Let's just move right along, huh? He offers a hand for one of the hamsters -- which one is which again?! -- to sniff, as if it's a dog. He doesn't... really know how to approach hamsters, after all.]
[Cham-P can sense Hajime's hesitation, but he's already very familiar with him. He's about to go up to Hajime and rub against his hand as an invitation to pet him -- but Gundam signals for him to wait.]
First you must clear your mind of all insidious thoughts. Then gently say the incantation...
It's-- [Gundam frowns. This Hajime had yet to experience the horrors of Jabberwock Island. Maybe it's even possible that he never would in his timeline. Gundam's the only being here who had to endure it. Perhaps it's simply better not to speak of it...]
Inconsequential.
...
Kekeke... I am a being forged from brimstone and the depths of darkness of the netherworld itself.
What interest would I have in any form of "paradise?"
[He tries to exchange an incredulous glance with Cham-P, realizes that he's trying to exchange an incredulous glance with a hamster of all things, and has to question several things that led him to this point in his life. Anyway, he can't help but feel a little self-conscious as he repeats the incantation, holding his hand out again.
...Wait, hang on, something seems contradictory.]
I... thought you said it was a hell on earth, not a paradise at all.
It was to be our first day as classmates at Hope's Peak. However, when the fated last member of our sixteen member coven traversed through the threshold-- calamity befell us all. A most un-cute anthropomorphic being had ensnared us in it's trap. The very fabric of time and space was torn asunder, the classroom shifting to an island before our very eyes.
[Invading Black Dragon Cham-P... that's a lot of title to remember for one little hamster.
But hold on, now he's... even more lost. No matter how he tries to translate that to normal people words, they just... don't make any sense. Because the whole situation was nonsensical, not because of anything Gundam said, for once.]
[Okay, let's just... try to piece it together from what Gundam's already said. Maybe there's a hint here? Hang on, he's mounting a mental snowboard.]
W-Wait, hang on. You're... trying to say it was our first day at Hope's Peak, right? But... there's no way I would have been there. Not to mention I spoke with Nanami after we'd both enrolled in our respective courses.
I remember it most clearly as you were the fated last student to enter. I recall thinking to myself that such an entrance would have been more suited for myself, but one can not change the past -- only learn from it!
A main character arrives when he intends too!
Before that moment I had never met any of you. It was most assuredly the start of the school year for us all.
[He brings a hand to his lips, pensive. Sorry, Cham-P, he needs to concentrate and try to work his way through this.]
So... what you said before, about how I regained my locked memories or something... you were talking about our time at Hope's Peak together? Or-- what you thought was our time together?
... [Evading all the references to murder gets more complicated after this point.]
After some... introductions. We were informed that what we remembered was a farce. The memories of our time together had been taken from us and were being held above our heads like a carrot on a stick for...
...reasons most nefarious in nature.
Some were tempted by this illustrious sinful fruit borne of the tree of knowledge-- but their efforts were in vain and ended in most heart-aching failure.
As time passed the references to the missing memories became more prominent.
You yourself have confirmed at least one event that was alluded to as an unholy reality. Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu. The cruel fate of his most beloved sibling. Mahiru Koizumi. The unresolved fate of her most beloved friend.
Just enough information was revealed to deliberately incite malcontent to make us turn upon one another. Rendering tragedy on themselves and all caught between them.
[I can't help but feel like he's leaving something out...
But then again, there's a lot to unpack there all on its on. Hajime hums again, uncertainly, without lowering his hand from his lips.]
So... let me try to put this all together. You're saying on your first day of school at Hope's Peak, you were all... taken to Jabberwock Island? Except it couldn't have really been your first day, since I know Nanami and Koizumi and Kuzuryu were at Hope's Peak when I was. Which... makes sort-of sense, since you guys lost your memories of your time at school. That's... why you didn't know I wasn't actually your classmate.
[Did I lie to them about having a talent and being part of their class...? Or did the Project succeed?]
And it was all in an attempt to get you guys to fight amongst yourselves?
[That's so hard to believe, considering that SHSLs are mankind's hope. Who would want this.]
[Gundam doesn't really want to talk about their alternative goal of collecting "hope shards" and forging bonds together as classmates in the face of adversity.
[It sounds like nonsense, but... I don't think he's lying. He's leaving something out, but... I think he's telling the truth.
Hajime lowers his hand, absently offers a finger to-- which hamster was this again? He's forgotten. But he still offers a finger and a mumbled,] Good boy...
U-Um... I see. Maybe... it was a test? Run by Hope's Peak to study your talents or something.
[Gundam's mind wanders for a moment. As far as he knew his remaining classmates were still wasting away in that fun house. If time continued forwards in his absence, they all must have perished from starvation by now... unless someone had committed murder.]
...
Such a desire sounds foolish. They may have given me the Earthly title,but I still remain the Supreme Overlord of Ice.
No mortal being could ever dare rival my superior power.
[Was everyone in the fun house dead by now? ... had the Hajime of his timeline broken their contract and perished in this absence?]
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[I don't think that's how it went at all...
Let's just move right along, huh? He offers a hand for one of the hamsters -- which one is which again?! -- to sniff, as if it's a dog. He doesn't... really know how to approach hamsters, after all.]
What... makes it so bad?
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First you must clear your mind of all insidious thoughts. Then gently say the incantation...
Good boy... good boy...
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Inconsequential.
