[ rei holds her hands and arms close together, scared beyond her mind as she wanders through the dungeon. she didn't want to come back to another dungeon, not since what happened in the last one, but she couldn't sit by. she needs to pull in her own weight so, she ventures in, but is quickly stopped when she comes across an invisible wall. luckily, she has been taking small steps so she doesn't run right into it, but she sticks out a hand and tries to feel the wall. ]
Umm... is this a glass wall?
[ it seems far too clear to be that, but she's not sure what it is. the guilt-tripping questions for both sasuke and rei will come soon enough... ]
[ some kind of magic... that would make sense when everything here is just magical, but before she can even ask what they can do to get (maybe brute force it?), that exact same question comes into her head. huh? who said that? she looks around, trying to see if there's anyone around but she doesn't spot a single soul in sight. no one but just her and sasuke. ]
Because it's my fault that's the only school that would accept her.
[...Wow. That just makes it sound even worse.]
A... snake spirit was watching her, and I thought about how the snake could easily take her if it wanted, and then it did by making sure she came to that school. So... I wanted to try to make her time there happy if I could, but the only way I could do that is if she stayed at the school.
[ thank you, dani, this actually reminded my goldfish brain to tag yuusuke so now it is done. ]
[ she nods. she'll just have to keep reminding sasuke to stop blaming himself. in the meanwhile, she'll put her hand up against to feel if the invisible wall is still there and, surprisingly, it is. she makes a small frown. ]
The wall is still up. What should we d--
[ before she can, another question rings out through their heads. ]
[ that gets rei to stop dead in her tracks and to freeze up. it'd be so much easier if she could just say something like "he's no one" so she can avoid this line of questioning, but she can't bring herself to say that because that's not true. he's everything. ]
He... he's...
[ ... what does she say? she settles for the following, hoping that sasuke remembers the conversation they had long ago when they first met: ]
[ she bundles up her hands in her clothes, kneading them anxiously. she doesn't look up, just staring downwards. ]
M-Mmhm, it's not...
[ that should be it, but she doesn't seem pleased with that answer. she still looks overly guilty and it seems like maybe she doesn't want to talk any more about it. ]
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Umm... is this a glass wall?
[ it seems far too clear to be that, but she's not sure what it is. the guilt-tripping questions for both sasuke and rei will come soon enough... ]
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[That's the answer to everything here. ~*magic.*~
He's considering it thoughtfully as well until he's struck by a question, eyes going wide and body absolutely still.
"Who was it that kept Neko Fukuta trapped in Morimori Academy?"]
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Who's Neko Fukuta...?
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[Hn. So that's how this is going to play out.]
...Neko Fukuta is one of my classmates. ...I'm the one who kept her from leaving the school.
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[ immediately, she thinks back to her own situation and how zen kept her in school. ]
Why?
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[...Wow. That just makes it sound even worse.]
A... snake spirit was watching her, and I thought about how the snake could easily take her if it wanted, and then it did by making sure she came to that school. So... I wanted to try to make her time there happy if I could, but the only way I could do that is if she stayed at the school.
[.........Nope, still sounds terrible.]
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[ you're talking to rei, who was trapped in her own school for 12 years and was relatively content with it so... ]
That doesn't sound bad.
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[As much as one can against Yuusuke...]
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Mm, it sounds like you tried to do a good thing. You shouldn't say it was your "fault".
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...Yeah. I guess I should.
[This will not actually get him to do so, though.]
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[ she nods. she'll just have to keep reminding sasuke to stop blaming himself. in the meanwhile, she'll put her hand up against to feel if the invisible wall is still there and, surprisingly, it is. she makes a small frown. ]
The wall is still up. What should we d--
[ before she can, another question rings out through their heads. ]
"Why have you left Zen alone?"
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...Who's Zen?
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He... he's...
[ ... what does she say? she settles for the following, hoping that sasuke remembers the conversation they had long ago when they first met: ]
... Zen's the one who put me in the school.
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...Oh.
[Yeah.]
But... it's not your fault you're here now, right?
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M-Mmhm, it's not...
[ that should be it, but she doesn't seem pleased with that answer. she still looks overly guilty and it seems like maybe she doesn't want to talk any more about it. ]
... C-Can we move forward now?
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