[ That's how she saw the kanji read, when she saw them up on the blackboard the first day. It would be strange if Shin changed the spelling. "Michiru" extends a single hand towards Midori. She's on her guard, if he tries to touch her, she's pulling away, but somehow it feels weird to act out this farce stiff and unemotive. ]
You don't suit that name at all, if you ask me.
[ She liked Midori better. Green, he's green, like seaweed. It makes sense. Sara is the kid who names a black cat Kuro. Midori might be bright and full of smiles, but there was no warmth here. Sara isn't even sure why she's still standing around getting chilled by him. ]
Strange, but we aren't coworkers. We don't agree on anything.
You don't like it? Would you like to rename me...?
[ isn't that familiar, but before "michiru" can find purchase in his words, ]
Just kidding! It would be confusing if we didn't use the name on the class roster, wouldn't it...
[ playfully, a sweet smile is offered, and his eyes fall down to the hand that's extended. oh, sara, his sweet sara is extending an arm to him? if he still had a heart, it would pop right out of his chest!!! but this isn't his sara, this is a sham, a fake name she's using to play with him too. a handshake would mean they're on the same side, wouldn't it? is that why her hand is there? he wants to touch her, he wants to be close enough that he can use his other hand to crush her throat, because how else will she break, and become what he's idolized? ]
We're classmates now, I hope we can get along! [ he lifts his own hand, holding it out to the female, she can close the distance, because even this little farce of a game has to hold up.
if it works, he can come closer to her, but it's a shame she gave a fake name.
You'll always be Midori to me. You gave Sou Hiyori away, and I'm not giving him back to you.
[ A sentence that could have more then one meaning, depending on how much Midori knows about the class roster. If he wants to talk in ownership, then Shin is his own person now. He took that name for himself, and Sara has stuck to calling him it, even with all that awful history.
She lets her hand drop. Ew...no she's not touching you. ]
You better not be a first year. I'll make the counselor switch you.
[ actually, he knows why, and because they're not in the facility, he doesn't have to be responsive to it, but that's a gift from sara. as soon as she realizes her true potential, or had she done so now, then he could drop this facade, but as it stands... she still prioritizes her friends.
her allies that hold her back. ]
"Midori"... What a wonderful name! If that's how you want to address me as in this school life? O.K.! ☆
[ there's a sparkle at the end of his words, and after he stares unblinking. ]
Are you a first year? I'd like for us to share classes. Especially since you seem to know me...!
[ Ah ha ha... Stop leaning over towards her freak!! Her smile twitches like a cat raising its hackles. ]
Yes, I'm a first year. Welcome to Yogen High School. It means we're all...dead! [ Did she imitate his little sparkly sentance ender right? Probably not. ] I hope you move on reeeaally soon. My soul has lots of improving to do, so I don't think we need to study together.
[ ranger has told him a lot, and he remembers his final moments. it's cute how sara wants to remind him, mock him, get under his skin in order to mess with the fact that his fear is so visual— he wants to protect this body at the expense of other lives. ]
Do you miss your old life? This must be pretty depressing, leaving everyone behind...
[ he sounds sad, but he thinks of gin, kanna, keiji, alice...
...
... ]
Since you want to stay here longer, do you want your friends and family to die?
[ his voice isn't casual, but more so polite hoping that her wish comes true. ]
My old life...? [ How long has it been since she thought about that, beyond missing restaurants. ]
Huh? What? Nobody needs to die! [ Why would she want them dead, she's not that selfish!?!? She has plenty of dead friends here! ]
My family is fine! [ Her parents will move on eventually...they'd been wonderful if a bit overprotective. She didn't want them to see her here, she wanted to go back to them when she'd improved. ] And who says I'm staying dead forever! Of course we're working on an escape.
[ if he can so boldly ask, and hopefully she won't take it offensive.
...what came after his death?
it infuriates him to no end, annoying that sara didn't take his bargain, that she didn't sacrifice gin to save keiji. why wasn't he here, he should have died as well, unless meister was on some bullshit again, then midori isn't pleased at all. ]
I hope it's something fun! What if you're dead because you allowed someone else to live, and if you escape... [ drumroll ] The person close to you dies in your stead!
[ She had years left to live and dreams to fufill... She needs to find the Kazuchi's and apologize for Kanna and Kugie, she needs to make sure Q-taro's orphanage is okay. She needs to fix Ranger. Gin should be reunited with his mother, Shin should find something to do with his life...and Keiji...she would be happy to get drinks with him when she got old enough. ]
That's dumb, the real world doesn't work like that. [ She didn't take your deal because it was terrible and she wanted to kill you! If she was tempted...shes not telling him now. ] I'd save my life and that persons, obviously.
[ how bold, asunaro has wove into the world's seams, it's manipulated everyone and everything. returning back home is just returning to asunaro.
