Night 03

Everyone's done something that they regret. I've acted childish before, and I won't try to hide the fact. I'm an honest man. Because of that, must I be reprimanded? I know I didn't handle the situation properly. I don't need to be reminded.

The young man had laid down on his bed. He watched the flickering candle on the table across the room, where he had left the blood-stained gloves. The door to the bathroom was shut, and he hadn't set foot in it since he had used the water basin. He restlessly rolled over, facing the wall, and let out a frustrated sigh. The young man watched his own shadow twitching along the wall. A muffled noise started up far down the hall. He turned his attention to the door. The sound of singing, along with metallic rumbling, grew closer as it steadily moved through the corridor.

"Do you know, who I am?~"

The young man slipped out of his bed and carefully approached the door. He stopped a foot away from it, not making an attempt to open the door. Instead, he waited until the singing and rumbling passed by his room.

"They call me Judgment Boy!~"

Once the source of the noise had gone past, the young man slowly opened his door and peaked his head out; a purple and orange figure hung from a length of chain connecting a ceiling railing to the top of the figure's purple and magenta hat. This was assumed to be a hat as what seemed to be yellow hair poked out from underneath it. A black ball the size of a cannon ball hung from the bottom of the body, with another ball hanging under the first. A pair of short, metal poles stuck out of either side of the torso. A chain hung from the end of each pole, and cages dangled from the ends of chains. There was a glowing heart in one cage and a golden money sign in the other.

The figure suddenly stopped moving and went silent. With a creak, the scale-like creature turned around to face the young man, who fearfully pressed himself against the door.

"Judgment…" hissed the creature past smiling rows of sharp teeth. His head was orange with glasses-like eyes and a round, gleaming nose. The creature's torso was pyramid-shaped, colored yellow, pink and magenta; on the front were black letters that read "THE JUDGMENT DAY". The cannon balls hanging from him were each labeled "5t".

Suddenly, the being called Judgment Boy proclaimed, "It's dinnertime at the mess hall. You and a fellow trainee get into an argument and are ready to come to blows. Before you two do, a girl that you like intervenes and easily pacifies the other trainee. You are jealous of the closeness between these two. You can either take out your anger on the other trainee or force down your feelings and return to your table." Judgment Boy inquired, "What will you do?"

After a moment, the young man unsteadily responded, "Is this…some kind of a joke? How do you know about that?"

"What will you do?" Judgment Boy simply repeated with his unfaltering smile.

The young man grunted and looked to the side. He murmured, "Well, I'm not going to lie…" He looked back and answered, "I tried to start the fight back up."

Judgment Boy's grin seemed to widen. All of a sudden, he rapidly began to spin, with the cages fanning out and their lights haphazardly darting around. The young man cautiously moved back further, pushing the door more open. All the while, Judgment Boy shouted, "Judgment!" Abruptly, he came to a complete stop with the word, "Now!"

At that moment, one of the cages' bottom came open, causing Judgment Boy to tilt to the side like a scale, and the pink heart fell out. It shined brilliantly as it turned over and over again in the air. Finally, it struck the wooden floor with a painful shatter, broken pieces scattering across the hall. The young man stared at the pieces until Judgment Boy spoke up again in an unfeeling proclamation, "You choose to take your anger out on your fellow trainee. However, before you are able to even land a punch, he grabs you and manages to flip you over, so you land harshly on the ground. He tells you that he learned that move while you were slacking off during training. You feel humiliated in front of your peers, including the girl that you like. It was your choice. Now you get to live with it."

With that, Judgment Boy turned back around and continued down the hall, proceeding to sing proudly.

"Hey wait!" the young man called out angrily. However, Judgment Boy seemed not to hear him and simply went down the corridor, disappearing into the impenetrable darkness. The last could be seen of him was the piercing glow of the money sign.

The young man faltered and let out a frustrated huff. He pulled back into his room and slammed the door shut behind him. Even still, Judgment Boy's voice could still be heard through the door, bouncing off of the walls.

"Do you know, who I am?~"

"I am Judgment Boy!~"

Moon's Meow:

WARNING: I DO NOT RECOMMEND READING THIS STORY UNLESS HAVING WATCHED "GREGORY HORROR SHOW", EPISODE 13 OF SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN (ATTACK ON TITAN) OR READ AT LEAST CHAPTER 18 (VOL. 4) OF SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN (ATTACK ON TITAN). OTHERWISE, THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE OF SPOILERS.

In all seriousness, was there anyone who actually thought that Judgment Boy wasn't going to be in the story? Haha, he certainly won't be as prominent as he was in The Secretive Guest, but he'll still make a few more appearances throughout this story. Hope you guys enjoy!