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CHAPTER 6 || Airi’s Fate. (part 2)

"This is the end, I suppose. We're going to end the killing games, as you've requested. However...I'm sure you all still must know...Airi is still too dangerous to be let out into society! Yes, it's an unfortunate fact, but we MUST keep him here. No more killing, no more violence, I swear, from now on, the simulations will be peaceful for Airi's sake. You will have a good, safe life here."

I-I don't, I don't...I don't want to leave Airi here...! It's not..It's not right! (Hanae)

"I am well aware this is not the kindest option, but Airi consented to this when he turned himself in asking for help. How can we let him out knowing he still has such violence inside him?"

Can he not change?! (Hanae)

"But what will you all do if we let him out and he ends up hurting someone? Hurting multiple people? Are human lives so petty to you? That you're willing to risk them on a mere whim?" 

“There will be no more killing games, but we can keep Airi in a peaceful simulation upon letting you out. Of course...everything will be reset, including his memories."

What's tha point of that? It'd defeat da whole purpose, right? (Cai)

"...A vote. That's what we agreed on. That's what we have argued for because there's too much bias amongst us researchers to truly ever decide on what's suitable- no, what's right for Airi-san."

"Even if... even if it means he'll never be my friend again, he's deserved the right to hold on to these memories. That he and everyone else here fought hard to save, even if it means he might never be truly happy. That's what I'm giving up in exchange, even if Yu-bin-ssi, Suchart-kun and Manju-chan don't agree."

It's time, everyone. You know how to vote. I know...you'll make the right choice."  (Kotori)

Let Airi free.

"...Very well, everyone. I accept your decision. I hope you know what you're about to do. If this fails, this is on you. After the execution, you all will awaken."

"Before I go. Thank you, everyone... I'll see you on the other side."

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CHAPTER 6 || The Truth. (part 1)

“Did you enjoy this little game I prepared for you? You all played so well! It was so fun watching you fall into the depths of despair! You guys did amazing, killing each other in such complex ways! I couldn’t be more satisfied with how it turned out!”

“But, there’s still a few mysteries that haven’t been solved yet. Which means we can’t end things here, can we? I’ll do my best to answer your questions~”

Why did you do this? 

“Hm? Why, you ask?” He tapped a finger on his lips, tilting his head. “I was bored, I guess. The crime rate in Japan is soooo low that I’m lucky if I get a decent case on my desk that can actually make me think.” His arms spread out, as did the smile on his face. “That~ is~ why~ I made this… these killing games!” He stumbled on his words. “To solve the seemingly unsolvable! To experience complex murder mysteries you couldn’t find in the real world!”

“... Well, that was the goal at first.” The excitement dropped from his hands to the floor. “If I’m being honest, I lost my real reason for doing this a while ago. I just kept going because I had to. Something compelled me to.”

What is that something?

"I don't know. There was just something. Like a subconscious urge. Hahaha, are you feeling unsatisfied with my answer?"

STARS...  How much of that is true?

"I don’t know anything about STARS, that waiver, this Chiyo Oshiro, or synthetic talents! I don’t know! That video makes no goddamn sense!” 

“... It’s confusing to me,” he starts explaining, his prior malice all but vanished. “As far as I know, this is my first killing game. Yet, the evidence shown to us, and these fuzzy memories that I can’t quite grasp, keep telling me otherwise. I don’t understand! How many times have I done this already?! And why don’t I remember any of them?!”

“If we believe all the facts presented to us. It seems like our memories and our talents aren’t real at all. Chiyo Oshiro also mentioned the world being in ruins, but none of us remember that, right? Which means a big portion of our memories have been altered. Right now, we’re in a simulation. Since Yuko Kuwashima is talking to us through Yunime, that must mean she’s alive, right? Even though she appeared as a ‘ghost’ alongside people who died from our killing game.”

“I think that means... that no one who died in this simulation actually died. They were just removed from the simulation.”

