again, it turned out that he's actually very good at telling those.
Rana: Wow, that was a long one! I wonder if the guards were able to figure all of this stuff out. I have a feeling his videos made his crime look a bit different.
Rana: Ishizu Shun's verdict combination is..
Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.
Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.
Rana: Yay, yay, congrats, Shun, you're going home! You can speak now, by the way!
Shun: ...
Shun: .. Ehehe..
Shun: I have.. the same verdict combination.. as Eiko-san..
Shun: Ehehe.. It's like we're matching..
Eiji: "Eiko-san"? Who the hell is that? His new girlfriend or something?
Eiji: Oh, that blonde girl just gave me a weird look.
Miki: "Do we.. no, it can't be.."
Miki: "D-do these prisoners know who we are?.."
Miki: "I-if that's the case.. How do they know us?"
Miki: "If that woman looked at Eiji-san after he mentioned "Eiko-san", then.."
Miki: "Maybe that woman is Eiko-san?.."
Shun: Hey, Eiko-san, does that mean we'll be going home together? I'm so happy!..
Shun: We'll get married right after that, right? I-I don't care if people will find out about our crimes, I just want to be with you! I want to spend the rest of my life with you!
Shun: A-and then we'll have kids and my parents will finally leave me alone, haha..
Shun: Eiko-san?.. Why are you so quiet?..
Shun: Haha, come on, you don't have to act so shy with me-
Arisu: Shun-san, Eiko-san is currently not able to speak. Her verdict hasn't been announced yet.
Shun: W-who cares about what will happen to us when we leave this place! Everyone here already knows their verdicts, that guard told us everything!
Shun: I want to hear Eiko-san's voice again. Please, can I hear her voice again?..
Arisu: Your verdicts have consequences and you have the right to know about those consequences-
Shun: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES, JUST GIVE EIKO-SAN BACK TO ME!
Shun: .. Eiko-san..
Shun: .. Why are you still looking at that guy?..
Shun: Come on, I'm right here. I'm so much better than him, right?
Eiko: ...
Shun: ...
Shun: .. Why is it always the mean guys?..
Shun: I-I actually try to be nice to women, u-unlike Jouhei a-and..
Shun: W-what was that guard's name?..
Shun: E-Eiji-
Eiji: !
Eiji: Did he just-
Miki: .. Hinode-san, do these prisoners know us?
Hinode: ...
Miki: Hinode-san, please answer me-
Rana: Okayyyy, time for the fourth prisoner's crime! Man, this lady is a cruel one.
Rana: Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi. 30 years old, an elementary school teacher.
Rana: *gasps* Even elementary school teachers can kill?! Don't tell me she killed her own student-
Rana: Oh, right, that's exactly what happened.
Rana: Her victim was Akasaki Tao, her own student. He was only 10 years old.
Rana: Naomi is a weird woman. She's 30 years old, but she still feels like a kid who needs to do everything she can to make her parents happy.
Rana: Her mother in particular.
Rana: Her murder is a simple one, so talking about it won't take much time.
Rana: Tao was a very mean kid. He treated everyone horribly, both his classmates and his teachers. He especially hated Naomi..
Rana: Well, at least he acted like it.
Rana: And Naomi just couldn't take it, because Tao liked to say things that she hated to hear because she knew that Tao was right. Tao never hesitated to call her out. He knew just how much Naomi doesn't want to be hated and that Naomi's intentions weren't always the best and sometimes she was kind to her students just because it felt nice to be admired by someone.
Rana: Sure, it probably doesn't sound that serious, but this kept happening almost every single day. No wonder it ended up driving Naomi insane.
Rana: One evening, Naomi was about to leave school and her mother decided to pay her a visit. She did that quite often, to check up on Naomi's mental state. She actually didn't trust Naomi that much and she was sure she will end up hurting at least one of her students one day. And.. she turned out to be right all along.
Rana: They had another argument and that one was particularly bad and Naomi couldn't even reply to her mother anymore and she just walked to her car and tried to leave as soon as she could. It also started raining.
Rana: It kept raining and it was starting to get harder for Naomi to drive and she couldn't see the road that well.
