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Lesson 1;6: It's Getting Worse

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OBLIGATORY CW/TW: Dead people mention + slight description (only in the beginning!)

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The smell of rotting corpses floods the room as the last programmer desperately tried to sneak the kill-code into the monster of a program they've created...

"C'mon, c'mon..." They murmured to themselves "This has to work!..."

They watch the screens turn off once the USB was inserted, silently rejoicing that despite the loss of their coworkers, their efforts weren't in vain. That is... Until the screens turned back on, a monotonous yet "innocent" laughter echoing as the familiar pink haired school girl appeared before them.

"I knew you were going to try to get rid of me... So I decided to be one step ahead and get rid of you all instead! Don't worry... I'll make this quick!"

Her laughter echoed as they were promptly shocked with an immense amount of voltage, killing them almost instantly...

With no one to stop her, the pink haired school girl was now capable of ending up just about anywhere...

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"200,000 madol?!" Dallas said in a furious tone, outraged at the amount the student was demanding from the damages to his laptop.

It would've barely made a dent in his own wallet, but he knew neither Momo nor Roan combined could pay that amount of money. Kenzo just had a smug smile on his face as he said the demand.

"What can I say? This type of stuff is expensive..." He says, glancing over at Dell's now pitch black screen...

"Wh-Where are we gonna g-get that from?!'' Momo asked, about to burst into tears.

Roan seems flabbergasted at the amount requested. "You... You gotta be kidding, r-right?..." He asked, hoping it was just some sick joke.

"Nope~! I don't know how you're gonna do it, but-" Dallas angrily slammed a card down on the table with a huff, interrupting him with a harsh glare.

"... The pin is 7637..." He says, still glaring him down as Kenzo's eye widens.

"... Y-You're kidding me, you don't seriously have that amount of money! You're just some kid!" Kenzo says in disbelief.

"Will you take it or will you just keep whining about your damn laptop?!" He says, still infuriated.

Kenzo seems to meekly take the card from his fingertips as Momo and Roan seem utterly confused and shocked.

"... How much fucking money is in that card?! And why are you just casually handing it out like its candy?!" Roan questioned.

Dallas huffed as he takes his hand back once Kenzo took the card, mumbling to himself.

"Would you rather I not be kind enough to save you two idiots from debt or do you want to pay it yourselves?" Dallas asked, clearly in a salty mood.

"... N-No..." Momo says quietly, they seem very nervous...

Dallas huffed again "Let's just get out of here... Thank you for nothing, you piece of SH-"

Roan quickly cuts him off by dragging him back as he tries to shove out Dell's giant box with Momo's help. "Thank you for at least trying to help us... I guess..."

Kenzo says nothing as he stares at the card, looking at both sides, seemingly trying to determine if it's a real card.

The moment they exited Ignihyde, Dallas' mood seemed to change entirely, almost excited as he pulled out his phone and started to call someone. Momo quickly notices, confused.

"... What are you d-doing?..." Momo says, confused.

"There's no way the computer he had was that amount of money..." Dallas smiled as the phone started ringing "... It was clearly some scam to make us basically pay him for nothing... And mother wont be happy knowing some scum like him stole from me."

"But... But you gave it to him???" Momo continued, still confused. "Y-You even gave him the n-numbers, that's not really s-stealing..."

"I mean... I don't know how much those things cost here, so I cant say much, but you did give him the card and pin number..." Roan chimed in

"Tch, she's going to believe me over him anyway, now shut up she could answer at any mome-" Dallas cut himself off as a woman's voice could be heard on the other side.

Roan could identify the language as french, but had no idea what she was saying... Dallas seemed to speak the language too...

However, Roan noticed that Dallas was speaking to her in a completely different tone, talking in a childish-manner with a slightly higher pitch and a dramatic tone. Roan turns to Momo, hoping that he at least knew what they were talking about, but Momo seems just as confused.

"Merci maman!~ Je t'aime aussi!~" Dallas practically sang out as he made a kiss to the speaker. "Au revoir!~" He happily sighed once he hung up the phone.

"... Wh-What was that?..." Momo hesitantly asked.

"That was my mom, you disrespectful-" Dallas was promptly cut off by Roan.

"No, I think Momo's asking about what language that was" Roan interjected.

"... Oh..." Dallas blanked for a moment "... How do you not know what french is???"

"That was french???" Momo questioned.

"Look, that's not important right now, what is important is how are we going to fix Dell now?!" Roan interrupted the other two's questioning.

"R-Right! Oh goodness-" Momo cried out "I think it's just g-getting worse, their s-screen hasn't turned on the whole t-time..."

''... Maybe there is no fixing it-"

"DALLAS!"

"What?!" Dallas tsked to himself "No one else seems to know how to fix this thing-"

"Th-That's not t-true!" Momo said, starting to get mad "M-Maybe we just need to l-look for someone else in Ignihyde!"

