Ask 'em things! Make friends with 'em! Utopia route, huzzah!
The wave of worldwide despair was narrowly avoided (...Ok, it wasn't that narrow.)
Junko Enoshima had been planning a massive event for months, but hadn't gone into overdrive yet - the only one who seemed to sense something was wrong was... Nagito?
Naturally, nobody would believe his strange, unfortunate instinct. She was beloved by all most, she was incredibly popular (in the school, online, and everywhere else).
Whenever she was around, however... He'd get overwhelmed by this terrible, unforgivable rotting feeling - and it was coming from her!
It was powerful enough to ensure he couldn't get close enough to interfere, but what was causing it..?
(Spoiler: the shockwaves from the main timeline were so powerful, he was picking up on it. Which one would be worse - knowing about the impending doom and being unable to stop it? Or being completely oblivious to what was coming up around the corner?)
That was not the beginning of our story - it actually started once Kokichi and Nagito met by chance and in an effort to pester him, Kokichi informed Nagito he was now his servant.
That event lead directly to all of Junko's secret plans getting dumped onto the internet the day she was (accidentally) nudged into oncoming traffic - exposing the not-so-narrowly-avoided plot for creating an endless avalanche of despair.
Kokichi has a peculiar talent: 'Ultimate Tarot Dealer'!
How does he pick such accurate cards? Who knows, who cares?
Nagito has a hope-filled hobby: He's 'The Matchmaker'!
That might sound like a scary title you'd attach to a serial killer, but he's just cyber-stalking all of the Ultimates and matching them up based on who could help them inspire an even greater hope! Wonderful!
[ Interactive fic! ]
New ships! New stories! New Ultimates!
Become a member of Kokichi's DICE!
Nagito is sickly and frail, but none of his ailments are terminal.
Are they together? Or aren't they? (They are - this is an Oumaeda blog ♡)
dirt4dirt (Strike up a deal with the Goblin King himself!)
If you ask Nagito a question, you might get a Servant answer! (Beware~!)
If you ask Kokichi a question, you might get a lie! (Say it ain't so!)
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* This is all built on top of the source; it's a blend of canon (my own observations and interpretations from all four games) and AU twists to (hopefully) keep the stories and responses from being predictable. *
[Nagito] So, hypothetically, if Keech were to…try to cause a significant amount of despair…would you remain his servant?
Haha, there's a lot of chatter about Ouma-kun secretly being evil lately - I wonder what insidious thing he's been planning to cause this~?
Whoops - I mean, I'm sure he is definitely evil; it is his talent, after all.
Heh.
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This matter's a bit complicated... One thing I've gotten out of the experience, being near Ouma-kun this entire time, is my understanding of hope and despair are beginning to mutate.
It's really putting things into a different perspective for me - mainly the fact that hope and despair are not complete opposites. They're both highly subjective.
Something that represents despair for you, might be somebody else's hope, you know?
Likewise, that despair could spur you forward - if you didn't have this obstacle, would you have made such tremendous effort? The trial will be difficult, but if your hope is stronger than the despair he causes, shouldn't it be worth the energy burst you'll need to vanquish him?
Ouma-kun's villainy is his hope - it's what he's pressing forward for, it's the reason why he can look toward the future and see a place for himself in it.
Isn't that marvelous? Isn't it inspiring, how many types of hope there are?
Fantastic!
However... Someone can be "good" and never make any progress at all - that does not represent hope to me.
Preservation of the status quo, never making waves, never making any progress toward your hope? That is unacceptable. That is the type of momentum a dead body floating in a river has - following the current, never doing anything at all.
The dead body has no reason to complain about where the river is taking it - to change course, it needs to fight the current.
Nobody fights the current harder than Ouma-kun! He really gets under people's skin, forces them to take action when they don't want to--!
Exceptional!
... I'm saying all this as a dead body, heh.
I was completely inert for a long time, content to just lay there and accomplish nothing at all... The entire reason I belong to Ouma-kun right now was because of his initiative - he claimed me.
In typical dead body fashion, I just accepted where the river-current was taking me, and... Heh.
Realized this is hope for me - this is my place in the future. As pathetic and worthless as it is... Being Ouma-kun's servant is the most purpose I've ever had in my life.
The river-current was leading me to him - I didn't know it at the time... But now I finally have a purpose. There's finally a place in the future for me, and it's... Next to him, as long as he can stand to keep me. Haha.
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To answer your question, heh, I would definitely remain Ouma-kun's servant. Whatever despair he might rustle up is simply a challenge for everyone else to prove their own hope is stronger than his.
If his hope is weaker than theirs, they should be able to make quick work of him, right?