Rana: And then, she saw a silhouette. That silhouette was Tao, who was on the way home, but he actually wasn't in that much of a hurry because he wanted to make his parents worry about him more.
Rana: And even though Naomi did see a silhouette right in front of her and it seemed kind of familiar.. She just kept going.
Rana: It's hard to say if she did it on purpose or it was an accident. Her brain was not working properly at all when it happened.
Rana: When it did happen, Naomi walked out of the car for a moment, saw that it was Tao, noticed that there wasn't anyone else around and then.. simply went right back into the car and left.
Rana: She just couldn't do anything at that moment. She couldn't force herself to care about him.
Rana: Which is a shame. Who knows, maybe he didn't actually die instantly and he still could be saved-
Arisu: I want to ask you not to lie when discussing the prisoners' murders.
Arisu: Tao-san did, in fact, die instantly when Naomi-san ran him over. She could not do anything about it.
Arisu: Please, don't say such things just to make prisoners feel even more guilty.
Arisu: Or.. make their situations sound more ambiguous.
Rana: Haha, sorry, sorry, Arisu, I won't do it anymore.
Rana: I just.. wanted to make this more fun, that's all.
Rana: Anyway, after that, not many people felt sorry for Tao, especially his classmates who were bullied by him and hated the way he treated Naomi.
Rana: His parents also turned out to be abusive and they tried to frame everything as if it was Tao's fault and that he was just not careful enough.
Rana: And to make Naomi's situation worse, his parents themselves talked to her because she was his teacher and because he actually liked her a lot, and they let her read his diary to learn more about him.
Rana: And this is how Naomi found out that the child she hated so much actually admired her and they also had so much in common.
Rana: Chiba Naomi's verdict combination is...
Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.
Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.
Rana: Congrats, Naomi! You can speak now.
Naomi: ...
Eiji: This woman.. killed a child? And she's a teacher too?
Eiji: Just how bad are their murders going to get?..
Eiji: Though considering that the next prisoner is.. him..
Eiji: I have a feeling it's just going to get worse.
Miki: ".. I hope this woman stayed away from Marito this whole time."
Rana: Come on, Naomi, don't you have anything to say? Aren't you excited to go back home?
Naomi: ...
Naomi: .. Everyone knows I'm the one who killed him anyway.
Naomi: I won't get punished for it because my parents won't allow it.
Naomi: .. Haha..
Naomi: .. Don't worry. I'll make sure I'll still get punished in the end.
Naomi: I accept the guards' judgement. They were just doing their job.
Miki: Hold on, what is she going to do-
Rana: Anyway, Arisu, wanna talk about the next pair of prisoners? These two are sure interesting.
Arisu: As you wish.
Arisu: Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei. 25 years old, a photographer.
Eiji: ...
Kei: ...
Miki: Eiji-san, does that man look familiar to you?
Eiji: .. Why do you care?
Miki: Well, one of those prisoners is my little brother, so I thought that maybe you and me have the same.. problem.
Miki: I'm sure you must be very worried about your-
Eiji: Again, why do you care?
Eiji: This is none of your business. Leave me alone. And stop assuming things, it's not like I'm your friend or something.
Miki: ...
Miki: I-I understand. Sorry.
Arisu: Sanada Kei is one of the most unique cases here. He was already involved in some definitely not legal activities before his actual murder happened, but we want to remind everyone here that Kei-san was brought to Milgram because of his murder and not what he did before.
Arisu: His victims were Takagi Rinka, Inagaki Norika, Hatano Mioka, Nagayama Sayaka and Mizuno Kae, all women in their twenties.
Arisu: However, those "not legal activities" Kei-san was involved in are very important if you want to understand his crime better, so I think I should mention them.
Arisu: Kei-san worked for his father's friend, who made Kei-san take photos of people who went through all kinds of torture. The photos were later sold to people who might have interest in them for one reason or another.
Arisu: Some of those people were criminals as well, meanwhile some of those people simply.. took pleasure in seeing the results of those acts.
Arisu: Kei-san did not accept this job because of financial problems, but rather because he was genuinely interested in it and he enjoyed it more than his own employer.
Arisu: But that wasn't the only secret Kei-san had to keep.
