In the weeks after the surviving class members of Hope's Peak Academy Class 78 made their escape from the Academy, all six of them had gone through and/or were going through extensive debriefing by the Future Foundation's 5th Division. After all of the their daily questioning sessions, the six survivors were allowed to spend time with each other until their nightly rest period.

One such debrief session had really gotten under the skin of both Toko Fukawa and Aoi Asahina, which was odd enough given the fact that Toko and her other personality Genocider Syo had literally bullied Aoi (known by her classmates as Hina) because of Hina's athletic figure, though the two girls had made a passing attempt at a truce after escaping the Academy. While the young ladies were gathered with the rest of their remaining classmates, they quietly talked amongst each other as they ate their respective dinner rations.

"I just don't know why they keep asking us the same questions over and over again," Hina stated, using a perturbed tone (perturbed for her, as Hina was more often than not a very positive and upbeat person).

"M-maybe they d-don't t-think that what h-happened to us is the t-truth," Toko quietly stated, her tone indicating that she just wanted this particular day to be over.

Makoto Naegi, in most ways the representative of their Academy class, stated, "But it IS the truth. We all saw it, and we all went through it."

Kyoko Kirigiri, on the other hand, stoically offered, "I think they're doing this to try and break us, or look for any point where our stories don't match up with each other."

Byakuya Togami, who had stayed silent up to this point in the conversation, nodded his assent as he replied, "Kyoko is right, and it's a classic interrogation move: Find the weakest link, then break the chain from there."

Kyoko then nodded in agreement. "That's correct," she replied. "However, given what happened to all of us.. and that we're all telling the same story repeatedly with no deviation.. they should eventually move to a completely different line of questioning."

Interjecting as he usually did during the Class Trials, Yasuhiro Hagakure thoughtfully (well, for him at least) asked, "But.. Kyoko-chii, what happened to us really actually happened, yeah?"

All Kyoko could do at this point was to sigh louder than usual while Hina answered for her lavender-haired friend. "Hiro, you were THERE. Of COURSE all of this happened!"

Makoto, taking a more sympathetic tone, looked over to everyone and said, "We've got nothing to worry about since we're all answering their questions as best as we can, and as truthfully as we can."

At this point, a voice coming from the open canteen door chimed in. "That's correct, Naegi." Everyone looked over to see the source of the voice, which belonged to Future Foundation 5th Division Officer Kinnotsuke Ishii. He continued, "As a matter of fact, after today any questions that will be asked of you all will no longer be done by anyone with this division of the Foundation. The long term plan is to move all of you to the Foundation's 4th Division, which will be accomplished as soon as safe transport can be arranged."

Placing a gloved finger on her chin, Kyoko asked on behalf of the group, "And why would we be moving to the 4th Division?"

As he moved into the room, Kinnotsuke talked as he took a seat close to the six. "We had to investigate everything that all of you all were telling us as thoroughly as we could. Given the state of the world right now and what you all went through, we were required to.. as Kirigiri so intelligently pointed out, be sure that all of your answers matched up. They did. Perfectly, as a matter of fact."

"For REAL!?" Hiro asked incredulously. Hina was close enough to give Hiro a sharp elbow to his side to shut him up while Kinnotsuke was telling them what would happen next.

Ignoring the obvious question asked by Hiro, Kyoko noticed a slight evasion by Ishii. "That still doesn't answer the original question that I'd asked."

Kinnotsuke nodded. "You are correct once again, Kirigiri. The reason for the move to the 4th Division is a simple one. We've completed our inquiry into what happened at the Academy as far as we can, and we feel that the 4th Division can better assess how.. your lost memories could eventually be restored."

It was everyone's turn to either look to Ishii in shock or, in Toko's case, horror.

"N-no. No w-way. If I n-need to remember a-anything, I c-can bring h-her out," Toko firmly stated.

Kinnotsuke looked to Toko and addressed her directly. "I can understand your hesitation, but as you've told us.. she remembers everything, while the two of you don't share knowledge. Is it that frightening for you to, say, catch up with her knowledge?"

Toko thought for a few moments, while the rest of the group stayed silent since this was Toko's decision to make. When she was ready to speak, she stated, "T-this is all a l-little s-soon, don't you t-think?"

Kinnotsuke was about to reply, but Makoto cut him off. "Ishii.. do you mind if we discuss this as a group in private?"

