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[ This is where you be dead. Boo woo. ]

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cw: vague torture mentions + suicide + sororicide

[promisedyou]

[ It feels like waking up again in a way, as Shion inhales a sharp breath in surprise and while it takes her a while to compose herself, she eventually manages to keep herself together, regardless of the shock in her eyes. Bringing a hand towards her hair, she immediately realizes who she is. She no longer has to play the role of 'Mion Sonozaki' that she did for all those days in the game. Then again, how does she know that game was real? She can feel her limbs again, unlike when she'd- No. Shaking her head, she finally gets a chance to look around in wonder, curious. There has to be confirmation here somewhere that she's actually dead like she told herself she wanted, disgracefully. In the same way that she'd killed the old hag, her sister - the real Shion, who had taken her name for so many years - Satoko, Rika... Too many people. She finally completed her revenge play. And for what reason? Absolutely nothing. Her prizes didn't matter to her anymore. She doesn't expect to be brought back to life, given what she's revealed. She's a killer. A murderer. A horrible person that brought pain and suffering. That begs the question of why she was even born. Shion Sonozaki still doesn't have the answer. And she's certain she will never find it, either. Trying to force the words out, she finally, finally manages to speak, her voice quavering. ] Is there anyone... here?

[refusedtoleave]

[There's something. It's hardly a mumble but there's a noise and somethings moving.

Can ghosts stumble? Cause this one's making a good attempt.]

Wha-?

[promisedyou]

Wha—

[ Shion definitely mirrors the cut-off word that Natsuhi manages to say, but the look in her eyes is much more akin to shock and surprise, jaw dropping towards the floor as she brings her hands to her chest, clenching it slightly. ]

You're... [ From the game, she doesn't say, those three words dying in her throat. ] Natsuhi-san, aren't you?

[ There's definitely a politeness in her slightly trembling voice, a lot less crass than how she's been acting through most of the game. ]

[refusedtoleave]

[She'd been on a cliff, talking with the host, well he'd be threatening to push her. She didn't remember if he did.

Her head hurt. She doesn't even notice bringing a hand to it. She's just slowly blinks at the girl.]

That's correct... You're that Sonozaki girl aren't you? That name sounds familiar...

[Natsuhi cringes. There is an attempt to keep her voice level, but she's too groggy to pull it off.]

[promisedyou]

Ah... yes. Sonozaki Shion.

[ She's dead after all - or at least, seeing Natsuhi here practically confirms it - so there's no need for her to pretend to be her sister. She can just be herself. Besides, in the end she gave her own original name back before she died.

But nevertheless, she manages to hitch a breath to calm herself down slightly. ]

This place seems to be the afterlife.

[ She thinks. She's pretty sure. ]

I can't tell if it's hell or not, though. [ Because if this is hell, it's a lot better than she thought. ]

[summitdancer]

[What the hell did you guys do to her corpse?

Why?

Are you trying to use her beautiful corpse to kill her teammate??]

I'M GOING TO HAUNT YOU ALL!

[hootheart]

[Tiera wakes up, looking over at herself in surprise when she realizes she's no longer burned, and she can breathe now. She starts wandering around, slowly searching for anyone else here.]

Hannah? Mion? Are any of you here?

[promisedyou]

...

[ She doesn't say anything at first, her eyes giving Tiera a rather serious look, almost judgingly. But there's softness in them — she has no room to judge, after all. Not after what she's done. But she doesn't expect to be forgiven for her sins.

Nobody can, now.

What she might notice, however, is that her hair is down instead of tied up in a ponytail like it usually was, back during the games. ]

Why are you here?

[ Her voice is as cold as ice, but it doesn't waver or shake. It's clear that she didn't get to see the shitshow that just happened. ]

[hootheart]

[Tiera glances over at Shion. She remembers the confession, but she also remembers the execution-much harsher than it should have been even for a killer. So there's some coldness in her tone as well, but she explains well enough.]

Hannah and I were planning on handling Simon together, once he came back. But Aoi must have found out, because he and his friends plotted together to kill her. He claimed it was because she was dangerous, but she only attacked them when they attacked her! I tried to stop them and save her, but Haru set the room on fire. I wasn't able to stop it. I couldn't save her.

