AND THE PEOPLE WHO GAIN THE WORLD

[strangerpeople]

AND LOSE THEIR SǪ͞UL̨̡͢


[The time goes down to zero. Vyce's fists clenched.]

. . .You fools.

[He raises a hand, and suddenly, Lala lets out a gasp as she begins to grab at her throat. Green lines begin to glow from within her body as she starts to writhe, before falling to the ground into convulsions.]

For all of your claims and bravado, you still voted to condemn her! You claim to care, you claim she is innocent, you claim to want to take her place, but in the end it never mattered!

THIS is why I cannot trust anyone with my mission! THIS is why YOU would fail in MY shoes! THIS IS WHY I ALONE MUST--



[Suddenly, everyone is thrown to the side as something violently jostles the whole house, Vyce included. Immediately, Lala collapses to the floor, and the glowing lines disappear.]

WHAT THE-

[It actually felt like the house was rammed just then.]

Comments

[thiscomicsucks]

BEGINNING NANITE TRANSFER.

[There are some twitches from the deceased body, followed by that from the robot. After a few moments, the twitching stopped.]

NANITE TRANSFER COMPLETE. SCANNING FOR ANY ABNORMALITIES IN THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

[dereban]

[ and there seems to be a stirring and a groan before a voice speaks up. ]

What the hell—

[carryabigstick]

Thank Aidios—

Inaba!!!

[dereban]

Uh.

Um. . .

[ She tries to collect herself and recall things but it just isn't working. Confusion and slight panic sets in her voice. ]

What happened, I can't— I can't remember what happened after—

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Woah, woah! Wordlessly trying to get her to calm down!]

[dereban]

[ it won't work very well, but you tried ]

[carryabigstick]

You scared the crap out of us, that’s what!!!

You... you idiot.

[It’s okay, she’s really happy it’s just. A lot of emotions to have at once.]

But it’s gonna be okay now. We’re gonna be okay.

[dereban]

I know. I know I am. . .

[ She's been told that repeatedly but it's kind of bad that she's having a panic attack here. ]

But I can't remember — I was able to see things that last time —

Am I really. . . me?

[carryabigstick]

Woah, hold on— deep breath.

[For herself too, really.]

Listen... it’s kinda complicated and I’m not really good with the whole technology thing— but it’s okay. Don’t push yourself too hard. You’ve been through a lot you know. And whatever you can’t remember— we’ll fill you in.

[dereban]

[ Right.

Deep breaths. Try not to panic, Inaba! Although the mention of technology concerns her yet again. ]

The last thing I remember was dying. Thinking that if it really wasn't a bluff, that I'd be okay if I died again. . .

[ Emphasis on 'again'. ]

. . .since the body I was in was just a gigai body. And if someone found a necromancer, or Ichigo- they could at least put me in a replacement. Since I can't go home, or even back to my original body right now.

[carryabigstick]

Again...? Geez...

Well for starters, you did die. We were dragged down to the basement to figure out who killed you among the five suspects. Vyce tried to make it seem like it was Lala’s fault because she found your phone and tried to get it back to you.

So we kinda yelled at him and it was a whole mess.

But then the Champion he was talking to rammed the house and we escaped with you! And I guess they transferred something so you could be in a new body? I don’t know a lot about that, I just carried your body here for the process. But— it worked! So. Yeah.

And there was some busting stuff down and fighting and crazy stuff in between— it was real satisfying to be able to swing my hair at that jerk. But yeah!! It’s real good to have you back. Don’t do anything stupid like that again okay? How ever many times is just that many times too many.

[starswink]

Vyce tried to pin everything on Lala. But we stopped him, and now you're... you're in a body like mine. I hope that was okay. We really wanted you back...!

[There are more tears of relief in his eyes. also he has a gun now but that's not important.]

[dereban]

It's—

[ The panic is soon replaced with something else. Tenseness. ]

What do you mean by that. Explain everything to me.

[starswink]

Where should I start...

[there were three major plot points here, he gets it]

[dereban]

Preferably in chronological order.

[touchsensors]

Inaba-lun!

[RUNNING OVER]

[dereban]

. . .hey.

[ It's a rather quiet response, but one nevertheless. ]

[touchsensors]

I'm really sorry-lun.

[Is that appropriate? It feels appropriate, at least.]

[dereban]

You have nothing to apologize for. I'm the one who should be saying sorry.

[nightmareofdivinity]

[Awkward... wave from across the room...]

[dereban]

[ waves.... back??? ]

[nightmareofdivinity]

It... art pleasing to see thou art amongst the living again.

[dereban]

. . . you sound a little unsure.

It's my face, isn't it?

[nightmareofdivinity]

A bit, yes. We art also out of our element in a place such as this.

[dereban]

It's okay, I don't want to see my face, either.

[ She is super afraid!! Which is why she's asked for no mirrors. She will smack the first person who gives her a mirror. ]

. . . well.

You learn something new every day.