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

[tohko_amano]

Just because I'm from Japan doesn't mean I'm from your Japan! After all, back home, we didn't use terms like Pluses or Minuses to describe people.

That's alright! I like talking about books! You can tell me!

[fictionalize]

「Well, Minus isn't really something most people hear about anyway. But then, I guess M isn't either? Unless they're those kinds...」

「No, I mean, it's too troublesome for me.」

[tohko_amano]

What do you mean by 'those kinds'?

..And if that's too troublesome, than you can give me a brief summary.

[fictionalize]

「Well... the M kind! And probably the S kind too, and some other kinds as well.」

「Well, I don't think he's ever died yet.」

[tohko_amano]

That doesn't really tell me a whole lot, you know!

..Have you died?

[fictionalize]

「I've already said too much! I shouldn't spoil such innocent ears.」

「Not on purpose. Well, except that one time. And the other time...」

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko sighed.]

My ears aren't that innocent, you know..but I am sorry to hear that. I guess there's some way to bring people back from the dead in your universe?

[fictionalize]

「Are you kidding? That'd just be ridiculous if there was some way to bring people back to life. Reviving the dead... even Medaka-chan can't do that!」

[tohko_amano]

That's not true! It's happened in some stories, and the dead get revived here.

[fictionalize]

「I guess that makes this place as strange as fiction then.」

[tohko_amano]

Well, fiction isn't that strange..but you're right, this place is a little odd.

[fictionalize]

「Fiction wouldn't be interesting if it was as boring as reality.」

[tohko_amano]

Maybe..but you know, while fiction has a lot of things that reality doesn't, reality isn't boring.