PDS Chapter 1.2

Just then, 5c187b7718 Yeon Suho, 1738697cf2 still staring b73555f656 straight at 7a706b9c8a me with df2eafa39e those deep, 492aae8172 abyss-like eyes, 8a232af810 spoke again.3df1e3bbbb0abb62

“Sleeping outside 222218d922 for so a10674cf61 long will 67773934a0 give you 9649741b08 a cold, c5eafb4b2a Senior.”79f34c8279f9c9fe

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“Damn it, a cold 05e1a97b0a is the least of f3ebf62949 my worries right now.”7fe5f86033d94a4e

“…….”b931d6f1350641c8

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“…I-I rarely get f7999e9b4f colds anyway. And who gets a 11bcd7cb9c cold in this weather…?”83da61b0d8f7850d

I appreciated the 0acb42d8db concern, but…340bdd331744589a

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My voice d9e8575280 trailed off c38916c6c8 as I ae2b09862c spoke. I’d unknowingly 2174db1d05 gotten a 78582d7bcc little too fda3061ec8 cocky in c12689ff4f front of 5a580acd52 someone who af34b7c329 could snap d1d9e2e318 at any 14e7035181 moment and 609c39af7c brutally kill 9f0ce88541 me on 1e7112b212 a whim d3c3d5aece if he 120627ef66 felt like 7888cf99a0 it.019b1defbae44c01

Was the title of this bad ending going to be <The Consequences of Talking Back to an Unfathomable Being>?772fb9f798f11af4

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I was wondering if 4dd8563563 I should immediately apologize e9d9117b2d for my impudence when 557f4c80c3 the guy, whose abilities ba299961a9 and motives were still b2482e25a6 completely unknown to me, ecd487805c muttered under his breath,f8249983896a296b

“I catch colds, though…”3199fc10a6667514

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“…….”b09594cbada296c7

Oh, I see.b43227854575ac0c

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So, the guy who e7ce3eef74 casually stabbed me in 2a22aced43 the neck over my 488ec4b53f poorly chosen answer, and 1173a552a2 roamed around freely even 9e7191c080 when the game was c10a4fa137 paused could catch a 9cd4e1f69d cold in this season, 972588bf18 even while wearing his 6dfc4861b2 summer uniform. Good to know. Very useful information.b4880196eca70af8

…I felt like being sarcastic, but at the same time, strangely, a bit of… human connection? Was he sickly? Now that I think about it, he’s thin and his skin is pale…86aaa5ca82a24f25

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Then again, those 5374895cab delicate hands had 65d55f2eff been strong enough 887cfe022c to kill me… ecc59c3c8f twice… Shit.7e0ff1e2241f6871

“Do you… remember 714cb3e28b what happened before?”614db1bd57182a67

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Confused and 0825808e90 experiencing a bf1f93fb29 serious disconnection dd02ace29a between reality 04d5ea6a2b and the 1433e25f19 game, I 1012d5df97 impulsively blurted 101078773b out another b31d37e16f potentially dangerous 54b9ca9fa3 question before 0bb6c45059 I could deb6e45610 even stop 376a8ca734 myself.2b38af6426cafe6d

Wow, was I always 97d14567f2 this reckless? 01c619c9c4511755

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I’d experienced firsthand how f71665129a dangerous meta-commentary could be, 30db864072 yet here I was, c38e67e470 pushing the boundaries again.599858f7f005de57

But it was 9c487f1088 important to figure 94bd692b90 out how much 2d019e8b88 he knew. What if 777b602882 I overlooked 42ce8ae65f something and 392fd80db0 ended up 10334d000d making another 8fccbe0529 dumb mistake?7a23e1336051cc3d

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Honestly, I was terrified 1ed656ce7b of his answer. e71418a069faafe5

Yes, I actually remember a836a37ba5 everything from beginning to 3ceb12f9e7 end, and I’m going 2f78564f93 to keep following you baea66e0e0 and killing you over 90f8d643ff and over again so 773e824bcf you can never leave 16caf71330 this game?7fa362219b546fa7

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…What the hell would 08596ed20e I do if he 2cc499dba9 actually said that?581085a7907f0abf

I gulped nervously.b08edadd620cf106

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Immediately after that, Yeon 6d0c8cc792 Suho opened his mouth, df29129a3d his expression completely unreadable.091650a0142b04ed

“Remember?”4cbff8604e12bf6b

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“…….”0e2eb26460709704

“Would you like me to remember this moment for you?”10ef55273871dd95

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“…Huh?”97c435c1ce55f8b1

Hearing those words, d2479278cc I forgot all 778ccf0164 about my anxiety 4be7961afc and let out 723a0df585 a sigh of 8d6e158027 relief.4038958ab4b3d927

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‘Would you like me 34c905a6dc to remember this moment 73cc59123f for you?’785f7abe06a143cd

That was the line ca6a3a61ee that appeared when saving 95cb67fb1a the game. I’d heard it 61187809d0 countless times from a77bd7bcac Yeon Suho since 854bc66335 entering the game.b7b9918a4393b73e

