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Kirumi Tojo's Palace | The Ultimate Maid's Failures
By now everyone may be used to find themselves in bizarre locations, between going into palaces and visiting Nekyia. It might not come as a surprise that it has happened again.
What might come as a surprise, though...is how empty this place is.
All around you there's nothing more than a large, gray, featureless expanse. In the distance there seem to be bars, curving upwards to gather so, so high above you, possibly hundreds of miles above, so high it’s hard to distinguish.
It’s a cage. So unfathomably large. You could escape, were you to get to the edges of the cage, but...it would take forever. No matter how you look at it, you're trapped. The atmosphere is so...hopeless. Devoid of anything even remotely positive.
Not that you want to hang around for long, do you? After all, this is someone's palace. Not a place to stick around at. What to do, though?
It’s all so...empty. Silent. Featureless. A flat expanse of hard gray tiles.
Gather together, everyone. Gather and choose a direction. North, East, West, South. All directions look completely identical, but could it affect your time in this place, somehow? Probably not. But all treks start with the first step. Perhaps, if you get moving, you'll progress?
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It hits, after a moment--are...these questions that Kirumi has had to ask of herself? Before she killed, before she acted in her own killing game? Are these bowls meant to symbolize that?
Well, the weight of that hits like a brick to the head. Is there anything else about the bowls to check over, or should Sayaka go and consult the others?]
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She's gonna go to the machine Argenti was at and print out some people over there. What happens if she puts one into the bowl? She'll do the first bowl first.]
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'You're Sayaka Maizono. You would sacrifice one person to save one person. Is this your final answer?'
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I--I gave my answer earlier, that's not what I'd--!
[...Maybe this is what's needed to proceed, though. And it's...one person...listen if she just thinks of it as doing it for someone she cares about it's fine.]
...Y-Yes. Um. Final answer.
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From nowhere, Kirumi's voice:]
...were you honest? May I ask why that was your answer?
[Doesn't sound like she's judging, but she's interested in hearing what led to such an answer.
The most important thing to remark, whether it's in meta or in-character, is if Sayaka was honest.]
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I--I meant what I said earlier, that I don't want to sacrifice people anymore. I spent so long beating myself up and regretting my actions--stepping on other people to get my way.
...But even I can't deny that if push truly came to shove and someone I really cared about here was threatened, that I'd...
[The implication is obvious, and it's completely honest.]
...I'd act recklessly and do anything to save them, so yes.
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I do not think there is fault in such a stance.
Perhaps that is why Monokuma uses such motives. They are the most relatable one can think of.
...I accept your answer.
[Hm? Looks like Kirumi's mindscape has accepted Sayaka's response to that question, for some reason.
The dumbwaiter descends without anyone touchings its controls. When it comes back, it brings a black note with white letters on it, in Kirumi's handwriting.
'I would not sacrifice anyone to save someone else. Not even myself. There must always be some sort of solution that does not involve someone dying for it.
I hope I can hold onto such a thought, even in a place like this.'
It seems Sayaka's answer didn't match Kirumi's thoughts, but Kirumi finds no fault with Sayaka's reasoning nor feelings. The bowl fills up with water.
This bowl is cleared]
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If Sayaka tries to interact with either of the other two bowls, they won't work!
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