Chapter interlude thing 4 : How it's supposed to go.
Patching together, patching together, patching together, for how much longer?
Note : i got rid of the Gs cuz almost everything is.
As Subaru makes some distance from Reinhardt to escape his banter, fake Felt processes what she just heard.
Felt : 'Are ya frickin kiding me?! You pocketed the other half! Are you tryin to be a theif or what because i'll have you know i'm the real theif here!'
Subaru : 'Whaat you said we'd be chill if i give you your 10 coins.' He internally monologues with sheepish tone
Felt : 'What, are you a lawyer now?! That's worse than a theif!'
Subaru : 'Well yes but actually no. Erm, i mean how is that worse?! All it is, is following things down to the letter!'
? : 'Hey Mr Natsuki, ya know that if yer hurtin for some cash money ya could've just come ta me and i'd be happy to give ya some.. Of course in exchange for the best of all your otherworldly knowledge, ideas and inventions aand of course that i employ ya.'
Subaru : 'Urm, um yeah sure. But maybe some other time when i run out of dough and need some i'll consider it, Ana..'
Anastasia : 'No really, this is a demand. This is how i want my debt to be repaid, wealth and fame. I know it'sa lot and a bit greedy but i heard that ya've really done me dirty while i was sleepin, leaving me alive a bit longer just so you can drown me along with my company, my family, my entire life and livelihood.'
Hetaro: 'Yeah! you've really done us dirty big time!'
Mimi : 'That's right! Big bro, Did you ever even hear about how cats don't mix with water?'
Tivey : 'Sister, i don't think you can call a city-wide flood and drowning to death "mixing with water."'
Mimi : 'Shut it lil bro! The point is he still did us super-duper dirty and needs to pay us super-duper a lot!'
Subaru : 'No really, maybe another time because i now got to-'
Petra : 'YAAAY! Next chapter is my turn for the spotlight! Go forth and save me, my hero!' the voice resonates with anticipation and excitement throughout his mind.
Melina : 'Wait she's not the only one that needs saving.'
Lucas : 'Yeah, we exist too!'
Dine and Cain brothers : 'Yeah!'
Mild : '..Well it would be nice to be remembered. I guess.'
Meili : 'Ah, that's right, big bro has to save all those other brats i was planning on feeding to my cute pets aaalll over again. Right mister?'
Subaru : 'Damn it, why did i have to murder so many children then store a collection of them in my delusions? I don't even get paid for daycare if they're in my head.'
Petra : 'Yeah yeah, i'll pay you back with my sophisticated maidly charm, my.. tender love. and um, everything, else. later on..hopefully.' she says the second half in an inaudible whisper under he breath.
Meili : 'So, Big bro i take it you're coming for the bite sized feast? As the great lolimancer there is no way you're passing that up right?' She asks as she tries to take the attention off her friend.
Subaru : 'Well yeah, i guess. So how much time do i have again?'
Petra : 'Yay! And also i remember it was 4 long days since i first met you during your first day on the job and the day you saved us, soo probably around 4 days.'
Subaru : 'I guess i got some time to kill.'
Ram : 'Stupid Barusu, Ram understands that your time is as worthless as you are, however don't waste it. Go prepare yourself to be slightly more useful for the day to come so that Ram doesn't have to carry your incapable self as hard as last time.' her tone is harsh as ever but she makes a good point.
Subaru : 'Ugh, fine i'll work it out tomorrow, i'm tired from all of this acting, it's tough to pretend that you don't know anyone.'
Instead of wandering aimlessly he searches through some memories to find the location of a nearby inn then heads over there.
The inn in question appeared to be a higher middle class establishment so the walls are probably thick enough to isolate his monologues.
He walks in and asks the receptionist for 4 days of stay then pulls out a holy dragon coin and hands it to them, they have a shocked response as it's been a while since someone paid in one of those. They carefully examine the coin to be sure that it's a legitimate one and once it's verified they give back the change, the key and some directions.
Subaru makes up the stairs of his floor and down the hallway into his apartment then locks the door. finally getting some guaranteed alone time, he lets the clouds take hold of his eyes, leaving reality. He can now be true to himself.
Subaru : "Damn it.. This wasn't how it was supposed to go.." he says with a wavering voice as his impervious facade built upon years of acting and mimicking starts to crumble.
He walks deeper into his apartment and trips over a coffee table he didn't notice the existence of and faceplants the floor but he doesn't care.
'This was not how it is meant to be..
When i kill everyone 'he' holds dear and scorch the world in the process as i hunt for all 'his' fragments and pieces to patch 'him' back together. 'He' is supposed to be sent to the start of it all once again to fix and save everything i ruined.
Not me. I'm supposed to be set free to disappear and burn in hell for all eternity, be condemned by 'him'.. Then 'he' and his friends, will all have their happy ending and rejoice in a world without me.