...
Kekeke... I am a being forged from brimstone and the depths of darkness of the netherworld itself.
What interest would I have in any form of "paradise?"
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[He tries to exchange an incredulous glance with Cham-P, realizes that he's trying to exchange an incredulous glance with a hamster of all things, and has to question several things that led him to this point in his life. Anyway, he can't help but feel a little self-conscious as he repeats the incantation, holding his hand out again.
...Wait, hang on, something seems contradictory.]
I... thought you said it was a hell on earth, not a paradise at all.
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...
[So then this wasn't just something he developed out of necessity. Hajime was always this way.]
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I-I.
I said it was a "hell on earth disguised as a mortal's paradise!"
An utter lack of magical beasts to master? Surrounded on all sides by the accursed ocean? The unyielding assault of UV rays?
Hah! All things designed to entertain the interests of insignificant mortal beings!
There was no reason for me to be there with the others at all! For I am a being who desires nothing more in this world than silence and solitude!
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Uh... right.
[I'm pretty sure that's wrong...]
So what were you doing there in the first place? Is that where we met?
[If Gundam thought he didn't belong, surely Hajime would have belonged even less.]
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Gundam looks pleased as well.]
The fruition of a contract with the Invading Black Dragon? Kekeke... you would do well to have him at your side in battle.
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It was to be our first day as classmates at Hope's Peak. However, when the fated last member of our sixteen member coven traversed through the threshold-- calamity befell us all. A most un-cute anthropomorphic being had ensnared us in it's trap. The very fabric of time and space was torn asunder, the classroom shifting to an island before our very eyes.
[This is actually what happened.]
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But hold on, now he's... even more lost. No matter how he tries to translate that to normal people words, they just... don't make any sense. Because the whole situation was nonsensical, not because of anything Gundam said, for once.]
I... sorry, can you run that by me again?
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...
[That was hard to explain the first time, he doesn't even know how to reword that.]
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The other mortals did not understand what was occurring either.
Be that as it may, still may it be as it may be-- there is no escape from destiny.
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[Okay, let's just... try to piece it together from what Gundam's already said. Maybe there's a hint here? Hang on, he's mounting a mental snowboard.]
W-Wait, hang on. You're... trying to say it was our first day at Hope's Peak, right? But... there's no way I would have been there. Not to mention I spoke with Nanami after we'd both enrolled in our respective courses.
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I remember it most clearly as you were the fated last student to enter. I recall thinking to myself that such an entrance would have been more suited for myself, but one can not change the past -- only learn from it!
A main character arrives when he intends too!
Before that moment I had never met any of you. It was most assuredly the start of the school year for us all.
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[He brings a hand to his lips, pensive. Sorry, Cham-P, he needs to concentrate and try to work his way through this.]
So... what you said before, about how I regained my locked memories or something... you were talking about our time at Hope's Peak together? Or-- what you thought was our time together?
1/... idefk a lot
Your current recollection of events may in fact be an accurate one... although there are things you have said that don't make sense to me.
[For one. You can't recall the Supreme Overlord of Ice at all.
Sounds fake.]
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After some... introductions. We were informed that what we remembered was a farce. The memories of our time together had been taken from us and were being held above our heads like a carrot on a stick for...
...reasons most nefarious in nature.
Some were tempted by this illustrious sinful fruit borne of the tree of knowledge-- but their efforts were in vain and ended in most heart-aching failure.
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You yourself have confirmed at least one event that was alluded to as an unholy reality. Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu. The cruel fate of his most beloved sibling. Mahiru Koizumi. The unresolved fate of her most beloved friend.
Just enough information was revealed to deliberately incite malcontent to make us turn upon one another. Rendering tragedy on themselves and all caught between them.
4/ no i lied 5
One being among us was afforded the memories our past, thus confirming once and for all what we had suspected to be true.
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...
[He's not sure how to dance around Mikan.]
...
...
...
Nothing more is to be said about that event.
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[I can't help but feel like he's leaving something out...
But then again, there's a lot to unpack there all on its on. Hajime hums again, uncertainly, without lowering his hand from his lips.]
So... let me try to put this all together. You're saying on your first day of school at Hope's Peak, you were all... taken to Jabberwock Island? Except it couldn't have really been your first day, since I know Nanami and Koizumi and Kuzuryu were at Hope's Peak when I was. Which... makes sort-of sense, since you guys lost your memories of your time at school. That's... why you didn't know I wasn't actually your classmate.
[Did I lie to them about having a talent and being part of their class...? Or did the Project succeed?]
And it was all in an attempt to get you guys to fight amongst yourselves?
[That's so hard to believe, considering that SHSLs are mankind's hope. Who would want this.]
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You are my classmate.
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[Gundam doesn't really want to talk about their alternative goal of collecting "hope shards" and forging bonds together as classmates in the face of adversity.
He wasn't very good at it.]
...
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Hajime lowers his hand, absently offers a finger to-- which hamster was this again? He's forgotten. But he still offers a finger and a mumbled,] Good boy...
U-Um... I see. Maybe... it was a test? Run by Hope's Peak to study your talents or something.
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...
Such a desire sounds foolish. They may have given me the Earthly title,but I still remain the Supreme Overlord of Ice.
No mortal being could ever dare rival my superior power.
[Was everyone in the fun house dead by now? ... had the Hajime of his timeline broken their contract and perished in this absence?]
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