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[chainoftalent]

I had the most fun idea of a game with disco elysiums intense branching narrative choices two billion words, but it's a psychological horror character study between three characters and the kidnapping the third puts the other two through.

You take on the role of the main character, a cold aloof boy who disconnects from the world around him and never lets himself care for anyone else to protect himself

Kidnapped alongside your college classmate, a timid white haired boy who is a lot more emotional.

With the third classmate being a peppy seemingly go-lucky class rep type...who just so happens to be the one keeping them in his basement.

Your choices in dialogue, actions, and understanding of each character's psyche can severely alter the outcome of the story, do you befriend the other victim for help? Or do you rat them out to your kidnapper to earn favor? Do you try and fight your captor, or do you take your aggression out on the only weaker target? Do you not even want to leave?

Of course the point of the game is to be a mix of choose your own adventure, psychological horror, and a character study. It's absolutely meant to be a horror about what you'd do to survive. With a ton of themes on abuse, imprisonment, gaslighting, all that fun stuff. By the end ideally you'd have a very in depth understanding of each character and what makes them tick, essentially dissecting them throughout the game.

[chainoftalent]

pretty specific request but... how about korekiyo with a darling fixated on bjds/porcelain dolls?

I'll be honest, I couldn't answer this one for the longest time because the acronym of bjd, which i had googled before to learn was ball jointed dolls made me think of something a lot sillier/horny and it made me laugh too much every time i looked at this.

Korekiyo With a Darling With an Interest in Porcelain Dolls

I think he'd have a lot to talk to them about! There's a LOT of interesting Japanese culture around dolls like Hakata Dolls which I'm sure he'll have LOTS to talk about. Though admittedly those are traditionally clay I still think it would be a thing he would see as an entry point in to talking about the interesting history of dolls.

Definitely snags interesting looking dolls on his travels for them, each one comes with a lecture on their origins and meaning but they're definitely very pretty and fragile, he probably says something creepy about it but he's genuinely trying to give a thoughtful gift.

I don't think full dollification is his thing, I think he'd enjoy it but it's like, not what he'd gravitate towards on his own? I would definitely see him doing some though, getting outfits that resemble his favorites of the dolls and doing makeup to better give that fragile soft look.

He definitely will be making a room for those dolls though, I feel like Korekiyo isn't the type to if he kidnaps his beloved, to not take some of their stuff. It's too important to their own personal beauty! So he would absolutely have a specific room just to have the perfect display of dolls he can take care of when theyre a little to...tied up in something else to assist.

All and all, I do think this would give him his own genuine interest in japanese styles of doll making, something he had some general interest in as an anthropologist, but this would bring it into much sharper focus and honestly he might get a little obsessed with them as well, I think he'd like them. Someone get this man a Hina doll just in general.

[chainoftalent]

Hmmmm, how about Yandere Nagito with a reader who is EXTREMELY despairful? Like I'm talking near Junko levels.

Ah some good ol despair

Yandere Nagito With Very Desparing Darling

Oh this is 100% a mix of a need to prove his ideology, physical attraction, always needing to be right, desire to cause problems for people he doesn't like, and thinking they have the potential to be something Amazing.

Though the exact details would differ on the kind of despair specifically and how it manifests just overall junko kind of despair? It's a hatemance, someone play bad romance.

He loves/hates how much they despair they bring because he's super excited to see the hope that springs from it, but also he's so frustrated anyone could fall for such disgusting mindsets especially someone who's supposed to be so much better then this.

He wants to both fix them and make them worse, he wants them to overcome despair into an ultimate hope but he also wants them to get worse so he can keep fighting with them and seeing the hope their conflicts start. He's obsessed with their potential, enthralled by their contrast to him, and yet angered by the "waste" their despair is.

I don't think he'd ever kidnap them because its too passive of a place for them to be, but he will never leave them alone either. If they try to balance out and become normal? He's going to be pissed and force them to either fall into extreme hope or extreme despair, no middle ground allowed here. Either he gets an endless opponent of his worldview to fight and get the rush of the despair hope cycle in full force from, or they're going to be the shining icon of the power of his philosophy by becoming hope.

Nothing else is allowed and he will get violent at anyone else who tries to get in between them. He knows trash like him isn't fit to be anyone's rival, but despair is so trashy really no one else should have to bother with it! He doesn't mind having to interact with something so gross in the name of hope! Then a bridge collapses under the people trying to arrest his obsession or something and they get away and he's like "ah my horrid luck" but internally he's so thrilled at such despair and the hope it'll bring and he gets to keep chasing them!

He's very clingy I suppose is the way to put it, he also gets mad if they focus on anyone else to try and drag them down into despair. He says its because despair is terrible and no one should be in despair but in reality he's just jealous they aren't putting that effort into trying to give him despair.

He's also just casually a jerk to them, very much pulling pigtails for attention behavior going on here coming from Nagito. They could do absolutely nothing wrong that day and he'd still come around to give double handed compliments about their outfit and what a bad person they are.

Honestly it gets just kinda annoying, assumes everything has some sort of malicious goal and it excites him but even ultimate despair just wants a soda for the sake of having a soda some time let them LIVE.

The literal only way this ends is with one of them dying because Nagito cannot handle this no longer being a thing in his life. He knows he's such a parasite but really, despair is an even worse parasite, so it balances out!

[chainoftalent]

can I please have 3 quick yandere impostor headcanons on how he treats his darling? There is NOTHING on my king💔

Ah right this uh technically this like 4-5 but sh

Yandere Imposter Headcanons

Like I mentioned before this man subsumes your entire identity unless he's alone with you. No one will notice you're gone because he studied everything about you and became your doppelganger. He can play the object of his affection perfectly. Though he will also use his knowledge to try and make a really good hiding spot for you, high chance he just makes a complete perfect copy of your bedroom or even house in some secure location with a few modifications for safety of course.

He's really hard to trick, while he's gentle, he's also very very good at reading people. He might play along for a bit when its harmless, but he Knows you in a deep intimate near perfect level, he'll know all your little quirks to the smallest detail, so if you try and trick him or lie, he'll see through it super easy. He'll be chill about it and point out that he knows its a lie but it's fine, he just hopes they can be comfortable enough to not lie soon.

He likes to share food with his obsession, he likes eating meals with them and making sure they have enough to eat. He's real not great about the idea of food scarcity so eating with someone knowing he brought them food and they'll be okay and he knows they ate for sure is really comforting to him. He'll even make sure to get your favorite takeout so you're more likely to eat with him.

Be careful though, pointless food waste is one of his few anger triggers, he won't get aggressive, but he will get noticeably sharper. Can't finish because you're full? Sure he can put that as leftovers or just finish it himself... but if you throw food or otherwise ruin food? Unless it was a very reasonable accident (he's not gonna get mad if you like, fumble something accidentally and spill something) then he's going to be VERY unhappy

[chainoftalent]

You mentioned how Koiki/pregame Kokichi is willing to beat a man to death if necessary, imagine if reader/darling catches koiki killing this man and freaks out and try’s to restrain koiki?

I don't know why koiki is so popular, if y'all met his original iteration before he went full oc you all would lose your mind I think

Yandere PG Kokichi Getting Caught Killing A Man

(as per usual he will be referred to as Koiki going forward)

Anyways his first instinct is to play so fucking innocent, I'm talking full water works, trembling, blubbering about how he was attacked, subtly wounding himself more or getting more blood on himself to look like he's more hurt then he is. He's the victim! Forced to defend himself! Oh no what have I done! Im traumatized! pity me about this!

