[CONTINUE + 3] Week 1 || Act: mingle

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Monday comes onto the snowy town once more, though it still looks as if it's 'night' as ever.

Then again, you are underground. That's just to be expected, considering no natural light can get down here in the first place. The Monsters around you are just as friendly as ever, despite this being your fourth 'time' trying this monday.

There doesn't seem to be many Monsters here...or at least, you think there was more before? Huh.

Well, whatever.

You still have a mission - And with three trials under your belt, you're now a little closer to figuring things out.

...How much longer will this repeat?

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[dereban]

Do I look like I'm having fun?

[ugly_split_ends]

T-That's exactly the point I wanted to make in asking that!

[dereban]

Then point: made.

[She speaks rather dryly, just going back to stare at the ceiling.]

[ugly_split_ends]

Obviously not.

N-Nothing's going to fix itself by just screaming at the sky! G-Get up.

[dereban]

And it isn't as if doing literally anything else is going to make me feel better.

[She sighs heavily.]

[ugly_split_ends]

...Anything else? You sure about that?

[dereban]

I did an embarrassing thing in front of all of monster television and nothing to show for it.

[She could have done everything with low-slash-no effort and they still would have gotten what they wanted!!]

[ugly_split_ends]

...Oh, is that what this is about? [She frowns.] I thought that was just an all general purpose: "Oh no, I'm stuck in a killing-vote game and people are being erased from existence," scream.

[dereban]

Yes, because I'm salty! And mad! And everyone! Saw! That!

[She is groaning in frustration, scrubbing her face.]

[ugly_split_ends]

...I didn't see it.

But, I am seeing this display now. [...] Is this better?

[dereban]

I guess. . . that makes me feel a little better. Besides - seeing this is better than seeing that.

[ugly_split_ends]

...No matter what might have happened, it's p-probably not close to the humiliation I've s-suffered.

Does that help?

[dereban]

I suppose that's true...

And I guess I did bring this upon myself, in a way.

[Even if she kind of lowkey hates herself for it. She thought that she would at least get something out of it but she didn't get anything much out of it and now she has so many regrets!!]

[ugly_split_ends]

Ghh... you're not supposed to agree that no matter what happens to you, at least you're not as pathetic as me. I-It's true, but you don't need to say it!

Don't kick yourself for trying, if that's what you're talking about.

[dereban]

L-Look, it's more that...

[Himeko stutters a little desperately, her eyes staring up at the ceiling as she pulls her legs in slightly towards her chest.]

Suffering because of shitty things happened to someone and suffering because of something embarrassing you did are two completely different things.

[She just heavily sighs, after that.]

I know I shouldn't, but - ughhhh. It was so uncharacteristic of me! mean, I understand the reasoning behind why I did it -

[Because she is a manipulative, competitive person, after all.]

But... thanks.

[ugly_split_ends]

...Hm. [She thinks that over.] "Uncharacteristic?" That's sort of your own decision, isn't it?

[dereban]

It still doesn't fit my 'image', though.

Or anyone else's image of me. Even if it was all acting.

[ugly_split_ends]

So it means it violates the sort of demeanor of yourself you want to present.

Yeah, that would be a drawback.

[dereban]

It absolutely would.

[ugly_split_ends]

People might see... the real you!

[dereban]

[.....]

There is no way in hell that performance I did was the 'real' me. That's ridiculous.

[ugly_split_ends]

...I didn't see it, so I still don't know what you did. So I can't refute that.

[dereban]

It was... over the top idol-esque things.

[ugly_split_ends]

[THAT prompts a shock from her.]

I-Idol things!?! Are you serious??

[dereban]

One hundred percent.