“But then... who am I...?”  Panic returned to his eyes as his thoughts ran amok.

What was the purpose behind all the simulated killing games then?

“... Was it to prevent me from taking actual lives in the real world? Does it have something to do with this urge I have?”

“Even after Chiyo Oshiro was executed, memory and talent augmentation research continued. It was supposed to help, but...there is a bit of a bug in the system. It's rare, but...every now and then, something will fail in the augmentation and it will create something...dangerous, to say the least. Chiyo Oshiro masterminded over fifty killing games, what would happen if that trait resurfaced in one of the augmented subjects? They would be a danger to society...would they not? What would happen if someone received the Mastermind trait during their augmentation, something that gave them an overwhelming compulsion to harm others, to create killing games. What do you think...would happen if a person like that was left to their own devices? At least, that's how S.T.A.R.S. sees it."

“It wasn't supposed to be like this. They wanted to fix you, but nothing they did worked. So they just left you here to rot to protect everyone else."

“What..?”

“............” 

5 games.

“No, no, no, no, no, no… No!!”  This was wrong. This was very, very wrong. Airi collapsed to his knees and screamed. Cracked memories, too distorted to truly make out, filled his mind until they were crammed against the walls of his skull.  Faces, names, friendships, rivalries, pain, tears.

5 games.

Memories of red splashing from his own body like rain. Over and over again, he died. Four times now, to be exact. The pain of death seeped into Airi’s nerves and he screamed until he choked.

It hurt so much. 

And it was all their fault.

“What have you done to me?” His voice was low, growling like a beast. “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO ME!?” Both fists slammed onto his podium in pure rage, not caring for the damage done to them. “You… You took everything from me!! You did this to me! You made me this way!!” He took a second to catch his breath, his chest rising and falling violently as he neared the brink of hyperventilation. “I don’t want this! I didn’t want to be this way, and you-! You threw me here to make up for your mistake! You took away 4 years of my life, and for what!? Nothing has changed! How long do you plan to keep this up!?... How many more years will you rob me of?” His voice cracked and moisture pooled in his eyes.

“Why…? … Why…?”

...

“So, let me get this straight. All of us were experimented on, apparently with our consent. We were given fake memories, fake lives, fake talents. But! There's a possible side effect. You might develop mastermindosis or something! Which is what Seta contracted. And you've been trying to cure him by letting him manage five killing games? Wow!” (Ricardo)

"Silence! You all could not be MORE mistaken! If it were solely to satiate Airi's bloodlust, we could easily repeat simulations with artificial intelligence, to keep him busy and satisfied until we could find a permanent solution. You all are here for your own reasons. The nature of the experiment does not matter so much as the end result, that being, witnessing the impact of trauma on the recently augmented subjects. This is the safest environment to do so. Killing two birds with one stone, keeping Airi's mind sharp through the simulations and seeing the impact trauma has on you all. This is the best way to see if any of you are a danger to society." 

“.....”

"No," he glares at Mukuro. "You can't keep doing this! You can't keep hurting people like this! These games and this simulation have to stop!"

"I won't let you!" (Sujaku)

“You morons have no idea what you're talking about!" (Karaju)

"Our experiments aren't wrong!" (Mukuro)

"I'm here too!" (Hakumei)

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Despot Despair, Chapter 6, End: 20 remain.

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Despot Despair, Chapter 6: Airi’s Execution, Solitary Confinement

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“I want to live my life.”

Despot Despair Chapter 6: Airi Seta’s Argument Armament

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Despot Despair Chapter 6: S.T.A.R.’s Argument Armament

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Despot Despair Chapter 6: Airi’s Laughter “Haha… Hahaha! You’re right! Congratulations on solving the mystery!! I’m the one who subjected you to this journey of torment! I’m the one who forced you to kill your friends!”

