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[What is this Emilia-sama, why did you request for us come here?'] Ram, asked 'politely'
.
Walking through the entrance of the Green Room with Echidna, Julius, and ■■■■■ in tow, Ram could only
hope that whatever they had been called for was worth her time. Her time was precious after all. Echidna and
Julius were curious too but they were less upfront with their complaints than Ram was. But ■■■■■... ■■■■■ was
scared. She had an inkling that they were about to see the man she saw last night, not Subaru, but the real
Subaru that reared his head at her. 'Stop sucking up to me and live by you're desires' he said. ■■■■■ was
disgusted by him acting as if he knew her, saying whatever he felt as if he were right. It wasn't.
.
If ■■■■■ went in this next room and saw him, she imagined she'd want to kill him, she couldn't stand it.
.
Ram: [Well Emilia-sama.]
.
[Shhhh~] Emilia hushed with her finger to her lips. Ram was not too pleased with that. Gesturing towards
her lap, the others followed her with their eyes until their sight unveiled what she had called them for.
What lay on her lap was the black-haired boy they knew, except his hair was white–—―–—
.
Ram: [Emilia-sama, what happened to Barusu?]
.
Ram opened with the leading question as the others behind her were just starstruck.
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Emilia: [I don't know. He just. His hair just lost its colour in his sleep.
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Ram: [Was it a nightmare?]
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Emilia: [I don't know... but his expression isn't too good.
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.
Waking up back to his new reality, Subaru opened his eyes: 'God it's bright' he thought –'But I'm back, Emilia,
sorry I made you and everyone else wait so long'. Feeling her lap beneath his head, he looked up to meet her
concerned gaze in an attempt to reassure her; But it seemed to have no affect as she still looked as worried
for him as ever.
.
Subaru proceeded to give Beatrice a glance and question her with his eyes what's up; But once again, what
reflected back was just another pair of concerned eyes inspecting him up and down. 'What's wrong Beatrice?'
Clutching onto his last straws he glanced at Ram's cold eyes that were waving at him and stopped- 'Wait
why's Ram here–—―– and Echidna and Julius–— and ■■■■■... Just what is going on!'
.
'What's changed? –—Is this another save-point?'
.
[Subaru] A voice sounded out like the chime of a silver bell; And it called his name.
.
Subaru: [Yes, Emilia–— chan?]
.
Upon hearing his response Emilia could only draw a blank. Fixing her eyes towards him she called out to
him once again. [Subaru, are you feeling alright?]
.
Subaru: [For the most part, but that's what I wanted to ask you? Why is everyone here? Whats with all
these weird looks I'm getting?]
.
Emilia: [Subaru... did you happen to have a bad dream last night?]
.
'Just what is she asking me' Subaru thought.
Subaru: [Well. It wasn't a good dream but... why is that important?]
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Emilia: [Have you not realised Subaru?]
.
Subaru: [Realised what, Emilia-chan?]
.
Emilia: [Your hair is white.]
.
–—―––—―––—―––—―–Wait What?
Pulling down his brushed up hair over his eyeballs he had a look and realised she was right.
[Oh. So it is.] Was all he could comeback with.
.
Emilia: [Why is that, Subaru?]
.
Subaru: [I–—―– I Wouldn't know what to tell you Emilia, but I do seem to have some gaps in my memories...]
.
–—
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Haa? Registering what he just said Emilia raised her eyebrows to the max and had to stammer out a reply...
[Does that mean you-]
.
Ram: [I'm sorry for interrupting Emilia-sama, but I cant ignore this. Barusu, mind telling us what is this farce?]
.
Huh? Subaru had to brace himself when under-fire by her words. Looking at her right now he could only cower
in the face of those sharply contorted eyes that were stabbing straight into him.
.
Subaru: [What do you mean by that Ram I-]
.
Ram: [This is no time for your jokes Barusu!]
.
-hk. Subaru once again jolted back, he could only look sincerely at the floor.
.
