"I have no allies..."

Sou Hiyori affiliated with Isola

[shinuso]

@mindfond​ 

“Why should I help you to crawl into suspicious looking holes to severe some pipes or whatever. What would I get from that? If this place would have a better security system, none of that stuff would have ever happened in the first place.” 

Or maybe that NULL was a better hacker than he thought. As a hacker himself, he did know that it would require a LOT of work to get into a big system like Spirales. Interesting... but he was on either’s side for now, really. 

[shinuso]

Unfortunately it’s no april fools that this blog got hit by the beta tumblr curse, so, if my replies to threads or ask look weird to you, I apologize in advance.

[shinuso]

mindfond‌:

    Nothing special? She never expected to get any sort of extraordinary treatment in Spirale. “I see. I never assumed to be treated like that.” She did know that those within the death game held trust within her, but she didn’t think that of the entire world. Still, his words didn’t line up with her own thoughts and memories. Sacrificing Kanna? Why is he saying that? Is he mis-remembering? Is she? That wouldn’t make any sense.

    “Sou-san, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Maybe.. You don’t want to remember what happened. If that’s the case, I understand.” Thinking about one’s own death certainly seemed like an unpleasant thought. She was fortunate to not have to recall such a thing given she never died back then, but witnessing it was never an easy task.

    “Nothing like that happened to Kanna. Even.. If it was mentioned.” Yes, she knew of her choices. To sacrifice Sou or Kanna.. Both of those two options left an unpleasant taste in her mouth. “I’m glad our kidnappers aren’t here, but..–” With that, her words drifted as her gaze shifted downwards. “You’re wrong.”

“You don’t know what I’m talking about?!” He repeated in a hissing tone, but he still pulled himself together to stay calm and decided to listening to what she had to say. Not that anything would excuse her actions in his opinion, but it still interested him where she was really going with this. 

Nothing like that happened to Kanna... Did she deny what happened?! How could she even say that?! They did see with their very own eyes how got executed by those bastards and their dirty tricks. 

Nervously and a little stressed, he tugged his scarf a little, before he could even find the right words to say. “You’re the one that’s wrong! Are you lying to yourself now to make you feel better about what you did?! How can you even say that?! I can’t believe you have the guts to deny it like that. I didn’t expect that even from you, miss Sara.” 

[ask-meme-addicts]

Muse skillset symbol meme

Send an emoji to learn how good/bad my muse is at that particular skill!

💋 — kissing

💄 — makeup

👾 — video games

🎵 — singing

💃 — dancing

🎹 — playing an instrument

🌷 — taking care of living things

🌲 — surviving in the wilderness

👊 — fighting

😇 — following rules

🍳 — cooking

🍼 — taking care of children

🎁 — giving presents to others

🎉 — hosting parties

💌 — romance/flirting

🎨 — art

🍀 — luck

⚽️  — sports

🏊 — swimming

🚗 — driving

🔮 — magic

🔎 — investigating

🔫 — long range weapons

💣 — explosives

🔪 — melee weapons

🔬 — scientific pursuits

🚿 — hygiene

💰 — finance

🌍 — knowledge of the world

👻 — communing with the paranormal

📚 — reading

🔧 — engineering/mechanics

⌛️ — time management

📥 — organization

🍺 — alcohol tolerance

🚴 — riding a bike

🎭 — performance art/acting

⚓️ — sailing

➗ — mathematics

[shinuso]

“Sunday, huh...” Not that he ever had a reason to despise Sundays more than any other weekday. He worked part time at a convenience store before, and those didn’t care much if it was a Sunday or not. Still, Mondays always sounded exhausting anyways... “Speaking of, I probably should get a job here soon, too...” 

[shinuso]

"Are you scared of being hurt?"

Deep Ass Starters.

What kind of question was that? Who wasn’t scared of being hurt, especially when coming from a situation like he and Sara did. Somehow, even if it probably wasn’t meant like that, it felt like a taunt to him. Did she poke around the Kanna topic again? 