Ishii stood up and moved to leave the room while he replied, "Absolutely. Take all the time you need, but I will be back before your resting period begins." With that, Ishii left the canteen and closed the door to give the group the privacy that Makoto had requested.

Toko then looked to Makoto, and plainly asked, "W-well?"

Makoto thought for a moment before stating, "I know that this is a big step for all of us. But my feeling about this is that if any one of us is hesitant or doesn't want to regain the memories we had stolen from us, then I think that either decision should apply to all of us."

Byakuya begrudgingly nodded his head and stated, "Shocking that you came up with that all on your own. Maybe you do have something resembling intelligence after all."

Hina interjected, "Didn't you mean to say that to Hiro, and not Makoto?"

Hiro could only exclaim, "Hey, Hina-chii, don't be mean!"

Toko stayed silent through this while Kyoko was thinking and listening as she usually did. After Hiro's protest, she stated, "I agree with Makoto. If we decide to work towards restoring our memories, we either agree to do it as a group or refuse to do it as a group." Looking to Toko, Kyoko asked her, "Does that seem fair enough to you, Toko?"

With all eyes on her, Toko's cheeks turned a light shade of pink before she replied, "Y-yes, that is f-fair. But d-don't think that b-because I agree w-with Kyoko t-that I've m-made my d-decision."

Makoto replied, "Of course we wouldn't think that. It's either all of us, or none of us."

Everyone nodded their assent, then went back to their meals in silence. While she was finishing her rations Toko was thinking to herself, 'If I do this... I could really know if Master and I... ' (We'll stop her thoughts there for obvious reasons.)

As everyone was relaxing in the common area of the canteen before the nightly rest period, they heard a knock on the door, which hadn't been reopened after their group discussion was finished. Makoto was the one who got up to answer the door, and of course it was Kinnotsuke, back as he had promised earlier. "I know the nightly rest period is almost here, but I just wanted to get some final thoughts for the day from all of you before you retire."

Makoto looked to the others of the group and they all nodded to him, including Toko. He then replied, "I can't speak for Toko, but we've all agreed that we either do the memory restoration as a group or not at all."

Kinnotsuke nodded and stated, "That seems fair. I understand."

Toko stood up and asked, "I-if I do d-decide to d-do this.. it shouldn't a-affect her memories, right?"

Ishii thought for a moment and replied, "That question can be better answered by the 4th Division, but I will say that Enoshima robbing all of you of your memories didn't seem to affect Gen.. your other self at all."

Toko nodded. "I t-thought you would s-say that. I'll do it."

Makoto immediately interjected, "Are you sure, Toko?"

Annoyed with the whole affair and with the spotlight solely on her, Toko replied, "I'm s-sure. It c-could inspire a-another best-seller, r-right?"

With a smile, Kinnotsuke then looked to the other five survivors. "As Naegi stated earlier, are you all in agreement with Fukawa's decision?"

Everyone looked to each other briefly, then they all looked back to Ishii and nodded. Makoto smiled as he stated, "It looks like it's unanimous."

Ishii then smiled slightly while rubbing his palms together, which was a long held-over habit from his childhood. "Splendid. With that, I shall make the necessary arrangements tomorrow morning." He bowed to all of them before he once again left the canteen, presumably for either his office or his quarters within the Division building.

Toko quickly took her leave from the group and skulked her way to her quarters, most likely to read or write before the nightly rest period. The remaining five dispersed separately until it was just Kyoko and Makoto remaining. Kyoko was about to leave for her quarters when Makoto asked, "Hey, Kyoko? Are you positive that we're doing the right thing?"

Kyoko turned to face him and stated, "Without faith or hope in any situation, there can be no peace of mind." She flashed him her patented smirk and then said, "Don't worry, we'll find the truth."

Makoto then smiled and replied, "Thanks, Kyoko. Sleep well."

The two then left the canteen for their respective quarters, while Ishii was in his office. He had just finished a quick inter-office communication with Officer Ichiko Enatsu at the Foundation's 4th Division, and also another inter-office communication with the Foundation's 1st and 12th Divisions to get leadership up to speed and to arrange for transport. His work done for now, he went to his quarters for a nap. 'They'll know their truths as the future days unfold,' he thought as he laid down to rest.