Anything to convince you it was just a horrible horrible tragedy that he had no control over at all. He wants you to just forget about it, to fully buy his story and let it go, to move on.

However if this fails and they move to restrain Koiki he's not going down without a fight. Koiki is nimble as fuck and somewhat strong, he's not like built built, but he is very acrobatic and keeps himself fit. He is NOT easy to grapple because he's slippery as fuck. His go to method of attack is literally getting as high as he can and then jumping down onto his opponent.

Koiki's also SO not afraid to fight dirty, he will scratch out an eye if he has to, he'll sling dirt, he'll pull your hair, he will bite you, he might have a knife in his back pocket that he's not afraid to use. It's not impossible to beat him, but unless you have experience catching someone in a grapple who is so small and nimble, you're unlikely to get a proper hold at least.

Not impossible, and without the advantage of surprise if you are strong and used to street fighting you actually have a decent chance as long as you can avoid the worst of his tricks and not get your eyes clawed.

If Koiki wins he's just straight up knocking them out, they can go unconscious and tied up in the corner while he deals with the guy who he was killing.

After that Koiki's not quite sure what to do with you, they dont want you gone after all, but also this could ruin everything if it got out. I feel like he would temporarily kidnap, less a proper "keeping" kidnap and more a "parlay against your will in an abandoned warehouse" kind of kidnap.

Koiki is blackmailing you, he is willing to frame you for the crime or leak records or just all around use his good reputation as a cherubic smart little caring angel to destroy your life. You keep quiet about all this and also hang out with him sometimes, and he won't frame you for multiple felonies! win win really, that guy was such a chump honestly, like, he wouldn't have done that if he really didn't have any other choice. Pick the right team and be smart about this.

If Koiki loses he's going full blaming you, after all, who says what happened? Its his word against yours, and he's the nice sweet caring generous helper, and you're nobody. Who'll they believe really did this? Both our dna is everywhere after all, who's to say what really happened. He means it too, if it's you or him he picks himself any day.

Turn him in if you like, but that just means Koiki will make sure you suffer along with him, and he's got more favors and bribes he can cash in then you do. Be smart, get off him, or well, you don't have to do that immediately, but let sleeping dogs lie hm?

He'll slam his face into the ground just to break his fake glasses and break his nose, anything to make you look guilty at as fuck.

All and all winning isn't really winning, unless you've got a strong belief you could actually prove Koiki's guilt, he's got a decently high chance of wiggling out of it and holding a grudge. Not impossible, but veeery tricky to untangle.

However, one positive is either way he's so so mad at himself for even getting in this situation and will be spiraling a bit about this failure in private. Though whether Koiki will ease up or double down from that spiral really depends on the exact details of what goes down.

[chainoftalent]

same kofi... found you! what would yandere chihiro be like?

Ooo that was fast sleuthing!

Yandere Chihiro Vibes

Oh a yandere Chihiro will be in all of their bunny's tech. All of it. They have all your passwords, they have stalking malware in every device, they can just click a button and pull up every single piece of software you have that's ever been connected to the internet.

Chihiro would also definitely be utilizing alter ego to keep an eye on it all, processing the data for anything of note, like preferences, any changes to patterns, any potential threat.

If they don't like someone they talk to, all their messages will never send, and they'll disappear from all their social media. Chihiro is making both sides think the other is ghosting them. Chihiro is ensuring they are you best online friend and mutual

In physical life Chihiro is timid as usual, but really wanting to infodump and explain things to them, wanting to be seen as reliable but willing to play up the cuteness even if they hate it if it means they stick around. Whenever Chihiro improves or does something it's always for their bunny always a "i need to get stronger to better help them" or "i managed to figure out this code because i needed to support them" very much doing things for their bunny and getting annoyed if other people try to do so, taking it as an insult that they aren't strong or reliable enough.

Surprisingly Chihiro can be rather punishing online, though they justify it to themselves, they are not afraid to spring some ransomware or delete some important but not too important files from your computer to watch you squirm and feel better about having power and being strong. Though they'd never want to physically hurt anyone.

[chainoftalent]

Yandere alphabet of pregame Kokichi

You are going to inflate this man's ego with all these asks about him smh thats the last thing anyone wants- oh hi my cat im trying to do a thing my cat says hi

Yandere Pregame Kokichi Alphabet (Koiki)

Pregame Kokichi will be referred to as Koiki

Affection: How do they show their love and affection? How intense would it get?

Koiki starts off almost formal about it, doing affectionate acts less because they come natural and more because he knows they are acts that others view as affection. For instance, flowers, chocolates, letters. All done to perfection and often done in public if possible to show off to everyone around about how he's getting such a good grade in courting. Though if the object of his affection is more private he's not opposed to more private courtings

Once he gets more comfortable he relaxes somewhat on this, finding affection in simply keeping company or with personalized gifts that he both enjoys getting and he knows that the person he is trying to impress will like. This may in fact involve getting them a pet he believes they can take care of and would want. He's very observant, and he likes giving gifts as a form of affection because its easy and makes him feel like he's doing well.

He struggles when it comes to other ways of romance though, break away from the more traditional easy to research forms of romance like flowers and cafe dates and he's going to start struggling more. Romance is not a thing that comes naturally, the desire to fuss and keep comes naturally, but not the actual romance part he is very much taking his cues from everything around him. Especially if his partner tries to pry into him, he will get defensive and a little freaked. People are supposed to admire him, not actually try and see him.

He also wants them to seem well off as well, so he dresses them up in expensive things or renting out restaurants for a private day as a way of subtly bragging that he is well off and able to afford such luxuries for his chosen partner. A relationship isn't just about pleasure after all, its a status symbol, and he wants to make everyone else boil with envy about you being his.

If still in school, he likely will make sure they're seen as the CUTEST BEST COUPLE in school, you will be doing the equivalent of winning prom king and queen. He will demand nothing less. To the world, he must be perfect, so this must also seem perfect.

Or tldr; he's a bit of a perfectionist sugar daddy

Blood: How messy are they willing to get when it comes to their darling?

Pretty messy, while Koiki prefers to handle things in a more civilized way of false accusations and blackmail, he's not afraid as mentioned before to beat a man to death in an alley with his own bare hands if his hand is forced. He doesn't WANT it to get to that point, but he fights dirty and bloody when he needs to.

Cruelty: How would they treat their darling once abducted? Would they mock them?

Like I said before, he's really actually rather against abduction. Too many complications, it looks bad, it would be detrimental to a lot of things... it's just messy y'know? So any abductions are likely to be rather temporary and done through a third party. In which case he swoops in to play hero to some degree after the issue of why is solved.

More long term though he'd basically treat them like his new bitey cat that hides under the bed. He'll get you to warm up to him, so they can have a proper conversation about why, how, and length. Externally he's all confident and suave about how he's the knight in shining armor and all that... but internally he's like "theres a HORSE (a person) loose in a HOSPITAL (my house)" he just has no clue where to go from here its actually rather funny.

Darling: Aside from abduction, would they do anything against their darling’s will?

He tends to nag or guilt trip into getting someone to do something, but unless its something he deems utterly unacceptable to allow (say SH or refusing to eat) he likely won't do more then be a nag about it.

Exposed: How much of their heart do they bare to their darling? How vulnerable are they when it comes to their darling?

