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[gamerbrain]

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[gamerbrain]

you wanna see?

[mukagen]

if you'll let me?

[gamerbrain]

sure! we're friends. where are you?

[mukagen]

i've locked myself in my room in hopes that i can escape whatever it is, but we can meet up wherever you want?

[ MAYBE HE WILL LEARN THE TRUTH or he's going to get trolled. I will live through both. ]

[gamerbrain]

[ she does not reply because she's like a fairy: too small to hold more than one thought or feeling at a time!

shortly after, someone clearly tries to open the door to his room even though they cannot unlock it! idiot.

then she knocks. ]

[mukagen]

[ And Gojou will carefully open, peeking through before it slides completely. ]

Welcome, Aoi!

[ Come in, come in. ]

[gamerbrain]

[ she comes inside! ]

Hiya.

[mukagen]

[ And he'll close the door so they're not disturbed. He would hate for more memories to smack them, too. ]

Actually, I'm not sure how this works.

[ It's supposed to just... Happen? ]

[gamerbrain]

I think so...?

[ after coming inside she just kind of? stands there for a bit because it's not like she can trigger it on purpose?

... luckily it doesn't take long for him to get: a pretty innocuous memory! from 38:20 to 41:43. of note: the memory plays out exactly like in the video. like, not from aoi's perspective. it has the user interface, the text, the buttons, the dialogue sprites. it's still got shinichi's internal monologue written out. it is literally that clip in that format. ]

[mukagen]

[ ?????????? Gojou, at first, thinks it's cute, but notices the UI fairly quickly. He has had theories about Aoi possibly being committed to an act... That it's just what she enjoys, but—this is definitely a visual novel. ]

You threw away the cake?

[ Hello? He would have loved that cake? ]

[gamerbrain]

Aoi hasn't yet. But Aoi will, in the future.

In solidarity.

[mukagen]

... I miss that cake already.

[ IT WAS NEVER YOUR CAKE. ]

So that's your friend, right? And the protagonist?

[gamerbrain]

[ she..... nods. ]

Yep. The protagonist and the main heroine.

[mukagen]

You should tell me about them! It looked like you guys were having fun.

[gamerbrain]

But Aoi hasn't met them, yet.

[mukagen]

[ ???? ]

But... It's a memory?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi played the game.

[mukagen]

[ Ah, so the UI is like that because she was PLAYING the game.

... ]

Do things really happen like in the game?

[gamerbrain]

They would, but Aoi is here instead.

So they will, but not yet.

[mukagen]

And you can't change anything about it? Even though you know all of this?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi wouldn't want to interfere with the narrative unless necessary.

[mukagen]

... Do you ever not wonder what kind of adventure you'd have if you deviated?

[gamerbrain]

[ after... a long pause, she shakes her head. ]

Aoi never used to think about that kind of thing.

But the further Aoi deviates, the more dangerous it would be for Aoi.

[mukagen]

Dangerous... How would it be dangerous? Would your reality just collapse?

[gamerbrain]

The story could break down.

And if Aoi stops fulfilling her purpose, Aoi will disappear. So it's better to stick to the script.