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JOURNAL ENTRY N.03 || CHAPTER 4

|| This journal will act as a recap for everything that has happened during Chapter 4. This means there will be information that Airi would not realistically know. This is only for the sake of the recap. If you’re confused on who’s who, here’s a link to the roster page. ||

@despot-despair​

It’s been a while. I’m still struggling to pick up this pencil to write about what’s happened in this hell hole. I have to persevere though. If I die, this will be what I leave behind, after all.

I went to the library for the first time since it opened not long ago. I’ve been looking for something ever since Kotori died, and I thought that the library would be the perfect place to find what I was searching for. Even if it took me hours of reading, skimming through every book in that goddamn place, I would do it. Because I needed to know Kotori’s last words. I needed to know what they meant. 

Before she died - before she knocked me out, she whispered something to me. She gave me a code word. Myosotis. This one word has plagued me ever since I woke up to find the woman I loved dead. I was determined to figure out the meaning behind it. And I did.

Myosotis. A Forget-Me-Not.

I couldn’t stop crying when I found out. Sadness, frustration, and happiness all pooled together inside me. Kotori, I will never forget you for the rest of my life, however long that may be.

Shortly after the execution, Raiouji decided to cook up another scheme. This time, however, it wasn’t a motive for murder. Perhaps it was just more torment for his own pleasure. In any case, half of were deprived of our sight and the other half their hearing. No matter what we tried, the devices wouldn’t come off and we were forced to clumsily try to communicate with one another. It was hell. I still have bruises from all the shit I bumped into and tripped over. Any communication with those deprived of their hearing was done through blindly writing on paper, hoping it was legible. God... I don’t even want to imagine how terrible my writing must’ve looked. I already have horrid handwriting as is.

Soon, temporary respite came. Though it wasn’t any more pleasant than the sensory deprivation. Raiouji decided he wanted to play a little trivia game. So many secrets came out... some of my own, too. 

Caballero’s family seems to be trafficking drugs behind the scenes. Perhaps that’s why they’re so rich. And Caballero didn’t even know how deeply his dying mommy betrayed him.

Not only that, but his new pet was apparently bullied by his siblings and nearly drowned. They should’ve killed him and spared the world the agony of bearing his useless existence. After that, Yuu ran out of the room in a panic. Caballero went after him once the game ended and comforted him like a good owner should. They left to the infirmary.

Something happened between Caballero and Cai, it seems. I don’t know how or why, but Cai seems to have feelings for the rat. That came to light when Cai caught Caballero and Yuu kissing in there. A fight broke out and Cai started beating on Caballero. Good on him! It’s too bad he was stopped. It was also around this time that Ivy revealed she had feelings for Cai.

What is this soap opera!?

Anyway... back to the trivia game. There’s also a serial killer amongst us. How original! They weren’t named, but the knowledge alone was enough to shake everyone. I have my suspicions but that’ll be saved for another time.

And my own... on how Ritsuko, my mother, killed Kouta. I froze. I didn’t know what to think or what to do. As soon as the game ended, I left and stumbled around until I found the winery. I hate wine. I hate alcohol of any kind. It was during my flurry of horrible memories of abuse and trauma that I had an epiphany. Everyone around me believed me a monster. Who was I to deny them? I decided. I would become the vicious monster they wished me to be.

I threw away the Akahoshi name. I can’t ruin Akahoshi-san’s reputation more than I already have. I became a Seta once again; Kouta’s horrible last name that made me gag with disgust. It’s fine, though. I am a monster.

Another event happened, this time a ball, prepared by Caballero I think. People danced and socialized until Raiouji showed his face once again. He and Yunime decided there would be a talent show. 

The show progressed normally. Momo-chan seemed to crumble a little after her performance. I don’t know what that’s about. I decided to show off my amazing talent of insulting people! I must be a pro, ‘cause I pissed a lot of them off. Sorry, not sorry.

That Caballero though... That vile, disgusting, wench poured wine on me. I was repulsed. And furious. Seta was released as I threw away my own moral code of never inflicting physical pain on someone else. I choked Caballero, in front of everyone. It didn’t take long for them to spring into action to stop me. 

