[ Yuri's disorientation continues when she finds herself at the Eudora again. There's so much that happened that the tension still stays in her shoulder. ]
[ he's equally tense, standing still and quiet because he knew the question was coming. ]
...she confessed. [ quietly. ] So they're keeping her at the detention center for now until they can hear her case. Her lawyer thinks maybe she'll be able to get a lighter a sentence because of the circumstances of the case, but...we won't know for a bit.
[ she's allowed. he'll allow whatever kind of touch she wants because he figures it's not fair to be so cagey now that she's seen this much. ]
I wish she'd talked to me before doing this, but I know it was impulse. She wasn't thinking when she went through with it. But...I'll be fine. I'll just have to keep going. Get a job. Wait for her to get out. That kind of thing.
[ She gets it because Yuri thinks Shoma can get any engineering job he wants due to his skill, but she knows that they don't take children seriously. Moreover, a school experience... having to be an adult so early... ]
Do you lack finances? I think... Amame would have liked it if you continued schooling. She was trying to save for your tuition, after all.
...'Mame's been paying for everything since my dad died. So without that, I do have to figure something out. I know she'll understand though. [ ...and he trusts yuri enough to give her the final piece of the puzzle. ] I'm pretty close to graduating anyway. So if I go back to school and finish, it won't take that long.
I suppose there are different sort of curricula everywhere...
[ She still thinks Shoma is some genius that is managing to graduate high school super early. Or maybe he's talking about middle school? She doesn't know. ]
...I...haven't been completely honest with you. And I didn't really know how to bring it up, and now this is happening and I trust you so it's not a huge deal but it kind of is? [ stop. ]
I'm in my third year of high school, but I haven't skipped any grades or anything. [ let's. let's start there. ]
[ Yuri is doing so much math in her head right now. I'm gonna say Yuri also went through elementary-middle-high schooling system too, so she's at least aware. If Shoma hasn't skipped any grade... ]
Were you 12 years old for six years...?
[ It's so hard to come up with answers when anything is possible now. She's seen and heard so much stuff on Eudora. ]
...genetic engineering, specifically. [ to make a long story short. ] My body was used for human experimentation to try and achieve immortality. The results were...well, this. [ never aging. ]
[ Yuri is not a stranger regarding human experimentation topics and she just frowns. This suddenly makes Shoma's reaction very justified when Yuri aaked about doing something with the arm. ]
[ looks at limbus. yeah i'm sure she's not. but yeah...that does kind of tie in to that, doesn't it?
but on the other hand he's not going to resist and he settles for hugging her back. this is fine. he will allow this because it's still very much a thing that's going to bother him for life. ]
[ it's fine. he'll move away in a bit but for now he's content here. ]
...thanks. [ he can't really say "it's okay" because it's been a constant source of misery for the last six years, but you know. ] I...now that everything happened with Amame I have to try and figure out a better way to live, I think. Or at least let other people help if that's what they really want. But it's hard when people look at you and already have a perspective of who they think you are.
[ a common problem for people in general, maybe. also haki i still want a yuri mem if you're down. ]
[ Yuri feels the same, after all. She wishes she could make it better for Shoma, but she can't. Part of the human experience is to mature as time passes. Things done to disrupt that process... Yuri doesn't want to imagine how it would be for Shoma in the future.
But then the void sucks them in again, making the two peek into Yuri's memory.
Lobotomy Corporation, specifically Branch D-02, is currently undergoing lockdown. The halls are cold. The underground building is set for mass burial along with the employees and Abnormalities alike. It's to prevent Abnormalities from reaching the surface, they said.
In the midst of the sirens, the announcements blare throughout the underground building.
INITIATING SITE BURIAL.
People are screaming. They're frantic. Everything is dyed in a red light. With two eyes, you can see so much more.
Shoma has three minutes. He will know that if he wants to escape, he will need to allocate all three minutes towards that or else he's toast. The elevators are not working. He is right next to the stairs and he would have to sprint up the stairs to escape the underground facility. The heavy metal doors will close in to trap him forever if he's too slow.
ENERGY TRANSFER IS 85% COMPLETE.
But in the distance, in the other end of the far hall, having tripped and with her hand reaching out to Shoma, he will hear:
"Don't leave me behind! Shoma!"
She is your friend. She is your coworker. She is...
[ oh this is already hateful thank you. he doesn't even really have time to register anything before he's thrown into yuri's memory, stopped in the hallway and trying to register what, exactly, the priorities are. people are screaming, sirens are blaring, and he doesn't need to fully understand the circumstances to know they're bad.
he could run. he's fast enough, spry and young and full of energy that he thinks he could make it to the stairs. but...he knows better. he knows if he left someone behind, someone specifically calling for his help, he'd let the guilt eat at him for days. or weeks. months. years. eternity. all of that.
so he turns, dashing down to the end of the hall as quick as he can. ]
Come on! [ can she stand on her own before he gets there? he hopes so. maybe if he can just reach her they can book it back for the stairs, though he's still searching for alternate routes as he runs. ]
[ terrible, actually. as much as shoma's ambivalent to people he's not especially close to...he's not cruel enough to just say "oh well."
the stairs are far away now, but they still have a few minutes, right? ]
What about if I support you? We can still make it to the stairs if we're going together. [ does it look at all like he can try to help her stand or even half-carry her? ]
[ Half-carry is Shoma's best bet. Once he does that, the classmate appreciates Shoma's support. Time to get going! Because there is a very loud thumping behind him and it gets ever closer... Does Shoma want to stick around to see what it is? Thankfully, it's not blocking the direction of the stairwell. ]
[ fuck no he's not sticking around, he's gonna hold onto this classmate and try to book it. LET'S GO.
how far can they get though...? does the thumping continue to follow even as they run? he will at least glance over his shoulder to see what it might be. ]
[ Shoma will make it right to the staircase before he sees a quadrupedal, slight humanoid-build dog-like existence. It's very large with a muscular torso and a blue circular tattoo on its shoulder. It has limbs poking out of its mouth.
