GAME OVER (S██'s Palace)

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[unweathered]

[Nodding. Schneider is in agreement here]

Saying it now would be cruel in its own way.

[beathollow]

She's already blaming herself for Kugie. And things will only get worse.

[unweathered]

And if something else happens in this death game? It is an unnecessary burden for her.

[beathollow]

Exactly. She...

She doesn't need it right now. She needs support, but not the reason.

And if it gets out... if there's anyone as ruthless as he's trying to be- its a target on both their backs.

[unweathered]

Mm. You don't play these games and make your weak spots obvious without being stronger than everyone else involved.

[as she knows, very well]

[moodwrecker]

...

The cards did say he had no chance of surviving.

[unweathered]

I wonder if this counted towards his zero survival chance. He would not be able to leave her to die, knowing this.

[destage]

[...]

So it's really a matter of...hurt now and be in danger, potentially hurt later, or to go this whole game without knowing any of this if he manages to fall...

[Sayaka's seen where hope gets them in this, and she's genuinely torn. What if it could end up being a source of strength for them, to have that bond? Sure, it could end poorly, but at least she'd know--and maybe if they got out, they could fulfill Kugie's wish.

But that's relying on so many things. Hope, which this game has none of. Relying on Sou to not clam up, and for this to not be used against them.]

...Maybe it really is for the best she doesn't know. Even if, in a way, it'd be fulfilling Kugie-san's final wish...

[moodwrecker]

...If he dies without telling her, she'll never know. So she wouldn't be hurt with that knowledge.

[destage]

You...don't think there's a possibility of the people who run this knowing?

[...It's something she didn't consider, but...]

I don't know, obviously, but...from my own experience, these people tend to do their research...

[beathollow]

... I think Sou- the real one- knew all along.

[moodwrecker]

...Our Sou signed the contract to see his sister, right? And it sounds like his sister signed a contract to make her adopted sister's wish come true... which was to meet her birth family.

It can't be a coincidence.