Beatrice: [That's enough out of you! Do you not see the state Betty's Subaru is in!]
.
Ram: [What is that supposed to mean, Great spirit-sama.]
.
Beatrice: [Just look at him! I suppose you're taking this too far! Don't you!? Subaru's just woken up and he's
already being interrogated like this, I–! I can't take it, in fact!]
.
[–—―––—―–] To this Ram reluctantly pulled back from the argument as she felt it wasn't worth it and
silently stood back with the others, leaving it to Beatrice and Emilia to do the talking.
.
Beatrice: [As long as Subaru's alright then it's fine to move on, ..but if Subaru want's to talk about it Betty's
O.K with listening.]
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Subaru: [Thanks Beatrice...]
.
With those words Subaru once again tried to assess the situation:
'What is this? I don't quite understand it. Everyone's here this time but they didn't know I lost my memory until I
reminded them just now. So is it the same save-point but the circumstances surrounding it changed do to my hair
changing colour? I guess that is a big deal and it would explain why the others are checking in on me too. But why
did it change colour? Shouldn't it have reset, or does it have to do with my current mental state? Until now most the
others have been silent as well, judging me:
.
I know ■■■■■ can be trusted, well until she wants to kill me but that's not her fault. The problem is the others though;
And I guess me too, I can't completely trust myself either, not after what I did. So what do I do now? Ugh! This is a pain.
.
Gripping his headaches, Subaru continued to mull over things as the others were still watching him.
.
Upon glancing at the boy the rest could only wait for him to peel off the shambled ruminations in his head as he
organised them into coherent ideas. They watched the expressions in particular as his always held a sense that he
was at constant odds with himself and it was because of this that it took longer than he thought it would to give
them proper answer. One of them had to speak out to him eventually.
.
Emilia: [Subaru?]
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Subaru: [Ah, Yes, Emilia!?]
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Emilia: [Do you need some time alone?]
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Subaru: [No I think I'm alright now, thank you Emilia.]
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Emilia: [I see. That's super.]
.
Beatrice: [Hmph!]
.
Subaru realising his fatal mistake had to quickly correct it.
Subaru: [And thank you again, Beatrice.]
.
Beatrice: [That's better, I suppose.]
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.
Moving the conversation to the dining room, It was one revelation after the next. Julius had just informed them
all of Anastasia actually being Echidna and the state of Anastasia body deteriorating because of it. Most found this
morning exhausting, it was just too much for one day to have all these things occurring.
.
[...and that's the main reason I came to the tower.] Echidna said in her closing statement, trying to move the
conversation towards elsewhere.
.
–—―––—―––—―––—―–
Echidna: [Anyway Natsuki-kun, are you ready to talk now?]
.
Subaru: [Yeah I'm fine talking, ask away I think I've come to grips with what happened.]
.
Echidna: [Good then I wont hold back. Firstly what happened to your hair? Was it trauma? What happened last
night after you left me and Julius-kun, and lastly, what do you remember from when you were asleep? Sorry that
wasn't one question but they should all be around the same line of questioning.]
.
Subaru: [It's Alright. –—―I think that the hair thing just happened I'm not too sure. I was dreaming of Beatrice
and I don't remember too much of what happened the night before, or much of anything for that matter.]
.
Beatrice: [Dreaming of me?]
.
Subaru: [...Yes...]
.
.
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Tch! [And whats this about you're memories Barusu.] Ram curtly asked.
.
Subaru: [Well I remember you guys, but not much else...]
.
Gritting her teeth Ram continued: [And what about Rem?]
.
[Oh, Rem? I know who she is, but I don't particularly know much about h-] Cutting his sentence short
Subaru knew he shouldn't continue because of the frigid gaze from Ram's face. Gulping down hard he
decided to just shut up and wait for her to address him once more. 'She tried to kill me...' he recalled.
.
Ram: [I see...] but contrary to his expectations, Ram left it at that and refused to look at him anymore.
He could see her shoulders faintly trembling as she stepped out of the room.
.
