❋ memory 016.

[notsuperman]

Memory regained: Neutral Negative - fuck “connections” (luna route - novel: AB game, round 2, ally)
Date: Day 97
Game won: haunt's game

Memory:

Announcer: Points have been assigned or subtracted accordingly.
Announcer: Please check your bracelet to see your updated Bracelet Points.

[ people branch off to discuss their results - first, Sigma & Luna: ]

Luna: Thank you, Sigma.
Sigma: No need to thank me. I just did what I promised I'd do.
Sigma: Anyway, thank you too.
Luna: It was nothing...
Luna: I also just did what I promised to do.
Luna: Now we both have 7 BP. This is the home stretch.
Sigma: Yes it is. I hope we'll get to pair up in the next round too.
Luna: Because I’ll choose “ally”?
Sigma: Yeah. You're an opponent I can trust.
Luna: If we were partners, you could pick whatever you wanted then, couldn't you?
Luna: I mean, you'd get 9 points either way.
Sigma: Whoa, hold on there.
Sigma: Why would I suddenly choose "betray"?
Sigma: I've already chosen "ally" twice...
Luna: You're right...
Sigma: So let's choose "ally" and get the hell out of here together. Sound good?
Luna: ...
Luna: Okay...
Sigma: C'mon, why do you look so sad?
Luna: Well, it's just... There's a part of me that just can't feel genuinely happy about that...
Sigma: ...
Luna: ...
Sigma: Oh... You mean Alice?
Luna: Oh... Yes...
Sigma: We still haven't found Quark either, huh...
Luna: That too...
Sigma: Still, Quark’s BP is 9 now.
Sigma: Technically, he's won…

[ next, Clover & Tenmyouji ]

Clover: Why did you do that?
Clover: What did you tell me all that stuff for...? Were you just lying?
Tenmyouji: No. Everything I told you was the truth.
Tenmyouji: You have to trust me.
Clover: I did! Look where it got me!
Clover: How could you do that?! You're such a jerk!
Clover: How could I betray you after that?! And then you... you...
Tenmyouji: ...
Tenmyouji: I'm sorry...
Clover: ...
Tenmyouji: ...
Clover: Are you...Zero?
Tenmyouji: What? No, of course I'm not Zero.
Clover: Then how could you know all that?! Where did you find out about that stuff?!
Tenmyouji: I told you, I--
Clover: Don’t lie to me!
Tenmyouji: I'm not lying.
Clover: ...
Tenmyouji: ...
Clover: Forget it. It was stupid to trust you.
Clover: I mean... there's no way...
Tenmyouji: Clover... This isn't about me.
Tenmyouji: I... I made a mistake.
Tenmyouji: I got someone involved in all this when I shouldn't have.
Tenmyouji: I…
Clover: You mean Quark?
Tenmyouji: Yeah.
Clover: You did this to get Quark's BP up to 9...?
Clover: But...you’ve only got 4 points.
Tenmyouji: I'm not important.
Tenmyouji: The only thing that matters is that Quark gets out of this nightmare.
Clover: ...
Clover: Hey! Where do you think you’re going?!
Tenmyouji: Isn't it obvious? I'm going to look for Quark.
Clover: Hey! Wait!

[ Tenmyouji leaves. Clover follows, and then stops. ]

Clover: Oh...

[ she then leaves in a different direction. ]

K: What just happened?
K: I thought Clover had said she didn't trust any of us anymore.
Sigma: Yeah, I know. But then she chooses "ally"...
Sigma: Tenmyouji must have said something to her before the last round started, but what?
Sigma: ...
Sigma: …

[ finally, phi & k ]

Sigma: Come to think of it, didn’t you choose “ally” too?
K: Yes, I did. [ name redacted ] put herself in a situation where choosing "betray" would be unwise.
K: If she had chosen "betray", Dio would have 9 BP now.
K: I concluded that her desire to avoid that outcome would be stronger than her desire to protect herself with “betray,” and so I voted accordingly.
Luna: That was her guarantee?
K: Yes.
Sigma: Then why didn't you choose "betray"?
Sigma: You could be walking out of here with 9 points right now.
Luna: It's because you promised, right?
K: Ha ha ha. Yes, that too, I suppose.
Sigma: There was another reason?
K: Yes.
Luna: What was it?
K: It’s...difficult to explain. I suppose you could say I felt a...connection.
Sigma: What do you mean?
K: Well...
K: When we were investigating the pantry together, I felt that [ name redacted ] was somehow... similar to me.
K: Something in me said... "Don't betray her".
K: You could call it intuition, I suppose.

[ phi, upset, interjects. ]

Phi: Cut it out. Gut feelings are bullshit.
K: [ name redacted ]...
Phi: Besides, you don't get to have a connection with me unless I give you permission, and I don't remember doing that.
Phi: You're acting like we're pals or something.
Phi: It kind of skeeves me out, to be honest.
Sigma: What the hell, man?! He did you a favor and now you're gonna give him shit for it?!
Phi: Hmph.
Luna: You chose "ally" too.
Luna: Didn't you do that because you trusted him?
Phi: Not exactly. I just made him trust me.
Phi: When we were in the pantry, I stuffed my face like an idiot.
Phi: That got him to lower his guard.
K: What?
Sigma: Did you really think that would be enough to convince him?
Sigma: I mean, if you were wrong, then he could have escaped and left you behind.
Phi: What are you getting at?
Sigma: Well… I’m just thinking that maybe you felt some kind of connection to him too...
Phi: Oh come on! How am I supposed to feel a connection for a guy whose face I haven’t even seen!?
Sigma: You tell me.
Phi: ...
Phi: ...
Phi: ...Shut up.

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