If his hope is stronger than theirs, then... Better luck next time, I guess!
you aren't on good terms with either togami *or* kuzuryu, right? why is it that kuzuryu does not report you for stomping ketchup packets but togami does?
I dunno. I guess because Kuzuryu isn't as boring as Bakia is..?
Don't get it wrong, ok - Kuzuryu still blabbers at me for stompin' on ketchup packets, he just doesn't take it to the higher authorities.
Hmm, do ya think the baby-faced gangster is nervous about settin' off a hardened criminal~?
Neehee.
Nah, not me - I'm talkin' abt Owada! He's massive - he could probably dead-lift his own bike while he's sittin' on the crapper!
He must spend so much time workin' out, but still manages to find the time to perfectly apply his mascara and eyeliner? He's so cool!
The fact the guy's gonna spend that much time workin' on his body and workin' on his face? That has to scare Kuzuryu so bad, don'tcha think?
Follow me for a sec: he's not the actual Leader of all Biker Gangs - as in, they don't have a formal process to determine who is at the top of the heap, but he's understood to be the de-facto leader, right?
That means every gang in his region respects his leadership, doesn't invade his territory, and does not slap the eyeliner outta his hand.
You gotta be scary as hell to command respect while you're bein' that androgynous, huh?
Don't get me wrong here - I'm not mockin' him at all. He's definitely not boring - I respect that.
So a small fry like Kuzuryu runnin' off and alerting the feds about illicit activities... Don'tcha think that might attract the attention of an actual criminal..?
Not sayin' Owada's on my side, hee. He's technically my rival.
I mean, we are both leaders of our own bands of miscreants.
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"Ouma, shut up! He doesn't even know you exist!" I'm sure you're sayin' right now, hee.
That's where you're wrong, gummybear! He sees me as a pesky, runty little brother-type - I've totally got him on-side!
But it doesn't necessarily go both ways~.
He was actually one of the easiest ones to win over from that class - he's got a soft spot for puny little twerps - probably because of the way his own older brother looked out for him, hmm?
Soooo... On the one hand, Kuzuryu doesn't actually have anything to worry about - they could probably even be friends if Kuzuryu could get outta his own way.
On the other, Owada's already on my payroll, in a manner of speaking.
Kuzuryu's so lucky I'm such a nice guy - I could cause soooo many problems for him if I wasn't.
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Meanwhile, Bakia's just some pocketwatch-wearing geezer - grandpas always love causin' problems! It's the only fun they get to have anymore besides playin' bingo!
whats ur matchmaker evaluation for chiaki & gundham being friends? how abt kirumi & fuyuhiko?
Ah, those look like they would have taken a really long time to make!
And probably created a lot of dirty dishes, haha...
Whoever got stuck doing cleanup detail after that has worse luck than I do...
whats ur matchmaker evaluation for chiaki & gundham being friends?
They are friends, you know. I didn't do anything at all to cause them to bond - they found each other.
Tanaka-kun is disgusted by anime that feature animals walking upright and talking like humans - he claims it's 'unnatural'... Always up for a challenge, Nanami-san introduced him to a couple of her games that center entirely around animals - caring for them, bonding with them, with an occasional upright-walking, talking animal included in the cast somewhere...
Tanaka-kun was immediately won over.
He still greatly prefers the ones where the animals behave like animals and aren't mimicking human speech, but that's still quite a coup for Nanami-san, wouldn't you agree?
She convinced him to give something a chance that he'd decided he was completely opposed to, and now he has one of those little keyring pet games, you know?
He's slightly addicted to it, haha... As soon as his keyring-pet chirps, he insists on taking care of whichever needs it has - I guess he didn't get to be the Ultimate Breeder by sitting around and ignoring animals whenever one is left in his care, right?
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how abt kirumi & fuyuhiko?
Those two...
They're both pretty strong-willed, right? It's actually... Kind of interesting - their interactions, the few they have.
Essentially, Kuzuryu-kun is extremely irritated by the fact Tojo-san insists on waiting on everybody.
I can tell his heart's in the right place, as usual, but... Also as usual, he sees that as being a negative quality to have... I guess for someone in his position, it would be..?
I'm referring to someone who has his intended life trajectory, but clearly having a kind heart - he hides it behind a bad attitude, but if you consider the meaning rather than the words he's using? He's actually a really nice person.
I think he probably hates that - I think he would prefer to be ruthless, or be nothing at all? But he didn't choose to be an Ultimate.
He frequently gets after Tojo-san for 'groveling' and 'crawling', how she needs to let them fend for themselves, that they're taking advantage of her... She assures him that she doesn't mind, she prefers it - and that normally causes another eruption.
