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WEEK 2

[The unfortunate death, and subsequent execution, has no doubt weighed on everyone's minds since. The dam has burst, and now, the idea that someone may kill another in this place is not just a possibility anymore. It is reality, and a very terrifying reality at that.

Yet, there is a strange side effect to the murder's aftermath. When the Titled go to sleep on Saturday evening, they will dream, even if they don't normally do so. When they wake up, their dream stays with them, and a thought comes to everyone. A realization.

Their dream had been a memory they lost. Now, they have it back, as if they had never lost it.

Nor is that the only change. They also feel just a little more confident in their power. Confident enough that they find that their ability has evolved to become stronger. Whether that's a good or a bad thing, well...

Soon enough, too, the Titled's phones start pinging, and when they open up their LIME app, they receive a simple message:]

Your Mall Map has been updated!

[And indeed, those who go to check the Food Court will find an elevator on the eastern end which leads to a brand new wing that had previously been obscured by the barrier.

Dio and Wake's information is also slightly different from before on the LIME app, but...maybe it's best not to think about it. Last week had been...disheartening.

Hopefully, this week will be better, right? Surely, this week, temptation won't win out again....right?

Well.

There's only one way to find out.

Welcome to Week 2, Titled.

There are thirteen strangers in this place.

This week's crab is Dungeness.]

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[He glances a the knife, then at Karma. Well, it is rubber, so it's not something he's going to worry about where it is...besides, there's plenty of other knifes to be found. So he picks it up, flipping it around with his fingers to hold it out.]

I don't see why not. It's not as though I have much reason to keep others' belongings.

Fair enough. This knife has more meaning than you think, though.

[ Once he's taken the knife back, the ease to which he tosses it up into the air and catches it in repeated succession should be enough to speak a little to his skill in wielding it. ]

It can't be used to kill any human, but that's the point. So you don't have to worry about it being used on anyone of us here.

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I'd just assumed it was a replica, myself. I wouldn't put it past them to render some weapons useless to encourage us to pay for new ones. Though, that did leave me curious about these.

[He holds up one of the dark arrows, twirling it between his fingers to show the very real arrowhead.]

I can see why you'd think that but no. Definitely not a replica.

[ He holds it up just long enough to show the words clearly imprinted on the side of the blade. Special Arms Against Unidentified Slimy Octopus. ]

It's meant to be able to harm my teacher. The blade isn't even really made up of rubber, either. [ He then continues to idly toss it up into the air and catch it without even really thinking much of it. ] Consider it something similar but not quite the same.

[ However, Karma does move closer to inspect the arrow in question. Even letting off a soft whistle of appreciation as he did so. That definitely wasn't a fake. ]

I can see why. Get the feeling we really don't want to touch those tips though.

They do look quite ominous. I might be able to cure poison now, but I don't think I'll be testing them on anything living.

Ah, by the way...what exactly does that insignia mean? Unidentified Slimy Octopus...?

Good idea. Don't want to risk it. Better keep them out of sight incase there are some who might want to use them for their own purposes.

[ A soft laugh sounded from him then, tapping fingers against the white writing on the pliable blade as he straightened up. ]

It's what they refer to Koro-sensei as. My teacher.

[ A thoughtful pause follows that. ]

The government who supplied our class the weapons to kill him labeled all of them with that insignia to symbolize what they're meant for. [ Karma laughed a little, bending the blade absently to show it's flexibility. ] Think of a being that's about nine feet tall, yellow and has a big round head, a wide smile and about ten tentacles. Two of which he uses as hands.

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[...Is your teacher Cthulhu, Karma? Is this what's going on here?]

Is there a particular reason this government wants him dead, beyond being an inhuman creature?

Well... he blew up half the moon, and intends to do the same to earth if he's not killed by the time graduation comes around. Simple as that.

[ Spoken as if it wasn't as serious a subject as it currently was. Though briefly something in his expression shifts, thinking back to all the weird gaps in his memories. Why did him and Nagisa end up having that fight whether to 'save' or 'kill' Koro-sensei to begin with? Was there really another way? ]

They've offered a bounty of sorts for his death, too. The one who kills him gets ten billion yen, and if a group does it? thirty billion shared amongst them.

That...certainly does sound like a good reason. And the official authorities have been unable to handle him by themselves?

They tried. Hard to handle a creature who can move at mach twenty speeds.

[ There's almost an amused look on his face now. ]

[Wut.]

Then how do you intend to stop him?

He's spent the past year teaching me and my class how to assassinate him. Guy's got a lot of weaknesses, just gotta know how to use them.

[ A brief flash of something conflicted crosses Karma's features before he shakes his head. ]

It's not as impossible as it seems. We've made a lot of progress. Not just in our attempts to kill him, but academically, too.

Why would he be teaching you his own weaknesses?

He didn't specifically teach us his weaknesses. We picked up on them during this past year, and besides.

[ Karma sighed and smiled slightly to himself. ]

Just because we know of them doesn't always make it easy, either.

So he's simply confident that even through extended observation, you won't be able to pose a threat to him.

Pretty much. We've come close a couple of times but haven't succeeded yet.

[ Going to look away for a moment. It's almost making him feel a bit homesick, being here. The longest he's really been away from Koro-sensei and his class in the past year. ]

Other assassins have tried their hand at killing him but haven't gotten anywhere, either. [ A nod of his head. ] He's also pretty expressive, if you can believe it.

I wouldn't think an octopus would have much in the way of expression, no.

Most octopus don't educate kids and encourage them to assassinate him.

[ Still amused when he thinks about his first time trying to really get under Koro-sensei's skin. How fun. ]

His face changes colors and has different expressions that mean different moods of his. Gets pretty easy to read after a while.

[Blink blink. Then he lifts his hand to cover an amused expression.]

I hadn't thought of an octopus' camouflage ability in those terms. It sounds as though it must look a little comical.

It really does.

[ Glad to see you're getting something of a kick out of this too, Akechi. ]

From green stripes on his face when he's cocky and assured, to white when indifferent. Not hard to know how he feels, plus he's kinda something of a pervert, too. Never would have initially guessed that about him.

[Well, there's things to be said about tentacle monsters...but he won't go there. Instead, the image of a world destroying Cthuloid with green stripes on his face pulls a laugh out of him.]

I have to wonder now if anyone's made a habit of trying to coax different color patterns out of him.

Some of my classmates did in the beginning, trying to figure him out with the different color patterns and all.

[ Hey he's glad that talking about his non-human teacher is getting a laugh out of someone honestly. ]

He's... certainly interesting. I wouldn't be the same without his influence on me, really.

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