I've written a Valentines day special!! It's just a special, so it's short and not required to understand the video project. Just a fun bonus to celebrate the holiday!
Authors Notes: Hi so these are some side-stories I wrote up in my spare time about various other Es Quested Prisoners. All inspired by mutual rambles about how these prisoners would have act in this situation, and written in the few spare hours I have in my life at the moment, so the proofreading isn't the graetest. I'm trying to get back into writing Es Quest after being hit with....many things in life.
I'm not as good as writing the other prisoners as I am with Amane, but I hope this is satisfactory. Hope this tides people over.
CWs: Usual Es Quest Nonsense, these are Alternate Loop One situations so expect stuff related to that.
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The girl giggles at you as you express concern over her situation. “Hm? Are you really worried about me, dear hero?”
…Yes, why wouldn’t you be? You just wandered into a dungeon, and found someone chained up at the end of it. Anyone would feel concerned about that.
She hums. “Eh, but I already told you I’m not locked up here. I was just waiting for you.” She pouts and points at you. “Maybe it’s your fault for taking so long then.”
You shrug. You're sorry? You're not really sure how to react to that. Is it your fault? Well you're trying to make it up to her now. It must have been uncomfortable waiting like this, this whole time.
She doesn’t respond immediately, instead observing you with an unreadable expression. When she speaks, she smiles at you warmly. “Hm, even though you acted so tough at the start…you're not intimidating at all, Dear Hero.”
Somehow you can’t help but feel a bit insulted by that.
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The boy smiles at you, maybe in an attempt to get the salamander to calm down. Though that is assuming he can see him when he hasn’t acknowledged Fuuta’s presence in the slightest otherwise. ”Ah, are you going to continue yelling like that?” He says. “You know…it’s a bit disgraceful for a hero to act like that, don’t you think?”
Disgraceful indeed! You’d flick your finger at Fuuta’s head if you could. You apologize to him. He’s chained up like this and the two of you are arguing about how to help him. It really is rather unbecoming of you.
“Heh don’t be. I’m just glad you're here. This place is creepy, isn’t it? If God didn’t tell me I needed to wait here I would have ran away as fast as I could!” Ah yes, a normal and fine sentence for someone to say.
“..Hm, did I say something wrong?”
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“Shut up!” He says, before seeming to think twice of acting so rude. “I mean…” He curls further into himself. His tails trying their best to cover his entire body. You can’t help but feel a bit bad. You suppose you were being a bit presumptuous in your previous actions. Though this coarse refusal is rather upsetting.
“I told you this would happen,” Amane says. The cat jumps off your hat, and sits right next to the boy. "You've been rather mean towards him I think. Is it really that funny to see him act like this?"
You haven't been mean! You were just trying to cheer him up...by being mean.
Amane gives you a disappointed look. The boy on the other hand seems completely lost on what's happening.
You decide to end the argument there, for his sake.
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“You're cutting it?” He says incredulously. His attempts to hide his shock fail as he looks over to your hand. You look at the strange leash. Is there a problem?
He seems prepared to shout before thinking better of himself. “Only if it’s a problem to you.” He says.
Not really, it’s more important that he gets out than preserving whatever this leash is. You raise your arm, and slice through the leash. The metal object at the end of it clattering to the ground. There! Job done!
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“Heh thanks.” He says. “I appreciate your help even though it’s probably weird that an old man like me is chained up like this though, isn’t it?” He rubs his shoulder. “You’d think I’d be strong enough to bust out of here if I wanted to.”
That is true…It Is rather suspicious that he is here. You would expect someone that looked more…well weak to be here.
This man doesn’t look like that at all.
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An arm clings to your shoulder as the knife goes through her chest, and into her heart. It slides through so easily it’s almost like it’s meant to be there.
You stagger backwards. Yuno looks up at you. Somehow smiling despite the circumstances.
“Ah, is that your choice, my dear hero? That’s a shame…I thought for a second I felt a bit of…”
She falls to the ground.
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Mikoto’s eyes are closed when he pushes your knife into his chest.
He doesn’t say anything. Why would he? His job is to die, and he’s not going to make a fuss about it.
He doesn’t let go of your hand no matter how hard you try to struggle out of his grip. Until his hand goes slack, and his body falls onto the altar below him.
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Fuuta sighs as you walk towards him. “Let’s just get this over with already.”
Get what over with?
You hear a tsk. “Come on. Don’t tell me he gave you a knife, and didn’t tell you what you're really supposed to do with it.
You shrug. You really don’t know what else he could be referring to.
“Well I’ll show you then!”
He pulls you closer, and grabs your knife.
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“I’m sorry, Es.” Shidou says. “But I cannot allow you to take me away from here. He pushes the knife fully into your heart.
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Your body falls onto the floor soundlessly. You think you broke something but you're not really sure What considering how everything else feels like it’s on fire.
Kazui looms over you. His figure in dark shadow, except for his eyes. Somehow glowing in the dark. “Ah...I’m sorry…But I warned you, didn't I? If I wanted to get out of here I-”
You wake up before he can finish his sentence.
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End Notes: Now that we're at the end I get to name each prisoner and which mutual inspired who! Yuno and Fuuta are based on @74n5n's iteration, @gunsli-01 very helpfully provided the Mikoto thoughts, and @stuffedsand provided the Shidou and Kazui thoughts.