I think there's a chance he might have recognized Pekoyama-san within Tojo-san - don't you think it's possible, at least?
I don't mean to notice things, but it happens without me - it seems as if those two might be friends. Kuzuryu-kun and Pekoyama-san, I mean.
I'm not sure what they are to each other? They mostly sit in silence near each other, but it's happened so often, I have to assume they must be friends.
It only happens when nobody is nearby, also. So I don't think anyone was meant to notice it happening.
I wonder why not..?
Do you think Kuzuryu-kun is concerned for Pekoyama-san's safety - because of his family, I mean? If they notice he's getting 'distracted' by anybody, they might harm her to keep him focused on his future responsibility..?
Or something else?
The fact he's normally extremely vocal, but is quiet with her makes me believe something else is going on.
Nobody asked me, haha... But that's just a feeling I'm getting. The fact Kuzuryu-kun is completely different when he's around her, sitting in silence in her company instead of yelling or fleeing - that makes me believe... Something.
I would assume he feels safe in her company? But I'm not sure how that happened.
They're both impossible to find information about on the internet, by the way.
I would assume Pekoyama-san's name is a false identity? But I'm not entirely sure why she would need a pseudonym... Meanwhile, it's easy to assume why Kuzuryu-kun's presence would have been scrubbed from the internet.
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A-anyway, haha... I almost forgot to answer your question.
I feel like there's a good chance that Kuzuryu-kun's outbursts toward Tojo-san are because he wants her to stop being ordered around - he even called it 'abuse' before..? He insisted she stop allowing everyone to 'abuse' her.
Despite how she's said she's fine with fulfilling orders and completing tasks, he doesn't seem convinced.
I'm still not sure how Pekoyama-san fits into this puzzle, but I guess I have a hunch... Not that that means anything at all, haha.
[ mod note: accidental bonus post XD!! I didn't tap the queue setting hard enough so this ended up posting early, which is fine - we recently got 250 posts in morguecritter, plus June 5th was funeralprocession's one-year anniversary. This can be a belated thing to honour both of the milestones. ]
I got you a new squishy ᴕ ᴗ ᴕ
(I feel like somebody probably made this in Blender but it's so cute I couldn't resist <3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
What do you think about Nagito's handwriting? Do you ever have him take dictation~? xD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You're wrong for that and you know it. Hee.
Aaaanyway, you guys need to stop giving me such cute ammo - people keep stealin' em! I'm not joking!
Basically just chucking a free gift at 'em! C'mon now - it'll ruin my image!
I'm a bastard! I'm not Santa Claus!
... Y'know, if Santa Claus smacked ya across the face or the back of your head with your gifts, HA!
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Maybe he should start doing that? Maybe then people wouldn't look forward to takin' advantage of his kindness so much, if the gifts came with a whoopin'.
Neehee.
Anyway, what were you askin'? I forgot already.
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Something about how Nagito is constantly begging to take my dictation? How it's like, almost a problem, how bad he wants it?
I'm like, "Nagito, PLEASE! I have an evil empire to run here, we don't have time!"
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Juuust kidding - I can't read that guy's handwriting at all!
I mean, he would be perfect if I wanted something recorded that I didn't want anybody to ever be able to read - not even me - but because villainy requires a certain amount of je ne sais quoi, I kiiinda need to be able to review the bastardly plans, y'know?
His handwriting is interesting, though.
What's more boring than something somebody wrote, and all the words are perfectly legible and coherent? Nothing.
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Ok, some things - like popcorn with nothing on it?
That's probably more boring than legible penmanship.
People who don't let ya stomp on ketchup packets - WAY more boring!
If you weren't supposed to stomp on 'em, why did they make 'em so stompable? HELLO?
Smug wind-bags who have legible handwriting, like plain popcorn, and report ya for stomping ketchup packets in the quad? Ultimate boring!
so i have a question about nagito's luck impacting his ability to get duplicates from blind boxes & gacha machines...
& i want both of ur input on it if u have any?
if nagito got a prize but then he gave it away would his luck still consider that to be "he already got that one"? could he get a second one of that item if he temporarily (or permanently) didnt own the first one anymore?
how abt if somebody else gives him one? could he get a second one if he was the one getting the blind box / operating the gacha machine?
what abt if he loses his first one? can he get a replacement if its no longer in his possession?
Hee.
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I see you're startin' to think like a real underhanded, conniving bastard, Fritter! Noice!
I'm so proud! Glad to see my DICElings are shaping up to be real hellraisers, neeheehee~!