Arisu: His other secret was his relationship with Mikazuki Ruka, a 21 year old unemployed man he.. kind of kidnapped.
Arisu: The "kidnapping" was consensual, and Ruka-san actually wanted Kei-san to keep him locked up, and even when Kei-san tortured him in various ways, he went along with it.
Arisu: The nature of their relationship was ambiguous, but Kei-san believed that he was truly in love with Ruka-san, and..
Arisu: Even though Kei-san had a feeling that his friends won't approve their relationship, he still wanted to introduce Ruka-san to them.
Arisu: That.. did not go well.
Arisu: Kei-san's friends were shocked, disgusted, angry.. The only reason why police wasn't involved was because Kei-san threatened them not to tell anyone else about it.
Arisu: After that, Kei-san completely stopped talking to his friend group and tried to focus on Ruka-san and his work. He still had a strong fear that something could happen to Ruka-san while he was away though.
Arisu: Kei-san tried to convince himself that his friends reacted like that because they had something against him dating a man, but even Ruka-san himself knew and tried to explain to Kei-san that his sexuality wasn't the problem, but rather the fact that Kei-san didn't bother to cover up any signs of torture that Ruka-san went through.
Arisu: Kei-san didn't want to admit it, and he wanted to believe that his way of showing love was "perfect" and that he wasn't "weird" or "scary".
Arisu: Shortly after that, Kei-san came up with a "revenge plan" and decided to invite his friends' girlfriends to his house. He knew that those women were always more interested in him rather than his friends, and he knew that they will gladly come to pay him a visit.
Arisu: Obviously, he wasn't planning to let them get out of this alive.
Arisu: Everything went fine at first, but eventually, one of the five women found out about one of Kei-san's secrets, which was his other job. Kei-san rarely had guests, so he never tried that hard to hide the photos he had saved from his job.
Arisu: Naturally, one of the women was able to find the photos and.. her reaction was easy to predict.
Arisu: All women panicked when they saw the photos, and they thought that Kei-san will do something similar to them, and.. They weren't exactly wrong.
Arisu: They knew that they had to protect themselves, so they suddenly attacked Kei-san, who still didn't know that they found the photos, and tried to do something, anything, to make sure he couldn't hurt them or even touch them in any way.
Arisu: .. It escalated very quickly, and soon enough, their attempts at self-defense turned into something Kei-san initially planned to do to them: torture.
Arisu: Some of the women wanted Kei-san to "feel the pain his victims had to go through", some of them believed that he deserved it and that it was true justice, meanwhile some of them just enjoyed seeing Kei-san in this state.
Arisu: One of the women, Kae-san, didn't approve it though, but she didn't do anything to stop them and simply watched. It's hard to say if she was simply afraid or she secretly enjoyed it as well.
Arisu: At some point, Kei-san couldn't take it anymore, but he didn't know what he could do to stop them. He wasn't that physically strong, and they definitely outnumbered him.
Arisu: .. And that's when Ruka-san finally came out of the room he was hiding in and went to check up on Kei-san. And the women saw him.
Arisu: They were too shocked to do anything, so Kei-san immediately took advantage of their reaction.
Arisu: His first victim was Norika-san, who he stabbed repeatedly with a knife she tortured him with.
Arisu: After that, the women started to run away, and he noticed how slow Sayaka-san was compared to all the others and she wasn't able to leave the room as fast as them, so he smothered her with a pillow that was lying on the floor.
Arisu: Kei-san was bleeding, and he was in a terrible condition, but he still decided to chase after the others and Ruka-san helped him out.
Arisu: Ruka-san was the one who gave him the rope Kei-san was able to choke Rinka-san with, and he also was the one who broke a mirror in one of the rooms, so that Kei-san could use the shards to leave many cuts on Mioka-san's body and leave her to bleed out.
Arisu: Finally, together they locked Kae-san up in a bathroom and she got drowned in a bathtub that was already full when they got there, most likely because Ruka-san was the one who prepared it. She didn't resist.
Arisu: All of Kei-san's friends' girlfriends were killed in one single night. They didn't tell their boyfriends where they were going for obvious reasons, so even if they suspected Kei-san, they needed real evidence to prove that he was behind the disappearances.