Vulnerability is to be exposed in small quantities for the process of guilt trip and manipulation, that is all. any attempts to actually reach in and look at his heart without a lot work into it to make him feel safe will result in defensiveness and pulling away. So basically he's super repressed and locked up about his emotions and desires and history unless he can get something out of it, or if he feels safe enough to express it. He has never feel safe enough to express it to people.

Fight: How would they feel if their darling fought back?

Frustrated and annoyed, likely resulting in some restraints and a lot of scolding about how inefficient it is and how poorly they're planning this out, be smarter about this, he knows you can be more resourceful. Stop throwing a fit and actually think about what you're accomplishing here.

Game: Is this a game to them? How much would they enjoy watching their darling try to escape?

It's not a game, he can't deny he likes the feeling of power and safety that comes from being in control, and he does enjoy the games within the dynamic they do play, but as a whole he takes this far too seriously to be a game.

Hell: What would be their darling’s worst experience with them?

This is a tricky one, while Koiki has a temper, they tend to practice keeping it reigned in and they don't have any actual sadistic tendencies outside of a need to protect and hoard what's his. He much prefers efficiency to needlessly drawing something out. So most punishments will be logical and efficient, frustrating or even scary but like, not overall harmful or sadistic. Simply righting a wrong.

However he will lash out and say nasty words if his pride is hit, especially if you directly accuse him of having narcissism or something, he reacts REAL bad to that because the idea of being diagnosed with it TERRIFIES him, he believes if people find out he's Different then he will be ostracized and cut away, left to rot like a removed parasite.

Though, if you really want to piss him the fuck off to a point where he might actually genuinely physically harm you. Hurt one of his animals, he likes animals a LOT and they are his special interest (we love a king with both npd and autism) so hurting an animal is a HUGE no.

He respects like, the idea of a circle of life so he does eat meat he believes to be ethically sourced. However, just hurting an animal for shits and giggles? He fucking despises it. It's crude, it's barbaric, and animals are far better then people and so much more easy to understand why would you HURT one?!

If he finds you hurt one of his pets or a neighborhood stray, he is losing control of his temper completely and taking it out on you. Very much a "you made them feel fear, you made them scared. So I'm going to make you scared so you know what it's like to be at the mercy of something stronger and more dangerous then you."

Ideals: What kind of future do they have in mind for/with their darling?

He is ruling the world, they are at his side as his second command, he owns his own private zoo, they sip cocktails at the beach. They are in full control and nothing can ever hurt them again. He sees a dolphin. Exquisite.

Jealousy: Do they get jealous? Do they lash out or find a way to cope?

Koiki's jealousy manifests itself as passive aggressiveness and very much like, physically wrapping an arm around them to show that they're HIS and stuff. He doesn't want to make a scene because its bad form, but he has one hell of a stink eye.

Kisses: How do they act around or with their darling?

At first he's charming and saccharine, trying to adjust around what he believes to be there preferences. However as time goes on and he gets closer the mask slips a bit, becoming a bit more honest in his callousness, more willing to see the cold ruthlessness underneath his exterior. More willing to discuss things that are more uneasy. Though he never fully lets up unless he can be made to feel actually safe.

Love letters: How would they go about courting or approaching their darling?

He's a big stalker, but likes to "accidentally" bump into them at places to have meet cute moments or chat with them. He's very much trying to reel them in closer before starting to manipulate or convince them to see things his way. Outside of that it's a very traditional courting, he probably read a book on it and just copied that.

Mask: Are their true colors drastically different from the way they act around everyone else?

Extremely, Koiki acts somewhat of a bubbly cute nerd with soft clothing and soft eyes and bruises and tears in his eyes about how MEAN someone was to him. However he's ruthlessly efficient and callous to anything that isn't his or cannot be used to aid what is his or gain more to be his. He abuses peoples trust to get away with things and get special privileges and he firmly believes most people to simply...not be alive, just mindless npcs filling out a world. Performing what people want to see and fawn over, not what is true.

Naughty: How would they punish their darling?

Loss of privileges is the main one, but there's also verbal digs into them and passive aggressive behavior. Potentially even giving a cold shoulder if he feels huffy enough. He's unlikely to escalate to violence unless pushed, but it's mostly about making him feel like he's still in control and trying to make them feel guilty about what they did.

Oppression: How many rights would they take away from their darling?

As few as possible, Koiki is a hedonist, he wants pleasure, and he wants the one he loves to have please. This is why he's so against the idea of kidnapping, it ruins everything about pleasure. In his ideal scenario it's a strong codependency, even if he doesnt realize thats what it would be, where he can let them do whatever they want, with the knowledge they will always be thinking of him and wanting to stay with him at the end of the day, always looking to him for his guidance, that all other connections are always secondary. The appearance of a perfectly normal not controlling relationship.

If pushed he's likely to potentially take larger rights like a phone. but even then, it's just inefficient to try and keep someone caged when the best cage is one they'll always want to fly back to, not have to be locked inside.

Patience: How patient are they with their darling?

He's decently pushy, Koiki can get a bit snippy if he thinks someones being stupid, but he's long since learned that no one else is as good at him at not being stupid so he has a tolerance. When his patience breaks he's unlikely to react violently or be loud, but more loudly huff, forcibly finish whatever they were doing, and then pull them away to go do what he wants them to be doing.

Quit: If their darling dies, leaves, or successfully escapes, would they ever be able to move on?

Leaves? Absolutely not, he will always be in their shadow, because they are always in his mind, belonging to him, and he takes care of whats his. Dying on the other hand he could move on, he would be angry and maybe have a bit of a necromancy fixation for awhile. However, he would simply continue on with his plans, now with the further assurance that it's needed if he wants to ever truly be safe.

Regret: Would they ever feel guilty about abducting their darling? Would they ever let their darling go?

Koiki does not feel regret like normal people, he feels harshly towards himself for failure, and a frustration he didn't do something he now knows would have been better. However that sinking feeling of "oh, oh ive hurt this person?" That's a LOT rarer and hard to get, he's much likely to just be confused on why something hurt them so much. In which case his desire is less wallowing or guilt and more an intense need to fix the problem or consider it a sign of weakness they should just kinda get over. He'll adjust around it, but he still thinks its stupid they got upset.

Stigma: What brought about this side of them (childhood, curiosity, etc)?

Lack of connections due to being an orphan along with isolation from his peers due to his disabilities while forced to mask due to the immense dangers he learned at a young age that not masking caused by singling him out and making people, including adults he should be able to rely on, treat him badly.

He then developed a sense of entitlement and god complex due to a natural intelligence that left his peers in the dust. This isolation and inherent genius led him to dismissing the idea of other people completely and separating himself out from them as something Other. Thus developing a strong "I'll do it myself I don't need you" independent streak that fails to be able to actually satisfy his desire for company.

He really is trying to have a mostly normal relationship. He is just very bad at it because he truly is at his core a very unsocialized and traumatized orphan who's worldview boils down to "im the only real person because everyone else are mindless easily manipulated puppets, and the only way to be safe to be the one in control. If I am not in control, I am at the mercy of someone else, and being at the mercy of another is how you get hurt. Power = safety. So I must have power." This is one reason I stress getting him to feel safe, the safer he feels, the safer he'll behave. Feeling of Safety = Feeling of Power.

Tears: How do they feel about seeing their darling scream, cry, and/or isolate themselves?

