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Nagito Komaeda ([personal profile] despairing_hope) wrote in [community profile] eluvio2017-03-10 05:20 pm

[Video] UN: Komaeda

[The video starts with a close up of Komaeda's face as he's messing with the settings. It's advanced technology he's not familiar with, but it didn't take him long to get it going. Nothing ever takes him long to figure out when he tries.

He leans away and offers a smile, but it's a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes. He's tired. There's a weight there. People who are familiar with him might notice it's a little less carefree than he usually is. But then it's only to be expected.
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Hello! This is quite the interesting thing to be suddenly rushed through. They said anomalies were the cause, but isn't that a bit curious? "Anomaly" is such a vague term. It's the sort of thing you see on TV used to hand wave fantastical concepts they don't want the audience to think of too much. So is there something not being explained here?

[Of course he barrels straight to the delicate question.]

But, what do I know? There's a lot of surprising things happening all at once. In fact, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if I was told we were in some sort of MMO! Being in some sort of elaborate program would make more sense than not anyway.

[He goes quiet for a moment, his expression far away lost in thought. It takes him a moment to remember the camera and go back to his train of thought.]

Ah, since I was just recently welcomed to this little expedition, I should introduce myself. My name is Komaeda Nagito. There's not really anything else to say, I'm a bit luckier than most people?
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ She's quiet at first, as if trying to collect her thoughts together. Hearing the word fake hurts her, considering who and what she is, exactly. But she doesn't show it in her expression. ]

I don't know for sure, but I want to believe that this is real. [ But at the same time, that brings many questions to the forefront of Nanami's mind. Things that seemed nearly impossible, but are plain fact here and now. ] Is that... too much to hope for?
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
...What do you mean?

[ A part of her is purposely trying to drag out the answer, but at the same time she can't just simply say "this isn't like the island", since she doesn't know if that would be a good idea at the moment. Or if she's even allowed to. ]
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ And that causes Nanami to pause. So he does know that much. Of course, there doesn't seem to be the slightest hint of surprise in her voice or expression. ]

While that may be true, didn't they say that we were brought here by "subspace anomalies"...? I don't know how true that is, but don't you think it might be possible to have an avatar be taken instead of your real body?
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
But this isn't science fiction, is it...?

[ A rhetorical question, naturally. ]

Even if the avatars are the ones that was taken, that doesn't change the core, I think. Komaeda-kun is still Komaeda-kun. Just like I'm still me.

[ She's... not going to say anything in regards to the whole copy or fake thing, because that gets into things that she actually doesn't want to talk about at the moment so she'll just brush that aside.

Even if he may think it's odd that she isn't surprised, has Nanami ever really been surprised by anything besides murder? ]
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
... is it bad? [ She's kind of curious. ]
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
Then you would have to tell me, Komaeda-kun... why you think it would be better if it wasn't.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think it would be. Because if Komaeda-kun isn't Komaeda-kun, then he wouldn't be the person I met on the island, I think. You may have done some things that I don't agree with, but... I still don't think that being somebody else than who you actually are would be good.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
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That won't happen, Komaeda-kun. I won't let it.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-12 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ However... ] But if you just changed yourself and grew, I don't think that in itself is bad.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-13 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ If Nanami were to be honest here, she definitely appreciates the subject change. ]

From what I heard... and you can probably check the other posts for yourself, Komaeda-kun, there have been people finding body parts of various people and being told that certain people are dead.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-13 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The people who were found dead seem to have been like us... [ A beat, before she clarifies. ] Ah. I mean, in the way that they were taken from somewhere else, just like everybody else.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-14 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
That's what they said... but I don't know how much I believe that.
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[personal profile] virtualbytes 2017-03-14 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...Of the dead bodies? I don't know, you'd have to ask. But I think they didn't.