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He didn't seem too enthusiastic about any pool party, but she supposed she should've expected that. After all, he wasn't really being fluid while talking to only one person. His next comment confirmed it, he just didn't like to be around too many people.

However, he knew who she was! That was something, at least. And he was musically talented. It wasn't the same genre of music, but there was still something they could talk about!

"Have you played anything good recently? I had a nice performance a while ago, but it's obviously not the same type of music."

Gone, Goner, Gonest || Issei || Open

"I… I think so…? I’ve n-never been one to attend such big parties or gatherings… But I suppose it would be fun… And it would be quite a bonding experience…"

As he steadily dug a deeper hole, Issei smiled. A pool party.

MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITHOUT SHIRTS, IN BATHING SUITS. BARE SKIN. HOLY FUCK.

If he had to attend, Issei wasn’t sure he’d survive without dying of embarrassment. Maybe more literally than metaphorically.

"I’m… I’m not sure I would attend… I do not particularly like such loud, social events… But… I s-suppose…"

He didn’t want to be rude and turn down the invite outright. He knew he wouldn’t attend, if that was an option, but he’d certainly encourage the party to become reality. After all, after three deaths, they’d need the relaxing, and the fun.

Something to take their minds off of what history had only shown to get worse from here.

"Th-though, aside form that… You introduced yourself… I do know who you are… My brother was quite fond of your group… I didn’t know much of it myself… But I always preferred books to music… But I am Issei Ogawa… Super High School Level Classical Pianist… Nice to meet you… Even under such circumstances…"

He smiled again, much less strainedly this time, and nodded.

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He was turning red, she could see it through the steam. She hadn't meant to embarrass him, so she decided not to call attention to it. After all, being in a hot spring with an idol was an experience that would probably embarrass most people in Japan.

"Glad that you think so, too. I'm Ai Oshiro, by the way. Nice to meet you!"

Giving a friendly greeting would be sure to offset much of any awkwardness, right? Plus, it might just raise any low his spirits had. 

"I'd been considering organizing a sort of pool party with everyone - an opportunity for us all to meet and get to know each other. Do you think that'd take off?"

Gone, Goner, Gonest || Issei || Open

Shit, that is a real actual person.

In a real actual bathing suit.

With real actual skin showing.

It took Issei a moment to respond, or even react, but the moment it occurred to him that there was indeed a person next to him, his face light up like a neon sign. Red like a strawberry.

Maybe redder.

'U-uh, yeah, I suppose so…”

Smiling strainedly, trying his best not to look like a fucking idiot, Issei nodded. Closing his eyes for a second, and shaking his head, he tried to clear his mind.

But it was an actual person.

Actual skin.

Holy shit.

He could barely handle people wearing short sleeves, how was he supposed handle a bathing suit?! He thanked the gods he was asexual, and he wasn’t gonna pop a boner while in the hot tub.

That didn’t make him any less embarrassed.

Crossing his arms over his bare chest nervously, he smiled,

"Relaxing… It’s certainly welcome… Especially in time such as these."

Maintaining his calm tone throughout his sentences, he smiled at the end. He was no less nervous and jittery, THAT IS AN ACTUALLY PERSON WITH ACTUALLY SKIN. HOLY SHIT. but at least she was nice.

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She'd been wrong at the trial, and two people were dead. However, she still needed to keep everyone's spirits up. They could get out of here; it was almost certain.

However, she also wanted to explore the new location. There'd been a hot spring announced, and so the first thing she'd done was go to get her swimsuit. She changed back in her cabin and headed to return to the spring, only to find there was someone else there.

She wasn't sure who it was, but she slowly walked around the pool so as to not disturb him. Once she'd reached a good spot, she dipped herself in and settled down. It was nice and warm.

"Isn't this nice? The spring is a good addition. Maybe it'll help keep everyone relaxed!"

Well, if she was going to be here with someone else, she might as well attempt to start a conversation.

Gone, Goner, Gonest || Issei || Open

"…"

A hot spring…

Not that the relaxation was unwelcome in this place. Barely here for any remarkable period of time, let alone any remarkable memories… And yet, it was tainted.

Yes, the air around the newest addition to their torture was off, it was dark and dense. It shouldn’t have been. It should have been relaxing, it should have been releasing, an escape from this place, where they had already been subjected to watch people die. Where they might die themselves…

I shouldn’t have had a weapons dispensary.

Still, it was there, so Issei had to deal with it. Slowly making his way over to cabin A2, he grabbed his bathing suit. Lazily making his way back to his own cabin, he sighed,

"Relaxing… It’d be nice, but… I’m not sure how well that can go here… Especially with so many people… And I don’t even know them…"

Changing quickly (Or relatively so. Issei was not a quick person.), Issei made his way back to the hot springs. He stared at the pool for a while. Certainly, no one was there right now, but he wasn’t sure he could handle it if anyone else came to use the hot springs.