Arisu: Sanada Kei's verdict combination is..
Arisu: Guilty, Innocent, Guilty.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but-
Arisu: .. Ah. My apologies. I forgot that Kei-san is a special case in more ways than one.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should..
Arisu: Become the executioner.
Eiji: Wh-
Arisu: Congratulations, Kei-san. You may speak now.
Kei: .. Hey, what was that just now?
Kei: B-become the executioner?.. What does that mean?
Arisu: The.. ahem, the Goddess of this Milgram thinks you are the most fitting prisoner for this job.
Rana: Yup, that's right! I don't wanna let Kei leave, he's way too fun!
Rana: Like, you don't care about the others at all. You killed so many women in just one night. Your only "true love" was a guy you tortured every single day.
Rana: All prisoners here suck, but I feel like you just weren't made for the outside world.
Rana: You were made for Milgram.
Rana: You will be the one in charge of punishing the prisoners who got certain verdict combinations and..
Rana: Who knows, maybe you'll punish a guard or two as well.
Miki: "A guard or two?.."
Miki: Wait, but what did the guards do-
Eiji: NO!
Eiji: You know you can't do that, right? This-
Eiji: He's literally a murderer! Why are you letting him be the one in charge of punishing others?!
Eiji: If you need anyone, you can just ask me-
Rana: We already kinda did that, Eiji. It didn't work as planned.
Eiji: .. Huh?
Kei: .. Haha..
Eiji: .. Kei..
Eiji: You're not going to accept this job, right? Like, you're going to go back to the outside world and you're going to accept your punishment, right?
Eiji: KEI, LOOK AT ME!
Kei: .. I don't know, Eiji.
Kei: I love Ruka, I really do. I would do anything to see him again.
Kei: And I really do like my job.. Both of them, of course, haha.
Kei: And I don't want to hurt the other prisoners in any way, since honestly, some of them have become.. really important to me, no matter what that girl said about me "not caring about the others" or whatever.
Kei: .. But also, I don't wanna get punished again.
Kei: You know what being tortured by those girls felt like? It sucked.
Eiji: Of course I know, do you think I forgot everything you did to me-
Kei: I really thought I was going to die that night, haha. Ruka really saved me back there.
Kei: So, Eiji..
Kei: This is an offer a disgusting criminal and a dirty coward like me could never refuse.
Kei: And if you're one of the guards I have to punish..
Kei: Haha, don't worry, I'll take very good care of you.
I haven't known about linagram for long so I wasn't there for the progression but I think its really cool how much your art has evolved and improved, it looks really good and I wish I could draw like you
these two are so funny. guess kei really was serious when he said that he wants to see hinode later in his vd...
i. feel like kei's character should be a warning itself ashsjsjsk but anyway don't worry there are some mentions of violence but it doesn't end up being anything serious. also happy halloween everyone :)
(sounds of footsteps)
(the door opens)
Hinode: I'm here.
Hinode: Hm?..
Hinode: Why are you just.. standing there?
Kei: A-ah, sorry, sorry, I was just..
Kei: Lost in thought, you know!
Hinode: Oh, I see. That's good, I thought you were going to attack me. I wouldn't like that at all, haha.
Kei: Yeah, that would be bad, wouldn't it?
Kei: Especially considering that you're.. more of a weak type, aren't you?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: *laughs* Guess I am.
(sounds of Hinode sitting down)
Hinode: So, Kei-san, how about we make this quick? You did say that you want me to come to you after all of this is over, and here I am.
Hinode: My apologies if you meant that you wanted me to come to you right after we were done with the last prisoner, everyone's verdicts are very important, after all.
Kei: *sitting down* No, no, I'm not mad at you at all, haha.
Kei: .. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen other guards anywhere lately.
Kei: Did something happen?
Hinode: A-ah, no, no, everything is fine. They just need some rest.
Hinode: The third trial is going to end so soon, they must be prepared.
Kei: ...
Kei: You're kind of a bad liar.
Hinode: ...
Hinode: .. So you know.
Kei: *laughs* Of course I know. I'm the one who helped her with all of this.
Hinode: All of this was Reina-san's idea, correct?
