towerofanimus | 1st Lie

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?]

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「How do you earn trust? By staying around someone long enough without betraying them? Doing favors? Telling great jokes and acting friendly? Do you think that just because they've kept their promises before, they'll do it again?」

It's a good place to start, Minus.

「Well, then I promise not mess with your fire if you don't use it on me again! How's that for a start?」

Don't do shit that would make me wanna set you on fire then.

「Come on, how am I supposed to know what would make a violent, fire-wielding RPG side-character want to set me on fire?」

...no idea what you're talking about but I'm cool with the violent and fire-wielding part. It's not even my strongest magic. Just fun to watch people run around like idiots.

「And sadistic too! You're more like a villain than a hero.」

Eh... [She shrugs and grins.]

「You're not even going to deny your deviant ways?」

Why would I?

「Hmmm... no idea! It just seems like the kind of thing normal people do. I guess you're pretty abnormal then, huh?」

[She snorts.] What clued you in, genius?

「You'd be surprised what kind of weirdos are actually boringly normal when you get down to it.」

Talking about yourself or are you just living up your weirdo-ness?

「Oh, no, I'm definitely not normal. A world where people like me were the norm.... even I wouldn't want to live somewhere like that.」

[Though a few months ago, that was the exact sort of world he wanted]

Good to know we agree on something.

「Besides, I'd lose my super-unique status if that was the case! You wouldn't want everyone to be like you either, would you? Miss flashy cape and hat.」

Duh. There's only one me.

...well, one me-me.

「There's a you that's not you?」

Apparently. Good thing she's not around now. Don't think we'd get along.

「Too similar?」

Probably.

「Well, it's good for me! I don't have enough pants to deal with twice as many of you.」

Yeah...

Do you have any of that book you were talking about with you?

「Ah, no, it's pretty thick so I don't really carry it on me. If there's a convenience store around here though, I'll buy you a copy next week?」

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