–—―––—―––—―––—―–
Subaru: [Ram I-]
.
–—―––—―–
Julius: [I think we should just let Miss Ram be, Subaru.]
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Subaru: [Huh? Julius?]
.
–—
Posturing himself correctly, Julius returned Subaru's question with a question of his own.
Julius: [Subaru. Do you remember the fight we had last night?]
.
'It comes back to this. I've been told we were decent friends but I don't know what how to handle this at all.
I could've read his book of the dead to understand... but thinking on the damage they've already caused, I
think they should come as a last resort.'
.
Subaru: [I'm sorry Julius. I don't remember.]
.
[Mmm.] Julius could only nod at this, he didn't want to speak because he was afraid of what he might say.
.
–
–—―
–—―––—―––—―––—―––—―––—―–
Subaru: [But whatever it was Julius, I'm certain it was my fault. I'm sorry-] WHACK!
.
Recoiling from the shock of being punched, Subaru could only look back in anger.
.
Julius: [That was my bad Subaru, but it doesn't come close: 'I'm sorry' is the last thing I want to hear you say
to me...] Turning out of the room, Julius could only avoid the burning eyes of Beatrice who was stuck there
speechless with her mouth wide open.
.
.
.
Subaru once again turned his head down to the dining table. 'I'm out my depth here...' he sincerely thought.
.
Beatrice: [Ugh! What is wrong with all these people, In fact!]
.
Subaru: [–—―––—―I guess they're all just going through a rough time as well, I suppose.]
.
Beatrice quirked her left eyebrow at this and proceeded to let her dissatisfaction be known with an exaggerated huff!.
Beatrice: [I still don't think it gives them the right to treat Betty's Subaru like this!]
.
[–—―–It's... It's fine Beatrice...] Subaru whispered as his voice trailed off into sobs.
.
Beatrice: [...Subaru?]
.
Subaru: [–—―It's fine.]
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Emilia: [Ah! Whats wrong! Subaru!?]
.
[It's nothing.] He replied, now hiding his face in his arms he slowly leant down onto the table, continuing to
pour a few tears into his green sleeves. [-hk. It's... fine, Emilia. Please, just ignore me.]
.
[Subaru!] Betty called as she wrapped her arms round his waist. [Tell Betty what's wrong.]
.
Subaru: [Nothing–— -hk, nothings wrong.]
'God what am I doing. Crying like this over a simple punch, it's pathetic...' [I'm such a letdown] He pronounced
without meaning to say it out loud. He just let his thoughts fly.
.
Beatrice: [What! Subaru is not a let down in fact. Come on Subaru! You've never let Betty down!]
.
Subaru: [That's not true!]
.
Beatrice: [What... Subaru...]
.
.
Subaru: [It's not true, in fact! I know Beatrice!]
.
.
Beatrice: [W-what? Know what Subaru...]
.
.
–—―–
–—―––—―––—―––—―––—
Subaru: [I KNOW YOU STILL WANT TO DIE. EVEN NOW.]
–—―––—―––—―––—―––—
–—―–
.
–—―–
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[–—―––—―––—―––—―–But I...] At a complete loss for words Betty's widened eyes began to shake unsteadily. She
couldn't weave her words because her quivering lips were utterly useless right now at letting out anything more than
a few upset mumbles. [–—I–—―–!] Balling her small fists, she looked away from Subaru as warm teardrops began to
well up with every blink; Not long after the faucets in her eyes began to pour endless amounts of tears, creating
a wet trail as she ran out of the room bawling her heart out.
[I hate you Subaru!] She shouted while sprinting off, only her saying that made her heart ache even more.
.
–
–—
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–—―––—―––—―––—―––—―––—―––—―––—―
Emilia: [Subaru.]
.
Subaru: [Yes?]
.
Emilia: [You know she didn't mean that.]
.
Subaru: [I do.]
.
Emilia: [Do you want to go say sorry to her?]
.
Subaru: [Yes... but I'd like to give her some space. I don't think she wants to see me...]
