[Nessa arrives in the empty RESTRICTED MATERIALS room shortly after Tsumugi does. She lightly adjusts her collar and takes a slow breath. Seems like she's still recovering from the Voidheart being damaged.]
[.... Nessa starts to open her mouth, clearly to express some trepidation about the request and Tsumugi's awkwardness over it, but she stops and does as requested, closing the door and moving away from it.]
Danganronpa was a series of anime and video games which I grew up liking. It was turned into a reality TV show and I was the mastermind behind the last game. It started off completely fictional, but by my era, the deaths and situations were very real.
You're Tsumugi's Doppelganger, aren't you? Or -- her shadow, again? You're just trying to sabotage her, like you were last time!
[She's getting up in Tsumugi's face and grabbing her collar. Her breath is getting more labored from the quick physical action and from what's pretty clearly a rising level of anxiety.]
I don't believe it, you hear me? I don't believe it.
Tsumugi is my friend. My friend doesn't run killing games. My friend isn't a killer.
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Okay, I do know a spot. But you have to promise that you're not going to dramatically shoot me in the back and then lay a single rose on my body.
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Thank you Nessa.
Where is it?
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[...goes!]
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So...is everything alright?
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[right, it's just Tsumugi, no cosplay.]
Can you shut the door? Then... step away from it?
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Alright.
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...
[she starts trembling like a leaf all over.]
I did it.
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Did what?
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[catches her breath.]
...I...
[she mumbles]
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I'm sorry, I was just trying to. Lighten things a bit.
I'm listening. Tell me.
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[one last pause]
...I ran the killing game.
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What're you talking abou--
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She remembers standing behind the podium and her eyes slowly go wide.]
What.
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No.
[She shakes her head once.]
Dangan Ronpa isn't real.
It's just something I saw in a dream.
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Stop messing around, Tsumugi.
Is this some kind of cosplay? You're not even wearing a costume right now.
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That's the truth.
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[Nessa's eyes suddenly narrow.]
You're Tsumugi's Doppelganger, aren't you? Or -- her shadow, again? You're just trying to sabotage her, like you were last time!
[She's getting up in Tsumugi's face and grabbing her collar. Her breath is getting more labored from the quick physical action and from what's pretty clearly a rising level of anxiety.]
I don't believe it, you hear me? I don't believe it.
Tsumugi is my friend. My friend doesn't run killing games. My friend isn't a killer.
[It's...not clear who she's trying to convince.]
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But it won't hold the same weight for you. The people in it are strangers and you won't have seen the ways many others died first.
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[Nessa's head ducks down.]
Why are you telling me this? If you're not trying to make me hate Tsumugi, why would you tell me this?
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