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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[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.......]

Soon you'll turn into me with too damn many. Kat would be proud.

[forgetbeam]

You should never apologize for being killed!

[SERIOUSLY, DUDE. There's no rule about what to say when you're dead for obvious reasons but apologizing seems like the least appropriate thing.

It's weird, though. Chihiro's apologizing for his weakness when Mondo lost control over envy of his strength. Ishimaru's the one who was really weak here anyway, for not realizing something like that would happen and for not being around to stop it and...!]

Uuuu...

[AND FOR WEEPING MANY BITCH TEARS OVER IT ALL. He has no idea how to express his feelings otherwise right now.]

Oh don't worry, I've been drowned in the dark side of icons before

[shyhacker]

[Yeah well two can play that game, mister. It wasn't like Chihiro was any better on handling his own emotions right now.]

I-if... I hadn't ran away in the first place, I wouldn't have made Oowada-kun angry in the first place.

[The sea of emotions were overwhelming him, coherent thoughts were now far pushed back thanks to these confusing feelings. That's right, if he had worked hard instead of hiding behind the safety of woman's clothing, he was sure he wouldn't have indirectly caused Oowada-kun's death through execution.]

If I was more of a man like Oowada-kun, you or the others.....

[forgetbeam]

[Then their tears flooded the entire school and it was just a disaster all around

As much as Ishimaru might want to break down further or just blank out completely again, someone has to be Mr. Responsibility around here. And that always has to be him, no questions asked. But how do you stop someone else from crying...]

Stop... stop crying!

[you tried, ishimaru]

[shyhacker]

[You tried. But that wasn't enough, sadly.

All of this had triggered from Monobear's last 'motivation' attempt, but he knew that he was also at fault himself. He wouldn't even dare to think how it must have felt for Ishimaru to have lost his close friend in front of his eyes.]

If- If I hadn't- I'm so sorry, Ishimaru-kun....

[forgetbeam]

[OH GOD WHAT DO THIS IS JUST SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. What brought him out of his funk...]

...Fujisaki-kun. That 'you' inside the computer we found... not only you, but Aniki as well... As the programmer, you know what they would say right now, wouldn't you?

[ENCOURAGING WORDS, HE HOPES?!]

[shyhacker]

I only programmed it to what Oowada-kun might say in Alter Ego's AI....

[.....]

But, you're right.

[forgetbeam]

[Man, thinking about the whole Alter Ego thing now that he's in a better state of mind sure is weird. He can't believe he kind of completely lost his shit back there.

Well. Maybe it's not so farfetched, all things considered.]

What needs to be done now is... Well, if the afterlife is a school, surely there are things we have yet to learn. For now, we'll figure out what those things are!

[And hope the others do get here.]