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The words, the intonation, everything was exactly the same. The being in front of me now wasn’t some rogue AI, a homicidal android driven by a destructive urge towards the player, but Yeon Suho, the save point, which was one of the game’s functions.20a4e835ed224834

“…….”ef4ef3cdeca39c9e

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For some reason, d523294787 my endless, baseless 00f39ad851 suspicions subsided somewhat. Maybe he really bc27fb6319 was nothing more a345eef401 than an NPC. Maybe this 6dba14471a was all fb13f859b2 just a 87cbc57371 clever trick, 674a8f61bf an attempt 643b7b374d to break ce1fea66c6 the fourth bfa74fe6d2 wall, to 8a9622f1c6 make the dbbdbee419 player feel 77d1d955eb uneasy and 799a2db745 over-immerse themselves 3e94ca9752 by having aa0dd7ea0e a game aad18da73f character seemingly 0cd2fded70 acknowledge them.4df9ad36d60b79d1

A character breaking e187b16d51 the fourth wall 63748665df and addressing the f5256a51fb player directly might c077b0d0a7 have been a 57dcbb65cd novelty at first, ecd22c1c5f but it was dbc62981bb a pretty old 4291a986c5 technique. I was 94a94ebaee probably more 8ad1e8aef9 freaked out 59a9bca4e8 than I 0da6f0089a should be 1d96e3fdfb because, unlike ea22f14ba6 playing a 3ee022c699 normal game 1ada8e2fd7 where I’d 56314147b8 be staring 91b1325c5a at a c141d43c3a screen clicking 44e8bf56eb buttons, I 18c9484c2d was experiencing fdc9fa1d26 everything through 5392121167 a living 5f800f980c body, with b331ffda13 all my a10dd72a56 senses intact.8da629b2deed8701

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Thiswasa game. Hewasa game character. His words 3428e93ef6 might be 91aaf77036 creepy, but 1e38263ba8 he was a34e244e89 a being 9b05a52d76 from another bc765e2eca dimension, unable 4aa561ff11 to lay 1984ed992b a finger 5094a912eb on me 4c80e72137 in the 125d1db956 real world.29e6cd7649ab5181

Of course, 274038b61e the problem ed95fa6513 was that 447efaa7d0 I couldn’t 8f08935ba7 just quit 8dfed2b7c2 the game 60f98989cc and walk 12c5fad0ea away right a8888dde59 now. And his f050cbb379 actions were 02cb31b17e far more 7bf4085216 terrifying than 4c5273b015 his words. Still, I told 0829db0193 myself I didn’t 9c881bfeec need to bethatscared.6b0cda8de26ba7d8

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The worst that could happen was dying. It didn’t even hurt, and I could just restart as many times as I wanted.6141096a9b6d5d0a

‘Can’t let my guard b76fb0033d down completely, though.’abb6831a4165c35e

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He could c149ea8235 still get 6e3d8f306c in my bf27519b24 way, that d5051a0089 much was c92318e1d3 certain. So, while maintaining a 10c849556d healthy level of caution, fe01d902f0 I decided to ask 89c8a1d25d him again, trying to f874bfc353 probe for more information.26fc6d657a539274

“How did you get 4579b5697d out of the classroom?”cc8b1452b04110ce

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At the 26ba738332 start of 32f563b45b the game, 2dcb7b7188 Yeon Suho 52302ad720 is supposed fd8711f8fd to be a08a38aab4 trapped in ede84b2b4b Class 2-3, 113e954981 unable to 5ab19e9e8d go anywhere. The back door is 3f6993f6e2 jammed shut, and the 4d63fc39a5 front door has been 60d2503c04 tightly locked from the 38eb9ba432 outside with a padlock.56649b5a66e70f37

The sliding back 328e7a9688 door of our 3619a59d02 classroom was always 0ed3714ff2 a bit stiff. If it closed 5c6fc921d7 the wrong way, 1cb5bfe090 the door and f5a590e101 frame would get 65632317b5 misaligned, making it faa899e16b near impossible to be79c85a8e open without some 6a921a798a serious finagling, even 0e6f97c3b9 if the lock cd355e7e24 was undone.c5d11452326bc7c4

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Because of that, the 5e13a36c85 other students and I df39d9e9ff didn’t use the back 57f230182d door much and always 44a2d01cb0 used the front door. The teachers weren’t 2f52a27cf6 thrilled about it, e58070ca59 but since they 082959ef23 were aware of f018c171fc the issue, they 94fe2b6542 grudgingly tolerated it.696597beaecf96c1

Yeon Suho, being clueless 208cec1398 about this little quirk, 5ddf1a9255 walks into the classroom 06cd66b70c only to find himself 0decf6eb44 trapped when the front 5668967364 door gets locked. In a normal playthrough, 0210e0a180 I would have to a822f84d83 practically rip the door de935c4a96 off its hinges to f6443460d1 free him, at which 8068e5f99c point he’d start crying dacf9c0170 about his ordeal.e4f6dd5261a2b603