.
Emilia only shook her head at this as she also left the room to go check on Beatrice, now leaving only him, Echidna
and ■■■■■. Awkwardly looking up, Subaru turned his eyes towards ■■■■■ who only shivered in response.
.
Echidna: [Well this certainly is strange. I think I may head off too Natsuki-kun, I'm sorry about that.
.
Chewing his molars Subaru could only squeak out a [that's fine] in response as she headed out looking for Julius.
This left only Subaru and ■■■■■ who simply looked in opposing directions, culminating into a heavy silence that
seemed to pass on for hours.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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■■■■■: [I think I'll head off too Onii-san.]
.
Subaru nodded his head at this as he heard her footsteps grow faint. On his own by the large dining table, Subaru
now only had his headaches for company. Contorting his face to mask the strain of it, he thought on his issues
once more: 'For shit's sake, what is wrong with me. I didn't come back from the dead for this, it's all wrong I suppose.
I'm sorry Beatrice...'
.
'And where's Shaula gone.' He just now realised
.
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[Julius-kun, are you alright in there?] Is what Echidna asked while knocking on his door.
,
[–—―––—―––] Upon getting no reply back she narrowed her round eyes into now more slightly slanted round
eyes. She wasn't very good at looking angry but she felt like she had an idea of what she'd find in his room.
Creaking the door open she took a glance in while still trying to respect his privacy and her concern only rang true
as he wasn't anywhere to be found in his room. Echidna could only sigh in response, an educated guess could be
made on where he was and it only made her and Anastasia's heart ache. 'Don't tell me he's gone back up there...'
Walking away from the door she turned for the nearby staircase in a hurry while leaving behind echoes of her
shallow footfalls.
.
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.
Finally getting up of his chair, Subaru decided to take another look around the Watchtower to give him an idea on
how to approach beating this whole thing and saving all these people. There was simply too much he didn't know
at the moment.
.
'So I can assume that Emilia, given what I'm told is eligible for the 1st floor's trial, but that violent Reid guy won't
let her. Meaning if were gonna get through this we all need to pass his test? But I just don't see how we can do that
based on how insane he is. The other thing is that shadowy hand that came up... I don't want to face that again.
Damn it where has Shaula gone when I need her.'
.
'The worst thing out of all of this is that person who killed me in the dark with that sword, or was it a knife?
Anyways they mean trouble and I know ■■■■■'s not the one who did that. –—―––It was truly a riddle, Subaru
concluded. Like traversing many steps on a fragile staircase, 'What do you even do in this situation...'
.
Tip-tap. Tip-tap.
.
Suddenly waking up from his calculating, Subaru noticed someone down the far end of the hallway. Walking
with severe steps was Ram who turned away when she noticed him staring. In a huff she quickly made
way to leave the corridor
.
Seeing this Subaru once again recalls that she tried to kill him in his last life. If Shaula's words were anything
to go by, he had to make up with her and fast because he was worried of the outcome if he let this wound
fester. Up until now he'd been drifting away from everyone as he felt indebted to them, but scared of himself
at the same time 'But saying that is no excuse to hurting their feelings' Subaru thought. No, it wasn't. Burying
away his hesitation he began to dubiously jog towards her in an attempt to catch up.
.
Subaru: [Haa... Haa.., Ram! Please wait!]
.
Tip-tap–—―––. Momentarily pausing her steps, she took a glance over her shoulder before setting off again.
.
Tip-tap- [Hey Ram! I need to speak with you! Please!] But once again his voice interrupted her walking. Now
fully turning around she stood and reluctantly waited for him with an icy aura about her.
.
By the time Subaru had reached her she was already tapping her foot impatiently. With all this sudden
pressure of needing to quickly get it off his chest, he now felt he couldn't. Instead he looked down while
thinking carefully on what he should say.
–—―––
–—―–––—―––
–—―–––—―–––—―–––—―––
[What is it Barusu.] His thoughts were interrupted by Ram's annoyed voice.