“What a weird question, miss Sara. Are you perhaps scared that someone is going to hurt you?” Of course he avoided the question by asking another one, but his behavior did speak for itself. Yes, he was scared of opening up to other people. Especially after what happened the rare times he did before. But as if he’d ever tell her of all people that.

[shinuso]

"How long has it been since you last spoke to them?"

Deep Ass Starters.

Spoken to who? For some reason though, a person he wasn’t fond of anymore came to mind. Someone he thought of a friend before, but turned out to be anything but that. Ah, how troublesome. He really didn’t want to think about him right now. 

“It’s none of your business, is it now? Keeping in contact with certain people is overrated. But why is a robot like you interested in something like that?” Closeness to someone can turn into a bad thing very fast after all, couldn’t it? Not that this little machine could know that, or at least Sou did think of her as that.

[shinuso]

mindfond‌:

    It felt as if Sara was thrown from one situation to another. She didn’t want to see anyone die, even if their actions were up for debate. She didn’t expect to see anyone she recognized in Spirale. A part of her wanted to, but she wouldn’t hope for that on them. Yet, the subconscious mind in her made it come true. It was no walk in the park, though. The moment she laid eyes on him, the girl’s own pair widened.

    ‘Is that.. Sou-san? It’s really him?’ She thought to herself. But, how could that be? She saw, with her own eyes, what had happened. ‘He’s acting awfully calm about this.’ Well, she saw no harm in inquiring her thoughts further. Somehow, she felt there was something more to the situation that she first examined.

    “Sou-san. This is you.. right?” It wasn’t a doll, right? That she didn’t know, but she knew it wasn’t. This was the real Sou Hiyori– At least, the one she knew within the majority votes. “I don’t know why I’m here. But.. Why are you in this place?”

Her questions were justified. He remembered how he felt, when arriving here. But somehow all of that coming from her, still pissed him off. Not that he’d do her the favor and show it to her, though. Still, he wondered what the last thing was she remembered. Did she get further in the game before he arrived here? Or did she even escape? Anything would be possible if you were the Sara Chidouin that everyone magically puts their trust in after all, wouldn’t it?

“It’s me indeed, miss Sara. How unfortunate for you, huh?” Anyway, he decided to move on from his cold greeting and tried to explain the situation, so he could get faster answers from her as well. “No one knows how they came here, really. For once, you’re nothing special here. So even if I would want to, I can’t give you any answer to that.”

“At least we got rid of our collars, so I say it’s unlikely that this place is related to our former kidnappers. That’s also why you don’t have to worry about sacrificing someone defenseless as Kanna again, just for the sake of your own selfish survival. Isn’t that nice?”

[shinuso]

Deep Ass Starters.

Sometimes it's hard to get in depth with your muse and their backstory, because you can't figure out how to bring those things up with others. Here are a couple of starters intended to make things a little more personal!

"What's holding you back?"

"I'm not comfortable with this conversation."

"Will you /ever/ be comfortable with this conversation?"

"Let me in sometime!"

"It's not that easy, you know."

"Help me understand."

"It's hard to connect with someone when all they do is push you away."

"Why are you always so cold?"

"Why are you always so happy?"

"Are you really happy now?"

"Who hurt you this badly to make you this way?!"

"What, did your ex mess you up that badly?!"

"Why do you keep fighting it any time you feel?"

"It's a problem, I get it."

"This is all kinds of messed up."

"That's not exactly a good coping method."

"So what happened, with your parents, really?"

"What was your childhood like?"

"Everyone has at lest a little bit of mommy/daddy issues. It's nothing to be ashamed of."

"My parents aren't exactly perfect models, either."

"You were bullied? What for?"

"Was it hard? Coming out, I mean."

"You can't just run away all the time."

"You can't just hide all the time."

"Are you still thinking about them?"

"I'm not the enemy here. But this makes me wonder who the real one is for you."

"Is the reason you're so cold and defensive because you feel threatened?"

