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[arcsplainist]

... Indeed.

I apologize, Tiger—I had wanted to seek out another way, truly, yet I have failed, and it is one of my deepest regrets. The more I heard of others speak of their plans to follow through with their kills, the more your words rang true in my mind—that there is no other way this could have been done.

[cheerbleed]

[ ... ]

Sometimes, things are just shitty. I don't think there's anything wrong with morals, or hoping for a better way to do things, but I think people need to learn that sometimes there isn't a fluffier option. Life can just be cruel.

[arcsplainist]

... You are not wrong, but my heart still grows heavy hearing you say so. 'Tis as if you have only grown accustomed to such cruelty, and expected it.

[cheerbleed]

The memories I got back may suck a bit.

[ sometimes, you realize it was probably better to remain completely amnesiac? ]

[arcsplainist]

[ ah ]

That bad?

[cheerbleed]

Pretty bad. However, it did explain my personality to me better, so there's that. Silver linings.

[arcsplainist]

I am glad there was something worth getting back, at the very least.

... Mind you tell me more? Should you be willing, of course.

[cheerbleed]

[ hm... she's considering. ]

Well, one of the first things I remembered was getting shot through the heart and getting killed, so. That was a good start.

[arcsplainist]

[ it's a good thing she isn't the first to say she's died around here, but he still looks shocked at the news. ]

... You will have to forgive me my prying, then. I confess I had been curious about you ever since our meeting with Izumo, but I hadn't imagined it would be quite like that.

[cheerbleed]

[ she waves her hand. ]

I don't care. [ sometimes, you are more casual about discussing trauma. ] I was basically just at some fucked up school before coming here. We had some kind of outdoor activity and I died during it.

[arcsplainist]

[ This... really is so casual. wtf. ]

Well. That certainly is a new level of "not normal for a school", as you more or less put it.

... And may explain why the book Izumo had delivered to you was bloodied.

[cheerbleed]

[ she is more pissed than she is letting on, but she has had time to sit on how annoyed she is so now it's all just flippant. ]

Yeah, from the sounds of it, it all matched up with shit that might be normal there, with some... liberties.

[ tiger does not think there is an immortal marching band at her school. ]

[arcsplainist]

Of course. Now having seen firsthand what these sorts of... misadventures are like, 'tis easier to claim now they are likely not exact replicas of your memories. For better or worse, however, I could not say.

[cheerbleed]

... well, probably depends on the person if it's better or worse.