And by not handle it, he meant he’d get way to flustered around them. Hell, he wasn’t sure why he was even using this hot springs right now.

It was in Public!

But regardless, hot springs were always calming, no matter the circumstance, no matter the surroundings.

So Issei slowly sunk down into the water, his nose barely above the water. He closed his eyes, and exhaled deeply.

His mouth was underwater, so you couldn’t see it, but Issei slowly smiled. Probably the first time he’s smiled in this place.

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The past few days had been stressful for everyone. This game was real and three people were dead now because of it. 

You waited in fear and horrid anticipation for whatever the Mastermind had next.

But when Cre appeared again, he had no news of a motive, just a new map for a new area that had apparently opened up directly south of the cottages.

The Masterminds voice rang out again, projecting out to you from his peak.

"Well. Told you all that people would play into my game. So much fake assurance in yourself to not let someone kill. Hell, even you people who are here for a second time…must feel like a failure…huh??

Well. I’ve decided to open up a new area. I’ll leave it up to Di and Cre to explain it all to you.

The new areas include.

A hot spring in the middle of some stands with rocks and boulders all littered around. Each stand has different supplies and are marked as follows.

A1: Soft fluffy towels for drying off after the hot spring.

A2: Bathing suits? Hm…Seems like everything has been prepared for you all. Each suit has a number on it and it corresponds to your cottage number. Happy swimming.

A3: A small little cafe. And by cafe we mean a small hut with a coffee maker. Go wild. 

A4: This place just seems to have a fire pit with large stones and tongs to set the stones in. Maybe you can use the fire pit and stones to heat them up and toss them in the water…? In case it gets cold?

A5: This one is a little different. Seems like it belonged to a merchant who sold all sorts of masquerade masks. It’s abandoned now, but the masks are up for grabs.

A6: True to mutual killing form…there’s a shack with swords and throwing knives and daggers and…everything you could use to kill someone…Fun…

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Saiban no Honoo | Ai | Trial: Beginning | Re: Analetta

"If they were trying to burn the body, why didn’t they stick around to make sure? It’s poorly burned right now at best. They could’ve even watched it from their cottage to make sure the process was completed."

Talking about these things made her feel sick, but there was no way out of it. She didn’t want to die, so she had to tolerate it. There were holes in the theory, and they needed to be filled. She had her own ideas, but they were kind of conjectural at the moment.

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First Blood | Ai | Body Reaction

Initially, she’d thought her plan had worked. Ichiro had seen how nobody was doing anything, and had decided to restore their food so that they’d liven up. She’d been so intent on getting the food that she’d rushed inside the hall as soon as it had opened, missing the second part of Cre’s announcement completely. However, upon exiting, she saw everyone else gathered around the fire pit. Why hadn’t they gone to get food? She made her way over and almost gave up her recently-downed snacks when she saw it.

Someone had been killed.

Of course, it wasn’t her. It was sad, and she would certainly try and hold them in respect. However…

"All right. It’s hard to believe that he’s dead. But… I think the best way to avenge him now, and make sure he didn’t die in vain… We need to find who did it. We’ll make sure they don’t escape the justice coming to them."

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Oh, she was certainly sad. She hadn't even gotten to know the guy who'd died, and she'd probably cry in her cabin tonight over it. But that wasn't any reason to bring everyone else's spirits down, was it?

"I'm Ai Oshiro, from the idol group ☆Excelsior!☆ I'm here to have a good time, and make sure everyone else does too!"

"Granted, my job just got quite a bit harder. But I'll find a way somehow!"

Surprise! | Mugetsu Kumoi | Reaction/Open

It seemed that the person Mugetsu had approached seemed to be totally find herself. That was actually a relieving fact to know; as she’d honestly hate to be the only one who was remaining calm.

"Ah, that’s good to hear — I mean, it’s bad to know that someone has passed, but I’m glad to see someone isn’t completely upset! I probably should focus on helping the ones that are though; as they aren’t taking this so well — but Ah! Maybe we should exchange names first, right? My name is Mugetsu Kumoi, what might your name be?"

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Well, at least one other person was trying to raise spirits. Ai didn't think she was in need of it, but she appreciated the effort. It was more than she was willing to expend in a time where it couldn't be replenished, after all.

"Thanks. I don't think I need it, though. I'll be fine. Idols are always supposed to be happy, right?"

After all, there were certainly other people who needed reassurance more than she did.

