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However, it looks like today the occupants of the elevator can only be one per ride, so it will take some time for everyone to finish getting into the dorms. For some people, this set up might be familiar. Uh oh, what could this be?

Once you step inside the elevator, Left's face is staring right at you, loud music playing in the background as usual. He's covering his eyes with a piece of paper, smiling peeking underneath instead. At the same time, your phone pings with the rules. ]

I'm soooooooo sad, guys! ♥ They're telling me I'm not taking this seriously enough! W h a a a a a a a t, can you believe this?! Do you think they think I'm not serious? I'm very serious! Seriously ✰ serious! I've told them a million times, but they say I'm just messing around for my own fun! They say things like how once I got this promotion, I only care about making myself look good! W h a a a a a a a t?

Isn't that h ✰ i ✰ l ✰ a ✰ r ✰ i ✰ o ✰ u ✰ s?

First! Of! All! This isn't about me. It's about the idols, isn't it?

Shouldn't they be thinking about you guys and stop worrying about little ol' me? I mean I'm already great anyway. Well, lets ease their fears!

Lets really make sure that this game is about you guys! We'll put the focus on all of you, and we'll make sure every feeling is all about you. That's what the fans want to see, isn't it? Because they ✰ love ✰ you ✰ guys~! Wow wow! They loved this game so lets do it again, but with a Lefty Loosey twist~!

[ Then, the door opens - and you walk into a room. ]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Well then I'll make a rebuttal.

Try to not make that statement a reality.

[rollplayinghouse]

Well, I'd certainly prefer to be happy. That is what I'm aiming for.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And what's one small thing that would put you in the direction of happy? Baby steps. If you think you'll always be unhappy.

[rollplayinghouse]

[Turns so she can look up at him, surprised.]

I didn't say I'd always be unhappy. I don't think that at all. I meant... there will always be things that, when they come up, I'm unhappy about. Like killing you.

I'm actually pretty happy now, overall.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

In spite of everything you've found out over the past few days?

[rollplayinghouse]

...It's not like anything I found out about my past changes how things are now, right?

In a way, it's actually kind of been... a weight off my mind. There's no point at all in dwelling on any of that anymore, so I can focus everything on going forward.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

See? I was right.

[rollplayinghouse]

...

[sighs and shifts her arm around him]

Yes, you were right all along. Apparently I'm just very stubborn, and need something to literally not exist before I'm willing to let go of it.

[dry]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

So then if you want to be the Ultimate Assassin, you can make that choice on your own. Instead of feeling like you were forced into it at an early age.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I never felt like I was forced into it. I chose it. Under the pressure of some bad circumstances, but isn't that how things always are?

But I guess it was just an illusion of agency after all.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

But you felt like you could never quit it, correct?

[rollplayinghouse]

...I could have. But that would have just meant someone else would need to do it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And now?

It's not like you don't have the skill for it. Now you just have to decide if you want to continue or not.

[rollplayinghouse]

[She makes a considering noise, but answers quickly, like this is something she's thought about]

I still.... don't mind it. If it's necessary, and it's not someone I care about. Being an assassin may have been fiction, but I've still killed people here without regrets. Though that doesn't mean I enjoy it... that's why I let Man Eater take the kills, in the last game. Since he does.

But eventually you're going to take over Hell and take revenge, right...? I definitely plan to be happy then, for the record.

...Well, I imagine there will still be work to be done, after that. Maybe even some killing. But there will be a lot less transparent emotional manipulation and torture. And I'm going to have a house you all live in with me, and I can cook for everyone... and that sort of thing...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Will there be a lot less transparent emotional manipulation and torture after Intensity is in charge. Will there?

He'll just makes the hosts (himself included) compete.]

So you're keeping your identity as an assassin. That's what I'm hearing.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Maybe not quite. Before it was a job, and now I plan on exercising some discretion. Well, that's how it's been here, anyway.

I plan to keep my identity as someone who's willing to do what's necessary to accomplish what I want. Including being capable of killing.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Well. Then at least you found a good unit fit for that.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Yes.

If we're talking about choices I made on my own, I am one of very few people who chose my unit. And it seems to fit who I am now, so that means at least something.