.
Subaru: [Well Ram I... I was wondering-]
.
Ram: [Cut the idle talk. What is it.]
.
Subaru: [–—―––] 'She tried to kill me' he recalled.
.
–
–—―
Subaru: [Ram, about Rem. I'll try my best, I promise. I'm sure I'll remember her eventually.]
.
–—[Is that all.]
.
Huh? Subaru was caught off guard by her unsteady voice.
.
Ram: [Is that all you wanted to tell me. Not that you suddenly remembered her or anything, Just that you
wanted to try your best.]
.
Subaru: [Well I-]
.
Ram: [Enough of this Barusu!]
.
Subaru: [-hk]
.
Ram: [What is it you want from me!]
.
[Want from you?] Subaru chokingly replied
.
Ram: [Yes Barusu!]
.
Subaru: [I don't exactly want anything...]
.
Ram: [So you want nothing!]
.
Subaru: [Huh?]
.
Ram: [If that's the case then why are you talking to me!]
.
Subaru: [–—―––]
.
Ram: [You were the only one Barusu! THE ONLY ONE who remembered Rem! So why! Why are you doing
this to me! If you want nothing then why!]
.
Subaru could only stay silent at her desperate cries. 'Why am I doing this...'
.
Ram: [If there's no reason then you're wasting my time! You clearly have nothing to say because you can't
remember anything in the first place, you'll probably forget all of us by tomorrow anyway.]
.
Subaru: [That's not true!]
.
Ram: [Is it not.]
.
[It's not true...] Subaru gripped his sleeves so hard they nearly tore. [I wont forget anyone else–—―– I promise.
Its just that I- I LOVE you guys, and I WANT to help you...]
.
Hearing this Ram only let out a sigh before turning around and walking off down the cold corridor]
.
Ram: [...Goodbye, Barusu.]
.
Subaru: [–—―––—―–––]
.
Ram: [You should really stop pretending you're someone you're not.]
.
Leaving him with this Ram was now out of sight, but Subaru wasn't looking at her anyway; Because he was
just staring vacantly into his hands that had soon turned into fists. SLAM! He struck the wall, cracking a few
knuckles 'What the fuck am I doing!'
.
Holding his hand that was now severely bruised and stinging, Subaru just stood still.
.
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.
Walking down the corridor towards the direction Beatrice ran off in, Emilia was having a gander in all the
rooms just to check she wan't hiding. Up, down, left and right, meandering from door to door she eventually
arrived at Subaru's room where she could hear a few sobs under the gap of the doorway. Narrowing her eyes
and pouting her lips, she knocked on the door softly
.
Emilia: [Beatrice...]
.
[–—–—–—snivel–—–—–—–]
.
Emilia sighed from being ignored and decided to put strength on the door handle, slowly pushing it open to
reveal the austere room before her. With nothing more than a small bed and a chair, Emilia was quickly able
to spot a small cocoon of blankets on the bed all balled up and quivering.
.
Emilia: [–—―–––—―]
.
Upon hearing Emilia come in, the ball of Subaru's blankets turned away from her and let out a few low
whimpers.
.
Emilia: [Beatrice.]
.
The ball then shook what could be it's head in response to that.
.
Emilia: [Subaru knows you didn't mean that.]
.
[–—―–––—―–––—―––]
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Emilia: [He wants to say sorry.]
.
[-hk, He doesn't need to in fact...] A choked grumble came from the blanket.
.
Emilia: [He was worried you didn't want to see him right now.]
.
.
–—―–––—―–—―––––—―–––—―––––—―–––––[I. Want to see him...] Turning over a portion of the wrapped
up blanket, Beatrice revealed only her face from the covers that was sadly a matted mess of tears and snot
globules. She rubbed her face back in the blankets to wipe them off.
.
Beatrice: [...sniff...]
.
Emilia's eyes eased upon seeing Beatrice's cute puffy face and decided to walk up to the bed and gently sit
down next to her. With Beatrice ignoring her steady gaze Emilia chuckled to herself before hugging the blankets.
