[denji disappeared for a while in a crowd of rowdy, chatting Winters heading back to the dorms, but a few hours after All The Stuff he seems to be making snack runs
he spots rita as he's crossing the quad, his arms full of bags and takeaway boxes and a slice of pizza in his mouth—he attempts to wave without dropping everything]
Nier had the power to save someone from expulsion, but he had to choose who at the start of the week. He chose you.
Problem was, the power would only work if you didn't know you could be saved. So it had to be a secret. Couldn't let too many other people know, either.
So... in order to have an expulsion where nobody dies, we had to keep you in the dark, and somehow get enough people to vote for you even though you were innocent.
[he listens as intently as he can at the somewhat complicated (for him) explanation, halfway through picking his piece of pizza back up and taking a bite]
What you're sayin' is...you guys wanted to save someone but also needed someone to like, take the fall?
A couple of the killers were in on it, too, which is why they went so far out of their way to frame you. You weren't even supposed to be one of the sleepers -- they must've dragged you out of your room or something.
[aren't you? wouldn't you be? isn't it better if it's me instead of someone else? i can take it, i'll get up, i'll— a storm of doubt loudly rises to the forefront of his thoughts before he can push them back down
he rests his head on hers]
Just...never had people that cared about that before.
[also I'd totally forgotten that he was carrying all those snacks, we were both swept up in the moment so they're on the ground now but all in bags so it's okay!]
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w6, post expulsion(?)
he spots rita as he's crossing the quad, his arms full of bags and takeaway boxes and a slice of pizza in his mouth—he attempts to wave without dropping everything]
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Hey. Making the most of your second chance at life, or whatever?
[... probably way past the second one, but y'know.]
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I didn't even have to die or get hurt at all for this one! Feels like I lucked out.
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Luck had nothing to do with it. [--Well, maybe a little.]
Sorry you ended up getting used in a stupid plan like that.
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So what was the plan for me?
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Problem was, the power would only work if you didn't know you could be saved. So it had to be a secret. Couldn't let too many other people know, either.
So... in order to have an expulsion where nobody dies, we had to keep you in the dark, and somehow get enough people to vote for you even though you were innocent.
[...Sorry...]
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What you're sayin' is...you guys wanted to save someone but also needed someone to like, take the fall?
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A couple of the killers were in on it, too, which is why they went so far out of their way to frame you. You weren't even supposed to be one of the sleepers -- they must've dragged you out of your room or something.
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So...when we were talkin' last night, you...?
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So when your name got called at the end of trial, I used a spell on myself to make me forget about the plan until the expulsion was over.
[If I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to talk to you...]
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[Sort of, yeah?]
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Thank you. For real.
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[she'll tolerate it. even though her face is red.
...couldn't leave you alone like that...
What if you thought we were really okay with letting you die!?]
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he rests his head on hers]
Just...never had people that cared about that before.
[also I'd totally forgotten that he was carrying all those snacks, we were both swept up in the moment so they're on the ground now but all in bags so it's okay!]
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Idiot...! That's exactly why I had to be there! I knew you'd start thinking crap like that.