[CONTINUE + 4] 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, though now there's far, far less of them.

Is time running out for the mission? How many more loops do you have?

...You feel as if something is watching you when you're not looking.

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[dereban]

It's not even a real death!

[She huffs a little.] Besides, I do personally think that someone who's "died" before should be the victim since it'd catch them off guard.

Which would mean that there wouldn't be that many options to choose from, right?

[cw_suicide]

There wouldn't. But it's also basically asking for Wei Wuxian to argue he should be the one to do it instead and since this sort of ploy would probably put that person in danger, I'm not especially happy about it being put on the table at all, honestly.

There's no way that guy would let a kid like you risk themselves, you know.

[dereban]

... And I dislike the fact that I'm being treated like a child in the first place.

[Her words are stern and serious, matched with the determined gleam in her eyes.]

cw: deathseeking? suicidal? idk man it's Dazai

[cw_suicide]

Yes, most do.

I don't think of you as a child in the sense that you're very capable.

But I do think of you as a child if you're offering yourself up because you think you should have been the only one dead this whole time. Because when it comes to things of that nature, I am far more experienced.

[dereban]

[While it's true that he's right in some regard--]

It isn't the only reason I'm volunteering.

[cw_suicide]

If it's even part of the reason, then my vote is still to not allow for it.

Don't be so hypocritical that you would tell someone like me something similar but then do it yourself. It's a bad example for others and not very mature of you, besides.

[dereban]

I won't apologize for being a hypocrite.

After all, it's not as if I wanted to die in the first place, and I don't do things to simply seek death.

[There's more to it, but she isn't... outright saying those reasons.]

[cw_suicide]

So you think you're more capable than the others?

Why not Ren-kun, then? He is a thief. He knows quite a number of tricks when it comes to subterfuge, I imagine. Why someone like you and not someone like him?

[dereban]

... No, it's not like that at all.

[Her voice grows awfully quiet.]

But it's because Ren's a thief that he'd be more useful on the 'living' side, right?

[cw_suicide]

Then Yoshi-kun? He is also someone familiar with programming and numbers. And part of this entity works on that end of things, doesn't it?

[dereban]

Yoshi's an absolutely bad idea for various reasons.

[This is Himeko just staring at Dazai dead in the eye with A Look.]

[cw_suicide]

You're not giving me any reason why it should be you except that perhaps you see yourself as a little more expendable than anyone else in that group, which is ridiculous in itself, considering you're one of the most productive people here.

[dereban]

... I'm actively one of the only people who doesn't want to murder the entity and instead wants to talk and reason with them.

I'll say this in the most blunt way possible, in hypotheticals, given that I don't plan on dying - on really dying: if they want everyone to kill it, wouldn't it be for the best to get rid of the one person who would want to stand in the way for it?

It gives way to a motive.

[cw_suicide]

Not all of these things want to talk or be reasoned with, you know.

[Winchester experience speaking, honestly.]

There's every chance that this sort of ploy, which would also rely on possibly Red manipulating things in the background, could result in your erasure.

[dereban]

Perhaps. But you never know unless you try. You can't assume anything.

... maybe. But I was already willing to risk a lot.

[cw_suicide]

Did you even think to talk to Atsushi-kun before volunteering, then?

He's already seen you dead once, you know.

[dereban]

... he's seen me dead twice.

[She corrects, a little solemnly.]

I guess you could say I'm being a little selfish. But then again - I also don't know what his stance is regarding the entity, either.

[Does he want it dead? Or will he agree with her? She doesn't know. She hasn't had the chance to ask.

In fact, she can't help but question the fact that she hasn't gotten the chance to speak to him all that much, this time around. And that thought terrifies her.]

[cw_suicide]

Maybe be a little less selfish in this regard, then. Talk to Atsushi-kun first, at the very least. Everyone tells me I'd regret it if I don't talk to certain people if I did things, so obviously, this is salient advice to be giving.

[onemolife]

[ Just shaking his head. ]

Aiya... that's making a lot of assumptions. I think faking a death might not work here, especially if it's aware of us.

[dereban]

[She shrugs her shoulders.]

Maybe it is.

But that all depends on just how aware... we have some specifics, but not all of them.

[onemolife]

Then it's probably best not to go with that option until we know more. It could be more dangerous to those pretending to be dead or the culprit.

[dereban]

Thankfully we do have other options, so it should be okay to pass on it.

[onemolife]

[ He's also experienced there, but isn't volunteering. He is listening in though. ]

[cw_suicide]

[good bf. there would be a FIGHT if he tried.]

[onemolife]

[ ...fighting is kind of hot, but also he doesn't want to give Dazai bad flashbacks. ]