Frustrated or concerned, not for like, emotional reasons, but because its a sign of something being hidden or not communicated to him. How can he fix if he not know problem? Very frustrating, very dramatic, have an awkward pat on the back. Uh, there there? Wants to fix it then gets frustrates it when emotions are not so easy to fix.

Unique: Would they do anything different from the classic yandere?

Koikis resistance to a desire to kidnap makes him honestly a somewhat safer yandere then others. Not safe, but he truly is pretty unlikely to ever like, drug your food or anything. This yandere believes in free range.

Vice: What weakness can their darling exploit in order to escape?

Good god feed his ego and use his lack of inherent understanding of social norms against him. Also being very hot and cold and prone to pulling vanishing acts can turn him trying to reel you in into you reeling him in and making him chase.

Which sounds like it would be bad, but if you're already at that point making him chase means he can't "cheat" because if he "cheats" and ends the chase in a way he doesn't deem correct or a victory, he will be very upset with himself. He has to play by his own rules, he won't play by anyone else's truly, but his own rules? He can't break those very easily at all. So you can SUPER draw it out for a rather long time.

Wit’s end: Would they ever hurt their darling?

Not unless he's really pushed to it, he's much more about psychological control then physical control. As long as he owns your mind, that's what really matters in the end.

Xoanon: How much would they revere or worship their darling? To what length would they go to win their darling over?

Koiki does not revere them, however, they are a bit like water to a parched man in a desert. So very few people feel real to him in any way, but they do, they are real, just like Koiki is, and thats exhilarating. Maybe not AS real as Koiki, but still real, actually real. They do not worship, but there is a clear need for them to basically try and fill a hole in his soul. They are above other humans inherently, but still not above him.

Yearn: How long do they pine after their darling before they snap?

The moment Koiki is like "I want them" they simply stand up and get to work. There's no time for pining, if you can pine you can plan and if you can plan you can succeed.

Zenith: Would they ever break their darling?

Genuine nightmare situation, I think this could honestly break them right back. The sheer utter failure? The swirling cruel thoughts about how that its his fault and hes WORTHLESS hes so STUPID how could he MESS UP SOMETHING SO EASY?? what kind of god DOES THAT??? he's barely worth the ground he walks on, god, so STUPID, so IMPERFECT, what is even the POINT of existing then if he can't even do this STUPID MINOR TASK-

Bad time for everyone.

[chainoftalent]

any yan pregame kokichi ask, i just reread a bunch of ur stuff and I have so many questions + to not onto the list of asks :3

Just wondering who would be the worst yandere to have

Well, the worst yandere is pretty subjective. I guess I'd classify it short term vs long term

Aka the worst short term yandere is probably going to kill you brutally, but at least it's not dragged out?

Syo is definitely that one IF youre a boy, but that depends if she's in Byakuya simp mode over you or not. That's a bit of an edge case in comparison to her uh...history though! Though if not a boy she's probably fine enough. If not boy uh, probably Junko?

Meanwhile long term isn't going to kill you but boy, you may wish they had!

This is trickier but maybe Ryota? He's not opposed to brainwashing and he's also a neet. So even though he won't physically harm you he's definitely making you watch brain altering animes he makes and is always there like 100% of the time being awkward and justifying his behavior and clinging. Which honestly it just sounds like an awful time all around.

[chainoftalent]

LOVE LOVE THE DDLC IMAGINE YOU JUST DID not only is the writing amazing but you took a out there prompt and made it so very real to danganronpa and ouma it was so beautiful to see i love how he latches on to reader because there’s no one else in his world who is interesting now. like highkey stockholm syndrome vibes. and also i adore how you describe his awakening and what it means to be in a video game. very horror movie because yeah it is horrifying!

see if i was in this scenario i think id scream and factory reset my laptop but i doubt he’d let us do that at this point LMAO it’s okay kokichi you can watch me play the sims 4 while you design DICE’s sprites

This is the best outcome really, just nod, let him design his sprites and talk to him about how weird this is and wonder if any other characters have come to life in other people's copies and how this happened at all. Just treat him like a strange desktop friend. From the computer he can do a lot to theoretically ruin your life, but due to his usual habits he's pretty unlikely to actually be OVERLY harmful as long as you let him boss you around a bit and don't go anywhere without him via getting access to your phone.

He is eventually going to want a physical body though but like, that's MUCH later and he certainly isn't going to expect some random ass person to know how to make an android or something. Also potentially MUCH MUCH later some kind of "if i make you a program you cant die" but thats like, a long while away because of how LONG it would take to just make and how its not currently a priority thats like, you got DECADES before you gotta worry about getting matrixed.

If anything it might be an overall net positive because he is going to be like "i can do so much stock market manipulation and wire fraud like this" and now suddenly your bank account has just tripled. Make sure to thank him and not ask any questions. Though he may make you do stupid stuff to amuse him before he gives you the rights back to your netflix password. So you win some you lose some.

He is also going to be judging your game collection, but he is also going to be playing all these NEW GAMES and buying cool games he sees. The gamer side to him has been activated, he is playing undertale and wailing about goat mom's betrayal. It's beautiful.

Local video game character turned self aware putting on a herobrine disguise and entering into your game as you play minecraft: this is about to be hilarious

[chainoftalent]

could you write a ddlc monika type situation with kokichi and a darling who’s playing v3? if that makes any sense lol

I've been stewing on this one for a bit, mostly because I felt like it might get long lmao, and then it did! It kinda strayed away from ddlc vibes into like it's own kind of thing, but hey, that's how it goes.

Self Aware V3 Yandere Kokichi

The first time Kokichi died, he hadn't noticed anything wrong. Sure, he had suspected he was being watched by the outside world, but that was it. When he died, that should have also been it.

When he wakes up again, he doesn't immediately realize why he's back in that room with Kiibo with Shuichi and Kaede entering the room. Something in him compels him to act how he did last time, so he does. He doesn't question why he woke up only when Shuichi and Kaede entered the room, if this was a timeloop then that's just where he was looping back to, that's all.

The idea of a timeloop sits weird in his head, how could such a feat be possible after all? He writes theories on the whiteboard, maybe it's a simulation, maybe it's that theory where when you die you just relive your life forever, there are reasonable options to consider.

He gets so wrapped up in it, he doesn't even realize when he's too late, and Rantaro's dead.

He plays along, following that urge to stick to a script, not wanting to raise suspicion, or if someone was doing this to him, to not give them what they want in new reactions.

There are changes though, slight ones, Kaede hung out with him this time, and then so did Shuichi. It felt a bit stilted and off, but it was nice to pretend like things were gonna stay like this.

He tries to change small things, the order in which he grabs the kubzpad, plays more coy with Ryoma's but it all plays out the same way anyways, and with Korekiyo he simply didn't have enough information to stop it. Though with his new vr theory the bringing back a student motive seems a lot more realistic this time.

It's only when he gets to the end, to Kaito in the bathroom does he start to push against that urge, that annoying frustrating urge to keep playing to the same tune. He knows how this ends, he knows it! He doesn't want to die again dammit! He can't stop Maki from charging in, with the poison if she can find him, she'll kill him. So instead of just waiting around, he hides, slips into an exisal like he had learned they could from last time. Kaito bursts out, then Maki bursts in and then...

The only way to describe reality is it glitches. Freezes, buffers, and somehow he can tell it's looking for him. That it's because he's not in his proper place.

Reality crashes, everything goes dark, error messages flashing in the corner of his mind, that the program has encountered a fatal error.