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Honestly, I'm not sure - I've never tested it... There wasn't really an opportunity while I was solitary.
C'mon, Koma-chan! Stop talkin' shop for a minute - look how evil and bastardous our DICE is getting!
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Heh.
Huh? What's buggin' ya, Nagito?
N-nothing... Just you referred to them as our DICE...
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So what..?
Nothing. Heh.
We should check it out! I wanna see if we can outsmart your luck goblins - Apple Fritter here mighta found an exploit~?
What could possibly go wrong? Huh? Well?
I'm a little afraid to find out... My luck punishes me for good things happening - I'd imagine it would be even worse if I found a loophole--
Whatevs! Your luck gremlin-freakazoid things have no jurisdiction over me - I'll just get the blind boxes, operate the gacha machines, whatever, and they can't do anything about it!
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Worth a shot, I guess.
Thennnn any crappy, stupid prizes we get? We can just sell 'em on the internet - we can claim they're haunted!
Put it in a funky-lookin' box, seal it up with wax, tell everybody they should never open it because they'll get dragged straight to hell - presto!
Seriously, have you ever seen those sales? The most worthless, goobery thing goin' for like, a hundred bucks? As if!
Ouma-kun... Are you sure?
Huh? Sure about what?
It kind of sounds to me like you just want to try some blind boxes and gacha machines - that's ok, you know. We can just leave my luck out of it--
Nope! This is definitely to see if we can find a way around your luck-monkeys, Koma-chan! This has nothing to do with me at all!
If you say so, master.
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[ mod note: would you bid on an auction/buy it now on a supposedly haunted item, offered by somebody with the username "OumaGod69UltimateBastard"? XD!!! ]
wondering what ur gacha/blind box game is like? lol
nagi-sama cant get duplicates (im sure ur aware of his strife rofl) so i was just wondering how those things treat u when u get a blind box or try to get something out of a gacha machine?
Hiya, coffin drop. Hee.
Y'see, it's like 'cough drop', hmm? Also 'gumdrop' - I think you're cute, y'know!
Plus I'm super convinced you would make a lousy pall bearer!
I hope nobody asks you to carry their coffin for their burial ceremony because you'd totally fumble it! HA!
I'm not judgin' or anything - just callin' it as I see it~
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wondering what ur gacha/blind box game is like?
Oh, I never bother with those things. Gacha machines, blind boxes, crap like that?
Not because I have anything against 'em or whatever - I just don't like the odds.
Like, they have the prize list right on it - on the box, the bag, the front of the machine, whatever, lettin' you know the potential prizes..?
Well, what if I see a thing I super want and then I don't get it?
I don't lose. I won't lose.
Soooo I just don't play!
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I wouldn't want a drawer full of stupid crap, anyway! Like, what if I get the butt-ugliest stupid things, then what? Just... Keep 'em? What for?!
I hate that even more - getting stuck with a fugly, stupid thing I didn't want--!
Anyway, I'm sure you were fishin' to find out if I have weird, paranormal oddity-levels of luck like Nagito does - soooo sorry to disappoint~!
Maybe I do~?
Maybe I don't?
How much is it worth to ya to find out the truth, coffin drop? Hee.
I don't mean to sound like I'm disagreeing (because I am not) but is it possible the feeling you couldn't identify might be love, not hope? Because the way you described it sounds like love to me c:
Thanks! I'll put this one right next to the other one you gave me, ok?
Is it a cat? An octopus? Maybe both?
It's definitely cute, whatever it is! Thank you, miss Candy!
is it possible the feeling you couldn't identify might be love, not hope?
These things aren't mutually exclusive... Love, hatred, determination, revenge - these are all powerful motivators, and each one could cultivate hope once it's taken root.
The largest obstacle is whether or not the individual possesses the soil hope requires in the first place.
I may have gotten a little over-excited before, heh.
The idea that I...
I didn't intentionally lie, I just got a little overwhelmed, haha.
I'm feeling better now, though.
Back to what I was saying just now - hope and love are not opposed to each other, and love can easily become a force of hope.
I'm assuming it's easier for individuals who aren't pathetic and repulsive - getting their feelings returned, having that love germinate into a type of hope that will strengthen by the day... I wouldn't know anything about that, heh.
It does sound nice, though...
Having your feelings reciprocated sure would be a nice motivator, wouldn't it?
One of the most painful story devices for me, personally, are the Red Day/White Day occasions... It's like chewing on aluminum foil but I can't stop, haha... The pain is unbearable but I can't--
That's when I feel the most hopeless - those specific love stories, reminding me how that has never been, never will be my life... I'll get tortured with those feelings for someone I want to be closer to, but it'll never be requited... In fact, just confessing those feelings guarantees they'll leave immediately.