Unfortunately for me, they stopped me from killing the bastard. But seeing the pure terror in his eyes was enough for me to be satisfied.

A motive was finally given. This one ended up being the cruelest (besides the execution of loved ones). Sleep deprivation until someone committed murder. These motives. They’re getting out of control. 

I thought I was losing my mind after a few days. 

The next meeting would be during a new game, where we were all forced to present Yunime with the best bouquet of flowers. I gave her a bouquet of wilting flowers to show just how much I don’t care for her. I didn’t win, obviously. 

Then something... happened. Mukuro was back. She outed Yunime as a traitor. Raiouji freaked out and executed Yunime for her crimes. I didn’t know what to think of it. I was almost tempted to pretend to be a traitor just to rile everyone up, if I’m being honest. It seems that Cai and Caballero were the ones behind Mukuro’s repair. Do they know something? Did she know something?

With Yunime dead, there was no winner for our flower game. The reward was given to everyone. It was an envelope, with photos inside of four people.

I still don’t understand. None of this makes sense.

One thing was for sure: these people are behind something, watching us.

There wasn’t much time for rest, however, as someone was found dead. Kliment was dead in the ballroom. He was bleeding from his chest. Thankfully, everyone was given time to sleep before starting the investigation.

But the nightmare was only just starting.

Liya, who was alive during the investigation, was found dead in the winery. They died right as we found them. I couldn’t feel sympathy for those who were upset for their deaths. This time I took it too far and said too much, I guess. Even Hanae-chan got mad at me! The rest of the investigation was pretty awkward after that.

I didn’t have time to deal with it. Not when there was a mystery to solve. And so, everyone went to work as usual. It’s almost disturbing how normal it’s become for everyone. If I wasn’t already used to this, would I find it normal by now too?

The trial started as always. Although, this time everyone started saying all kinds of nonsense. I guess the sleep deprivation seriously messed with our heads, as people testified to seeing things that never happened. I had my own plan, though. I tried to frame Caballero by stealing one of the knives from the kitchen and claiming I saw Caballero stab Klim. I was found out pretty fast though. I’m kinda mad about that >3> All my hard work went to waste.

After some time, the truth finally came to light. Kliment and Liya killed each other. Liya stabbed Klim and Klim poisoned some tea for Liya. But... now what? There was no killer, at least not one that was alive.

Raiouji wouldn’t let it go. There had to be an execution, he said. Even if it were an innocent person.

Ivy sacrificed herself for us. Before her death, she was revealed to be the SHSL Lucky Charm. She was one of the few people I could possibly call a friend. And she’s gone. Just like Kotori. 

This is growing so tiring. I don’t know how much longer I can do this, honestly.

Signed, Airi Seta

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Despot Despair, Chapter 5: Freedom and Foolishness. “Karaju’s different! She and the rest of my servants were SERVANTS! All of you are PEONS. Peasants. Lower than low. S l a v e s   t o   t h e   k i n g … Welp! At least I’m glad I got all those electrocution-tasers embedded into your bodies! Nyaha! You’re all just like dogs with shock collars- except you can’t take them out no matter how hard you try, nyahahaha!” 

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4, End: 11 remain.

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4: Ivy Yin’s Execution, One Foot in the Grave

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Despot Despair Chapter 4: Ivy Yin’s Argument Armament

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4: The Clarinetist’s and Thanatologist’s Trial

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4.2: Kaliya Shiva’s body

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4.1: Kliment Engel Holloway’s body

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4: Strange pictures

“…All we know is that they’re observing us with the birds. Whether that means they’re nearby or somewhere far is unknown. Why they’re only observing is also unknown.”

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Despot Despair, Chapter 4: Betrayal of a Love

I thought…out of everyone, you’d be the one to never betray me, to always stay by my side, but that was wrong too!

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