IC INBOX FOR ROUTE 29

[konpeitoqueen]

[She'll probably leave a rude message in return, but eh, whatever. IC inbox for Saionji!]

Yeah, helloooo? Do you really need to take up more of my time? Well, if you must... but don't you dare bother me if I don't reply!

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voice; 4/7

[lullabytes]

Saionji-san, do you have a minute?

[konpeitoqueen]

[GCCCCK]

I guess so. But make it quick, I'm busy. [Doing community service most likely.]

[tallandproud]

It will only take a minute. Nanami, do you want to start? [Three way chat about something? Yes, it is.]

nanami > saionji > hinata

[lullabytes]

...Yeah. You remember about the virtual reality things we talked about, right? At that time, you...didn't hear about everything.

Namely, who the other monitor in the program was, besides Usami-chan.

[konpeitoqueen]

[This doesn't sound too good.]

Another monitor? You mean the stupid bear, right? [...She obviously doesn't think this is the case, though.]

So, is this to do with how you lived?

[tallandproud]

Are you talking about Monokuma? Because if you are, they were not a monitor.

[lullabytes]

That was the virus. I mean...the monitor other than Monomi, Usami-chan. The monitor from the original program...you heard what Monokuma kept saying, right? About the "traitor". The person he was referring to was one of the two original AIs in the program.

[konpeitoqueen]

So, there's a real traitor.

[Pause.]

I bet it was Sonia! That foreigner was always out of place, taking fascination in disgusting things like serial murderers... but wait, they wanted to help us, right?

[...] Who is it?

[tallandproud]

It's not Sonia. [...]

[lullabytes]

...It's me. I'm the artificial intelligence that was placed in the program to help and monitor you all.

[konpeitoqueen]

[...The silence is palpable.]

...I knew it.

[Should've known, not to give her the benefit of the doubt-] You- you were hiding something, I knew it!

But- how do you have a body now?! That- that means this world is digital, right? Then we're trapped here again, but who is trapping us?! Who this time, Nanami?!

[tallandproud]

Wait a minute! This isn't Nanami's fault! We don't know why she has a body now or...much of what this world is. There's a lot of questions about it we don't have the answers to. [Why did he hope for a different reaction?]

[lullabytes]

Um...about the body, it seems like anyone who isn't human to start with becomes human here. I've spoken to some aliens, and that sort of thing...

[ .........She really should have expected this reaction, but like Hinata, she hoped for something better. ]

But I have nothing to do with anyone being here. I didn't even know I would be here.

[konpeitoqueen]

[Liar

liar

liar]

If you didn't have anything to be ashamed of, why didn't you tell me earlier, then?!

I was one of the first to arrive! I...! [She called you a big sis, you know.] So, what other dirty secrets are you hiding?! What do you both have?!

[tallandproud]

We didn't know how anyone would react to this! That's all we have hidden. [No it isn't. He feels guilty for lying but this is one subject they can't expose.]

We didn't even know how to react when we found out on the island. She's done everything she can to help us. Just listen to what she has to say, Saionji.

[lullabytes]

[ ... ]

I'm not...hiding anything further. [ Not that she's allowed to say. ] And I...you were so upset about the virtual reality...I wasn't sure...

[ ... ]

That's why...my family doesn't share a last name with me, none of them. Not my parent, or my big brother or...my big sister.

1/2

[konpeitoqueen]

[CLICK

...did she just... hang up?]

2/2 voice; 4/8

[konpeitoqueen]

[After the freak out or reluctant acceptance that occurred after the fucking rude hang-up, Saionji conveniently decides to call them both.

At 4am.

A good half of the day later.]

...I'm not happy with how you decided to tell me only now. I hope you know that. [Pause.]

But... since you were supposed to help us, and you haven't done anything out of your place yet... I'll be so kind as to hear you out and accept it. Don't expect me to go back to before, though.

2/2 voice; 4/8

[tallandproud]

...alright. [Same rudeness and heavy distrust as ever.] I kept this quiet because it wasn't my place to tell you.

[He is really not awake for this, but he's trying to wake back up.]

voice; 4/8

[lullabytes]

[ ...........Excuse her as she yawns, rubbing at her eyes. It's...so late.......... ]

...Yeah. By the time you were calmed down about the virtual reality part, the others...had decided we shouldn't talk about that sort of thing. But we talked about it again, and...

[ ...guys you know she has trouble staying awake in the best of times, this is pushing it... ]

...I...still want to help all of you. And if you don't want to be friends, it's...okay. That doesn't change my feelings.

voice; 4/8

[konpeitoqueen]

We were never friends in the first place.

[...] We were allies, which is a much more stringent title than what people loosely call 'friends'! You'll be closely watched for a period of time, but if you pass, you might just remain as one.

voice; 4/8

[tallandproud]

[He doesn't even have to guess that means Saionji is mad. He really should have expected this. He doesn't know what else to say.]

voice; 4/8

[lullabytes]

[ ...........Welp. Looks like they're all on probation.

Or is it just Nanami... ]

...Okay. And...when I said "we're related". That person, before their game ended, programmed the program which would program me. Fujisaki-sama knows nothing about the virtual reality we were in, but...that's how...Fujisaki-sama is my "parent".

[ She...may as well explain that fully, so long as Saionji is listening. ]

...Thanks.

voice; 4/8

[konpeitoqueen]

[...

So, you're saying the little bitch she managed to get a short-lived ego trip off actually tried to save them before the DR1 memory wipe?

Welp.]

And I presume they were too dead to actually monitor what happened to us? [STILL BITTER TBH.]

Just understand that I'm doing this out of the goodness of my heart! You even being looked at is all dependent on it.

...So, you're an AI, right?

Is this like an unrealistic sci-fi story where AIs are indistinguishable from humans, or do you still have a programmed purpose or something?

voice; 4/8

[tallandproud]

[He has nothing to say right now. He's letting Nanami handle the next answers. Saionji is rude as ever but she's trying to understand. That's progress.]