Even if I said I wouldn't app until it's over I CAN STILL DR...

[forgetbeam]

[Who is this douchebag monitoring the halls like it's his job. Does he even know where he is. SMASH AIN'T GOT NO RULES TO ENFORCE.

Well, he's gonna do his best anyway.]

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ahaha train wreck ahead

[shyhacker]

Ishimaru-kun!?

[Whoa hey whoa. Look who said that behind Ishimaru- and not looking crucified or dead at the very least.]

Are you ready for ALL THE TEARS

[forgetbeam]

[WHIRLS AROUND.]

Fu...Fujisaki-kun...?!

[Yep, Ishimaru looks like he's seen a ghost. He's convinced he has. Chihiro YOU WERE SO. DEAD. WHY ARE YOU HERE. Wait, not only dead, you had to be a dream too, right?! None of that was real?! HE'S HALLUCINATING RIGHT?!

BSOD in 3... 2...]

ishimaru stop you'll drown chihiro

[shyhacker]

[Oh no Ishimaru why do you have that look oh no. It must be because of the brunette's fault for making the hall monitor like that.]

I'm sorry....

[He must feel just as confuse as Chihiro is about the sudden new environment aaaa]

Maybe if Chihiro were TALLER... Also 1/2

[forgetbeam]

...

.............


[IT'S OKAY CHIHIRO JUST GIVE HIM A SECOND. So Chihiro's alive. Okay. That's good. That means murders never happened, which means there were never any trials or executions for it, right? RIGHT? Heck, maybe everyone else is still alive, too. Maybe none of that ever happened.

HA... HA...

The hallucination theory might make a little more sense, but he's going to go with Hope.]

[forgetbeam]

[And with that in mind... ISHIDA MODE: ENGAGE Okay, not that far, but he certainly suddenly looks better than ever.]

There is nothing to apologize for! In fact, your being here is wonderful news!

...

But... how did you get here?

[shyhacker]

If... you say so...

[the brunette is happy though that Ishimaru's happy, a bit confused, but undoubtedly happy. But what happened though? Chihiro can't just slip the details right, although....]

I don't really remember though, I was going to ask Oowada-kun to train me and...

[forgetbeam]

NO!!

[The response is so automatic, Ishimaru even surprises himself. But what's... happening? Was that air purifier really a time machine after all? Did he find a way to work it in his sleep? Is this a second chance to change everything?

But... this isn't Hope's Peak at all. Nothing makes sense. Chaos and confusion are his least favourite things, next to dead bros.]

...Is that really as far as you can remember? Concentrate!

[shyhacker]

[He blinked a few times before trying to carefully explain what he could recall, that immediate answer wasn't only startling but somewhat unsettling for Chihiro. Dear god, this might be difficult to explain...]

Well... I asked him to train me and then.... I made him angry.... And then before I knew it, I woke up in one of the classes here.

[The brunette bowed his head down.]

That's all I could remember, I'm sorry.....

[forgetbeam]

[Just hearing about the incident from Chihiro's perspective is enough to make him a little nauseous. Not only that, but come to think of it... Ishimaru isn't quite clear on exactly how he got here, either. He was supposed to meet someone about a lead on a possible escape, and then...]

...I see. I get it now.

Fujisaki-kun... This is the afterlife!

[A+ Breaking-It-To-You skills. Man, he'd totally be stoked about the next life being a school if not for the circumstances.]

[shyhacker]

T-the afterlife!? Then do you mean, Oowada-kun had....

[Things are way confusing than it should be, one thing's for sure that this new school arguably had topped the strangeness of their previous predicament at the alternate Hope's Peak. And considering everything, this being the afterlife might even be the least strangest thing. Even if it is shaped like a school.

However, Chihiro shook his head in hopes of trying to clear his head.]

But... if this was the afterlife, wouldn't we meet the others too?

[forgetbeam]

[NOPE. NOT CONFIRMING THE CULPRIT. But he can't deny it anymore, either...

Anyway uh let's jump all over the other topic.]

You are absolutely right! I'm certain they must be around here somewhere! I have yet to fully explore the school grounds, myself, but if we both work together we'll cover more ground!

[Ishimaru are you suggesting you guys split up. RUDE.]