I don't know why I want love so much while I know it's off-limits for somebody like me... You would think that wound would just scab over at some point? Rather than bleeding forever.
A-anyway... Haha.
I appreciate your consideration, but I'm pretty sure the hope Ouma-kun represents for me is just the fact he's not completely repulsed by me.
I don't even want to call it an obligation - I'm enjoying it! 'Obligation' sounds so negative and reluctant, doesn't it?
I'm grateful for him allowing me to stay close to him, even though how I feel doesn't actually matter... It's like a campfire you didn't smother with enough sand, you know? Knowing these things, knowing they should stop, doesn't actually stop them.
Heh, it kind of is like fire, isn't it? If you're not careful, you'll get consumed by it - fire and feelings are merciless that way, aren't they?
You're just... Existing, barely, and suddenly something gets awoken in you and you can't extinguish it - it'll suffocate on its own if you're lucky? Or it'll completely destroy you if you're not! The more oxygen it receives, the more out-of-control it grows - the quicker your destruction!
Sounds like the way hope tears through if you're not sturdy enough to withstand it - they really aren't that different, are they?
[Keech] If you had to choose between a boring dystopia, and an interesting utopia, which would you pick?
Hiya, Q!
Hmm... I dunno, I could probably swing both ways... Hee.
I don't like doin' a lot of work, but I hate being bored more.
I'm sure if I was stuck in a boring, dystopian garbage-scenario, I could find some way to liven it up a bit!
After all, y'know how to make a barrel full of trash more interesting? Ya light it on fire!
Plus there's nothing of value to lose in dystopia, riiiight? Everything's dunzo, everything's crap!
Sounds like a boring dystopia could be made more interesting real quick!
Now, like I said, I don't like doing more work than necessary, so I guess I'd pick the one that's already interesting without costing me any effort.
The problem with utopia is it tends to be peaceful, hmm..? Seems like it might get kinda tedious after a while - maybe utopia could use a fire barrel or two.
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Juuuust kidding! You don't look convinced, but I promise that was a lie - I'd never do aaanything to cause any disturbances when everybody's gettin' along so great~
[Nagito] I know you like cute things so I got you this <3
I was just wondering... Not suggesting anything right now... But how would you feel about it if some of Junko's despair influence had rubbed off on Kokichi? Since he read the unredacted files, how would you feel about it if he ended up getting influenced by her in some way? And he's just been hiding it this entire time.
Hypothetically lol <3
Ah! How cute! Excellent! Thanks!
It looks like that might be a gachapon prize - gacha machines don't like me very much. Heh.
Everything would be going well until the machine would get jammed out of nowhere.
My theory is the capsule that got stuck was probably a duplicate of a prize I'd already received, haha... I can't get duplicates out of blind boxes, either - I might have mentioned it before.
Unfortunate when I'm trying to get a duplicate on purpose, but worse things have happened to me.
But how would you feel about it if some of Junko's despair influence had rubbed off on Kokichi?
... Uh... I'm... I'm not sure...
I mean...
She did have that strange influence over those she'd managed to get into her grasp... I guess it's possible..?
What do you think it was? Being in her presence? The specific words she'd use? Identifying with her on a personal level? Allowing her into your heart?
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I've heard Ouma-kun besmirch her often enough that I'd doubt he has any allegiance toward her - he's fond of lying, but I feel like this would be difficult to hide if he... Was like them, you know? Her hand-selected cabinet, the Ultimates that got corrupted by her, or maybe they were more susceptible to corrosion before she even got to them.
I've never heard him say any kind or affectionate things about her - I think he considered her to be his rival, actually.
I'm not sure if that rivalry would make him immune... He definitely hasn't spoken of her in the same way her Remnants have, if that means anything at all.
And he was the one who revealed her true nature to everyone - that probably matters, doesn't it?
Since he read the unredacted files, how would you feel about it if he ended up getting influenced by her in some way?
This... Doesn't really sound like you're asking a rhetorical question, somehow...
I'm not sure that's possible - why would he cut up her diary posts and conversations, only sparing the most unflattering parts if he was--?
W-wait...
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Heh, don't you think Ouma-kun's actions were kind of heroic?
Isn't it even more impressive if--?
Heh... If he's suffering the same effects as her hand-picked cabinet of Ultimate Despairs--
Isn't that marvelous? If Ouma-kun was impacted by her influence but he managed to resist it and spare everyone else--!
He's the reason anyone knew what was happening - if he hadn't distributed the evidence he'd collected, her Remnants would have been able to continue working in secrecy! Her plans would have been able to continue on without her--!
