It's All Fun And Games

[freshprints]

Who: The First-Game Dangans of route_29
Where: Around the Dining Room Table, the Dangan House, Goldenrod City
When: The Evening of Wednesday, December 11
Summary: It's not exactly a Class Trial (and everyone is probably thankful for that), but Nanami's arrival has prompted a slew of questions and surely there's no better way to resolve them than Dangan-style.
Rating: PG-13 because some people have filthy mouths. Also, FLAGRANT SPOILERS FOR SUPER DANGAN RONPA 2
Log:

[The Dangans have always had a habit of handling their business internally.

Or rather, Kirigiri has, at least — some might even argue that she's had a habit of handling her business too internally, to the point where she refuses to let anyone else in on it even when it might actually be entirely prudent and relevant to clue them in. And to some extent, that's what's happened here, too, as pertaining to the matter of one Nanami Chiaki, the Super High School Level Gamer. She's a problem no one had anticipated, a complication no one has accounted for — a schoolmate none of them remember, but through no fault of any memory shenanigans this time. And that's something worth talking about, so gathering up the assembled Dangans and orchestrating a round table (that thankfully ends up looking a lot more like their former breakfast meetings and a lot less like a Class Trial) to present their information all at once.

And since it's Kirigiri who prompted the meeting, that means it's her privilege (or burden) to start things off.]

On the eighth of this month, someone posted to the Gear Network claiming to be a student of Hope's Peak with the title "Super High School Level Gamer". How many of us have talked to her by now, and what did she tell you when she did?

[If that won't get the ball rolling, then nothing will.]





OOC Notes: Given the nature of the post, it seemed more sensible to put this up in the logs comm so that everybody could tag their characters into it and threadjack freely and so on — but considering everyone's just kind of sitting around a table talking, please don't feel bogged down by any sense of "necessity" to throw in action brackets into every tag just because this is a "log" post; by all means, sprinkle them in where you see fit, but this is designed to be a discussion-heavy log, not an action-heavy one. o/

Comments

[struck_out]

So you're gonna believe the girl who killed you over someone else who might've gone through the same hell hole we did, simply because "she could be working with Enoshima"? That's bull shit! Are you gonna say the same about every single person who comes from Hope's Peak Academy but who's not from our class?

[ardent]

[Oh my goddddddd -

That gets a flinch out of him, but like hell if he's going to back down on this, Kuwata, he's sorry.]

I'm not believing Celes-kun over anyone else!! The only way that applies at all is in saying that she wasn't working with the mastermind, which is obviously the case and has been proven to be true multiple times - what I'm saying is that we can't just take this person at her word, and it's inviting trouble to do otherwise!

After all, even you're saying that she "might" have gone through what we did - meaning you don't know either, do you?!

[crystalballer]

[What the hell is going on. We were doing so well.

But he is with Leon on this.]

Come on, you guys! It's not fair to just go and assume she's in league with the Mastermind! I mean, I guess she didn't tell me as much as she told Kirigiri-chi and Naegi-chi but...she seemed okay to me, dudes.

And how're we supposed to figure out whether she's legit or not? It's kinda hard to test that unless we trust her.

1/2

[divinitea]

For the last time, Kuwata-kun - Yamada-kun killed Ishimaru-kun, not me. Please do not get that wrong again, or I will be very upset.

2/2

[divinitea]

[As for you, Hagakure-kun-]

I'm still waiting to hear a good reason as to why we should trust her.

[ardent]

...Right, we're getting off-topic!

[He's currently so worked-up that he's practically vibrating; he's not about to sit down and settle anytime soon.]

If anyone has any actual information about this person, now is the time to share it with the rest of us - in a manner that isn't cryptic, because now isn't the time!

[freshprints]

[Yes, because a sudden outburst screaming match is exactly a good incentive to make Kirigiri want to be forthcoming, as opposed to just flipping the table, clamming up, and saying gently caress this whole thing.]

I'm well aware that there's no way to prove the truth of anything she says. That's why we're here to discuss it in the first place — the best we can hope for is to compare the stories she told each of us and see if she's at least consistent in them.

[You vibrating idiot.]

[ardent]

[All right, since apparently he is the only competent person in the room right now - ]

...then why don't you start, Kirigiri-kun? We aren't going to give you information and receive none in return, and you seem to have a better idea of what's going on.

[freshprints]

[That just made you want to chew nails, didn't it, Ishimaru-kun. Didn't it.]

It's unlikely that Nanami-san was working with the mastermind. While there's no conclusive proof of it, there's circumstantial evidence to suggest otherwise. According to her story, her role in the game was to "protect her friends" — a task that she was asked to perform. That sort of hopeful request would seem to be the antithesis of both Enoshima's despairing motives and the goals of the murder game, which were to sow distrust and discord among people that had formerly been friends.

[Similar to how this council of war is going now, um.]

Furthermore, the reason why she isn't older than us is because she claims to be an AI created by Fujisaki-kun and Alter Ego.

[ardent]

[you know he wasn't expecting that to actually work]

...it likely says a lot about our situation when that sounds more credible than anything else right now - can anyone else verify that?

[freshprints]

If anyone can, it will most likely be Togami-kun, Hagakure-kun, or Naegi-kun.

[LOOK YOU WANTED HER TO BE FORTHCOMING SO THERE YOU GO. Asshole.]

[superordinary]

She didn't tell me about being an AI but she asked me to tell her a story about Fujisaki-kun and seemed eager to learn more about him. When I mentioned he created an AI during our murder game, she said "so that's when he started that."

[divinitea]

...please don't tell me you all actually believe something so ludicrous....

[ardent]

[...right. Disregard Celes-kun, acquire deets.]

Did she say who asked her to protect her friends?

[freshprints]

[GOOD THING, TOO, because Kirigiri was just gearing up to toss out a remark on how we should all try very hard to not get Ishimaru-kun murdered over this one, as well.]

The survivors of the school life of mutual killing. That's also the explanation for why she's unlikely to be forthcoming with information to those who don't survive.

[divinitea]

[It's a good thing that terrible Yamada-kun isn't here then! You should feel so much safer, Ishimaru-kun~!] 

How painfully counterproductive of her.

[ardent]

As is derailing the discussion, Celes-kun.

[freshprints]

It's probably understandable. Celes-san isn't likely to have anything of substance to contribute, since her name isn't among the list of survivors.

[diamondo]

[oooooh sick burn]

Look, can we quit insulting one another and actually talk about this shit? Did she say what exactly happened to her and her classmates?

[struck_out]

[Someone's gonna need the aloe.]

She wouldn't tell me what happened to her but when I told her Monobear ain't here to mess with her, she looked really glad.

[ardent]

[Yes, yes, we'll all get the Burn Heals out later, surely.]

But if Monobear was controlled by Enoshima, who is now dead...

[... :|a ]

Did she mention what this contingency plan was? There's a difference between it being some sort of programming - maybe AI of her own - and another person.

[divinitea]

Admittedly, death is probably preferable to your company, Kirigiri-san...

[........]

....perhaps Enoshima was not actually dead - if I'm going to be forced to entertain this nonsense. Did any of you actually see a body?

[freshprints]

No.

[...]

But only because, like in Celes-san's execution, there wasn't much left of a body to see.

[struck_out]

Pheeeeww, burn!!

[...and he doesn't even know how she died.]

[ardent]

Will both of you - how necessary was any of that?!