Now why. Why, why, why am i still here just to suffer?! I have already tried to set myself free in another way but i just get sent back in time to continue with this impossible hellish task..
It's funny how i thought that by jumping off the great waterfall there was a sliver of hope that i'd return to Japan, back to mom and dad. Or that i'd count on 'him' saving me after all that i've done just because 'he' can fix it.
But now at long last, i completed it. And my reward is to start all over again from zero! What else am i missing?! What else can i do to fix 'him'?!..
What else can i do besides wait to be saved by 'him'..'
Beatrice : 'Betty knows of the missing 'piece' that her contractor is searching for i suppose. It must be that blue haired former maid Betty's Subaru was always coming to Betty to cry about, infact.' breaking through his trance with the answer to everything was 'his' reliable great spirit loli.
Emila : 'Oh right! I remember you said that Rem was important to you as i am and that she was the first person to see you as the hero you are. She has to be a reeally important piece for you.' The silver bell chimes in
Subaru : "Who's Rem?" he asks nonchalantly, instantly raising his well rehearsed facade. But this time outloud, as there is no one around to give him funny looks for talking to himself.
Ram : 'Disgusting Barusu, both inside and out. How could you ever forget someone who is built in the perfect majestic image of Ram. Your disappointment knows no bounds.'
Subaru : "Oh right! The blue potato girl! But i didn't forget about her, i collected her book too but i didn't see anything in it for some reason."
? : 'Pardon the intrusion but i think i know as to why the book was blank.'
Subaru : "Ok, i'm all ears, Crusch."
Crusch : 'Well, the reason i think it was blank was because her memories got eaten by the archbishop of gluttony and were not present during her "memory collection", similiar as to why when you saw mine, it only told a tale of the past year and a half and not with everything i've forgotten.'
Ram : 'In other words : The useless Barusu failed to restore sister's memories before trying to lay his filthy hands on them and is now disappointed there were no memories to infect.'
*Flashback time*
The psychos play a game where they bet how many seconds it would take for bodies to fall from Alcyone, the 4th floor balcony of the watchtower and plummet into the sand.
Subaru : "I'd give it a solid 10 seconds." he guesses as he strokes his chin
Shaula : "That's way too much master! It's gonna be 7.27." she states an oddly precise guess.
Subaru : "Well i beg to differ and that's why it's a bet, closest one gets a reward from the other."
Shaula : "Hmmph, it seems even the master needs a lesson every once in a while heheh." she chuckles with anticipation of her victory.
She bends down to grab the blue haired girl on the floor by the legs as Subaru instinctively takes her by the arms then waddle up to the edge of the balcony and start doing practice swings.
Subaru & Shaula : "Heave-Hooo!" They yell as they yeet the unconscious potato girl off the high ground, Rather than using her super-human strength, Shaula mimics her master's instead.
Subaru & Shaula : "1 .. 2 .. 3 ..4 ..5 ..6 .. 7," they count the seconds before the eventual-
*Splat*
A unsettling wet splat of the former blue haired maid and the shattering of all her bones echos throughout the dunes, dyeing a large surface of sand red with her potato blood.
Subaru : "Dang it, you win the first round." he pouts childishly with his arms folded while taking a few steps away from the railing.
Shaula : "Hah, you underestimate my power, Master! I have been playing this game with myself using the bones from my prey for 400 years, you're no match for mee!" she says as she does a super chuuni pose with a peace sign over her right eye.
Subaru : "Great, now i don't know if i should be sad for you or salty." he says with a sigh of surrender to the energetic outburst of 'his' apprentice.
*Munching noises*
The smashed and splattered remains of Rem's corpse can be heard being devoured by ma-beasts, although barely due their height up in the watchtower.
Subaru : "Welp, atleast i won the 2nd bet that she would be eaten instantly."
Shaula : "Aw come on! It's not my fault i'm used to bones and it usually takes a while for the vultures to come for the marrow!" she throws out a dumb excuse
Subaru : "Too bad!" he responds with a victorious smile and a fist in the air.
Shaula : "So does this mean we both win or both lose?" she asks as the score was 1 : 1 and a clear winner hasn't yet been decided.
Subaru : "Say, if i say we both win, what would you ask for?" he asks, wondering if a compromise is possible.
Shaula : "That we go fu-" No smut allowed, only dead memes, cursing and gore
Subaru : "Ok yeah nevermind! we both lost today!" he thinks about the coolness of virginity and the importance of remaining pure.. even tho mass murder is ok.
Shaula : "How can you deny my luscious and charming body so easily Master?! Oh no don't tell me.. The real #1 in your newest harem.. WAS THE PURPLE HAIRED MAN!?"
Subaru : "Ew, no! Anyone but him!.. And the lolis! Anyways, screw your accusations, i'm gonna go read her book. 'Rem' was it? Anyways go dump the rest of the corpses or something while i'm busy."
