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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-15 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh… I’m sorry to hear it, because this feels terrible.

[He falls silent, burying any other thoughts. Then he disappears from the chair, only to reappear a foot or so behind her; Something preluded by the sound of his belt hitting the floor, followed by the careful placement of his feet.]

Hey, Inaba?
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-15 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
… I know that you really hate it here and you want to go back. But um.

Thank you for being here… and meeting me. You’re going to say it could have been anyone, but even if that’s true… I’m grateful that my first friend could be you.

[He can hear how left field that must sound when she doesn’t know what thoughts are racing through his head. Yuuto keeps his back turned, though he’s calculating an exit.]

I just want for you to remember that, please.
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-15 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah-

He turns around to smile and laugh, as if to negate her words. And as he does, her computer dings to inform her that it’s safe to remove the flashdrive, and said flashdrive floats towards her.]


That’s because it is! I want to give this to you.

Because if Ryoko or Akutagawa have it, they’ll never use it… but if it really was the end, and I was going to become something that hurt them, then you would. Right? You have people to protect. People who miss you so much.

I want you to do everything that you can to go back to them. Promise me? Please?
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-16 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuuto’s attempt to be cheerful falters. He looks confused and worried again, even as instinct tells him that he needs to smile or he’ll start crying. He doesn’t want to leave Rumor tears on her floor.

He shakes his head lightly and reaches for the hand with the flashdrive, silently offering to take it back if necessary. But also, selfishly, wanting some contact from his friend to keep himself brave and resolute.]


You won’t be the villain though… You’ll be the hero, right? Saving everyone from a selfish monster… Who was too scared to do it himself. Won’t everyone be happier this way?

[His smile is wavering more. He doesn’t like to think that this will make people happy, but he also has to think it. Otherwise this is sad.]

It worried me. Your dream. Everyone else that I visited brought themselves to their friends and loved ones, or went ‘home.’ And you stayed here and saved everyone… That scared me. Because I know how much you miss everyone. I don’t want for you to be hurting, Inaba. I’m sorry… I don’t want to be worried and… ‘gone.’

[He tilts his head, but his voice is the one to crack this time despite the smile he’s so desperate to keep in place,] Won’t this make the most people happy?
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Then I won't let it come to that. This is just a back-up, you know? I really don't want to...

[He doesn't want to die. Especially not as a Distortion. From the way it's been described to him, becoming a Distortion is going to be agonizing. It won't just hurt, but it'll distort every thought and feeling that makes him 'Yuuto.' The flashdrive, which will shape him according to the Rumor he's devised on those files, will at least let him die as 'Yuuto.'

But he doesn't want to talk about it either. It doesn't take a genius to see that they're both hurting. And he's always been more interested in Inaba and her happiness than his own.]


If I may... There's something that I noticed. May I say it? I'm not sure you'll like it, but um... Maybe it'll help?
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
You mentioned your ‘Narrator’ and ‘Original Author’ like they’re different people… Could you become your own narrator?

Sort of like how Speck-san did it… I don’t know if they’d answer to me, but maybe they’d come if she asked…
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
You do. You have me.

[The way he lets that hang in the air for a second does imply some reluctance. Yuuto won't go into the specifics without prompting. Instead he repeats his earlier point:]

Uh so... My other ex. They... could probably help you. [he feels sick suggesting this. please don't catch on, inaba:] If Satou-san asked for them to visit, they would probably come.
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuuto visibly sulks. He doesn’t want to tell Inaba the specifics.]

Anyway. Wh-What I’m saying is just… Don’t give up. You taught me to fight my fate. Don’t be a hypocrite on purpose. I’ll do really gross things to help you!

[He means that omnipotence and contacting his ex feel gross. He should clarify. But he’s an idiot.]
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Wha-AU! [Bonked and now confused.]

What did I say? I won’t take it back, probably! I’d do a lot of really disgusting things to help you, Inaba! Like walking through sewage or going there o-or… Or seeing Speck-San again…

[Okay. That might feel gross for a moment, but Yuuto knows deep down that he wants to see them again. Maybe that’s part of why it feels so bad.]
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[he’s gonna die for this but-]

… are you saying that you’re gross, Inaba?
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He still doesn’t really get it, but-]

Well, I don’t think you’re gross. I’ve never thought that about you, even once. You’re one of the most amazing people that I’ve ever met and I’ll do my best to help you.

So don’t lump yourself in with sewage!
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[There is no safe way to answer this. If he tells Inaba that he gets it, then is he saying that everything they did was gross? Is that a good thing? He kind of suspected that she hated those memories, but he doesn’t want to hear it confirmed either. He doesn’t want to imply she’s gross either. But if he says any of that, then he is going to be killed.

He stares quietly, unsure how to answer, then shakes his head.]


That’s stupid.
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[personal profile] spacialeyes 2023-01-17 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Then it’s settled! That’s stupid and has nothing to do with us anymore.

I’ll do anything that I can to help you. Even if I have to go talk to your narrator myself- Or if I have to bring you there to fight your own battle. I won’t ever abandon you, Inaba. If you want my help, then nothing will be allowed to kill me either. Not until you’re done with me.

[He holds up his pinky, reminding her of the promise from their dream.] I’ll do my best to make it true.
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