1st Lie

[fictionalize]

Characters: Kumagawa and you!
Setting: Various parts of the tower
Format: Any
Summary: BIG HUGE LOSER exploring the tower
Warnings: Screws, random acts of violence, some gore?

[Dormitories]

[First order of business is, of course, putting on his uniform. He can't wear white! It really just doesn't suit him. Even if he's not on the student council anymore and should really wear the normal uniform. Of course, this didn't really look like Hakoniwa Academy...

Plus, the last thing he remembered was having just rescued Shiranui, so this was pretty mysterious. Had he been hit by some kind of style?

Well, whatever! He's going to look for someone to harass. No matter who you are or how busy you look, there's an annoyingly smiley face bothering you]

「Hi, do you have a few moments to fill out a survey for the latest issue of Shounen Jump?」

[Cafeteria]

[Kumagawa is just. Staring at the oatmeal.

Yeah, no. He doesn't want to eat this.

You, who were passing by, gets a tug on your sleeve or other grabbable piece of clothing]

「...I don't suppose I could get the shiyo ramen instead, can I?」

[Floor 75]

[The snowy of the ruins of the castle here look like they've been through a more recent battle: there's blood and ichor everywhere, the bodies of dead monsters all over the place, ranging from the more mundane and even completely harmless to a few that look like they'd be quite dangerous. The most striking feature of the scene is how they were apparently annihilated: everywhere, there are giant screws stuck into everything, drilling through their heads, their guts, armor, carapaces, pinning them to the ground, the trees, even into the walls of the castle.

Investigate?]

Comments

[concept_killer]

I'm also pretty sure I never said anything about being a hero. As a matter of fact, I'm not really a big fan of heroes in the first place so you can throw out those 8th grade syndrome ideas you have.

[fictionalize]

「Dark and brooding is more suiting for an antihero anyway, right?」

[concept_killer]

I'm still hearing the word 'hero' in there.

[fictionalize]

「Well, it's anti-hero, isn't it? Just like you.」

[concept_killer]

No, it isn't. Stop trying to assign me some kind of stupid title that only fits in your imagination.

[fictionalize]

「But if you hate heroes so much, that makes you anti-hero.」

[wow, tough audience]

[concept_killer]

It makes me a normal person who doesn't read manga or watch anime.

[fictionalize]

「So you're a boring adult? No wonder you don't have any friends.」

[concept_killer]

I'll take no friends over being an otaku anyday.

[fictionalize]

「I'm not an otaku! I don't own any figurines! And even if I did, I wouldn't peek up their skirts!」

[concept_killer]

You bringing that up so casually makes me doubt the sincerity of your words.

[fictionalize]

「But bringing up that sort of thing just makes you look suspicious, so of course anyone who actually peeked up the skirts wouldn't even mention it! The fact that I did is proof that I don't! In fact, anyone who doesn't deny looking up the skirts probably does!」

[concept_killer]

Did you get dropped on your head a lot as a kid?

[fictionalize]

「No one wanted to pick up a kid like me in the first place.」

[concept_killer]

I figured.

[fictionalize]

「I did fall down a lot though! But that's normal for little kids, right? Eating a faceful of dirt is part of every child's experience.」