"And have any of those filthy creatures scam us too? No way!" Dallas huffed.

Roan thought to himself for a moment...

"... Maybe... Maybe we can ask headmaster Crowley about Dell? Maybe there's some kind of manual or something like that for this kind of stuff?..." Roan asked.

"O-Oh! Maybe!" Momo perked up a bit at the proposal.

"Tch... I suppose..." Dallas responded, rolling his eyes.

"I-I don't know if we can push D-Dell all the way to his o-office though..." Momo looked up at the dark screen in concern.

"We can at least take a break for no-" Roan's suggestion is cut off.

"Oh, don't be dramatic!" Dallas says, hypocritically "You've made it this far, it wouldn't hurt you to just take them there!... Unless you don't want to fix them after all? The longer Dell stays like this, the more it gets worse you know."

"O-Of course I still want to help fix them!" Momo said a bit louder than intended, shrinking back a bit "... I-I guess it would be better to take them n-now..." They quietly sighed to themselves. "... O-Okay, l-let's get going..."

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The trio stare in confusion at the empty office...

"... What the hell do you mean he's not even here?!" Dallas complained.

"M-Maybe he's just busy?" Momo thought aloud.

"... Hm... Maybe..." Roan seemed to agree with her conclusion.

"Hmph, that's what you get when you have a dorm full of chaotic magicless students I suppose..." Dallas huffed as he leaned against the door. "... You guys look for any stupid manual thing or whatever..."

"B-But what if the h-headmaster thinks we're snooping?" Momo asked, concerned.

"Tch... I'll have to save your asses again, I suppose..." Dallas grumbled.

"What the hell are you gonna do? Ask your mom to deal with that too?" Roan snapped "We can't just be sneaking around in here without permission!"

He sighed "... We should just try again tomorrow-"

"Are you stupid?" Dallas snapped back "Just find the thing fast before he shows up! Is it that hard?!"

"Why are you even helping us?! I thought you didn't like Dell!" Roan was unintentionally getting louder.

Dallas paused for a moment...

"... Tch... Just look for the stupid thing or I'm leaving the both of you in the dust if he does show up..."

Momo had already started looking as the two of them were bickering, while Roan sighed to himself before reluctantly joining her, knowing he wasn't going to get any answer out of him...

"I-I think I found something!" Momo squeaked out, placing a rather big book on the desk.

Roan and Dallas looked over, sure enough, it appears to be something Dell's developers made as a guide on how they function.

"What the hell are you waiting for then?! Start reading!" Dallas said snarkily... Dallas doesn't seem to do well under pressure...

"O-Okay, okay!" Momo replied upsetly as she opened the book.

Roan and Momo skimmed through the pages together, trying to find a solution, as Dallas kept an eye out for if the headmaster would return.

"U-Um... Oh! I th-think we can t-try this!" Momo says, pointing at a section of a page.

"... Momo, that means opening up the giant screen and poking around the wires and stuff..." Roan seemed hesitant about the idea...

"Y-Yeah... But... I-It's worth a try... At least I think so..." Momo answered.

"... Fine..." Roan took a deep breath. "... You just read it out to me and I'll do it, okay? I don't want you to take the blame..."

Roan hated to admit it was really because he was concerned that, if they got nervous, their trembling could mess something up...

"Mhm!" Momo appreciated the gesture anyway.

"... Alright... So, what's the first step?..." Roan asked.

"U-Um... F-First we have to t-turn the screen on..." He answered. "Th-There should be a button on the side of-"

"Hold on" Dallas interrupted "You saw how mad they were when that idiot was touching their wires while they were aware... Why not just do it without the screen on?"

"I-..." Roan cut himself off for a moment to think before sighing "... I guess..."

"O-Oh... Um... Th-Then... Then I guess we should just o-open this thing here-" Momo squeaked in surprise and hid behind Roan upon unlatching the small opening to Dell's wiring.

"... And then?..." He asked.

"U-Um... We have to d-disconnect and reconnect these wires... Th-This is supposed to p-put them in s-some sort of "S-Safe Mode"... Uh... S-Something about how v-viruses don't really load in this m-mode?... Im not understanding this too well..." Momo mumbles the last part to herself.

"... Got it..." Roan sighed as he tried to reassure himself that it'd be fine before hesitantly bending down and doing as told, quickly backing up as the screen went white.

"D-Dell?..." Momo hesitantly called out "... Dell is that you?..."

The screen goes black again before text starts to appear.

It hurts.

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I can feel it scratching under my skin.

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It wants to take over.

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I don't know how long I can hold it back for.

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I don't want to hurt anyone.

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I have to keep the screen off so it doesn't take over.

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I'll see you when I get rid of it.

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Thank you.

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And goodbye.

The screen turns to black again as the three stare in a mix of surprise and confusion...

Dallas could feel the guilt twisting inside of himself...

Drip drip... Drip drip...

It has already grown so much...