...
midori smiles. ]
What is the real world, I wonder. Did you truly believe there's life after death?
[ not to sound like a flateather, but, coming here is already strange— had there been a "life" after "death", no one would need to fear death. they could come here, reincarnate, and return to their happy life. ]
I don't think you can do it, for you are here, you see...
[ if she failed once, won't she fail twice, and again? if only she'd let them die in her place. ]
[ According to a brief google search japanese high school education doesn't really focus on reading novels but rather short stories or poems...So she's read like Moon Over Mountain? ]
If the option to take is reading more books, then I'm sorry to disappoint you.
[ Making a joke now makes whatever terrible thing he says next hit lighter. ]
Of course not...people depend on me. I can't just do whatever I'd like.
[ You can't free wheel with the absurd when you look back and see people are holding onto you by their fingertips. It's cruel. Its inhuman. Even if you wanted to push them away and let go, thats not the right thing to do. ]
You even had a line about it when we talked in that classroom [ Right before he... ] ...something about being "an adult after all" so you couldn't do what you wanted to me... Not even you live freely, Midori. Why is it so strange that I don't?
[ it's because he wouldn't know, not when he has a role to play, but he does sound curious as he says that. a brow raised, he thinks over her words, contemplating everything. he knows what he said...
he would do certain things to her if he wasn't tied to his job, but he's an adult after all, and what the job says, he must do. ]
I'm sorry... I don't remember anything like that. I've lived my life as Sou Hiyori, I've always been happy, and free... [ he didn't expect that from sara, it almost sounds like she's saying he was bound by rules, and that he had no choice but to act the way he did. is she becoming an apologist? ] That Midori person that you see me as sounds like he was a stickler for the rules!
Ah... I don't know? The group, everyone? There's a real group of idiots here you can't take your eyes off!
[ She says it, but it rings a little false when she says it. The people here...it really isn't the same as it was back in the game. There isn't that same heavy weight of everyone's lives, the heavy tar of her own resentful thoughts that its always her who has to suffer. Yogen might not be nice...but people her have protected her without anything she had to offer. She wants to protect them, but people like Noah, Add and Nene...they aren't burdens on her. She's never once thought of them that way. ]
Sure, sure...you don't remember... [ Is she an apologist? She doesn't understand this guy enough to apologize for him....where can she get an apology for his behavior? ] Mhm. He seemed very loyal to his ideals. Even when it cost him something he held dearly, he couldn't disobey a direct order...
...He was still a cheater! I guess even people with strong ideals want to win! It's kind of gross if you think about it!
[ marvel in what she can do, learn the true sara that she keeps hidden inside of her. it's the fight, and everyone gets tired, maybe one day sara will want to be cared for too. she'll lose herself if she keeps protecting everyone, then what will be left?
though, it's not like there weren't cheaters aside from him on his floor either. ]
You must miss him considering you want me to be him very badly...
[ with these dashing good looks, who wouldn't. ]
Is that it?
[ he doesn't sound beat up, rather he finds it funny as he follows wherever sara goes. it's not like she's going to attack him. ]
[ looks at shin, looks away. there's something about that one. ]
I'd miss talking to you, Miss Namida. You're the first person here to look at me with ill intent.
[ as if that makes this special, but no... it doesn't, he was happy to see that her anger took over, that she felt pleased by the idea of aggression towards him.
...
he smiles.
WHAT DO U MEAN!! LOOKS @ RANMARU? He's a psychopath. ]
Rely on me..? So I should take responsibility for you?
[ Like an apologist?? Does she have to say sorry every time he's weird like she does with Add, oh god. ]
I don't think I can take the workload...
[ He knows she doesn't like him but he keeps trying to get closer...its a bit freaky. She already knows the punchline to this joke, but it should be pretty clear she's not going to just become the person he wants if he talks to her long enough.
Well, she already is, kind of...but she's not going to be that bad. ]
If you want to tell me your troubles, go ahead, but don't expect anything from me. If we're strangers, that should be normal.
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[ That's how she saw the kanji read, when she saw them up on the blackboard the first day. It would be strange if Shin changed the spelling. "Michiru" extends a single hand towards Midori. She's on her guard, if he tries to touch her, she's pulling away, but somehow it feels weird to act out this farce stiff and unemotive. ]
You don't suit that name at all, if you ask me.
[ She liked Midori better. Green, he's green, like seaweed. It makes sense. Sara is the kid who names a black cat Kuro. Midori might be bright and full of smiles, but there was no warmth here. Sara isn't even sure why she's still standing around getting chilled by him. ]
Strange, but we aren't coworkers. We don't agree on anything.
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[ isn't that familiar, but before "michiru" can find purchase in his words, ]
Just kidding! It would be confusing if we didn't use the name on the class roster, wouldn't it...