Kei: Yep. She's the one who came up with it. I just helped with executing the plan.
Hinode: You broke the memory machine because she told you to?
Kei: And the cameras aren't working right because of me as well.
Hinode: .. You really should be punished for all of this. *laughs*
Kei: Then go on, show me what you've got.
Kei: I got voted guilty anyway, so I kinda deserved it.
Hinode: .. I'm not going to do anything to you. At least not until the trial officially ends.
Kei: Oh, right, what's up with that? Our verdicts got announced, but the trial is still technically going..
Hinode: Well, it's the last trial, so..
Hinode: We just need a little bit more preparation, that's all.
Kei: Who's "we"?
Hinode: ...
Kei: I know that Reina used the machine on Eiji and Miki. And I have a feeling that even though you could give them all their memories back, you didn't.
Hinode: ...
Kei: *laughs* Wow, even you got addicted to having so much power in your hands, huh? I shouldn't be surprised though, again, you're a weakling, no wonder you got excited at the thought of being the only one who can vote now.
Kei: And you still voted me guilty! Is this how you confess your love for me?
Kei: Oh, oh, did you want to see me suffer that bad? Seriously, we got so many guilty verdicts this time, not even my brother-
Kei: No, actually, hold on, this is so funny. *laughs* My brother claimed that everyone here will "get what they deserve" and that everyone will get voted guilty, but in the end, when he was active, only three prisoners got a verdict like that.
Kei: And you are the one who isn't as passionate about morals as the other guards, but you voted literally everyone guilty except Akio and Asahi.
Kei: Hm? Care to explain that?
Kei: Considering the punishment you came up with after the second trial, I'm sure that no matter how many times you say that you hate seeing people in pain, on the inside, you actually want them to suffer.
Kei: You want them to feel the same things that you went through. Isn't that right, Hinode?
Kei: Not judging, by the way. Who am I to judge a guard?
Kei: .. Something is bothering me though.
Hinode: .. Please, get straight to the point.
Hinode: Why did you want to see me?
Kei: Oh, right, right. Sorry, got distracted. You're just so fascinating to me.
Kei: I'm actually kinda surprised that you even.. came here.
Kei: I thought you'd just interpret this as a joke or something. Like come on, a prisoner like me asks you to come see him in the middle of the night? Nothing good can come out of it, that's for sure!
Hinode: Yeah, but to be honest.. I think even if you asked another guard to come, they would.
Hinode: If they.. still had their memories, of course.
Kei: Hm? Why?
Hinode: Well, Miki-san would be curious about it or she would think that you want her to help you with something.. Also, she just thinks you're pretty. *laughs*
Hinode: As for Eiji-san.. Well, he's Eiji-san.
Hinode: I think that no matter what he says, he really does care about you. But of course, I don't know that much about your relationship, that's just.. a feeling that I have.
Kei: ...
Kei: .. So.. do you remember why I asked you to come here back then?
Hinode: Because I basically solved your murder and you wanted to give me some kind of "prize"?
Kei: Correct~ Hehe, you're so smart, you deserve another prize just for this.
Kei: .. But seriously, you really are smart, Hinode. I've heard some prisoners say they found you.. a bit scary, haha.
Hinode: Scary? I was just guessing most of the time. I didn't do anything special, really.
Kei: See? That only makes you even more special!
Kei: (sounds of Kei leaning closer to Hinode) I just find people like you very.. interesting, that's all.
Hinode: .. Are you expecting something from me here?
Kei: Maybe I am, maybe I'm not.
Hinode: *sighs* Sorry to disappoint you, Kei-san, but I don't have much energy left. Just moving is too painful for me right now.
Kei: You're no fun..
Kei: Fine, fine, I'll go easy on you. I'll ask you one simple question, okay? I'm sure a smart guy like you will be able to answer it!
Kei: So..
Kei: .. What will happen to me?
Hinode: Huh?
Kei: You heard me. Guilty, innocent, guilty. These are my verdicts.
Kei: I don't really get it.. I guess if all I got was nothing but a guilty verdict, I'd probably be dead at this point, but do I get a more light punishment just because I got voted innocent once?