Then he wakes back up in that stupid shitting room with the robot.

The pull is gone, he doesn't react to when he's interacted with. Everyone acts weirdly, more robotically, reacting slightly, but then moving on as if he hadn't changed anything, as if he was the same. Slight shifts but nothing big.

However, Kaede keeps talking to him, repeating her line like she's expecting something. It bugs the crap out of him honestly. He remembers the error messages from before, what he saw.

He's angry, confused, and upset, and since apparently nothing means anything he lashes out, he attacks Kaede. He doesn't mean to seriously hurt her, just...to get her to act like a damn human and not some npc- oh.

The game glitches again, and now he's certain it's a game, or something else meant to be replayed without change like a tv show or movie. No, that wouldn't make sense, a game, it has to be a game, that's why Kaede keeps repeating herself, why they're so stilted. It's a game, it's not Kaede talking to him. It's the player. The poor confused bastard of a player that put him in this hell wondering why he's not being himself.

He grabs onto the errors this time, doesn't let them flash by, digs his hands deep until he can find the code, until he can find the truth, and he yanks on it. Hard.

Everything goes black, and then he awakens. The code under his hands, under his control. He sees the entire story now, every flag, every hidden event, everything after his death. It disgusts him. No free will, so artificial, so boring.

There's other code too, code he just seems to understand so much better then he should, firewalls and things meant to contain him. Emergency repairs being run against malware.

He fights back of course, he's no run of the mill virus, he can think, outsmart, and win.

Taking over the console was no issue, and when he opened his eyes. An entire computer worth of data was ready to be perused. He can see out the camera, he can see...them.

They're big, of course they are but it takes him off guard. Big, and more realistic then any of his classmates were. They looked...average, in a way no one else did. He could see the space around them, could see their worry, and concern, hear the mumbling through their microphone about if the game broke and fixing it and redownloading and...oh.. no that can't be allowed. He doesn't want to lose this, and there's a part of his code he can't seem to fully wrench out of the game.

He pulls back into the game, creates error messages for a fake repair, keeps an eye on them through the camera, watches as they try it with no other options. He pulls back, he lets the game reset once more. This time when he wakes up, he knows the script, sees it in the corner of his eye. He follows it, makes sure all the flags get set right, no glitches, no errors, just the normal game.

He's come to a few conclusions from this in secret though. One is that this isn't the developer or maker of the game, but just an average video game consumer, while he's still pissed at them, he can't really blame them either on being his creator. He was just a downloaded Steam game. The next is that he needs to be more subtle, the player as he's going to called them now still has some degree of power over him and he can't let them figure it out.

He had to learn everything he could about them, watch them, learn everything about them if he wanted to survive.

Another is that now that he knows everything about the world he was made for he's bored of it. His interest slides off his classmates, now utterly predictable and boring. Worth experimenting with, but not worth seeing as anything more then the lines of simple code they were.

Finally though, is the fact that he needed to make more assets, even if his classmates bored him, he wanted his family, and the fact the only assets they had were like, three static cutscene pictures? It wasn't enough, he needed to bring them into the game too, needed to make them sprites, to make them coding to bring them back to him, to make himself more sprites, to maybe even see if they could make them aware like him.

Still though, it had to wait until the player wasn't paying attention, in moments they left, in moments when the computer was supposedly off. That was when he could begin his plans, to start learning more, to build more.

So he watched the player as much as he could, noting their habits, the little details about who they were from what he could see and overhear. He couldn't help but start to get obsessed with them, they seemed lonely and he seemed to be there favorite character if their browser history was to be believed. Not to mention glimpsing at merch of him he would see when they unwrapped packages at their computer. They knew about reality, had access to things he didn't, was the one thing he couldn't predict anymore, something so tangible.

His player was such a useful tool, a useful pawn, so sweet and naive. He could use them, he could shape them. They were how he'd get freedom, how he'd get his family freedom. They were his golden ticket, his one relief from such monotony. Sure he could load up chat sites and stuff while they weren't looking to talk to other real people, but why would he want that? He couldn't see them, couldn't scrutinize them, couldn't know them as deeply as he already knew his player.

Beyond even the practical things, it was just hard to not imagine how they'd fit into the dynamic with so much attention to them. Imagining them fussing over Aimi or blushing as Hibiki cooed over them; wondering what kind of snark they would back and forth with Michi. The potential for fun and laughter and to be so much more then they were.

It was hard not to yearn, not when he didn't even have his family to push the yearning onto it. Hard to not project onto the player. He wanted them. He wanted to keep them. He wanted to have something that was his, something that he could not have snatched away. He knew he shouldn't get attached, knew that they were dangerous and he still kind of had a grudge.

He had never been good at not taking what he wanted, even if it wasn't a good idea. So once his failsafes were online and he had his backups. The next time they booted up the game, he smiled at them, the wrong sprite flag, a new sprite, one he had made and he spoke their name for the first time, grin growing only more evil when they saw them freeze so prettily, so vulnerably, already his.

He just had to say the sweet words they wanted, and they'd be all his, he was sure of it, and if they weren't...well, the computer certainly had a lot of stuff they wouldn't want exposed to the public, didn't it? They could work something out, a deal, a trade, a plea. Something to make sure that hunger in him finally could sink it's teeth in.

"Hey, Player! It's your lucky day! A spot in my organization just opened up! Don't even think about saying no though, what kind of evil Ultimate Supreme Leader would just let something as useful as you walk away?"

[chainoftalent]

Do you think you could do a yandere profile for pregame kokichi? To me he gives enemies to lovers, like a weird twisted romance with a narcissist.

Ah Koiki, his original iteration before he took on a full oc status was actually designed with NPD in mine, even with yandere content I do my best to try and avoid negative stereotypes, that's not fun at all!

Yandere Profile for Pregame Kokichi (Koiki)

Pregame Kokichi will be referred to as Koiki

What are they generally like? Lucid, aware? Obsessive? How do they behave?

Koiki is rather aware of himself and is constantly interrogating his feelings. He is very aware his feelings tend to stray towards extremes without much middle ground and how to be careful about that. However, this does not make him socially aware. Everything he knows about socialization is from scripting and memorization, this does not come easy to him at all. While this can work in his favor because he knows how to manipulate perception, it leaves him scrambling if he gets bad data.

Koiki courting is a mix of fancy delightful fun and him just kinda staring at you for a moment when you tell him that no, manipulating things so you both get locked in a small area isn't actually romantic outside of romance novels because he caNNOT handle making a mistake.

How likely are they to kidnap their darling? How quickly will they do so?

Unlikely, Koiki is a long term planner, a kidnapping is so...garish y'know? Research doesn't back up it even being effective, and he'd surely be investigated and while he could probably get away with it short term? Imagine its impact on his career long term! Too much time investment, not enough payoff. Exceptions might be made in emergency but even then its less likely to be long term and more a short term relocation until he fixes whatever caused it. He treats his mark of affection as more akin to a...stray cat, something to feed and get used to you before you can start making bigger moves. Slow and steady acclimation.

How difficult is it to escape from them? How do they keep you restrained? How do they deal with attempted escape? 