[ playfully, a sweet smile is offered, and his eyes fall down to the hand that's extended. oh, sara, his sweet sara is extending an arm to him? if he still had a heart, it would pop right out of his chest!!! but this isn't his sara, this is a sham, a fake name she's using to play with him too. a handshake would mean they're on the same side, wouldn't it? is that why her hand is there? he wants to touch her, he wants to be close enough that he can use his other hand to crush her throat, because how else will she break, and become what he's idolized? ]
We're classmates now, I hope we can get along! [ he lifts his own hand, holding it out to the female, she can close the distance, because even this little farce of a game has to hold up.
if it works, he can come closer to her, but it's a shame she gave a fake name.
he misses his sara chidouin, so, so much. ]
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[ A sentence that could have more then one meaning, depending on how much Midori knows about the class roster. If he wants to talk in ownership, then Shin is his own person now. He took that name for himself, and Sara has stuck to calling him it, even with all that awful history.
She lets her hand drop. Ew...no she's not touching you. ]
You better not be a first year. I'll make the counselor switch you.
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[ actually, he knows why, and because they're not in the facility, he doesn't have to be responsive to it, but that's a gift from sara. as soon as she realizes her true potential, or had she done so now, then he could drop this facade, but as it stands... she still prioritizes her friends.
her allies that hold her back. ]
"Midori"... What a wonderful name! If that's how you want to address me as in this school life? O.K.! ☆
[ there's a sparkle at the end of his words, and after he stares unblinking. ]
Are you a first year? I'd like for us to share classes. Especially since you seem to know me...!
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[ Ah ha ha... Stop leaning over towards her freak!! Her smile twitches like a cat raising its hackles. ]
Yes, I'm a first year. Welcome to Yogen High School. It means we're all...dead! [ Did she imitate his little sparkly sentance ender right? Probably not. ] I hope you move on reeeaally soon. My soul has lots of improving to do, so I don't think we need to study together.
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[ ranger has told him a lot, and he remembers his final moments. it's cute how sara wants to remind him, mock him, get under his skin in order to mess with the fact that his fear is so visual— he wants to protect this body at the expense of other lives. ]
Do you miss your old life? This must be pretty depressing, leaving everyone behind...
[ he sounds sad, but he thinks of gin, kanna, keiji, alice...
...
... ]
Since you want to stay here longer, do you want your friends and family to die?
[ his voice isn't casual, but more so polite hoping that her wish comes true. ]
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Huh? What? Nobody needs to die! [ Why would she want them dead, she's not that selfish!?!? She has plenty of dead friends here! ]
My family is fine! [ Her parents will move on eventually...they'd been wonderful if a bit overprotective. She didn't want them to see her here, she wanted to go back to them when she'd improved. ] And who says I'm staying dead forever! Of course we're working on an escape.
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[ if he can so boldly ask, and hopefully she won't take it offensive.
...what came after his death?
it infuriates him to no end, annoying that sara didn't take his bargain, that she didn't sacrifice gin to save keiji. why wasn't he here, he should have died as well, unless meister was on some bullshit again, then midori isn't pleased at all. ]
I hope it's something fun! What if you're dead because you allowed someone else to live, and if you escape... [ drumroll ] The person close to you dies in your stead!
[ ... ]
My poor coworkers...
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[ She had years left to live and dreams to fufill... She needs to find the Kazuchi's and apologize for Kanna and Kugie, she needs to make sure Q-taro's orphanage is okay. She needs to fix Ranger. Gin should be reunited with his mother, Shin should find something to do with his life...and Keiji...she would be happy to get drinks with him when she got old enough. ]
That's dumb, the real world doesn't work like that. [ She didn't take your deal because it was terrible and she wanted to kill you! If she was tempted...shes not telling him now. ] I'd save my life and that persons, obviously.
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...
midori smiles. ]
What is the real world, I wonder. Did you truly believe there's life after death?
[ not to sound like a flateather, but, coming here is already strange— had there been a "life" after "death", no one would need to fear death. they could come here, reincarnate, and return to their happy life. ]
I don't think you can do it, for you are here, you see...
[ if she failed once, won't she fail twice, and again? if only she'd let them die in her place. ]
There's a third option.
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Before this? I liked to imagine it, but thats not the same as believing.
[ Not that she can recall at this very moment her own elaborate fantasies of Joe come back to life to haunt and hate her. ]
I want it to be true, so I'd try. But fine, you have a point, so make it. What is the third option?
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[ with a thoughtful hum, he drops his hands down by his side, placing them behind him in a gentlemanly manner, and takes a step closer to sara.
he's bridging the gap, more than he can say with her response. ]
How good are you with literature?
