Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2020-08-08 06:54 pm
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Izanagi's Ideal World | 8/8

You wake up in a typical Japanese high school classroom to the sound of a bell.

You are dressed in one of two uniforms* (*Please button up your jacket properly!) - whichever your character would feel most comfortable in. The bell was apparently the signal for the end of classes for the day, because everyone else is getting up from their desks and mingling with their friends, making the motions of preparing to leave without quite going yet.

Among them is Izanagi, surrounded by a small group of students and chattering away energetically. There are two exits, one at the front of the room and one at the back, both of which lead to the hallway. On the other hand, if you want to try understanding what you’re doing here, this is probably the best opportunity to talk to Izanagi or talk to your classmates. You can also, of course, find each other and compare notes. There’s a bag hooked on the side of each of your desks, and inside are the typical supplies you would expect most students to carry: writing utensils and notebooks. These can be used, or not, as you please.

Rules | Classroom | Hallways | Outside | Nurse's Office | Library
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] we've found something)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't have been that way if you hadn't broken it.
tradesecret: (I dont want a scandal; do I?)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
And leave you here to dream of something false forever?

No.
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought you were big on making people happy.
tradesecret: (What are you all staring at?)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
How can Ayumu be happy if you're stuck in here?
bondsofsuffering: ([Think] in hope.)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
We could all be happy here.

He's not suffering in this world.
tradesecret: (is there a little girl's room)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He's not suffering, but he's not free to live as he pleases, either.

We'd live high school over and over again into forever.
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that really so much worse than hell?
tradesecret: (He wasn't a very good illusionist)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hell has its bad points, but it's still the place where no one cares about Yaiba or Kiyotaka, or destiny, forging something that's yours, instead of a sugarcoated facsimile of the past.
bondsofsuffering: ([Dark] to live again?)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have the power to do any of that, hell or not.

The best I can hope for is a sweet and painless lie. But if I can be happy here... I'll take it over the alternative.
tradesecret: (Being killed is pretty final)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Abilities-wise, you're much better off than Ayumu, but he's still trying to make something that's his from it.

And he'd want you to be there.
bondsofsuffering: ([Down] heart still try)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
He has you, doesn't he?

I'm tired, Yvette. No matter what I do, I'm still miserable.

I... I can't keep going like this.
tradesecret: (I'm afraid you gave yourself away.)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, he has me. Slow-moving as he is, he wants you too, that greedy boy.

[ She says it with such fondness, it's clearly a compliment. ]
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...In spite of everything I've done... or maybe in spite of how little I've achieved...?

[He still sounds unconvinced.]
tradesecret: (Being killed is pretty final)

Re: FINALE

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Does it look like anyone cares about what you've done? Forgive yourself, already.
bondsofsuffering: ([Down] Soundlessly I would)

cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-08 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
People wanted me dead just for existing, and I agreed with them.

[Still does, in many ways.]

How am I supposed to forgive that? How am I supposed to live like that?

Do you know how things ended in reality? I do. I couldn't be saved.
tradesecret: (If I was the killer; I would kill you)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-09 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps yes, in that world. But in that world, Ayumu couldn't either.

And yet, despite knowing all that, and the continued problems he faces with his health in Hell, he still fights to take hold of what he wants and make it his.
Edited 2020-08-09 00:36 (UTC)
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-09 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
But is my life really worth all that?
tradesecret: (I didn't know it was *that* free.)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-09 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
I come from a unit full of people who've done far worse things than you could ever dream of. Their lives have value. So does yours.
bondsofsuffering: ([Surprise] like a dirty rag)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-09 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Opens mouth

...no but that's actually a fair argument. He. He can't come up with a solid rebuttal.
]
tradesecret: (I dont want a scandal; do I?)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-09 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's not my place to elaborate, but if you can't take my word for it, I'll encourage you to come back, and come over for tea.
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-09 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't know how well that would go over.

[He's rather fond of their enemies who are on his unit, after all.

But.

It's also not as direct of a denial as prior ones.
]
tradesecret: (I think most men need a little practice)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-09 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Alternatively, you can ask your unitmates all about the things they've done.

Either way, you can't move forward if you stay here.
Edited 2020-08-09 01:15 (UTC)
bondsofsuffering: ([Sigh] 'Cause what I feared)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-09 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
I think you're severely underestimating SensitIV's ability to keep our lips sealed.

...

But if you really want me to... I can probably drop by your dorms or something. It's way nicer than ours...

[...Is the scenery beginning to fade?]
tradesecret: (I think most men need a little practice)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] tradesecret 2020-08-09 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Wifi could use another person for morning basketball practice. Stop by.
bondsofsuffering: ([Down] Soundlessly I would)

Re: cw: suicidal ideation

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2020-08-09 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Mm.

...I don't know if I can really move forward. There's still holes...

[Holes that he is, quite frankly, terrified of both knowing and not.

But the world is still fading, even still.
]