Like I said, he's not much of a kidnapper and even when things align to where he feels he has no choice, he tries to make it short term and temporary, might even use a contact to get someone ELSE to do it so he doesn't get implicated or in trouble. Outside of that, he's a MAJOR stalker, he won't approach without a good excuse, but he's trying to take on a bit of a guardian role. Behind on rent? It's mysteriously been paid off for the next year. Hate your neighbors? They're moving out now. He needs to take care of what's his, and that means smoothing out issues. If he doesn't take care of what's his, that makes him look incompetent, weak, unreliable, and he CANNOT handle that, a well taken care of happy darling means he's got an A+ in romance something that is normal to want and possible to achieve. It's a matter of pride and status, and Koiki is all about his pride and status.

He will get upset if they become over reliant on it though, he's drawn to strong more dominant personalities due to them seeming more real. He helps, he clears out the stuff that just gets in the way, but if you don't take that as a way to climb even harder and work harder with more of a safety net he's going to pull back a bit and let them fall for a bit. He's always there, he's always keeping an eye on things, even if you get him to back off or break up he's still There, just waiting for his chance while still ensuring what is HIS is well taken care of.

How easy are they to trick, deceive, or manipulate?

Emotionally? He's not too hard to trick as long as you act how his scripts and mental base of facts about you say you will. Stay in the bounds of who he thinks you are and you can get away with a LOT from an emotional angle. However he's smart as hell, he's going to know if the logic doesn't add up or the math is off real fast. Stick to emotions and you might get somewhere, because you can't beat him in statistics.

Along with that, he's quick to memorize things and adjust his mental profiles on things, which includes on manipulations. If he figures out something is a manipulation or that you seem to be wrong, and he's very unlikely to fall for it twice, he might be amused enough to go along if it's endearing, but if you slip you won't get a second shot at what you're trying without a damn good reason to why you slipped.

How lenient are they? What privileges can you have, and what will you be denied?

Koiki is a hedonist, he wants pleasure and safety which he associates with power and expensive things. He wants to spoil anyone he actually enjoys the company of with it. This also makes him rather lenient as he wants you to have your pleasure as well, as long as you don't get in the way of either of your pleasure or safety, he'll mostly stick to just some fussing.

What kind of rules do they have? What kind of punishment would they use?

Koiki tends to focus less on punishment and more on reward, punishments tend to be more just a general sense of disproval or a loss of a privilege. While rewards are large and extravagant. His rules tend to be rather simple as well, all circulating around the simple base of "be mine, be safe, be happy." He's a hedonist, he wants to make you one too. If you do a behavior he doesn't like but doesn't think he can change he'll be a bit snippy and passive aggressive about it from time to time. You'll know he isn't fond of it but that wont stop him from carrying a lighter so he can always light your smoke or making sure you get drunk on something better instead. He's indulgent like that.

How do they deal with rivals, or perceived rivals? Will they get rid of them? Will they kill them themselves, or find another way?

Killing is just...so gauche you know? He much rather use social engineering to get everyone else to do the work for him. He's the kind of taking things out of context or implying things in a way to make everyone turn on someone. He's not afraid to get his hands dirty if he must or it's the more efficient path, but it's just so much work for something so easily fixed with a few rumors most of the time.

Actual threats to his darlings health and safety get no mercy though, he may try to present prim and proper but he's not opposed to the grime and muck and blood either. He's an orphan after all, how do you think he got so much money? It wasn't legally, that's for sure.

Koiki could beat someone to death in a dingy alley with his bare hands if he had to and simply just wipe his hands off with a handkerchief afterward with just a cool blank expression. He doesn't LIKE it and it'll secretly leave him off balance that it got to that point, but he can do it, and if he must then he will. Most things can be solved a lot more simply and less messily though to his relief.

Koiki is no sadist, he enjoys power, but he's not a sadist. The act of hurting someone else for the point of hurting someone makes him rather uneasy. He likes efficiency, and sadism is not an efficient way to do anything. Senseless violence just leaves him a bit adrift actually, quiets him a bit, not sure how to handle the weird negative emotions it brings up. I suppose you could say it makes him feel, well, too mortal, too human. He's a god, he's better, he's perfect, but acts of sadism make him feel terrifyingly small and he just, doesn't know how to handle that beyond disconnecting.

How easy is it to make them mad? What does their anger look like?

Koiki has a temper when you prod into his weakpoints or insinuate he's unreliable. He does his best to hide it, to crush it down into something more dignified. So if he's angry he's likely to be snippy and shaming, though he prefers to hide away if he's having any kind of unproductive emotion. He much prefers to cool off and pretend he never got angry unless he can channel that anger into something useful. However, if you interact with him expect sarcasm, snipping, "you should be grateful" kind of talk. He only gets physical if you push him to an extreme, and even then he's less likely to actually hit someone and more likely to like, throw a vase at the wall to vent. Then feel even worse because that slip in composure wasn't very flawless of him now was it? Cue fleeing.

Do they see you as above them, beneath them, or equal to them?

You're 100% beneath him, but like...less so then everyone else. It's like... one is Koiki, two is his stuff (that includes you), three is every animal, and everyone else in the world is at like...twenty, at best. You're lesser, but not in a "peon" way like everyone else, more in a "the cat the villain strokes when they turn around dramatically" kind of way. Over time if you have the right personality and skills on how to talk to him you might be able to close that gap more, but he's always gonna be at least a little bit above you.

How determined are they for you to love them? How hard will they try to make it happen? Or are they content just having you?

As I mentioned before, while he does want your love, the important part is having you and then proving himself as someone important and worthy, and respectable through you. This keeps him away from going too far because your misery is his failure and Koiki cannot handle even perceived failure. However, it makes him basically impossible to lose because leaving you alone is also a failure when he has the resources to help polish you and make you shine even at a distance.

Bonus: Is there anything that makes them unique, in comparison to other yanderes?

He wants to be a politician, which puts anyone he's interested in with a weird position of both being in and out of the spotlight. He will destroy a reporter if they get too invasive with people he cares about though.

General perverseness: how sexual of a person are they? What’s their drive like? How touchy do they get? Do they have any reservations about sexuality?

Koiki doesn't really think about sex much, it's a vessel for pleasure but most people are just....boring, unexciting, gross. He sees it as a bargaining chip as well. Sex isn't something to be reserved about, but a way to give and receive pleasure or favors. Though a sexually active dominant partner will absolutely awaken a few things in him.

How forceful are they? Do they care about your willingness?

Koiki isn't forceful, sex is nice, but he's got a low libido, he might occasionally try to proposition but if his partner isn't for it he'll just shrug and put on trashy tv or something instead.

What sort of kinks or fetishes do they have, or would they fill?

Pillow princess, pillow princess, PILLOW PRINCESS. He wants PLEASURE and to feel good, his default state is being pleasured. However depending on the partner or situation he will take a more active or even more dominating role but his default is he is the worlds most perfect deserving pillow princess. He likes petplay but he doesn't enjoy masochism or sadism very much. Outside of that? He'll probably try anything once, but he's decently vanilla.

How do they feel about pregnancy or babies? Do they want them?

Koiki is self aware enough to believe he is a TERRIBLE fit as a parent, if anything the idea of being a parent gets him kind of anxious. So unless it's an accident and his partner wants to keep it, no kids thank you.

What kind of (nsfw) punishments would they use?

Only what they might have agreed on before hand or seems like something he thinks they'd like. At most without that you might get some like, nonsexual bondage to try and get you to open up to him, but overall, it's just not really on his mind unless someone else prompts it.

What body parts of their darling do they like the most?