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[ According to a brief google search japanese high school education doesn't really focus on reading novels but rather short stories or poems...So she's read like Moon Over Mountain? ]
If the option to take is reading more books, then I'm sorry to disappoint you.
[ Making a joke now makes whatever terrible thing he says next hit lighter. ]
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"Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable."
[ ... ]
Do you understand its meaning?
he want her to be the joker for women fr
Life sucks, so even being happy is absurd?
[ Depressing... ]
I know what you're trying to say. Take everything less seriously, and do what I want.
but is it working that's what matters
If that's how you see it...
[ something like that, but close enough for a high school deadout. ]
So can you?
[ he won't say it aloud, but it's almost like she holds herself back... ]
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[ You can't free wheel with the absurd when you look back and see people are holding onto you by their fingertips. It's cruel. Its inhuman. Even if you wanted to push them away and let go, thats not the right thing to do. ]
You even had a line about it when we talked in that classroom [ Right before he... ] ...something about being "an adult after all" so you couldn't do what you wanted to me... Not even you live freely, Midori. Why is it so strange that I don't?
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[ it's because he wouldn't know, not when he has a role to play, but he does sound curious as he says that. a brow raised, he thinks over her words, contemplating everything. he knows what he said...
he would do certain things to her if he wasn't tied to his job, but he's an adult after all, and what the job says, he must do. ]
I'm sorry... I don't remember anything like that. I've lived my life as Sou Hiyori, I've always been happy, and free... [ he didn't expect that from sara, it almost sounds like she's saying he was bound by rules, and that he had no choice but to act the way he did. is she becoming an apologist? ] That Midori person that you see me as sounds like he was a stickler for the rules!
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[ She says it, but it rings a little false when she says it. The people here...it really isn't the same as it was back in the game. There isn't that same heavy weight of everyone's lives, the heavy tar of her own resentful thoughts that its always her who has to suffer. Yogen might not be nice...but people her have protected her without anything she had to offer. She wants to protect them, but people like Noah, Add and Nene...they aren't burdens on her. She's never once thought of them that way. ]
Sure, sure...you don't remember... [ Is she an apologist? She doesn't understand this guy enough to apologize for him....where can she get an apology for his behavior? ] Mhm. He seemed very loyal to his ideals. Even when it cost him something he held dearly, he couldn't disobey a direct order...
...He was still a cheater! I guess even people with strong ideals want to win! It's kind of gross if you think about it!
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[ marvel in what she can do, learn the true sara that she keeps hidden inside of her. it's the fight, and everyone gets tired, maybe one day sara will want to be cared for too. she'll lose herself if she keeps protecting everyone, then what will be left?
though, it's not like there weren't cheaters aside from him on his floor either. ]
You must miss him considering you want me to be him very badly...
[ with these dashing good looks, who wouldn't. ]
Is that it?
[ he doesn't sound beat up, rather he finds it funny as he follows wherever sara goes. it's not like she's going to attack him. ]
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[ Gotta keep up that trustworthy, leaderly appearance. ]
You're just as annoying, so its a very easy mistake. Maybe if you close your mouth for a reeeeally long time, I won't think you're the same.
[ Dashing good...lose the rattail and maybe we'll talk. She's really not into psychopath like this... Work harder!
...Walking as he follows her. ]
...Of course I don't miss him. I knew him for a day and then I killed him. If I missed someone like that, I'd be as absurd as you want me to be.
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[ looks at shin, looks away. there's something about that one. ]
I'd miss talking to you, Miss Namida. You're the first person here to look at me with ill intent.
[ as if that makes this special, but no... it doesn't, he was happy to see that her anger took over, that she felt pleased by the idea of aggression towards him.
...
he smiles.
WHAT DO U MEAN!! LOOKS @ RANMARU? He's a psychopath. ]
Can I ask a troubling question?
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You...like that..?
[ She gives him a disquieted look, slowing her steps to really look at him. The first...really? Is she the only one who doesn't like him?
...
Ranmaru was a cute little goon who did whatever Sara said...where is that energy in Midori? He just tries to kill her and spins his head around. ]
Why do you keep asking me for permission? Just say what you want, Mr. Live by my own rules.
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It's new. I've never seen anyone look at me that way, normally they're happy to see me.
[ which means yes, so leave him alone.
he'd kill her now if he wasn't a faker, he do miss being on top. ]
Am I not allowed to rely on you like everyone else?
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[ Like an apologist?? Does she have to say sorry every time he's weird like she does with Add, oh god. ]
I don't think I can take the workload...
[ He knows she doesn't like him but he keeps trying to get closer...its a bit freaky. She already knows the punchline to this joke, but it should be pretty clear she's not going to just become the person he wants if he talks to her long enough.
Well, she already is, kind of...but she's not going to be that bad. ]
If you want to tell me your troubles, go ahead, but don't expect anything from me. If we're strangers, that should be normal.
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