Kei: Can you solve this one for me, smart boy?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: Well, I don't think there's any point in hiding it anymore.
Hinode: You.. will be able to leave Milgram. But since you got voted guilty twice, the outside world will know everything about your crimes and it will be up to them to decide what to do with you.
Hinode: Don't ask how they will know about it. Milgram is just that powerful, I guess.
Kei: ...
Kei: Haha.. I-I see.. So I'll be able to go home..
Kei: W-well, it's okay. If I get to see Ruka again, maybe going to prison won't be that bad-
Kei: .. Who am I kidding, I'll probably just get killed for this.
Kei: Though I'm not sure.. I-I mean.. Does my job also count as my crime? W-will they know about that too?
Hinode: I'm not sure. I'm assuming they won't, since you were judged only for your murder.
Kei: I see..
Kei: I-I.. did kill, like.. five women, haha..
Kei: That's probably, like, really bad..
Kei: I-It's okay, I'm sure Mom and Dad will help me out.
Hinode: .. You depend on your parents that much?
Kei: It's fine, it's fine, they've been doing some not really legal stuff for such a huge part of their lives, they can handle it!
Kei: I-I'm gonna be fine. I'm gonna be fine.
Hinode: ...
Hinode: If you don't have any other questions for me, I think I should leave-
Kei: *grabs Hinode's arm* W-wait!
Kei: ...
Kei: .. H-hey, Hinode..
Kei: A-aren't you.. a guard of this prison too?
Kei:T-then why can I.. touch you right now?
Hinode: .. It's none of your business.
Kei: .. Haha..
Kei: S-so, you're not really protected by this prison, are you? Just like Eiji?
Kei: Ahaha.. Then this will just make things easier for me.
(sounds of Kei making Hinode fall on the floor)
Hinode: Y-you're really just.. taking advantage of me like this, haha..
Kei: Why wouldn't I? All prisoners here are murderers, including me. Why wouldn't I do "bad stuff" like this?
Kei: You're one of the guards, you should have known that.
(sounds of Kei getting on top of Hinode)
Kei: Unless.. you're not really a guard?
Hinode: I..
Hinode: Ah-
(sounds of Hinode getting choked)
Kei: This is what I meant when I said something was bothering me.
Kei: Unless my memory is lying to me, I broke Miki's memory machine, right?
Kei: But the thing is.. I know that she still used one on the other prisoner later.
Kei: Yurika turned on the voice recorder Reina got as a present earlier before her interrogation started, because she was afraid the guards will try to do something with her memories.
Kei: And guess what, she turned out to be right! You guys really love to abuse your power.
Kei: So when it was all over, Yurika listened to the recording and she remembered what happened. That was actually a very smart move on her part, I was a bit surprised, considering how.. "impulsive" she is most of the time.
Kei: She told the other prisoners about it and that's how we found out that the other machine was still used before Reina used it herself on Eiji and Miki.
Kei: But something doesn't add up. Can you guess what it is?
Hinode: ..T-to steal the machine..
Hinode: S-she'd have to.. touch..
Kei: Exactly! We can't touch you guys at all. It's almost like there's some kind of invisible wall protecting you or something.
Kei: So unless Reina was really careful and managed to take that thing out of Miki's pocket without even touching her body, she'd never be able to do that.
Kei: And listen, I know about her past. I know that she stole things often, I think she'd be capable of doing that without even touching Miki.
Kei: But she wouldn't even think about stealing Miki's machine.
Kei: Because I was told to break it.
Kei: For some reason, Reina wanted me to get rid of only Miki's machine. Probably because she thought Miki would use it more often, so she wanted to stop Miki first.
Kei: That means that she'd have to take your machine and use it on Eiji and Miki.
Kei: But again, something just doesn't add up! You two are so complicated!
Hinode: C-can you let me go-
Kei: Nope, not done with you yet.
Kei: If you were the only one with a memory machine that was still working, then why did Miki use one on Yurika?
Hinode: ...
Kei: Did she borrow it from you, Hinode?
Kei: Or maybe you gave it to her yourself?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: .. T-the latter..
Kei: Ohh, I see, I see! Haha, you're so kind to her. Careful, she might fall in love with you, if she hasn't already.