Anyway, it's time to go up! The staircase is on the verge of collapse, so Shoma should be careful to dodge falling debris. Roll a d20. 10 or higher means Shoma and classmate don't get pancaked. ]
[ DOG? he's really kind of alarmed by this, but he vaguely wonders if this is an ego.
he sees the limbs and decides he doesn't want to find out. he turns, carefully but quickly navigating the stairs. it's hard while supporting another person (given he's not that tall), but what does a roll of 17 get him? ]
A roll of 17 gives Shoma sheer luck of dodging that giant debris from falling on him and his classmate. Wonderful! He can proceed up the stairwell. When Shoma opens the door to the top most floor, he'll see that on the other end of the floor, huge metal doors close in over the only exit in the building as it clicks and hisses. It's forever locked now.
There are also corpses all over the floor, and a monster roaming around, devouring said corpses. For some reason, Shoma will know that this is categorized of the highest risk level there is out of five.
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... Shoma, what happened to her?
[ She sounds concerned. ]
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...she confessed. [ quietly. ] So they're keeping her at the detention center for now until they can hear her case. Her lawyer thinks maybe she'll be able to get a lighter a sentence because of the circumstances of the case, but...we won't know for a bit.
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... I'm sorry that it happened to the person you loved so much.
[ Yuri holds out her hand as if to ask permission to touch Shoma and to offer him comfort. ]
Will you... be okay? Amame meant so much to you...
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I wish she'd talked to me before doing this, but I know it was impulse. She wasn't thinking when she went through with it. But...I'll be fine. I'll just have to keep going. Get a job. Wait for her to get out. That kind of thing.
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[ She gets it because Yuri thinks Shoma can get any engineering job he wants due to his skill, but she knows that they don't take children seriously. Moreover, a school experience... having to be an adult so early... ]
Do you lack finances? I think... Amame would have liked it if you continued schooling. She was trying to save for your tuition, after all.
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[ Yuri looks at Shoma with surprise. ]
I suppose there are different sort of curricula everywhere...
[ She still thinks Shoma is some genius that is managing to graduate high school super early. Or maybe he's talking about middle school? She doesn't know. ]
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...I...haven't been completely honest with you. And I didn't really know how to bring it up, and now this is happening and I trust you so it's not a huge deal but it kind of is? [ stop. ]
I'm in my third year of high school, but I haven't skipped any grades or anything. [ let's. let's start there. ]
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Were you 12 years old for six years...?
[ It's so hard to come up with answers when anything is possible now. She's seen and heard so much stuff on Eudora. ]
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[ sometimes you are simply an 18 year old trapped in the body of a child for eternity. ]
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What happened? Is it a genetic occurrence? I heard some people age in reverse as well... to be twelve years old for the rest of your life... why?
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...
[ She hugs him tightly. ]
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but on the other hand he's not going to resist and he settles for hugging her back. this is fine. he will allow this because it's still very much a thing that's going to bother him for life. ]
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This is so unfair to you, Shoma... I'm sorry, that you have to live in a way that was forced on you. You deserve better.
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...thanks. [ he can't really say "it's okay" because it's been a constant source of misery for the last six years, but you know. ] I...now that everything happened with Amame I have to try and figure out a better way to live, I think. Or at least let other people help if that's what they really want. But it's hard when people look at you and already have a perspective of who they think you are.
[ a common problem for people in general, maybe. also haki i still want a yuri mem if you're down. ]
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[ Yuri feels the same, after all. She wishes she could make it better for Shoma, but she can't. Part of the human experience is to mature as time passes. Things done to disrupt that process... Yuri doesn't want to imagine how it would be for Shoma in the future.
But then the void sucks them in again, making the two peek into Yuri's memory.What will Shoma do? ]
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he could run. he's fast enough, spry and young and full of energy that he thinks he could make it to the stairs. but...he knows better. he knows if he left someone behind, someone specifically calling for his help, he'd let the guilt eat at him for days. or weeks. months. years. eternity. all of that.
so he turns, dashing down to the end of the hall as quick as he can. ]
Come on! [ can she stand on her own before he gets there? he hopes so. maybe if he can just reach her they can book it back for the stairs, though he's still searching for alternate routes as he runs. ]
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"I sprained my ankle... I can't run."
With Shoma's quick scanning, he'll see no other nearby exits. The stairwell was the closest one. ]
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the stairs are far away now, but they still have a few minutes, right? ]
What about if I support you? We can still make it to the stairs if we're going together. [ does it look at all like he can try to help her stand or even half-carry her? ]
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how far can they get though...? does the thumping continue to follow even as they run? he will at least glance over his shoulder to see what it might be. ]
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Anyway, it's time to go up! The staircase is on the verge of collapse, so Shoma should be careful to dodge falling debris. Roll a d20. 10 or higher means Shoma and classmate don't get pancaked. ]
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he sees the limbs and decides he doesn't want to find out. he turns, carefully but quickly navigating the stairs. it's hard while supporting another person (given he's not that tall), but what does a roll of 17 get him? ]
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A roll of 17 gives Shoma sheer luck of dodging that giant debris from falling on him and his classmate. Wonderful! He can proceed up the stairwell. When Shoma opens the door to the top most floor, he'll see that on the other end of the floor, huge metal doors close in over the only exit in the building as it clicks and hisses. It's forever locked now.
There are also corpses all over the floor, and a monster roaming around, devouring said corpses. For some reason, Shoma will know that this is categorized of the highest risk level there is out of five.
What will he do? ]
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