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Who: Rantarou Amami & you!
What: Arrival & introduction
When: 05/19 and onwards
Where: Various locations
Warnings: Dangan Ronpa V3 spoilers in comments
What: Arrival & introduction
When: 05/19 and onwards
Where: Various locations
Warnings: Dangan Ronpa V3 spoilers in comments
a) travels
• open — 05/19, 2nd floor, right wing
( it takes little time for him to figure out the idea — that he can't leave. what's really strange about it is that... others can? there's a distinct lack of physical barriers preventing him, but even so, it's as if the world itself is engineered to trap him here. it is... something that he makes note of, but after some time spent checking his options, it's also something he sincerely doubts will be easily solved. more importantly, what he notices is that there are some students who just... don't go home. as if they aren't concerned with even trying to leave, even as the building begins to empty out for the evening.b) find my way
so it's them he decides to focus on, and the next person to pass him in the hallway is his first victim. with a wave to draw their attention, amami offers a smile. at the same time, his mind turns, trying to figure out how best to phrase this so he doesn't seem like he's crazy if he's wrong. lets see... first off: )
Sorry, but do you have a minute?
• open — 05/19, 1st floor, bulletin board
( another thing he finds to be of note as he wanders through the halls is the bulletin board. the rules, for one, are beyond bizarre — that's a puzzle that he's going to pocket for the time being. what he's really interested in right now is the class assignments. it takes him a few minutes, peering through the names recorded on the sheet, but it does strike him that not all of the names are unfamiliar. a few stand out: kaede akamatsu, shuichi saihara, kokichi ouma... if it's true... well, at least one of those names is someone that amami has reason to consider may be trustworthy in a situation like this.c) wildcard
option one:
this time, victim number two is anybody who happens to be near the front hall. turning to glance at them, he gestures to the sheet. )
Hey, you wouldn't happen to know Kaede Akamatsu, would you?
option two:
( or maybe your name is one of those he'd recognize in the first place. in that case, when he turns, instead of an amicable smile, you're treated with a momentary expression of wide-eyed surprise. )
What a coincidence, I didn't think I'd see you here.
• open — anywhere, any time
( have an idea? feel free to throw anything else my way, or if you're unsure, you can hit me up via pm or atkagehira! )
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( he was rooting for you guys — now the only accomplishment of yours he knows about remains the body in the pipes. because, you know, that was totally done by the transfers.
anyway, good to know as a frame of reference. given that amami isn't entirely sure just how much he can actually learn from talking about locked rooms though, he's going to shift the focus to another of lucifer's statements instead. )
When you say you "woke up" rather than arrived, and that the timeline is unclear, you mean... that you have different sets of memories, right?
( is the experience universal? because amami has some pretty complicated feelings around this, gotta say, and it'll be almost comforting if he's not alone in the experience. )
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That's correct. I have conflicting sets of memories — those which I know to be true and those which I know to be false — but regardless of that, falling into the false sense of security that the false memories offer is incredibly easy. Frustratingly so.
[There's a pause as Lucifer carefully measures out his next statement, how much to share and how much to hide, before:]
For starters, I was previously on the faculty for a university of a sort before arriving here, but I also have a strange sense that I've been in this school for a while — something I almost certainly know is without a doubt, false.
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( it makes sense — more or less adding up to the experience that amami shares. rather than the experience itself, it's the confidence with which the man discerns between the sets that he finds impressive. guess he's still pretty alone in his doubts, but maybe if this guy has so much conviction behind which set is which, he can share some of that with amami, too.
it's a little much to hope for, but with a serious, intent look in his eyes, he'll ask nonetheless: )
How do you tell whether they're true or false?
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[His house is probably on fire, or already burnt down. Lucifer doesn't want to think about it further.]
If you think back to your experiences before coming here, assuming you can recall any of those memories, do you not find something odd? Something or someone you would never leave behind, for example.
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I wouldn't say it's that I don't have anything like that. ( and he's clearly somewhat bothered by the suggestion; of course he has something like that. ) You're so confident in them being true, though. I guess it's true that it's impossible to have both memories occur at the same time, but...
( he grimaces, searching for the words to express his problem with the situation. )
If we know that at least one of our sets of memories is fake, I find it hard to believe we could have collectively imagined two sets of memories for ourselves on our own. Which would mean that something or someone had to put them there. They made us believe in them. In that case, don't you think that the way we all suddenly "remembered" leading completely different lives before this is strange?
( what he says is strange; what he means is suspicious. it just... does it really feel like this process of transfers "waking up" is something that occurred randomly, by mistake, unexpectedly? )
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[He trails off. Magic is usually a foreign concept to humans, so he'll leave that point there. The other hypothesis is—]
Alternatively, it could be a case of hypnosis or other physical afflictions. Unfortunately, I'm less well-versed in that, so I will admit that my knowledge there is lacking. I've had amnesia before, but it was induced via magic, you see. I've never been hypnotized, as far as I'm aware. I'm not sure about you, or if you would know anything about such processes in greater depth?
[Lucifer's running hypothesis is that this place is affected by some sort of magic, see, and he's not exactly going to stray from that opinion unless sufficient evidence is given. Unfortunately when there aren't any realistic explanations for anything, magical explanations are his go-to, simply because of the consequence of his being.]
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( it's not the certainty he's seeking, but it's better than nothing, isn't it? he still looks troubled though — to be in a situation like this not only once, and for all he knows, not even twice, it really takes a toll on someone. forms another a layer of doubt placed over top of what had already been a shaky enough foundation; while amami isn't going to let it stop him from taking steps forward, not being able to trust that you know yourself makes it difficult to know what you can trust beyond that, too. )
It's not that I know about them in depth, per se, but I can't say I don't have any familiarity with them at all. I guess that might be why I don't want to jump to any conclusions.
( about the trustworthiness of his own memories, that is, though lucifer can take that as he will. )