de_bel_survivor | IC: Appointment Post

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IC: Appointment Post

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[Action, February 20th]
[Voice, March 12th]
[Written, August 30th]

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[He pause and looks at Hiro.]

Sure, let's cover each other's back--[But Kouki pauses at what Hiro just said. That experiment...where he believed he's the Messiah.]

Oh? What something?

You told me that you were the Messiah, and you were responsible for guiding people... It's not that I didn't believe you, but I'm just wondering... is all that true, or was that something caused by your memory loss or the experiment?

[It's false.

Kouki was given a chance to walk down that path, but he turned away from it and reached out for Naoya. But he knows the possibility exist, that in another world, "he" walked down that holy path. A life of war exchanged for a life of being a holy executioner.

He still retains some memories of that life, but compared to his real choice...was it worth it?]

No, it's not true. [His decision was different.] So it's all the experiment's fault.

[That is the truth, no matter how you see it. It's the experiment's fault for imposing that scenario on his memories.]

Oh... [Hiro looks disappointed. Darn, he thought he'd actually gotten a bit of his new friend's history.] Well... can you tell me what actually happened in your world? I'd like to know more about you, if you're willing to tell me.

...A while ago, there's a demon outbreak. To contain it, the government put everything inside the Yamanote line under a lockdown.

And then...? Did you end the lockdown by defeating the demons? What happened? [He's totally not letting Kouki go so easily.]

...We stopped the demon outbreak at its source. There won't be any large outbreaks like that any time soon. [Not without notifying him. The server's under his control, even if he can't access it right now.]

...Was it really that simple? Then what are you instead of the Messiah? Are you anyone else important now, or are you just "that kid that saved Tokyo?" [He grins slyly.] Don't be afraid to tell me your story. I'll keep any secrets you want me to keep. And besides, when you're done, I'll tell you my story. Does that sound like a deal?

[What is he, but a boy who gave up everything? Instead of a distant Messiah, he's a demon king who just rediscover what it means to have a "normal" life.

There's a bit of a smile.]

I declined the angels' offer to be the Messiah. So I'm...well, just a guy who happens to be the demons' king.

[That's all he's willing to say. Kouki doesn't feel close enough to Hiro to admit everything else.]

So you're a... demon king now? What does that entail...? I'm sorry if I'm being too nosy. I'll tell you my story soon after this, I promise.

That means demons won't attack the human world without me noticing. If they do, I will know.

So that makes you more of a guardian for the human world, doesn't it? Wow. You've definitely got an important job on your hands.

[That's a way of seeing it. He protects the human world by showing disinterest, after getting the angels' words to leave them alone.] Yep, pretty much.

[Even as he say that, it feels like lying.]

Ah, that sounds so cool! ...I know it probably sounds weird to call something so important cool, but I like the sound of what you do. As for me... I don't have any important duties or titles, but I do have an important decision hanging over my head. Would you like to hear my story now, too?

Sure thing. Something about deciding the fate of the world, right?

Yeah, but that's at the end. Let's start at the beginning. Anyway, it all started one day after exams, when Daichi told me about this website named Nicaea that was uploading "death clips" of people. He wanted me to sign up, so I did anyway despite finding it kind of creepy. On our way home, we met a girl named Io, and all three of our phones went off. It was our first death clip, and it depicted each of us being killed in this horrible train derailing at the station we were at. Sure enough, the train came zooming in front of us, crashing into the end of the station. A chunk of the train nearly fell on us, but then a demon appeared and overturned that part of the train... so that he could kill us himself, of course.

[He listen carefully to Hiro's story. It's a lot to take in at once.

Everything starts off normal, until Nicaea comes in. Even without this Laplace Mail-like website, the rest of it got his attention.

If it weren't for Nicaea, Hiro and his friends would've die.]

Maaaan, that's rather exciting. Ignoring the whole "demon wanting to kill you" part.

Ahaha... well, it may sound exciting, but it was terrifying at the time! [Though still not quite as terrifying as what came later.] We managed to survive that, obviously. Let's see... what next... later that day, we had our first run-in with a Septentrione, which was... well, I'll just call it an alien. This one was called Dubhe. We tried to escape it, but Daichi did a heroic stunt with a truck that damaged it enough for us to finish it off. Once we did that, we were drafted into JP's, a secret government agency that protected Japan from supernatural dangers.

That's...new. But then again, with how long demons have been around, of course there's a secret government organisation. We just got the SDF for our troubles.

[He have to admit, they're doing pretty well containing the demons for the entire week.]

So you joined JP's and then...went around, fighting?

That's right, kind of. Each day, a new Septentrione would show up, and we'd have to beat it or risk annihilation. There was Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, and Mizar. I can tell you more about each one if you'd like, but I'm going to keep the story moving for now.

At one point, we discovered the existence of a void that was consuming the world. When we confronted the leader of JP's with this discovery, he revealed that he knew about the void all along, and to "fix" it, he was going to go to a being called Polaris and negotiate with it to create a new world- a meritocracy. Naturally, this caused quite a stir among my friends. Some wanted the meritocracy, some sided with another person who sponsored a society where everyone would be equal, while others decided they didn't want to deal with either side.

...And that's why you asked "me" about your choices during the experiment.

[Even if this Polaris can create a new world, how would humans follow the new world order?]

Before I can ask anything else, do you know what caused the void's appearance?

That's right. Before I came here, I was left with the decision of with faction I should side with. Can I ask you again which side you'd choose, now that it's you I'm talking to and not your brainwashed self?

Ah, right. Polaris caused the void. That was how he deleted the world. He was dissatisfied with my world and the people in it, so the void was his way of erasing everything so he could start over.

Because of that, the leader of JP's sought to use Polaris's power. If he can delete the world, he can possibly rewind it.

[Kouki's deliberately leaving Hiro's question alone, for now. The Messiah "him" isn't a brainwashed Kouki, as far as he understood. That Kouki is still himself, just walked on a different path and experienced different things.]

That's right. He wanted to pledge allegiance to Polaris and have him rewrite the world according to his wishes. The leaders of the other factions planned something like that as well. They'd all approach Polaris with a unified will and ask for him to rewrite or reset the world as they wanted it.

And what do you think of it? Do you want to reset the world, or install a meritocracy?

[He ask for Hiro's thoughts again, not giving his yet. Kouki don't want to influence his friend's decision too much.]

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