Surprise! | Mugetsu Kumoi | Reaction/Open

Yes.

Definitely. Definitely, someone was just killed right in front of her eyes, right in front of everyone else’s. And of course, there was a collective punishment for it, despite it being only two people at fault. 

Letting out a small sigh, Mugetsu clenched her fist, turning away from the horror and taking some deep breaths. It would be unfair of her to freak out. That could be done by others, which was clearly happening. What she needed to do… Well, she had to help everyone calm down. 

Approaching the nearest person, she knelt down slightly to match their height (she was the tallest person in this class, and her 7 inch heels weren’t doing her any favors on top of that), and gave them a reassuring smile.

"Are you alright at all? If you need help with calming down, or just someone to talk too, I’m right here, okay?"

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If music be the food of love, my stomach's still empty.

She hadn’t even known the guy, and he was dead. She didn’t know what he’d done to anger Ichiro, either. It probably had something to do with that X’d-off area on her ID, but she wasn’t going to check. She still valued her life, at least.

"Okay, no food. Got it. I’ll be sleeping in my cabin with the door locked."

She was making an exception to her “always energetic” rule. After all, it was a situation where using extra energy led to a quicker death.

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[Record Scrape Noises] | Ai | Ch. 1-1 | OPEN

"So this is it, then."

She’d been busy practicing hard for when she returned, but now it was beginning to seem like that would never happen. She’d had her doubts - of course she did, considering two other class trips had gone missing with only a few survivors - but she’d thought that since she’d heard some of them were coming on this trip… 

…Well, that meant they had even greater chances of all getting out of this one alive, right? They had all the past expertise, so they might know ways to get out! Especially ways to get past that huge guardian… What was his name? Crustimina? Confucius? Caracalla? She couldn’t remember, but he was pretty big and could make moons appear out of thin air. Was the other trip having this trouble as well?

"Talk all you want. I’m not killing anyone, and I’m sure we’ll all get out alive! "

After all, an idol must always maintain a positive outlook. How could she lift the spirits of others if she wasn’t feeling good herself?

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"Great! I'll be looking forward to it! Hey, can I have your number? I'll call you sometime!"

Making Bonds [DesVil 3 Pregame OPEN]

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Last Hurrah [OPEN]

Ai was busy packing. Not clothes, of course; She'd finished packing all those earlier. No, now she was busy typing furiously on her phone, trying to find out which songs her group wanted her to learn while she was gone. She had several stacks of paper beside her in the school's huge Computer Lab, and was in the process of printing out one more when the printer made an annoying beep. 

Out Of Paper.

She took one look and immediately knew she'd need some help. She wasn't experienced with any sort of printer as industrial as this one, so she didn't even know where to begin to look for the paper refill slot. Fortunately, she saw another student across the lab.

"Heeeeeeeey! Do you know anything about printers? Could you help me with something?"

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Alignment Tracker

        Chaste ◌◌◌◌◌●◌◌◌◌ Lustful     Energetic ●◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌ Lazy     Forgiving ◌◌●◌◌◌◌◌◌◌ Vengeful    Generous ◌◌◌◌●◌◌◌◌◌ Selfish        Honest ◌◌◌◌●◌◌◌◌◌ Deceitful             Just ◌◌◌◌◌◌●◌◌◌ Arbitrary       Merciful ◌◌●◌◌◌◌◌◌◌ Cruel        Modest ◌◌◌◌◌◌◌●◌◌ Proud           Pious ◌◌◌◌◌◌●◌◌◌ Worldly       Prudent ◌◌◌◌●◌◌◌◌◌ Reckless  Temperate ◌◌◌◌◌◌◌●◌◌ Indulgent      Trusting ◌●◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌ Suspicious     Valorous ◌◌◌●◌◌◌◌◌◌ Cowardly

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"That's great! It'd be sure to get a huge crowd, too! Imagine, two Hope's Peak students on the same stage!

"Still, the kinds of songs you have to sing can be a lot different, right? Especially since they're all parts of shows and stuff. What's your favorite musical you've done?"

Making Bonds [DesVil 3 Pregame OPEN]

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"...Oh. You're going to the other one? That sucks."

"I guess we'll just need to make the most of our time before the trip, right? Maybe one of these days we could practice together or something! Share some pointers!"

Making Bonds [DesVil 3 Pregame OPEN]

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Same for this blog!

All right! I’m gonna be offline and away until Sunday, so! I’ll see all you guys then!

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Here's Ai's idol outfit! It's what she wears when performing for ☆Excelsior!☆, as well as when she's doing promotions and stuff! She's bringing it with her to the trip, just in case she needs to practice in it there.