[promisedyou]

I see. [ Folding her arms over her chest, the words that come out of her mouth are terse; straight to the point. There's not really much of a need to say much else. If Shion's bothered with what happened at her execution, or rather, anything at all, she doesn't show it. With Tiera dead, she realizes that Yuri might mcfreaking lose it again, considering how close their deaths were. There's only three of them in their team left alive. Two that are still playing this game, and one stuck in the hotel. She's fully aware that she could have stayed alive and well. But she died by choice, not by chance. This is how she wanted it. ] So? Why did you want to look for me? Do you plan on rebuking me for my crimes? Because if so, I'm sorry, but I've already had enough of that for a lifetime. [ Even though she says sorry, there is nothing apologetic about the way she says it as she even shrugs her shoulders wide. ] After all, I was weak and allowed the 'demon' to take control. I couldn't even believe that Satoshi-kun was still alive and killed him in my heart... but then again, that means nothing to you. [ And that's when she finds herself laughing like a madwoman. Fitting, for an evil villain. That's what she is, isn't she? Not some tragic heroine. Someone that nobody can sympathize with her. That's who she is now. ]

[hootheart]

...you were still my teammate, part of my flock, before I learned you were a family-killer. Family-killing and child-killing are the two harshest sins-but I still thought of you as flock. I just wanted...to see if there was any familiar face here. [Tiera blinks at the laughter.] Are you amused, or hysterical?

meakashi-hen spoilers; cw: sorocide mentions

[promisedyou]

[ SO, FUN FACT: thank goodness that even though she's a ghost it won't stop her from being able to see the game, right? Hence why when she hears this, she can feel herself tensing up, reeling slightly as she tries to pull herself together and utterly fails at doing just that; she's laughing rather hysterical at the same time she's choking on tears that tempt to spill, but don't. Because she brings her hands to wipe them, because-- She can feel her heart aching, twisting in a pain that shouldn't be there. She's no longer human. "Mion Sonozaki" threw that away a long time ago when she felt the jealousy crawl up her back, almost as if it were possessing her. And perhaps she was possessed by the curse after all. Or at least, that's what she's telling herself. But that, too, is just an excuse. Just like how revenge for Satoshi-kun was an excuse. Even if she doesn't exactly understand everything that Hanyuu's saying; from "fragments", to "a world we left", she doesn't think on it too hard. That's not the important part of what she's saying, after all. Hanyuu, who she had only known for a few days is saying those words as if she knew more than she'd let on. They're understanding, caring words that held so much weight, almost to the point where she can nearly feel the sins that she carries fall off her back. It's that, coupled with the words that her fellow teammates have told her before she died - something that she recalls in this very moment - that finally causes her to double over and fall onto her knees, hands in her face. It's done. She's done and in tears and she's never been so glad that nobody that she's relatively close to is here. ] I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm so sorry I defiled you, Shion! [ Her voice is cracking now, her throat dry which makes it ridiculously hard to speak. ] But it's okay, right?! I kept your promise! I didn't kill Kei-chan! [ She's yelling at air at this point, trying to let all her feelings out. It may not do anything, given that she's dead and a ghost, but. It's cathartic. She doesn't care who hears this anymore. She's already fully admitted the truth. ] Yet, why... I ask, would any of you forgive me? Why would you bless someone like me?! [ ..... feel free to call her out on her. "Madness", as someone might lightly put it. ]

[hootheart]

[Tiera looks...somewhat sympathetic.] I was always taught that you can't apologize to someone for killing them. There's nothing you can do to make up for it once you've done it. You can thank your victim, if you intend to profit from their death, and that's more honest. Besides, if you kept your promise, there's nothing you need to apologize for.

[promisedyou]

What is there to be thankful for?

[ Her tone is rather clipped, full of annoyance. She knows nothing about the troubles that she went through, about how her life was run. While it's true that she supposedly profited for it, for having everyone think that her sister was the crazy serial killer when she pushed her body down the secret entrance, at the same time she feels only the slightest pang of guilt deep in her stomach.

"Please apologize to Satoshi-kun in Heaven. I can't, since I won't be going there..."