Ouma-kun's hope is so exceptional, he spared millions of people a horrible disease! One he himself might have right now, if you're correct--!
Ah! Ouma-kun's hope is so--!
And he's just been hiding it this entire time.
--Remarkable!
Even while being consumed by--! H-how could he hide it so effectively if it wasn't for his formidable, sturdy hope?!
To resist the impulse--! To cause absolutely no suffering while dealing with his own! To have it passed directly to him and somehow ignore--!
W-wonderful--! HA!
Hiya, Koma-chan! Whatcha yakkin' about--?
HNG--!
What the--?
Candy Buttons, what did you say--?!
M-master! I'm so impressed--! I'm fascinated by you! In awe! You're so--! So--!
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Whatever it was, make sure you say it again whenever you want, k?
[both] what's your opinion on journaling (as a concept, activity, any of it)
Heh...
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What in the name of random-ass..?
What's goin' on with you lately, gummyworm? Should I be concerned about you, or whatever..?
Welp! If you're suuure you wanna know and you for sure haven't been replaced by some kinda informant that will use whatever I say against me, hee~
I would never! Journals and diaries are irresistible to people checkin' around for dirt, y'know? I need to keep my fiendish, bastardly secrets a secret!
Speaking of 'fiendish' and 'bastardly', how about you, Koma-chan? Do you keep a record of your thoughts and feelings that I definitely will not go digging around to locate~?
Nope, sorry.
What'dya mean? A yapper like you definitely writes like, prose and poetry or whatever! You're lyin' to me!
Now, now. I'm sure I would if I was capable of it.
Hmm..? Did ya do poorly in your penmanship classes, Koma-chan? Need a tutor? I'm available - we can work out a deal if ya want~...
My hand tremors make it impossible.
But it's true, my penmanship was horrible, haha. I didn't even know you could fail that class - as it turns out, you can.
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It would probably be bad for someone like me, anyway... To keep a record of all the thoughts and feelings I get, I mean.
I would never revisit them, and... Who knows? If anybody else were to come across my writing, they might be... N-negatively impacted. Heh.
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Heyyyy, we got somethin' in common, Nagito!
Huh? We do?
Totally! I failed outta my handwriting class, too!
I made up a language and used it for all my assignments - the teacher got mad, failed my ass!
Heh. That's no good, Ouma-kun.
You don't know the half of it! Before Hope's Peak scooped me up outta my old school, I was submitting everything in my made-up trash-language - I didn't know the answers anyway, since I was never listening!
Good thing I have a natural aptitude for being an evil, bastardly Supreme Leader, huh?
Hope's Peak was all like, "Oooh! An evil, bastardly Supreme Leader - we don't have one of those yet! Yoink!" and here I am!
How fortunate for you, Oumu-kun.
HA! Tell me about it! Maybe if those lessons weren't so boring I would have bothered to--
HEY! Don't call me that when there's people around, Nyagito!
Heh, is the fact you've made up a cute name for me supposed to bother me, master?
Hee. Nope. You want me to tutor you in my made-up trash-language, Koma-chan? You'll be the only other person to learn it, y'know~?
Ah! Absolutely! Please teach me - I'll try my best not to screw up like I always do!
... Lessons will start after we've discussed payment options. I'm not cheap, but I know you're good for it. Hee~
[nagi-sama ♥♥] now that we actually know what ur talking abt all the times when ur hyperventilating abt hope rofl
would u say keech is ur hope? we know u believe a single person can represent hope for somebody, so is keech urs?
*gives u a shirt that says "ur son is a hoe" ♥ *
Thanks! People don't normally give me things!
I'll do my best not to ruin it! Fantastic!
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Ah, I'm not sure what might have been unclear before... Heh.
I'll admit I never really thought about these things... Anything can happen before then, you know?
I guess I didn't want to set myself up for an inevitable disappointment. That's what being a hope-void is all about, right? Being a coward? Unwilling to try - there would be no point, only meaningless agony is waiting for you, no matter what..?
Just like you shouldn't make holiday or vacation plans with somebody when you haven't known each other very long, anything can happen between now and then...
But between you and me... This...
This feeling I can't identify... It might be how hope actually feels...
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It's like dreaming about romance when you've only read books about love, you know? How you end up with this idealized understanding of what it is, how it must feel, how many problems it'll solve for you...
My adoration for hope was constructed out of my theories about it, how it must have felt for those who were capable of experiencing it...
It was off-limits for somebody like me, so it must have been something really special...
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It's incredible to be right about something for a change! Hope is marvelous! Exquisite! Terrifying!
