♚ trial o1 text -> video

[maniere]

[Here sits Junko, a girl with conflicted feelings. A girl with things to say! ]

（ ；´Д｀） this is terrible, isn't it? the worst! i was doing something very important, you know? kidnapping is against my schools rules! absolutely, kidnapping junko enoshima is against the rules!

upupu i have to do this and that, it's very important. i'm absolutely despairing. i might cry!

... not really! upupupu. hello! did i make an entrance? were you completely captivated? it's to be expected of hopes peaks super high school level fashion girl! ヾ(･ω･*)ﾉ it's very nice to meet you all, please treat me kindly! oh, isn't it strange to introduce yourself to lots of strangers? it feels like my first day of high school all over again!

upupupupu ~ ✩! let's try our best to get along! if not, i'll definitely kill you!

.... just kidding! (ó㉨ò) would you like to see the great joker junko?

[A slow switch to video. The tablet is bigger than her cellphone from home. Junko waves with a smile. Today she is quirky fashion idol Junko Enoshima: nothing more nothing less. ]

You know, I've never seen a war up close before. Not a real war, anyway. The fashion world is really cut throat though! Kidnapping is really Hollywood, don't you think? It's definitely scary. You know, I think it might even be scarier than home.

[She pauses. ]

... You know, all of that text was a lie. I'm very glad to be out of school. From one scary place to the next, I think my luck is super duper bad. Super duper extremely bad, even. The worst, most despairing luck ever.

[Her shoulders sag.] I wonder if any of my classmates escaped too? Maybe that's a silly wish. Hope is really futile, huh?

[Acting comes easy. She probably seems a little nuts, and that's fine. It's easy to explain home. It's easy to claim trauma too. Being on video is tiring, though; keeping her expression in check, keeping her voice completely miserable -- it's all completely fake. She sighs, the only genuine thing about this broadcast.

The despair she feels is not even an impressive kind. It's unexpected and spontaneous, but it's low quality and lackluster. Behind her, out of sight, sits Monobear, immobile and useless for now. Her figure head, reduced to a plush toy with a broken on switch. She forces a smile. ]

Let's be friends, I meant that part.

[And with that, she ends the video. ]

Comments

[knifenut]

[ Oh well... now she has his attention. ]

Mutual killing? Maybe your principal's way of thinking isn't so bad after all.

[maniere]

[ -- !! Likewise. LIKE MINDS? COULD IT BE........ ]

Hmmm? You don't think mutual killing is terrible? Doesn't it make you despair?

[knifenut]

[ He's cackling now. Like minds indeed. ]

Not even a little.

[maniere]

Are you the kind of person who enjoys the despair of others, mister Stranger?

[knifenut]

[ Both hands up on. He's literally chinhanding at her here. ]

As long as they're entertaining to watch. If they're not going to be any fun I'd rather just kill them quickly.

1/2

[maniere]

2/2

[maniere]

[She laughs a soft upupupupu. ]

What's your name, mister stranger?

[knifenut]

[ Have an ushishishi in return. Murderous moppets with weird laughs uniting. ]

Belphegor, but you can call me Prince the Ripper.

1/3

[maniere]

Uuhhmm ... !! I don't think I will.

[upupupupupupu. ]

Despair is a delicacy, Belphegor. But you're totally right, you know. Sometimes the despair of others is so despair-inducingly boring that they don't even deserve the effort. Sometimes it makes me yawn a million times or more. What's the use if I can't get excited about it, right?

[maniere]

[and a swift... sudden, mood change. ]

Some people just don't get it, it makes me feel the worst kind of despair ... Even when I was forced to be a bear for a long time, I only got a little of the despair I wanted ... So cruel ... So cruel ... Even this despair right now is so cliché‎, it's the worst kind ...

3/3

[maniere]

... Ooops! I said too much just now, right?

[ at least she ... tried to be normal .... b for effort. ]

Re: 3/3

[knifenut]

[ Rude fucker. Sometime he might have to address that issue. For now he's just laughing more. She might have said too much indeed. ]

That depends, Mr. Principal...

[ Not that she said what bear she was forced to be, but he'll take the risk with that guess. ]

... On if you're going to bother creating despair for others while you're here or not.

[ And he's hoping she does. He's bored and could use something fun to watch. ]

[maniere]

[personality switch #2 plus hella annoying voice. the girl who caused a revolution, everyone. ]

Wouldn't that be the best? There's so many people here, their despair would just be the most entertaining, right?

[knifenut]

[ Yeah he's not sure how he feels about all that, but at least he likes what she's got to say. ]

Maybe. You won't know unless you try.

[maniere]

Gyahahahah! Hey, human, would you like to help me?

[more switch up's than a fashion show. ]

A city life of mutual killing.

[knifenut]

[ hmm... would he like to help her? What a question. Would he... would he? ]

I don't help people who aren't strong.

[ So... a maybe? If she is Varia quality then maybe she'll be worth lending a hand if he feels like it. ]

[maniere]

Would you like to arm wrestle?

[She's joking. Strong has so many connotations. Junko thinks and thinks. She isn't military trained like Mukuro, but she's sneaky and crude and dangerous. She tilts her head and sizes him up.

She wonders if he can see out of his bangs. He looks scrawny, but so does Mukuro. ]

[knifenut]

[ He can see just fine, he's definitely watching her and sizing her up himself, snickering to himself. ]

Maybe another time.

[maniere]

My strong arms have definitely put you off!

[She's joking. ]

Hey, hey - have you been here a while?

[knifenut]

[ Still laughing. ]

Of course.

[ Not at all. But he has to think on the question. ]

I've been here long enough.

[ Too long in his opinion. ]

[maniere]

Do you know where I can get tools? Or someone who's good with robots?

[She pauses, lifting Monobear back up. ] Usually he's controlled from a control room, but it should be pretty easy to get him up and walking and talking with something hand held I think.

[knifenut]

[ Does he? He hasn't exactly made any friends here so it's hard to say, but... ]

I'm sure you can get anything you need from the Initiative if you go about asking the right way.

[ The implication there is that she shouldn't go by traditional ways of asking. ]

[maniere]

[He means stabbing people doesn't he. ]

Hmmm. I guess they'll have impressive things there.

[knifenut]

[ He probably means stabbing people. ]

Of course. They have technology that can steal people from other worlds, don't they?

[maniere]

That's true. But do they have robots that walk around?