Shaula : "Okie, dokie masta!" she replies with a salute.
He makes his way up to the Vegeta library- no the Taygeta library then searches for a while and eventually discovers Rem's blank book.
Subaru : "Are you serious? I almost get molested by a 400 year old scorpio thot to get this and it's empty! All right then, keep your secrets, potato girl." he then throws the blank book across the library in a disrespectful manner.
*Flashback time ends*
Subaru : "ooOoPsiEs." he concludes that maybe he picked the fruit a little too early.
? : 'Can't you just go do your restoration thing and get it done?' the voice isn't identified as it upsets him too much to care.
Subaru : "But how am i supposed to go about doing that now?!" he suddenly blasts in a fit of rage at the reminder of his impossible yet necessary task.
Clown simp : 'Aaaaaactually~ i think i know of a waaaaay~ for you to still colleeect~ her fragment of your dear heeeeeero~ 'Natsuki Subaru'-kun.
Subaru : "I said how." he demands in a serious tone.
Roswaal : 'I'd suggeeest~ going to sanctuary and paying a visit to Sensei's graveyaaa~-'
Subaru : "Are you fucking serious!? 400 years and even in the afterlife you're still simping for her?! Damn, i should really listen to you and go there to see if she can give me the knowledge on how to kiss like that if it can charm people that good!"
Roswaal : 'Like i was saying, Go there.' his voice becomes serious as he loses the accent. 'You're searching for the memories of a deceased gluttony victim in the timeline of a potential future, if there is anyone who knows how to inquire it, it's Echidna.'
Subaru : "Ugh, fine you clown. I'll take your shitty advice for once. But screw you."
The fake clown lets out a sign of relief thinking the gospel must've told him to go die just to say those 2 sentences that will influence the course of the most important actor in his scheme and that his purpose is fulfilled.
He starts rapidly blinking the cloudiness out of his eyes to return to reality so he can find where the heck his bed is supposed to be as he just wants to sleep knowing the clown will totally pull another major prank and try to use him again in his schemes however he doesn't have any other leads or a real choice.
He eventually gets it right and enters reality again then stands up and walks towards his bed and tucks in to call it a night.
He stares at the ceiling while committing the important parts of his monologues to memory as he finally falls asleep and enters a dream, the same dream he has had again and again, ever since he started patching together 'Natsuki Subaru'.
It was the same blinding white void again.
The familiar scene is laid out infront of me once more.
'He' was here infront of me yet with 'his' back to me.
First, the challengers of the watchtower walk towards him from behind me.
They Go right past me as my feet stuck to the ground due to the weight of my sins.
Then the priestella victims, then everyone else happily join their hero.
This time even Shaula joins 'him', leaving me truly alone.
The darkness erupts from where they once were, slowly spreading into the corners of my vision.
I look down, expecting 'him' to just walk off with them into the light again.
But this one was different.
I didn't hear 'his' footsteps along with theirs.
I look up in confusion to meet with 'his' eyes as he turned around.
'He' looks back at me and smiles at me.
'he' lowers 'his' hand and opens it instead of leaving me behind.
I open mine and reach out my hand to 'his'.
"You're almost there pal, just a little more."
Is it finally my turn to be saved? Did i finally gather enough of the pieces?
I happily comply and stretch everything that i am, all to get a little more closer.
However i fail to reach 'him'.
Rather our distance grows.
It's not that 'he' is moving forward without me.
The darkness is pulling me in deeper, and consumes me.
Then the dream abruptly ends. before he could ever grasp 'his' hand and be pulled out of the shadows into the light.
He opens his teary grey eyes and sees that his arm out and his hand open reaching towards his apartment ceiling. Still unable to grasp anything whether it be in a dream or reality, a fresh stream of tears makes their way down his face and stain his pillow.
He clenches a fist with his arm still in the air as he thinks 'Someday, i will get you back together 'Natsuki Subaru', my hero. Now please just wait for me to do just a little more patching together of the pieces that lie within your friends. I'll be right back with your Rem.'
Subaru : "Oh don't tell me it happened again, this is like the 184th time." he mutters as he feels a certain familiar sensation towards the lower part of his body.
He puts his arm down and sits up on his bed then looks down to confirm. Just as he guessed, his suspicions were right. With a deadpanned face he says :
"Did i seriously just have another wet dream about 'him' again?"
ARC 1 : FINISHED.
10/10 best phrase to end it on
Heheh i randomly decided to make it serious, i was having too much fun last time with that stick.
Tbh it feels like i'm writing a lame freaking script rather than a silly story soo i'll probably go edit more details, thoughts, actions and scenic crap into the 4 chapters before i go on to the next arc
in other news, i just thought of the funniest roast ever for betelgeuse.
and a way for the stick to return.
i know this leaves a shit ton of spoilers but shh