Instead of being dragged into the unknown, no certainty, no purpose, nothing at all to look forward to--!
Somebody to live for! A reason to wake up everyday, a reason to take care of myself! Wonderful!
Instead of living out of reluctant obligation - I'm necessary! I might have some tasks to complete today, or maybe he'll even w-want to spend time with me--!
I didn't know what I was missing before--! It's--! The thought of losing it all - unbearable!
I hope he can stand to keep me close for long enough to satisfy this wound in my heart! Maybe it'll never be satisfied--! H-hope he keeps me forever!
[kokichi] do you think nagito would still be interesting to you if he did not have his luck?
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What kinda question is that, gummyworm? Explain yourself!
Of course he would still be interesting if he didn't have his luck super powers - the guy is weird as hell, and that's entertaining!
What do you take me for?
If his luck was all I cared about, I would have gotten rid of him a long time ago - he still won't tell me where I gotta rub him to take advantage of him--!
Take advantage of his luck. Obviously.
Hee.
My favourite thing about him is he doesn't mind being my possession - that doesn't have anything to do with how lucky or unlucky he is!
In fact, he seems kinda happy about it..? Which is even better!
I bet having a servant who groans and complains about how much they hate being your servant would be so annoying...
You'd have to install tamper-resistant locks on every door and window, put security cameras all over the place, crap like that? Because they would make a run for it as soon as they got the chance, probably.
Meanwhile, Nagito keeps telling me I could put a tracking collar on him if I wanted to stop holding hands with him all the time.
And he keeps tellin' me I don't have to hold hands with him if I don't wanna..? As if I don't already know that..?
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Anyway, Nagito's luck is just one of the interesting things about him, and it isn't even my favourite one. He's like a quilt made up of scraps of fabric that make boring people shudder when they touch 'em - every piece is a tactile nightmare! He's so much fun!
What would you say is the most fortunate thing that your luck ever gave you? Something you're most grateful for that you attribute to your luck.
That's a little difficult to answer... I don't mean to sound completely ungrateful but it's like accepting a gift from an abuser - in a way.
Some extremely fortunate things have happened to me - those feel like the apology gifts that you might have forced into your hands after a particularly brutal beating or berating.
You know they haven't changed. You know it's coming back. But what choice do you have?
Predictably, another bad thing occurs. I guess I might just be jaded, unable to appreciate the good things fully, because they always have a price.
The good things worry me. Their presence means something terrible is right on its heels, and I'm powerless to stop it. Everything that happens to me will happen regardless of the way I feel.
That's why I try to tell everybody to just... Accept it. You don't have any power over what fate wishes to do with you - it's better to just do your best. Don't lose hope, it's one of the most precious gifts if you're lucky enough to have it.
Sorry, aha, that sounded a little depressing, huh. Just do your best - don't listen to a loser like me, that's no good.
[ mod note: Oh my god, you guys... I'm extremely sorry to everybody who reblogged this post while it was jumbled, but the app did the stupid thing it always does for whatever reason (editing it on the app will sometimes shuffle things around, putting things out of order - sometimes it's obvious, like when the pictures get all lumped together with no captions under/around them, other times [like this one], the text blocks get shuffled)... I'm so sorry, but if you could reblog this version with the text blocks in the correct order, I would really appreciate it. I have no idea what's wrong with this app, but something definitely is XD!! ]
This reminded me of you somehow xD!!!!!!! White, black, purple, marshmallows? This is definitely a Kokichi Ouma dessert (whatever it is xD!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Anyway I wanted to ask you if you knew what happened with the ice cream parlor? Why they filled the entire basement with cement? Who was (buried?) in there? Just anything at all about it? ᴕ ᴗ ᴕ
Do you have a crush on me or somethin', Cherry Bomb~?
I'll admit, there's a resemblance... But if seeing a black and white parfait thing against a purple background made you immediately think about me... Do ya think you might be in loooove~?
I really touched your heart, huh~?
Don't worry, I'm only judgin' ya a little bit, neeheehee~
Aaaanyway, you're wantin' some details about that ice cream place, hmm?
Nagito went there once and said the entire place was still full of furniture and crap... Not like it was still operational, but more like it was abandoned in a hurry..?
I dunno how many times it got passed around, but I doubt anyone who tried to get the place running again had much success.
Not just because there was a dead body in the basement, either.
It's apparently too out-of-the-way to attract visitors, and that might have been the original idea behind the haunting angle, y'know?
Since it was way out there, somebody might have started this rumour about the place being cursed just to generate some interest... But doesn't that seem kinda stupid..?