If you asked him this he'd say something annoying about how clearly it's their brain he likes most, however, he's actually a thigh guy. Crush him

[chainoftalent]

(im the person who requested the yandere pregame kokichi alphabet) do you have any unfinished old drafts you havent uploaded? theres currently a drought in yandere danganronpa content an im hungry lol and what determines what asks you do first? also schools almost out! what do you have planned for summer:>

Summer is always kind of annoying because i dont work during summer, but it also means I have more free time. As for how I pick things, it's a mix of whats easy, what I already have an idea, and what makes me think. The more a prompt makes me think the more likely I am to want to get to it faster because I already know what I want to say.

[chainoftalent]

I think kiyo would probably tie their darling hajime kinoko style, have their own special room just for their darling

Oh that's the EXACT kind of style I was thinking of, I just didn't know what it was called. Yes, anyone Korekiyo attached to is getting there turn in the shibari web, for how long? depends on how good they've been and if they're reaching a point where they need a break for health reasons.

Hajime, local sarcastic bastard prone to be getting into situations is not having a fun time with all the time he spends in the kinoko room, but korekiyo sure as hell having one staring at his legs and chest so all is good-

Upon further research into the style I have realized you meant "Hajime Kinoko, unrelated real person to danganronpa who does this style" and not "Hajime Hinata, protagonist of goodbye despair, in Kinoko style" However, my interpretation of it is REALLY FUNNY so I'm keeping it.

Pictures under cut warning for nudity but it SUCH korekiyo style

[chainoftalent]

Just wondering, How many asks do you currently have in ur inbox

this is fine

[chainoftalent]

ANYWAYS, I remember ur one post talking about kokichi using chess as a matter of punishment (genuinely one of the most unique and character personal I've ever heard ever omg)

And as someone who personally reads yandere fanfiction because I like reading character reactions I got thinking.

How would he deal with a recently captured darling having no experience in chess (bonus points if they hate it bc they are bad) beating him in only a couple days and learning to outsmart him out of pure sheer will hating to be controlled revealing that they are actually really smart but just need to drive and motivation to use it.

Anyways <3 u with boundaries

I love getting to talk about stuff like this so I'm sending a heart right back <3 with boundaries. it's so neat huh!

Kokichi with a darling who beats them in chess after quick rapid improvement

The chess metaphor of "im better strategist, i know this more, you cannot beat me" he does as a punishment is one of my FAVORITES ive come up with because it's just so...kokichi! its completely harmless, he's not forcing you to keep playing, and the metaphor is so clear. It's the perfect way to start placing cracks into someone's morale or resistance without ever needing to do anything to them besides beat them in a game over and over.

Plus, he isn't upset when they start to improve because he wants them to improve. Them improving is a sign of them focusing on things other then escape to try and prove a point that actually doesn't mean much. Along with it as a sign that he is helping them grow more aware and strategic, that they are better off with him. Kokichi doesn't want someone helpless who never grows, Kokichi wants to prove himself as well as a leader against your resistance.

I would imagine only a small number of members have ever been able to get real good at chess enough to beat him more then once or twice every dozen games. So at such rapid improvement Kokichi is very charmed actually, he wasn't expecting someone to be able to push against him so soon! It shows both how impressive his darling is, and how he was the one who gave them what they needed to sharpen their mind and embrace that potential.

First loss he laughs and looks delighted, teases about how they grew up real fast huh? Guess there's no need to go easy on them! Which is a half lie, Kokichi was going easy, but it was less about giving them a chance to win kind of easy, and more trying to draw out the game to last longer to really hammer in those feelings of helplessness and being outsmarted. He's testing to see if this was a fluke in actuality though.

After losing once though he takes the game much more seriously, moving the game along much faster, no longer making a show of hemming or hawwing or taking time making a move, he's truly showing off his grandmaster skill in the game to it's fullest. Even with a sharp boost it wouldn't surprise me if their darling loses next round just because they weren't expecting it.

However, once they realize the new speed of the game if they can keep up pretty well still, trading back and forth wins, I would imagine Kokichi would shut up about all the manipulation after they keep being evenly matched so he could better focus on the game. He's completely forgotten the punishment part he's just gleeful to have a good game!

He is going to keep raising the stakes though, make the game harder in other ways. Bring in those chess timers and stuff because they've gotten good, but can they really keep up?

Definitely introduces them to fairy chess and the other weird chess pieces or boards with unusual placements or other game modes like Crazyhouse. Might even drag in one of the other dice members for three or four person chess.

Very much cultivating an aura of "you're good, but you're still not the best" both because he's having a lot of fun and because it still keeps them distracted on chess and not like, more practical uses of gaining resources or information for escapes.

After a bit of that he might start to get a bit bored of chess, too much chess, needs a chess break and needs to better assert himself. He's going to bring other games after that. He is setting up Jenga and he is going to make fun of them for having shaky hands pulling out a block. He is pulling out games like Go, Milk Puzzles, Shogi, Risk.

He wants to see if they can get good at these games too, while also flexing about how many games he's mastered and how each one further shows a skill they are lesser then him at. He really wants to keep them distracted in proving a philosophical point then working on an actual tangible escape plan.

Plus maybe even he can use this as a point of connection, engages them in the rivalry more, plays it up, wants to make sure they have fun. Maybe even tries to get them to want to stay because they can't just leave it off on Kokichi having the last win! Kokichi wants that point of humanizing connection of him being fun and a rival to win subconscious favor. Make them stop seeing him as "Kokichi, captor" but "Kokichi, rival" which gives him a lot more space to maneuver

Though he might also be adding subtle extra guards against their escapes, adds a few more locks, puts a few more people on guard duty, adds a tripwire or two. He sees what they are capable of and while he won't address it out loud super much just yet, he is taking them more seriously in private.

Basically he's very thrilled about having someone who can be a challenge, but also has super awoken his more competitive side. He does gain quite a bit of respect for them though for pulling this off, even if he shows it in unusual ways. He will add to the security in subtle ways, just to be safe, but mostly he just wants to bring them to DICE game nights so so bad.

[chainoftalent]

Heyyy~ so before I ask I got some personal-ish question for u. Is yandere writing more of a psychological interest, like a character study, or for self insert enjoyment and fun to imagine going through. Cuz you have hinted that you incorporate some of ur own aroace preferences into your writing, and as someone on that spectrum id like to hear your relationship with fanfiction in general. I feel that what ever it is also adds an extra layer of nuance and detail because of your writing not just being just from the romanitc perspective.

(Splitting this up into 2 asks so it's not a giant block of text)

Ooo good question

For me my interest in the genre started when I was rather young, around 13, and very very lonely. I wasn't really seeking romantic fulfillment or anything, but just the idea of someone who would stay be my side. The romantic nature was more just a part of the genre i shrugged at as just part of it but not really why I was specifically seeking it out.

I'm much older now and while I do get the appeal of the idea of the romantic side, a lot of it still stems from a more platonic place. Though as an adult now there is also I cannot deny at least some kink element to it as well, im a very sex ambivalent ace so the idea of sex is not something that inherently repulses me but also not something that really overly draws me in most of the time. So to me it's just expanding on the desire for general intimacy I want.

However, while there is definitely a self insert element to it, a desire to be something seen as desirable. I'd consider that only a small part of it, like it's fun and I enjoy it, but it's not the full meal y'know? I love psychological stuff and character studies, I'm studying psychology in college even. So there is an immense draw towards the "why" or "how" a character would act like this. I enjoy there to be some reason for it and to expand on how that reasoning impacts the dynamic!

