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thefoundation2019-07-20 12:06 pm
foundationmods) wrote in thefoundation2019-07-20 12:06 pm
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Week 4, Saturday
[As everyone files into the studio once more, they will be invited up on stage instead of to their audience seats as they normally are. On the far left of the stage is a set of 16 chairs, one for each living contestant, arranged in two rows of 8. On the right is a podium for Dazai to stand at, and in the center is a big board with spaces and numbers on it.
Once everyone gets settled in, it's time for the game.]
Once everyone gets settled in, it's time for the game.]
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What the hell did you guys do?
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... What do you mean? [ such a cliche question, so there's a pause ] Which part?
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[ Quietly, tiredly: ]
We didn't have anything to do with him coming back...
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You know what.
I don't even know if I want to know.
In the end, it doesn't matter, because his little trick means the end for all of us.
CW: suicidal ideation
[ The prinny is moving closer. ]
I know... I'm-
[ . . . ]
I'm scared, too, okay! I'm scared and I'm pissed off! Do you... wanna know the truth? The real truth about me?
[ There's a long pause... ]
Sometimes, I wish the Foundation had left me for dead. The only reason I want to come back... is...
... You, Akira, Saki, dad... Inaba... all the people I'd started to become closer to. And the only reason I still haven't given up is...
[ Quieter: ]
It's only the end once you've all given up.
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Maybe I want to give up! Maybe I don't want to do this anymore! Maybe we SHOULD all give up! We're not meant to be here! We don't belong! None of us should have ever met! [tears fill his eyes, and he shakes them out angrily] Because then this... this wouldn't be so hard...!
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[ The prinny head lowers a bit - as much as a prinny head can. He's quiet for a long while. ]
Tell me... something? Would you be okay with more people going through what we're going through?
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No. I don't want anyone to ever have to go through this again. Which is why it's probably for the best if we all just die.
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[ This hurts, if the shakiness of this prinny voice was any indication. ]
What if we could stop this from happening to other people? What if it could stop with us...?
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[Silver looks at the invincibility box]
... I don't know why I even came back for this. It's useless, anyway.
[he drops it on the ground. It bounces, but doesn't pop]
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[ Shakiness, so much shakiness. ]
The hardest thing to do is hang on, when it's all looking useless. But, they... say real strength is being able to stand back up after being knocked down, over and over. And they say bravery isn't a lack of fear...
It's being able to continue forward, in spite of your legs and hands shaking...
... Honestly, I don't know how strong or brave I am, anymore... but I think all of you are stronger and braver than you think. Just...
[ Boy!!! This is hard... ]
Maybe give those of us on this side a chance to help you guys out. Maybe trust that we're all doing everything in our power so that none of you are fighting alone. Just...!
Please! If you can't believe in anything else, right now, try to believe in us! In me, as a big brother!
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And the worst part is; he doesn't care. It's not that he doesn't want to -- he just can't. He looks at him and feels nothing, nothing except a cold sort of numbness. His golden eyes, usually sparkling with the light of hope, are empty and dull]
I'm not brave. I'm not strong. .... and unless you have a miracle hidden away in that costume... I'm sorry, Goro. I truly am. But I'm all out of belief. Even in family.
[his body glows dully and he lifts off the ground, then up and out of the hole in the roof]