"How long has it been since you last spoke to them?"

"You never talk about it, why?"

"How come you're so different around them?"

"It's like you don't have a care or worry in the world."

"You seem so perfect. I don't get it."

"What was your ex like?"

"I don't think I was ever good enough for them."

"Are you not comfortable being intimate?"

"Why don't you feel comfortable being intimate?"

"Letting someone see you that vulnerable, it's a scary thing."

"Are you scared of being hurt?"

"Have you ever been taken advantage of?"

"Why are you afraid of saying I love you?"

"I never understood how someone could say those words so easily."

"You're hurting others the way you've been hurt in the past, don't you think that's ironic?"

"You use people to make yourself feel better."

"I'm scared of being used again..."

"Losing someone isn't easy, but you're making it harder than it needs to be."

"How long has it been since you lost them?"

"You're too attached."

"I'm not attached, I'm just comfortable with what I'm familiar to."

"Maybe the real reason you're so controlling is because, deep down you'd rather have them in your grasp than lose them."

"Why did you ever break up?" / "Why did we ever break up?"

[filizit]

Sou chilling, reading a book maybe?

Sara stole his scarf and found a pen for Gin and she hopes he can make it before Sou wakes up.

I wonder what kind of book he’d read.

[shinuso]

@mindfond​

Of course this was bound to happen at some point. His life wasn’t willing to give him a break, ever. Not even after waking up in a different world, his life did take for a better turn. Or at least that was what went through his head when he walked into none other than Sara Chidouin, while going out in order to stock up on some groceries.

“Well, well...” What came after that, sounded like a dramatic pause, but in this moment, he really struggled for the right words to throw at her head. If it was about survival, he still did work together with her in the past, however, if he has the choice, he’d rather wouldn’t have anything to do with her anymore. Though, the anger in his heart he felt because of what happened to Kanna, still thirsted after some kind of revenge too. 

Of course, he was a good enough actor to not show any of that in his expressions- However, his voice did sound way colder than she probably did remember. “So, even our miss 15,5% made it to this place, huh. I wonder what kind of sick joke that is.”

[springstreams]

@shinuso​

    Maki didn’t have any intentions on enrolling in the university. It wasn’t because she thought she was unfit for academics– Rather, she didn’t see the benefit of pursuing it at the moment. She was an assassin. She didn’t want to be, but it was the nature of her reality. Even if she had been in Spirale for quite some time now, she could never erase the hardships of her past. Her actions ran through her head frequently, but it wasn’t like she’d vocalize this. However, her feet did end up taking her to the front of Spirale University. Why? Perhaps mere curiosity, or maybe. No. That was a thought for another day.

    Stepping inside, she was greeted by fairly empty hallways. It wasn’t overly surprising given there didn’t seem to be class on that day, though. Still, she wasn’t the only one looking around the school. Maki wasn’t the type to strike conversations, but the silence between the two in empty hallways felt rather skeptical: “I don’t really care why you’re here, but don’t leave a mess. I doubt you’d get away with it.”

[shinuso]

Sou wasn’t really sure what odds did bring him here, but visiting a school like that sure did bring back some memories. Of course, it’s been already a while since he himself visited one. And instead of drowning in some memories that would make him regret things even more, he decided to look around if there would be any computers to use and... maybe hack into. Just to know more about this place. 

Unfortunately, he walked into some girl, but she didn’t really look like she was working here. Was that concern, or was she just trying to be mean? Ah well, whatever it was, he could entertain her with some small talk. Maybe she did know this place better than he did too.

“Ahaha, do I look like that kind of troubling guy to you? Don’t worry, I don’t intend to mess anything up in here. What about you though? You’re going to high school or something?”

[shinuso]

HEWWO, little heads up that I finished Sous Route (I played with Alice lol) from chapter 3, well at least what’s out so far. I still have to experience the Kanna route as well, but I updated my canon point, and most likely will continue to update it as the game goes (I want to use all the info we get from him in my writing after all) I also updated my rules about a ... certain new ship that came up that I won’t do, but please be careful that basically my whole page is a big spoiler if you haven’t played yet!