.
Beatrice: [Ah-! What are you doing, I suppose!]
.
Emilia: [Aww~ you're just tooooo cute Beatrice!]
.
Beatrice: [What is this you stupid girl, in fact! Only Betty's Subaru has permission to put Betty through
this torment!]
.
Emilia: [–—―–––—―––] hugging it a bit more, Emilia gave it one last squeeze before easing her grip]
.
–—―––
–—―–––—―––
Beatrice: [Emilia...]
Emilia: [Beatrice...]
.
–—―–––—―––
Both saying it at the same time, Beatrice decided to concede, given that she had just spoke.
.
Beatrice: [Yes?]
.
With her voice dropping down into a sombre tone, Emilia had to ask this next question that was tormenting her.
.
Emilia: [Was what Subaru said true... About you wanting to die.]
.
.
.
Immediately curling back up into a ball and covering her face, Beatrice could only let out a tiny:
[It was–—― I suppose] In response, before her nose started running again.
.
–—―–––—―–––—―––[Why Beatrice?]
.
Beatrice: [I don't know... I suppose. I've just felt that way for a long time.]
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Emilia: [–—―–––—―–––]
.
Beatrice: [Subaru helps me through it, he does! I... I want to live for him...]
.
Emilia: [Is that how you really feel..?]
.
Beatrice: [It is in fact.]
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Emilia: [You should tell Subaru that when you get the chance. I'm sure he'd really like that.]
.
.
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Beatrice: [I will... Betty promises...]
.
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Getting up off the bed, Emilia began extracting Beatrice from Subaru's blankets before grabbing her hand and
gesturing to follow her.
.
Beatrice: [snivel, What is this Emilia?]
.
Emilia: [Come on Beatrice, lets go look for him together.]
.
Lowering her dejected eyes, Beatrice could only let out a quiet [I suppose] before allowing Emilia to lead the way.
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Stomping with heavy steps was Subaru forcing himself down the corridors, he felt like his head was about to explode.
'Stop pretending you're someone you're not', the irony in those words really stung. He was trying his hardest wasn't
he? Why is every attempt he makes at every single step wrong, be it a misstep or a miscalculation, he just can't get
anything right. He hates it. 'Why Ram! Help me with this! Please.'
.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp-
.
Stopping in his tracks, Subaru, found a door to a specific room where he did a specific deed. Looking on at it, he
could only retch at how gross it was to be near it. It was that room.
.
.
.
.
.
[Onii-san...]
.
But Subaru suddenly heard a hesitant voice that petrified him. Creaking his neck around he saw the girl standing
in front of him, the girl he strangled. His head began to heat up.
.
■■■■■: [I need to ask Onii-san.]
.
'NO! Don't ask me anything!' His head continued to heat up.
.
■■■■■: [Should I take what we spoke about last night seriously~.]
.
'SHUT UP! Don't you dare!' His head, continued to heat up.
.
Looking at her again, he felt it: It's the feeling he felt before rising up out of him, his fading vision that brought
about it something within him. 'I knew it! It's me! I have to get the fuck out of here!'
.
Sorry ■■■■■, Sorry ■■■■■, Sorry ■■■■■, please leave me. Sorry ■■■■■. His, head, continued to heat up.
.
Immediately snapping his body back around Subaru sprinted off down the hallway to escape.
.
■■■■■: [Hey! Wait! Onii-San!]
.
'Shut up Shut up Shut up ShutupShutup! Get away from me!' CRACK! 'Huh?' Turning his vision to his right hand that
he used strike the wall, he felt the fingers bend backwards; He SAW the fingers bend backward as the knuckles he had
fractured were shifting out of place and creating an opening-
.
His vision cut off.
.
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[Subaruuuuuuu!] Emilia called. with Beatrice behind her looking all glum. Walking through the entrance to the dining
room they saw that it was completely desolate: Both Emilia and Beatrice felt a sense of dread.
.
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.
