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Voice: UN: brighterdaysforever

Hello?

[Komaeda’s low voice spoke softly, maybe a little unsure. He had sort of left without saying anything. But then, it’s not like anyone would have missed him or even noticed his absence!]

I have to confess I’m at a bit of lost as to what happened. I was just lucky I happened not be far away and could find the crash. But, this is a rather troubling development, isn’t it?

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Komaeda-san!! （＊〇□〇）……！
Where were you?!

Edited 2019-12-14 23:38 (UTC)

Hello Akamatsu san.

I went on a trip.

[As if that explained anything.]

I mean, I figured that much...（~～~）^;
Where did you go??
What did you do??
You missed meeting some other Super High School Levels, friends of mine! <(=3=)>

[She'll answer his much more important question, later,,]

How sad. I would have liked to meet more.

[Unfortunate timing.]

I traveled all over. Going from cities to towns. Or well, as many places as I could manage at least. It was pretty nice. I got free room and bored almost everywhere! It almost felt like playing an open world RPG.

It hasn't been great. Who are you?

[Michael already knew that some Reclaimers tend to go off on other stuff, he's just kinda curious.]

Well, it's only Harukawa-san... she got transferred (⌣_⌣”)
But you have to meet Saihara-kun and Oma-kun!
Saihara Shuichi-kun is the Super High School Level Detective, and Oma Kokichi-kun is the Super High School Level Supreme Leader. Be nice to them, okay??

That's really cool... I'm glad you had a nice time.
You're back just in time, I guess. Or a little too late...
We were all in Thay trying to recover a Relic called the Lamp of Unwinding
A lot of stuff happened, we had to fight a lady called Casariel
She'd done something to the Wellspring of Magic, so when she died...
she took magic with her, as far as we can tell.

I feel like I've talked to them before....

[Briefly.

But a formal introduction would be nice.

[To think that one person could cause such a terrible situation. Well no, that was easy. But it seemed hard when it involved all of magic.]

That would explain why I can't use any spells. I'm sure we can figure out a way to fix it thoug. Everyone is full so much Hope!

Komaeda Nagito, former Super High School Level Lucky Student.

And I can see it's pretty disastrous. I can only imagine how terrible it would have been if I had been around.

Did you?? I don't remember when you left... oops. (●´ω｀●)ゞ

I don't know about being full of Hope or anything, but I'm certain you're right!
As long as we don't give up and keep marching forward, everything will be just fine and dandy, I'm sure of it.

I'm really glad you're back with us, Komaeda-san.

Komaeda-chan, I missed you so much!!!!
I thought you'd never come back! I thought you were eaten! I thought you'd been torn limb from limb!
I've been crying myself to sleep every night over your absence!!!! .·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.

It's alright, I think I left shortly after, and didn't tell anyone....

[And he could help but smile at her last words. It did help.]

With people like you it definitely will all be alright! This is almost like the climax of a story even.

And thank you, Akamatsu san.

(;-_-)ノ^{there there}

Edited 2019-12-15 00:31 (UTC)

Well, we destroyed all magic in Faerun, along with the Relic, and the moon crashed. But no one got eaten by the dragon or fell into the depths of the earth, so overall the whole thing could have been worse.

[Maybe not a LOT worse, but still!]

Oh, and I'm Michael. Former Hell architect.

You barely knew me.

[He couldn't even imagine his own classmates crying at his dissapearence.]

But, sorry?

Edited 2019-12-15 00:27 (UTC)

My that is a lot! I'm glad no one got eaten though, that's very fortunate!

What's a hell architect?

If you decide to go on another trip, you better at least say goodbye this time!! (｡+･`ω･´)

It does kind of feel like a crescendo, doesn't it?
You know, in music, most pieces resolve with a common theme to unite everything.
You coming back kind of feels like that! I hope a lot of the others can come back and rejoin us, too.

Hey, hey, did you bring back any souvenirs??
What was the music like where you went? ♪♪(o*゜∇゜)o～♪♪

It's a demon who designs and constructs torture neighborhoods for humans. Fairly high-ranking, as those things go. But like I said, I don't do that anymore.

