GAME OVER (S██'s Palace)

[pointzeropercent]

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[beathollow]

Because being the man who put you in this situation to begin with is better? Is it? Is it really?

( its telling how mad she is that she doesn't flinch and instead steps closer. )

[pointzeropercent]

[Magenta does not react to this. If he notices her resolve, he doesn't show it.]

I wasn't the one who chose that name, you know. He did. I'm just sticking to the name I was given.

[beathollow]

( bluntly: )

And you're both stupid for it.

So I'll ask again: What would you have done if she had died?

[pointzeropercent]

Watched her die, then killed everyone else there myself.

[He seems serious about this answer.]

[finalmix]

And then? What after?

[pointzeropercent]

The game would have ended then, and I could have gone back to living my life.

[finalmix]

Sounds awfully convenient. Did you think the facility would let you out just like that? More likely than not they would want no witnesses and disposed of you too.

[pointzeropercent]

They could try. But even if I died, their crimes would have been known. I was close to finishing a data packet that would have been released to the world if Asunaro didn't cooperate upon my victory.

[Leave it to him to have blackmail ready.]

[finalmix]

Uh huh.

[ he sounds unimpressed. ]

And who would believe you?

[pointzeropercent]

There's always people who believe. Have you SEEN the internet?

[finalmix]

Sure, people might believe, but are you sure you want to trust the downfall of a shady organisation to the internet?

[ he sure has! ]

If anything, you might attract the kind of people that think a death game is very cool and that Asunaro was in the right. [ shrugs ] Besides, I thought you were the kind of person that likes dealing with things on your own, or you wouldn't have stabbed me.

[pointzeropercent]

[Magenta goes quiet for a moment. It's clear he didn't think of that.]

I can't stab dolls, unfortunately.

[beathollow]

( THIS IS WHY SHE CALLS YOU SHORT-SIGHTED )

[beathollow]

...

( she just whacks him upside the head. )

That wouldn't have saved you! It wouldn't have saved anyone! If you could have overpowered and outsmarted all of those people, would that facility let you out? Would they let you walk free? They already manipulated even children, what makes you so sure victory would have helped?

[pointzeropercent]

Because I have what nobody else there had: hacking skills. Everything there was electronic: locks, doors, even our voting panels were done on tablets. I had a computer, and with enough time I could have torn everything down myself.

But no. He spent our time creating that useless AI to make Sara feel better!

[beathollow]

Bold of you to assume they would give you "enough time". You're so caught up on the idea that you're right that you can't see how shortsighted you're being.

[pointzeropercent]

[Okay he's picking up a chair and throwing it at Mafuyu now.

...it's a nat 1 so it does not go far, and in fact he kind of stumbles a little and looks Very Uncool doing it. But it's on brand for this noodle.]

[beathollow]

( ...

just. this face. )

[pointzeropercent]

[Just wait until his boss battle starts and he crushes all of you.]

[beathollow]

( mafuyu just sets the chair up right and then sits in it, legs and arms both crossed. )

I won't say you're wrong to be angry. I'm furious on your behalf. But you're short-sighted, callous and that may have helped you get through some trials... but it's also part of why you died. Listen to how those people talked about you.

[pointzeropercent]

People always talked about me. Do you think I didn't hear what they said when we were in school?

[beathollow]

A loner and a scheming villain are entirely different things.

[pointzeropercent]

Scheming villains force big fights on the heroes, you know. Is that what you want?

[finalmix]

[ threadjacks this and he sounds bored ]

It's not the first time we've been forced into a big fight, take a number.

[beathollow]

Wouldn't be the first time I made a man so angry he wanted to do violence.

... It could have been different, you know. Even I can see that. Maybe ruthlessness was necessary at times, but it only works when tempered properly.