[shinuso]

sneezes

“... something doesn’t feel right...”

[shinuso]

seizonka‌:

Rantaro really liked his bakery job – his boss was super fair and his coworkers were super nice, all of this was on top of the fact that this job really gave him the opportunity to bike around various places all over Spirale City, so it was a perfect job to him! So here he was on his last delivery of the day. Noting that it was in Fibonacci, he figured that he could both just go home after finishing it and also that it was a chance to meet a new neighbor! Not to say that Rantaro was entirely familiar with everyone who lived in the ward, but the name sure wasn’t ringing any bells. 

Just as the other opened the door and Rantaro was about to greet him with the usual delivery message, the other seemed to freeze in place. Was there something wrong? Rantaro couldn’t say for sure, but just the other’s reaction worried him a little bit – releasing the tension he didn’t know he was starting to hold in his shoulders when Sou started to apologize. 

“Sou Hiyori, right? I was starting to wonder if I was at the wrong door or something, haha! Don’t worry about it, people come from all different places ‘round here, wouldn’t be too unusual to find a couple of similar looking people among all that.” Putting out his bike’s kickstand, Rantaro went to retrieve the bread and receipt from the basket, just noting the delivery time and taking out the card scanning device. “There’s lots of different jobs around here, if you’re looking for one, I suggest checking the bulletin boards! Always nice to have some extra dust on hand, yeah?” Not that Rantaro really had any need for the extra money, but it never hurt to have. 

He frowned when the other said that he didn’t have much dust on hand and that slight feeling of concern came back with an extra edge. Come to think of it, the guy looked pretty thin… and while surprise was definitely on his face earlier, there was something else in there that worried Rantaro. Pausing, he took back the card scanner and just took out his own card to scan. “Tell ya what, consider this a welcome present from a neighbor – I live ‘round here too and well, always better to get to know a system before using it, right? Plus this’s my last delivery for the night anyway.”  

“Ah, just so you’re not accepting bread from a random stranger either, the name’s Rantaro. Rantaro Amami. I live over in House 156.” 

Man, for a delivery dude (and for that he reminded him of someone rather... not so pleasant) he really did seem like a nice guy. “Yeah... I guess that’s true.” Yeah, it wasn’t that unlikely to find lookalikes with that many unique people squeezed into one weird city indeed.

Ah... jobs, that somehow took him back to his old convenience store job he used to have. But he didn’t really see a reason to bother with something like that right now. He didn’t intend to stay here... and dust in his own world would be pretty worthless. On top of that, he was already given a place to live for free too, so he didn’t really see why he should get some extra money. Then again, it sure wouldn’t be stupid to have some extra on the side for potential bad times... 

“Thanks, I’ll make sure to check it out sometime.” Just when he wanted to pay the other for his hard work, he got a weird offer from him. “A... present?” What was up with him? Why would he pay for the bread of a complete stranger? Just because they were neighbors? Really? He couldn’t possibly take that offer, no matter how tempting it sounded, he didn’t want to be in anyone’s debt! 

“Wh-what? No, no... I’m fine. Let me pay you...” He wasn’t used to friendly encounters like that! Especially not with his most recent experiences. “But hey, since it’s your last delivery for your shift, want to have some tea?” Usually, he wasn’t really fond of having people over. But Rantaro seemed like a genuinely nice guy... And if he’d put this much effort into any customer of his day, he surely would deserve a break. Unfortunately, he had nothing to offer besides tea, cup noodles and the bread he just got from him though. 

“Ah, wait... I didn’t introduce myselt yet, did I?” Since Sou got here, he always was in the dilemma about which name to use. But old habits die hard, and he still wasn’t sure if he could trust this place... so: “I’m Sou Hiyori, it’s nice to meet you too, Amami.” After he finally introduced himself, he stepped aside so his neighbor would have enough space to go inside. “I’m sorry if my place’s a little messy right now though... Ahaha, you know, I just got here not too long ago, but it shouldn’t be too bad!”

