Kirumi Tojo's Palace | The Ultimate Maid's Failures

[kandata]

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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[destage]

[...]

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.

[kandata]

[Kirumi's voice is back]

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]

[kandata]

[I forgot to add an important detail:

If Sayaka tries to interact with either of the other two bowls, they won't work!

[destage]

[o7 the others deserve to answer these awful questions so no worries~]