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[UGGHH!] Covering his nose from the horrific smell, Subaru forced open his mean eyes. The smell had come from
his whip that he held in his hand. UUUUEERRRK! Immediately throwing up upon looking at it, he tossed it aside and
rubbed his bloody and bruised hands across his face.
.
Looking at it once again he saw–—
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–—―––––—―––––—―––––—―––––—―–––
–—―––––—―–––
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Blood. There was blood. Skin. There was skin, hair too. Blood, hair and skin. blood-hair-skin-eyeball-blood-
skin-hair-fingers-skin-nails-hair. Gore. there was gore.
.
Crammed on the barbs of the guiltywhip, there was skin. Seeped into the fibre of the whips cord, there was blood.
Wrapped across the whip's tail and bone, there was hair.
.
Eyeball.
.
On the spike there was an eyeball that had been torn off it's owner, the deflated eyeball was skewered onto the whip.
It was now less of a whip and more of a fleshy tentacle that had long turned rancid with its foul odour.
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–—―––––—―––––Huh...
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Looking in the corner Subaru saw another thing.
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It was a thing. Nowhere close to a living thing. Was there blood? Yes there was blood. But was there skin?
No. There was no skin–—―––– or hair. Eyeballs? Well it had one of them.
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It was a stripped carcass clutching itself against the walls and it looked like it had been long since playing
dead before it actually died, it looked terrified; And terrifying.
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Blood, but no skin. Blood, but no hair. 'No skin'-'No hair'-'One eye'-'Teeth exposed'-'Rotting flesh!'-'One eye'!-'No skin!'
Whipped and stripped, peeled away the skin was gone just by the CRACK of the whip! The CRACK of the whip! WHIP!
No skin!
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Dead.
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It was whipped to death by Subaru that held the fleshy whip. CRACK! He had whipped it, whipped off her skin.
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Gagging at the thought of it Subaru tightly shut his eyes to let loose a few tears from the awful smell that hung in
the air.
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'Why! Why! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY!' UEEEEEERRRK! Throwing up again he ran out the room, Ignoring the
messages that were scratched all up the walls.
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'Again! It happened again! I should've known it's my fault why! I suppose, why It's me I did it me~ Why- in fact'
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UEEEEEERRRK! He threw up again
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'I have to tell them, I cant hide this, I have to tell them... that I killed her. That I killed ■■■■■.
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Down the corridor he ran 'I have to tell them'. around the corner he ran 'I have to tell them'. Down that corridor
he ran 'I have to tell them'. Towards the door he ran, 'I need to'. Swinging open the door,
'Please help me...'
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Emilia: [Ah! Subaru what happened!]
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Emilia and Beatrice saw someone enter the room they had arrived at just moments before. They're eyes both
widened in horror.
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Emilia: [Your hands! Your hair! Your eyes!]
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Subaru's hands were coated in blood, His hair was dyed red with blood and he was bleeding inside his own eyes.
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Subaru: [EMILIA! BEATRICE!]
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[Ah- W-what is it Subaru, in fact...] Beatrice fearfully asked.
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Subaru: [I DID IT!]
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Emilia: [D-did what Subaru...]
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Haaaaaaaaaaaaa! taking a deep breath in–—
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–—[I KILLED ■■■■■!] Subaru screamed to the ceiling.
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With a long pause both Emilia and Beatrice glanced at each other and concluded that they needed to ask the question.
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Emilia: [Subaru?]
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Subaru: [YES!]
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Emilia: [Who...]
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'Ehhh?'
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Emilia: [Who is ■■■■■!?]
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–—―––––—―–––—―––––—―–––—―––––—―–––—―––––—―–––—―––––—―–––—―––––—―–––—―pfft!
[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!] Subaru cackled, which received only a strange response from both Emilia and Beatrice.
Subaru felt now that he finally understood. He got it, he knew, in fact. He indeed got it~. 'I see~ how it is~'
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'Am I–—―––––—―–––—―––––—―––Going crazy?'
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