Kei: But once again, something doesn't add up! Because if you were so generous to offer your machine to her..
Kei:Why did Reina tell us that she used your machine on Eiji and Miki?
Hinode: ...
Kei: You know, we got some time after the trial, so me and some other prisoners gathered and just talked about stuff. Like friends do, I guess.
Kei: And when Reina's plan was mentioned, I clearly remember her saying that she went for your machine.
Kei: And you know what made it very confusing to her, but she didn't think much about it when she did it?
Kei: She tried her best to be careful, but she still ended up touching you.
Kei: But how could she touch you? Come on, you're literally a guard, aren't you?
(sounds of Hinode struggling to breathe)
Kei: Just tell me who you are already.
Kei: You know way too much about everyone and everything. It's kinda scary.
Hinode: I-I'm just..
Hinode: I-I was only meant t-to.. replace E-Eiji-san.. Nothing else.
Kei: Replace?.. Ah, so you were forced to work as a guard only because my brother wasn't.. able to do his job?
Kei: Haha.. Yurika, you really shouldn't have done that to him..
Hinode: W-well, they also needed the third guard.. s-so that the verdicts..
Kei: Oh, oh, wait, what? What about the verdicts?
Hinode: C-can you.. let me..
Kei: Fine, fine. Forgot that you need to breathe for a sec.
(sounds of Kei letting go and Hinode breathing heavily)
Hinode: I-if.. If Eiji-san and Miki-san.. had different opinions.. and wouldn't be able t-to.. agree on a verdict..
Hinode: I-I was supposed to help them with that.
Kei: Oh? So this prison really wants the verdicts to be clear and straightforward, huh?
Kei: Interesting.. Hey, does that mean that I can touch you because this prison doesn't actually see you as a guard?
Hinode: .. Yes.
Kei: Whoa.. Man, if only I knew that I can touch you before..
Kei: Okay, another question!
Hinode: Can I just leave-
Kei: Nuh-uh, getting to spend time like this with me is your reward, so make sure to appreciate it, okay?
Kei: So, if a prisoner was supposed to get executed..
Kei: .. Who would execute them?
Kei: Is it one of the guards? Maybe somebody else?
Hinode: .. Why are you asking me out of all people?
Kei: I have a feeling that you know about it. Just like you, I'm just guessing.
Hinode: .. All I know is that it's most likely not going to be one of the guards. Now let me go.
Kei: Can you be just a little bit more specific for me? Pleeeease?
Kei: Like who is it going to be? Is it someone who works in this prison other than the guards? Is it someone we haven't met yet?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: .. F-fine.
Hinode: The trial is going to end soon, so there's no point in keeping it secret, I guess.
Hinode: You should get prepared for it too-
(the door opens)
Jackalope: "Guard 003", Kuroki Hinode.
Jackalope: The third trial is about to end. Please, come with me.
Hinode: .. Just let me take my medicine first.
Hinode: Or.. Never mind, I'll just take it with me.
im going to be honest the best references i have for the guards are just sketches sjsnsmxlx (not counting the profile art) so i took one of eiji and finally turned it into a proper reference 🫡 put it to good use
(edit: I FORGOT HIS AHOGE HOW COULD I but honestly i don't really see it being that noticeable?
like sometimes i draw him with it and sometimes i draw him without it. it depends on my mood honestly so all eijis are good eijis. i always draw him with one when i draw his younger version though!)
juuuuuuust a little bit curious about something. don't mind me making more polls instead of posting actual content i'm analyzing you all and studying you all in a lab so that i know how to hurt all of you more /j
if one (or more) of the guards died, who do you think it would be?
Eiji
Miki
Hinode
All of them
A specific combination (Eiji and Miki, Miki and Hinode, etc)
eiji won huh... inchresting.... i won't say which option is the correct one obviously but i still want to say that.
remember how i was like "mozaik role is so sanada brothers-coded". yeah i wasn't kidding. i guess you could say this is fate as well it will disappear disappear their world of love
the guards' trial can be described as. some prisoners really wanting all guards (or just eiji.) to die or at least be punished in some way for their actions vs one guy REALLY hating ONE guard in particular.