[shyhacker]

[WOW YOU'RE LUCKY THAT MANAGE TO COMPLETELY FLEW BY HIM. Not too keen about the idea of splitting up though...]

From where I've gone through, the school's layout seems to be bigger than Hope's Peak Academy though. I'm not very positive we can cover a lot of ground, even if we do split up...

[forgetbeam]

Hm... You may be right. It would be exceedingly difficult to find moving targets within a school this size!

[At least, not in a decent amount of time. So what's the most efficient way to do this...

I mean, he's heard there's a computer network here, and Chihiro is a prtty good hacker. But there is NO WAY he could ever promote such illegal activities! Not even for this! You know, priorities.]

...

Very well! We'll ask the Headmaster for a list of enrolled students!

[shyhacker]

Or maybe, if a library or a computer lab is closer, we could borrow a computer do a quick run search on the school's database.

[Plus it would probably be quicker.]

[forgetbeam]

[Oh yeah, searches. Those are legal. HOW DOE COMPUTER.]

Of course! Ha ha ha... I am not nearly as familiar with such matters as you are. I passed a computer lab just earlier. This way! Show me how it's done!

[LET'S GOOOO]

[shyhacker]

[AND SO THEY WENT, skipping a few narrations down and probably some awkward off-screen chit-chat, and then there they were in the computer lab.

Typa, typa, typa...]

That's odd... I don't see any of the other's names here listed here, not even ours.

[Nothing about idols or baseball players, or anything related to them either. This is very strange.]

[forgetbeam]

[And somewhere JUNKOS cried cold and alone and forgotten]

What? That can't be right!

[Reaching over to hit F5. And again. ...And one more time for good measure. NO, HE THOUGHT THAT WOULD WORK.]

The list must not have been updated yet! Even though there were several times between...

[Our deaths? He can't bring himself to say it, but he can't very well leave a sentence unfinished.]

Incidents...

[Good.]

If you and I arrived at roughly the same time, everyone else must have just gotten here as well.

[...Still hasn't taken his eyes off the screen. He's gonna refresh again just in case. Come on come on come on.]

[shyhacker]

[Poor old JUNKOS we hardly knew ye]

Ishimaru-kun, the database looks like it had been updated very recently. Possibly about yesterday or so... I couldn't find Enoshima-san, Kuwata-kun or Maizono-san listed in here.

Do you think... maybe we're... in a different plane even from those who... [died.]

1/2

[forgetbeam]

...I never studied things like the afterlife...

[Even so, he knows enough to know that there are plenty of people who believe there's a worse place for sinners - for murderers. Or those who attempt it. If this is where innocent victims ended up, then...]

[forgetbeam]

Even so, I refuse to believe it!! I'll conduct a sweep of the entire property myself! Twice if I must! Three times!

[ANIKI NO YOU GOTTA BE AROUND, MAN.]

[shyhacker]

T-that would almost be like finding several small needles in a haystack!

[Chihiro however felt something was amiss- sure determination and competetiveness were two things that make up Ishimaru by default aside from his attachement anything related to school and education, but there's a sense that his previous statement was different from usual.

Now that the hacker thought about it, he did avoid answering who the culprit of Chihiro's...... incident was...]

Um... Ishimaru-kun...

[forgetbeam]

[Man, finding needles in a haystack seems like a good challenge of will to try out later on-- BUT HE CAN'T GET SIDETRACKED NOW.]

Yes?

[Good thing Chihiro can't possibly ask anything that would invoke GROSS SOBBING or anything.]

No suitable icons o-oops

[shyhacker]

[This is going to be a hard question for him to ask, but he needed to know for sure.]

Did.... Oowada-kun mur.... Murdered me?

Pixiv to the rescue?!

[forgetbeam]

[Ow, right in the heart. It was only a matter of time before the issue had to be confronted directly, but Ishimaru was hoping for 'never.' His normally perfect posture slumps a little, and his voice sounds... a little strained.]

...He... ended up killing you...

[Those were Mondo's words.]

gotta make more icons when I get home

[shyhacker]

I'm... so sorry, if only I wasn't so weak he wouldn't have...

[All his fault, if he hadn't hide... If had just try confront his flaws.......]