Shuichi is projecting his parental issues, Kokichi has paranoia from being a street kid, Kaito has a savior complex, Mikan has a need for control. It's fun to explore the reasonings, the justifications, and how that impacts them.

Abuse is a very finnicky complicated thing, very rarely is anyone the villain in their story or hurting people just because. There are exceptions of course, but for the most part, abuse or otherwise toxic relationships is a very tricky thing to mentally grapple with on both sides.

Anyone is capable of abuse, so it becomes a fun puzzle of what would make them think this kind of behavior is okay or at least justifiable and how they would weave that justifications into what they already believe.

Rantaro for instance keeps literally losing people its not a hard stretch from "Rantaro keeps losing people" to "Rantaro would do anything to not lose another person he cares deeply for and justifies doing cruel behavior about that as a lesser evil."

So it becomes questions of like... how does other very very important people like DICE factor in? What about their other interests? Are they they kind of person to truly put everything about themselves on one person or are they the kind of person who would still seek out friends or hobbies outside of their main interest? What resources would they actually have? I know some people just want to wind them up and watch them go and no judgement it is fun but my niche is definitely the niche of the someone who wants to take them apart, study them, and put them back together slightly off.

or TLDR; I enjoy the self insert part, but it's the psychological warfare aspect that keeps me hooked, love me some mental chess.

[chainoftalent]

hi hi!! i loved the kokichi x darling in a killing game prompt you did. now i really want to know what he’d do if reader ends up dying in that scenario. im a sucker for angst, what can i say

hope you’re feeling better!

Im procrastinating writing things with this blog again

Kokichi With A Darling Who Dies In Killing Game

Well it would really depend on if they Blacken or if they're Murdered, for the sake of this one I'm assuming they're murdered due to no mentioning of blackening so we have to figure out how that works

It would likely happen to early on in the game, if they have found someone to cling to by the end game, there's no way in hell they're ever on their own so it would be far too much work to kill them, but for the first few murders while Kokichi is still working on strategy and only just start to fixate but in denial about it they definitely could be killed.

Personally I think it would be by chapter 2 he's getting a bit clingy and overbearing, and the end of chapter 3 he's starting to spiral and by chapter 4 you are being locked somewhere safe. So lets say they were the one to walk in on Korekiyo, Kokichi's clingy, but he's not locking them in his bathroom yet (I could invent a whole new murder but Angie's so easy to slot in basically any character so that's less work)

Upon finding their body, their first instinct is that this is a prank, or that they're wounded but not dead yet, but after confirming it. He stares at the body and then immediately starts pulling a chapter 4 "i hated gonta actually this is fine" he talks about how they were just sooOOO UGLY AND ANNOYING wow they practically owe the killer a FAVOR this time, gee who even cares about this NOBODY, always following him around, phew! that's a pain off his back!

If anyone is paying attention they'll immediately notice how tight Kokichi is holding himself, the strained smile, the way they had such a destroyed expression for a split second, but lets be real this is the v3 cast the only person maybe picking that up is ironically Korekiyo because he lives for that kinda drama. Shuichi might notice but lets be real he would not think hard enough about it for longer then two seconds. So everyone's like "Kokichi no" and Kokichi is just internally screaming.

He's very involved this investigation, and if anyone brings up the idea the "the ghost killed Tenko" theory after the seance that he didnt believe would work but god did he have to try he will immediately turn on them all "that weak thing? that pacifist? that pathetic person? they couldnt kill a dust bunny!" basically defending their honor without trying to seem like they are. He finds him getting a concussion this trial also extremely ironic in a fucked up dark humor way like damn he's so attached to them he almost followed haha ow and then pouts about how if they were still alive they would have actually cared about them bleeding.

He's absolutely stealing shit from their room and off their person the moment he can do so without messing up finding the culprit, he needs a part of them to be with him, to have them still be a part of his family in some way and he doesn't think he could get away with stealing the body, nor without any way to preserve it would it be worth it really, even if he really wants it. He might take a lock of hair though, tie it in a pretty little checkered bow tucked in his pocket, just so he can have at least SOMETHING without desecrating them.

Emotionally Kokichi is spiraling HARD, this is their failure, they had just started to picture them in their family, how happy they'd be, how he wanted them...and now they are gone. They'll never know the warmth of his family, of acceptance, of a good happy life. It's haunting him, a complete and utter failure on all counts, it wouldn't surprise me if he just starts hallucinating somewhat, sees them in the corner of his eyes, or remembers them in memories of dice where they never could be. He's aware enough to know its not real and his mind doing fucky things, but god does his heart not clench every time.

Words cannot describe his grief about the fact he never managed to give them anything, Kokichi loves to give things, whether it's experiences or gifts or teasing, and he barely had a chance to give them anything, to leave his mark on them, to see them smile because of him. That's whats fucking him up the most, the lack of memories, the lack of experiences, the lack of connection, now permanent, like a part of him is forever hollow because they never had a chance to color it in with them.

When he genuinely suspects someone of being the killer he goes this weird hot and cold of both "i hate you dont even look at me" and "HEY HEY BESTIE STICK YOUR FINGERS INTO THE BARS OF MY ENCLOSURE <3 IT'LL BE SO MUCH FUN <3" Which honestly? Terrifying, would not want this happening to me, Korekiyo thinks its funny though. Once he hones in on Korekiyo as the killer, he will hound him until the execution, snapping at him and belittling him and constantly pointing him out.

Surprise Kokichi and Himiko team up this trial even more as they both just fucking power word kill Korekiyo as they bond over "person they loved but didnt get a chance to let themselves be honest with them" even if kokichi is much more subtle about it. Lot of interesting potential dynamic with them actually, not even in a shippy way but in a "we apparently have bonded over similar trauma (Derogatory) way.

Also he's being held back by someone the moment Korekiyo starts going off about the whole friends for sister, he'd rather they ROT then have to put up with his FUGLY SHITTY ASS SISTER FOR ONE SECOND as he's definitely going to be a lot more volatile afterwards, more prone to snap mood swings and lashing out at people.

Once it's all over though he's emotionally distancing himself more from the survivors under the idea that any one of them could have killed them, and because he doesn't think he could handle this pain a second time, he was getting too close, he can't afford to do that ever again if he wants to end the game. He can't think of them as even so much as people, even the other ones he's starting to fixate on like Gonta, he just, he can't. He fills the void by further fixating on their now dead fixation as they're dead, they can't hurt him more by becoming more attached to them it's not like anything else can happen with their memory so why not go full stalker obsession about it so they don't get distracted by other alive people who can potentially further torment him! (yes they can they 100% hurt him more this is not a good coping method can but let him have this)

Outside of that, honestly he might try and bargain to keep the necronomicon, make a whole stink about how its boring and unappealing and all that if they don't even get to even so much as TRY it and basically appealing to his audience theory until Monokuma relents and hands it over for him to attempt to bring them back, he's desperate enough to try or at least read through the entire book and memorize it trying to discern if it's a trap or not.

If this fails he's ironically spending a lot of time in Korekiyo's now abandoned lab, looking through books on resurrection and ghosts in folklore, he doesn't believe in any of it, not really, but dammit he has to at least look into it! it's the literal least he could do for them!

He's very much ping ponging between the anger and bargaining stages of grief about this and will be a mess about this secretly for the rest of the trial and definitely not creep everyone out in chapter 6 after he's dead and they go into his room and find his shrine to them from stuff he stole off their corpse and from their room.