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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[kandata]

[Go ahead, Yi Sang! Grab it! It's got something written on it, and something using Monokuma's voice helpfully reads it aloud:]

You are Yi Sang. What talent do you wish you had?

[You got your question!]

[idealitas]

[ Well, damn. He thinks for a bit, then answers the disembodies Monokuma voice. ]

...I wish I had the talent to resolve conflicts.

[kandata]

[Ah, an answer! From everywhere, Kirumi is the one to respond to Yi Sang:]

That is a talent most people lack but would not wish to have. Why would you wish for something so diplomatic?

[Seems to her there'd be a reason behind such an answer! Will you answer honestly, Yi Sang?]

[idealitas]

[ For Kirumi... or at least her voice, yes. ]

I have witnessed enough conflicts where I could only let the fear and pain sweep over me, in hopes that the cracks would mend on their own or could be ignored.

[kandata]

[Kirumi is silent for a moment, until she replies, murmuring]

I...do not remember a time when I stayed idle in the face of conflict. Despite that...that feeling of powerlessness...it sounds familiar.

It hurts when you can only watch and know you can't do anything...

[It seems Kirumi sympathizes with that answer! Neat.

From the dumbwaiter comes the sound of the platform ascending. Inside, Yi Sang will find two tubes of glue and a note on white paper, with black letters. It's not Kirumi's handwriting, but it's strangely close.

'I can't do anything on my own. I want to do anything without relying on anybody.'

Short, but right to the point]