Those were her last words to her sister as her delirium caused her to be unable to believe in her. To take pity on her when she apologized, pleaded. Sometimes she can recall the screaming that rang in her ears like bells. Music to her ears. ]

Even if I profit from having her die, the police will eventually find out the truth. Ahaha... ha.

[ Even as she laughs, there's a cracking to her voice, fading away until she can no longer take it. ]

After all, there's DNA testing, even if Shion is the one with the demon on her back.

[ She means that literally in some ways, proverbially in others. ]

[hootheart]

[Tiera's arms wave in what is probably the owl equivalent of a shrug.] If you did not intend to profit, why did you do it?

[butterfliesinmystomach]

[HIDING FROM EVERYONE]

[hootheart]

[Well, after that conversation with Okuyasu that went horribly wrong, Tiera is just going to curl up in a ball in one corner of the graveyard and sob.]

day 13 voting results reaction...

[promisedyou]

[ There are no tears running down Shion's face. None at all. Except for the fact that they're falling immediately when she sees the voting results from the hotel's television sets. There's a laugh that leaves her lips, but it's not one belonging to a demon. It's one that's like broken piano keys that are slowly being plucked with each ascending note. You thought that she was done before? ] ...ha. [ Well, now she's just grossly sobbing into her hands, the tears stopping but this time she doesn't bother stopping it as her eyes nearly gloss over, emotions dried up as she stares into space like a puppet with its strings cut. It's hard to tell that she's even human for a moment before her fingers clench and unclench as she finally yells out words from the back of her throat, holding her hands tight and close to her heart. She doesn't even deserve to have feelings and yet- and yet- ] No, no... no! I told you to live, so— [ There's a hiccup and a sob as she grips onto the fabric of her clothes as she chokes back any words, eyes fixed on the screen. Lips quiver and move, as if she's trying to say something more, but everything dies in her throat. She always loses the people she loves. Even if this isn't her fault, she feels guilt aching in her chest, only being able to watch. That's the least she can do, right? ] You didn't deserve this. [ But she's going to see him soon, isn't she? That's how this works, as weird as it all is. But she finds herself whispering aloud, soft words of apology, near quiet murmurs. ] I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry...

[hootheart]

...you didn't do anything to him. [Tiera has been sobbing nonstop for quite a while, and even after she stopped she's mostly been sulking quietly in her own corner. But she walks over now, and after a brief pause wraps an arm around Shion's shoulder.] There's nothing you need to apologize for.

[promisedyou]

[ Shion herself isn't crying anymore, but she sure is going to wipe those tears so nobody can publicly see them anymore. Even though it's already too little, too late. She's cried too much. ]

Just because I didn't do anything-- [ Frustration boils in her voice, as her fingers tighten on her chest near her heart. ] It's because I can't do anything that makes it worse!

[hootheart]

[Tiera nods, closing her eyes.] I understand. We promised that no more of us would die... [And look how well that went, she doesn't say.]

LET'S GO

[quadjumps]

[ yuri plisetsky is dead, having been burnt alive in a fire pit. fitting for an ice skater to die to something completely opposite of their own element. and boy, did it hurt.

but it happened really fast, and yuri even managed to flip the bird before he got burnt to death, too. so...at least he was able to do that much. there's still so much he hasn't been able to do while he was alive, though, and...he'd expected to just sort of fade into nothingness.

but he's here.

he's got a conscience. it's odd.

and the first thing he hears is someone sobbing--mion? ]

...What the hell?

[ he doesn't quite...react at first, still stunned that any of this is happening and sort of just. looking at her with wide eyes. ]

YEAH

[promisedyou]

[ TNDG R3: TOO MUCH FIRE........ nevertheless she hears the familiar voice which causes her to pause and just. Wipe any and all of her tears because she doesn't want to be seen as an embarrassment although her eyes are red and poofy. ] Ahaha, it's really embarrassing to be seen like this... [ She smiles, because that's what you're supposed to do when you see a friend, right? ] Haroron, it's nice to see you again. ☆ [ Act casual. Of course she has her hair down now, but she doesn't look too much different than before. ]

[damnjuanhessohotrightnow]

[SCREEEEEEEEEAAAAAMMMM]

[refusedtoleave]

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