As 'Sou' goes to say the name 'Shin Tsukimi', he feels a tightness in his chest that stops him from saying anything. It's like he can see the future ahead of him already: he says his name, those cards get found, and he's taken out as an easy target by someone else fighting for their life.
No. He has to hide his identity. He can't look weak. He can't act weak. He has to take on an entirely different persona to survive.
With 'Sou' refusing to speak, the options go back to what they were before: tell the truth or lie. Will you wear down his worries, or go with what he feels is right?]
He doesn't actually know how the others would react. He's assuming he has already lost... But until that moment actually happens... there's always a chance.
[Welp. No answer is said at all, and instead a rather red-looking version of 'Sou' appears. He looks pissed too.]
I was humoring your attempts to get in, since I figured you wouldn't get too far in before dying, but this is what happens? You can't even agree on a result? How do you expect to find the real 'me' with that weak resolve?
[It is SO LATE so I won't make you fight here. Instead he just presses forward with what actually happens: 'Sou' declares that Sou Hiyori is his real name, and he keeps the presence of the cards a secret. He enters the game suspicious of everyone else's intentions, keeping them all at an arm's length.]
This is the only 'freebie' I'm giving you. Next time you falter, you'll have to pay for it in blood. Or maybe you should turn around and leave now, if you're just as weak as 'he' is then you'll never make it to the end. Our fate isn't changed so easily.
The threat of blood does spook Rutile, a bit. The anger makes him shrink in on himself a little bit.
But at the same time...he wishes he could reach out, somehow. He doesn't know this person very well—at all—but it's the need to understand and open his heart that keeps his chin up. ]
...I don't think he's weak. And neither are we.
[ He says this quietly, to himself, not really to Sou's shadow. Hearing the word "weak" so much makes him want to shake someone.
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Results (CW: panic attack)
As 'Sou' goes to say the name 'Shin Tsukimi', he feels a tightness in his chest that stops him from saying anything. It's like he can see the future ahead of him already: he says his name, those cards get found, and he's taken out as an easy target by someone else fighting for their life.
No. He has to hide his identity. He can't look weak. He can't act weak. He has to take on an entirely different persona to survive.
With 'Sou' refusing to speak, the options go back to what they were before: tell the truth or lie. Will you wear down his worries, or go with what he feels is right?]
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[Even so, there's a part of Sayaka that wishes to persist...but...]
...I wonder if he could hear us, maybe. If there's a way we can convince him...but...
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I do want to try, but I also don't know how long we can push.
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so this is how it goes. ]
It's like how the people looped their conversations until we made a choice.
[ no true choice, just the illusion of it... ]
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( she's already drained from feeling his panic attacks twice now. she's not... sure she wants to. )
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[Maybe he'll bear the burden.]
He doesn't actually know how the others would react. He's assuming he has already lost... But until that moment actually happens... there's always a chance.
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votes truth because he does want to see how far they can push it ]
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I was humoring your attempts to get in, since I figured you wouldn't get too far in before dying, but this is what happens? You can't even agree on a result? How do you expect to find the real 'me' with that weak resolve?
[It is SO LATE so I won't make you fight here. Instead he just presses forward with what actually happens: 'Sou' declares that Sou Hiyori is his real name, and he keeps the presence of the cards a secret. He enters the game suspicious of everyone else's intentions, keeping them all at an arm's length.]
This is the only 'freebie' I'm giving you. Next time you falter, you'll have to pay for it in blood. Or maybe you should turn around and leave now, if you're just as weak as 'he' is then you'll never make it to the end. Our fate isn't changed so easily.
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Does the idea that you made a mistake anger you? Is that why you're lashing out at us?
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You're as weak as 'he' is. Don't get too cocky, you'll be one of the first to die in here.
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I don't appreciate you threatening any one of us.
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[He clicks his tongue.]
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The threat of blood does spook Rutile, a bit. The anger makes him shrink in on himself a little bit.
But at the same time...he wishes he could reach out, somehow. He doesn't know this person very well—at all—but it's the need to understand and open his heart that keeps his chin up. ]
...I don't think he's weak. And neither are we.
[ He says this quietly, to himself, not really to Sou's shadow. Hearing the word "weak" so much makes him want to shake someone.
This is all so unfair. ]