[shinuso]

diaflares‌:

    Given it was such a cold day, Makoto could certainly go for some soup. A nice, hearty bowl of vegetable soup sounded quite appealing. Thus, she opted to do just that. As someone who knew a lot about health, she saw it as a chance to enjoy it while the opportunity presented itself to her. Makoto stood in line to grab her helping, waiting patiently as she took the bowl into her hands. It was very crowded, but the president wasn’t surprised. She wouldn’t have minded eating outside if it wasn’t so dreary on that particular day.

    The brunette walked away looking for a seat, keeping her red eyes open. It was then when she finally saw her chance. As she shifted herself over to sit down, the girl collided into a boy. How unfortunate– Her soup had fallen. Still, it wasn’t worth causing a commotion over: “Ah, it’s quite alright. I wouldn’t want to take it from you. I’m sure there’s plenty left– As long as the line moves reasonably this time.” She let out a light laugh at her words, running her fingers over her pleated skirt.

    “You’re welcome to take this seat. There must be another one open somewhere. Worst case, I suppose I can bring it back to my apartment.”

Ah, that was troublesome. Since the girl in front of him was very understanding and kind, for that she lost her meal because of his daydreaming, he had a hard time being as careless about it as he wanted to be at first. He couldn’t possibly make her wait in that annoying line again because of his mistake. The soup was free after all, and as long as something was free, there always would be way too many people around. 

“No, that’s... okay. I have no plans or anything, please take it, the empty seat too.” It was true though, since he came here, he didn’t have any particular goal. This place and his situation was still pretty confusing to him, and it wasn’t like he did know anyone here either... So it wouldn’t matter to him if he’d wait a few more minutes in line for his food today.

He didn’t really give the girl enough time to refuse his offer either either. Then as soon as he placed the bowl down, he already left to get another again. Surprisingly, it seems like even someone like him could get lucky enough sometimes, and the wait was much shorter this time. 

When he came back with another bowl, another seat next to the girl before was empty too. Huh, interesting... “Hey, how’s the soup?” A slight smile on his lips, which was probably a first for today. “Would you mind if I sit here? I promise I won’t push any bowl to the ground again this time, ahaha...”

[vampiriceye-deactivated20200514]

🦇 This whole talking about Valentines Day everywhere is grating on the vampire’s nerves. All this nonsense about love. He snatched a cute little drink on his way and made himself comfortable on top of a letterlbox. All on his own. He angrily slurps the drink and watches the people passing by. However, these thoughts of his— they slowly start to become more melancholic and sad. The slurping noise starts to slow down, until he pushes the drink away entirely and curls up with a deep sad sigh.

“Who would actually love a being like me, anyway? Even Mother Chaos herself has abandoned me…” He starts sniffling and sobbing into his wings, which he just covered himself with.

[shinuso]

Sou did notice, that something with the city felt off again. Even though he couldn’t put his finger on what exactly yet. All the people around him were either fighting each other or making out, and frankly speaking, he wasn’t really in the mood to get involved with either of these things. However, once he did notice a strange creature crying on his way home from grocery shopping, even he had to question a lot of things.

“An eyeball with bat-wings?! What the...” Now that looked more like something that he’d fight in some mmo rather than any normal animal. Then again, this was the city of Spirale after all. Nothing was normal here. He experienced this already with that one time, when everyone did swap out bodies with the other randomly- Thinking back to it, this was one of the first things he experienced here after all. Man, this place sure was crazy.

So a crying and talking eyeball, wasn’t that weird... At least according to their current circumstances. “Hey... you doing alright there?” There were more things he’d like to ask it. Like, ‘hey, where’s the rest of your body?’ or ‘what the hell are you’. Though, since that thing, whatever it was, seemed pretty frustrated... he thought he could actually wait a little while longer  before asking these kind of questions.