I'll try not to forget.

It would be nice if everyone else could gather back as well.

[Though he wasn't going to expect it.]

Lots of lutes and folk style songs. Oh, and chants and hymns. I ended up staying at a lot of temples....

I did bring back gifts!

I'm glad you don't. I think I've had enough of torture set ups.

Did you ever make anyone have to kill each other...?

Well, they're already dead by the time they get there, so no.

[It's a valid idea, but wouldn't really work out mechanically.]

Why?

You could always kill them again. I know She would have done that if given the chance.

[Junko would definitely be a perfect agent of torture.]

Well, I was thinking a place for people in hell would have to be worse than the Killing Games I've been part of or witnessed.

I really couldn't. Well, maybe if I programmed in a whole override...but humans don't generally die again in the afterlife no matter what you do. Otherwise, they'd be dying left and right before the torturers could even get started!

[Very fragile, humans. More to the point, that would've been crazy suspicious to just about everyone.]

Anyway, I was trying to prove a point about psychological torture. I can see how your thing involves that, but it leans way too much on murder.

The only important thing is what the mind thinks happened.

[He just assumes there would be some kind of magical way to do that when demons are involved.]

Oh definitely. Though, I would say the true torture in it is forcing people I to a situation they don't want to participate in. Forcing their hands and taking their agency away. Giving a false choice and showing they really did not have one in the end.

What is psychological torture about neighborhoods?

What?

[...OH! He sees!]

Oh! No, "neighborhoods" are just what we call the pocket dimensions we divide humans up into. Traditional lava torture, newfangled psychological torture, they're all called that.

Ah, so it's just sectioned into different sorts. A bit like the seven levels of hell I suppose.

Does that mean there are also rooms like Jean Paul Sartre wrote? I think that would be the worst. Customized personal halls. It would make sense to do that.

That's what I wanted to do! Everyone else thought it would be inefficient...

[Which, sure, they've got a lot of humans. But they also have unlimited time and resources!]

Physical pain and suffering only goes so far. There are people who like that too. I think you had a good idea there. Humans are very good at torturing other humans, and psychological lasts a lot longer than physical.

You know, I've found a lot of humans here to be really weirdly complimentary of that idea lately!

[It was bad! Torture's bad, actually!]

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

Though, I would like to say I do not enjoy torture. Suffering and Despair are not things I enjoy. But I can tolerate them 8f they bring Hope.

Boy, you would've loved seeing my whole thing. The entire reason it didn't work out was because the humans kept coming together and supporting each other.

[And also figuring out his lies, but nonetheless.]

Oh! Their hope was strong!

I'm not suprised. My class also came together when it mattered most. But then, I beleive deeply, despite everything, people will be guided by Hope to work together in the end.

How wonderful your project could create something so beautiful.

Yeah, they're pretty great.

[he sounds sort of smitten, honestly]

A couple of them are here, actually!

How fantastic! I hope I get a chance to meet them.

A lot has happened... Not for the best, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.

I'm curious, how did you miss it?

I went away for a while. So, I've missed the last few months. I guess you could say I took a vacation?

[How does someone miss out by going on vacation and how can she sign up?]

Oh, I see... That's... good, I suppose. Well- If you're not already aware we've lost our ability to use magic recently.

I did notice the magic disappearing. I must confess it was a bit frustrating, though I was a bit surprised how much I've come to rely on magic.

How did you all manage to do that, I'm almost impressed!

I haven't had magic for as long as the others but it is really jarring to suddenly not have it...

We went searching for a relic in a small town called Thay. There was a dragon controlling time but... we failed to retrieve it. This seems to be a consequence of that.

May I ask what path you are on?

[He wondered how such a thing could affect what he assumed was the entire world. It really was a big deal!]

What happened to the relic? Did someone misuse it?

[She startles a bit but nods.]

Ah, I'm a practicing warlock. As for the relic, I'm not really sure about the details. I believe we attacked too soon and it was taken from us.

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