I mean, there was a body in the basement... Why would you wanna start a rumour like that if your property is actually hiding buried remains?
So basically, I'm thinking the rumour was not started by the person who committed the act. It wouldn't benefit them to attract that type of attention - people who are gonna go there, looking specifically for haunting activity and wanting to poke around.
It would probably work for a normal, boring place that doesn't have a corpse hiding under it, but why would you wanna deliberately attract demonologists or whatever if you do have a dead body hanging out in your cellar?
Something about it isn't adding up to me, but I'm pretty sure the person who committed the murder did not start the rumour.
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Hey, which do ya think came first: the body in the basement, or the ice cream shop?
It's a valid question! Was the victim murdered after the place was already functioning as a store, or was the body down in the basement the entire time - before the downstairs was converted into a place of business?
It's true! There's an apartment over the store - the entire place was a regular house before it was renovated!
Soooo... Did the murder happen when it was still just a house? Or did it happen after the place was turned into a store? Go on, guess!
Who knows? Ya might get it! There's a 50/50 success rate - ya feelin' lucky?
[nagito] did u hear? the special stash in plush makers workshop are in high demand... they got kinda infamous after the news broke & now ppl want those specific ones in particular
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I have it on good authority that it's impossible. Those things have been destroyed.
That person's workshop is still off-limits but I did sneak back in there - everything is completely gone. There's still a strong stink of rot and disinfecting chemicals, but there isn't a trace of the plushies themselves, the materials used to make them, or anything else.
Anyone seeking those plushies and finding one claiming to be authentic? They're going to get ripped off.
Surprising, but at the same time, not surprising at all.
This isn't that dissimilar to that landfill that was discovered several years ago, do you remember? Where it was just this incredible amount of game cartridges that had been buried in the desert? And a lot of people wanted one of them.
Not because the games would be playable - they wouldn't be. They were baking in the sun for a long time, they were full of sand... It was because it was a peculiar event in time, and these would be extremely limited-quantity items.
The stockpile of those games, the ones that were dug up in that event, were limited. They would be a conversation piece, one not everybody would be able to obtain.
This isn't much different.
I guess the main distinction here is that there were no 'donations' put into those damaged, unusable game cartridges - they aren't biohazard items.
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Not sure if I want those people to get taken advantage of or not... They are seeking out hideous objects of misfortune, after all. Hand-crafted from despair itself.
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Maybe I've just read too many stories about cursed objects... But doesn't this seem like the perfect opportunity to find out for yourself whether those stories are true?
You hear about this serial killer who crafted plushies to encase their victims - why would your response be to obtain one of them?
Why would you want to voluntarily bring this token of suffering into your house. To live with you.
It seems like an obvious lesson to avoid having to learn.
[ mod note: oh my god, I am so sorry, King! This one is probably a couple months old by now, it got buried in the queue since I forgot to bump it to the top of the stack after I answered it ><; ]
(this *might* be a squishy & slime combo? idk... i found it when i was looking for squishies but im assuming u can take the decorative things off & throw them at ppl lmao <3)
anyway i just wanted to compliment u on how respectful u are of nagito's boundaries <3 considering u never allow the guy to have any personal space & u even give him showers? idk i was surprised thats all, i dont mean anything by it...
u must really like him huh? <3?
I don't get that...
Why would anybody go through all the trouble to make these things? Like, an elaborate presentation that will get screwed up as soon as you mess with it - what's the point?
I saw a video of somebody who showed their whole process of assembling a slime thing made to look like one of those sugary coffee drinks, y'know?
There were a bunch of layers, slime and decorative crap, they went through ALL that trouble to make it look like a certain famous coffeehouse's trademark drink... Only to smash it all together at the end! Hello?
Now you have a beige snot-lump and a stupid dollhouse coffee cup, congrats!
With this thing, the slime part will get mashed up the same way and turn into a dark purple snot-lump instead of beige!
I would definitely pick the cookies and junk off, though~
Perfectly good projectile material there - primo, even!
Aaaanyway, what were you sayin'? Another day, another chance for King to accuse me of having secret, special feelings for my servant~?
I guess I admire your perseverance, or whatever. Hee.
I have no idea what you're wantin' me to say here... I'm not a total creep, y'know.
I didn't agree with his reasons - as usual, he was saying he wasn't worthy, didn't deserve to-- whatever. But no matter how many times I try to reason with the unreasonable, he refuses to hear any of it.
I guess it's none of my business, so I didn't really press the issue.
I'm not that much of a bastard... Sometimes.
Hee.
Anyway, he did eventually come around. The details don't matter - the important part is the fact I eventually claimed my servant's first time!