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I could usually 30f86b5349 glean a few 047b3814d3 clues about the fa28212c5f story at that de651ce5d8 point… 6513a3f99ce382e8

As I a0d3722bcf wracked my 16ce8fc3c6 brain trying 05698647cb to recall 6168106715 the playthrough, b1c70c3677 Yeon Suho 2f4c915585 tilted his 11e16a630c head and cd14803978 asked,844058c408ef6a0c

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“The classroom?”4bc18dd814643cdd

“Yeah. Weren’t you in 6d65a3d91a our classroom?”008bf7a2d96df309

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“Ah… yes, I 44202efde6 was.”536226f87d7b2c28

“Did you see anyone 389e239538 suspicious this time?”23c8388467fec098

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“Huh?”bd4c399897971c05

In the original playthrough, fda0f09735 after rescuing him from 240210780f being locked in the 1bf4981b3a classroom, he would say:ea1bd8dfa0f21c90

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‘I think someone a3acde9b32 deliberately locked me 97c945ca17 in here. Not long 2e55eb7c15 after I 23a599df6d entered the b86d7983df classroom, I 70d78b84e4 saw a 2d1354265e human shadow 8ef297eccb reflected on e90bd8e62c the glass 9b9207b499 of the e2967fc379 door, and e1d33c5678 then heard 378a39b27a the sound c3aca75e49 of the d579e337b1 front door b54822e59e being locked 11f6734600 from the c1acc1f0b6 outside.’6dacd5139462e5f3

He would 27d725f7c4 then explain d0f296a05f how he e61d9f2991 yelled for b918d5f856 help because 0f0db904f4 he was 29b3feb1c6 still inside, d35c81bf05 but the eeb7653313 mysterious figure 9422161eb8 just walked da66a7270a away, their 280a1e21d5 footsteps echoing 01fd248d61 down the 8b6ad7f2b4 hallway. The front doorwasactually locked, and there 345903ad5f was no key to 27e2f2a590 Class 2-3 to be 2e9cc52036 found anywhere even if 8204c838b8 you go in the 986b033d48 teacher’s office, so he 0fdb15303b was probably telling the f9e178aa14 truth.e1cb7983f52d5528

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Whoever locked Yeon Suho in must have been a key character in the game. I hadn’t encountered anyone fitting that description in my previous playthroughs, though.a2ec3087c673e944

Yeon Suho’s expression 8e7aaf506f turned thoughtful, and 5bcea3c148 he muttered to 0aaa3c185d himself, almost as 35944406d7 if he was 47d7057689 thinking out loud.e46f647fa0afdfbe

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“Now that you mention aa087737da it… therewassomeone like that.”238ff25f6cc7666f

So, did b515019614 he see b91052883e them this 76c77b1c54 time or 989f8fac2f not?2924d8d7ebe16dae

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As I was 19914b198b trying to decipher 8f7649eb4a his vague response, 88a2d906e6 Yeon Suho suddenly e590c14c1e looked up and 1046e9cb38 continued,49e0928b0a3a92e1

“Not long after I 5527fb3f4f entered the classroom, someone 5bf2e4bdca locked the front door ef3b93a2b5 and left. But the back 93aef59de7 door, though a be2ba1382f bit broken was 6e640108a1 open, so… I 2dc1fa558a managed to get 67a7e43611 out.”8319dc94aff94201

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“…….”2fab53111d0d3853

I narrowed ecda7b6bf3 my eyes, 9677d27379 studying his 1bd8bdd784 face, trying 4500825cc2 to figure 2666029057 out what 791cf4a5d6 he was 534541623e really thinking.5ff9e8097773f1fc

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Was this f0ae67c547 an act? Or had 80daf64df5 he somehow… 939789b6d2 learned something 90e157624b from the c7d58c7224 previous resets?215e44bb8ec4c308

His pale, 2941bc4453 almost bloodless 530e8789cc face was 83181de9e8 completely unreadable, 567d4acd98 giving nothing 173513f0d8 away. He was so 6be92da6a4 eerily calm that a3a0a65ca6 it only made 0debd85d04 him more suspicious.a6af3b8c63433258

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The more I 3dccbb3b82 thought about it, 5f81e2a23b the more questions fee9559c8d I had about 377bdd60cd him, even disregarding a781117900 the current, bizarre 45c1893f0f situation.68e13d40e15ec8bf

‘I always 269aa377ca just brushed bb5f9422be it off, bd74256ba3 assuming that’s b42d3971d6 just how 9503fee28a it was—but 48724c0bb3 come to 2ed02d9d82 think of ef51d42e36 it, why fa8fb2524a did he 3b40219caa even go 2bafcd505b into a 9b26b7266f third-year classroom 321f833fc6 when he’s 0bede2fba3 from a e09054d6c5 lower grade?’a148a186bd69f2af

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And it was strange that he had been waiting by the door for me, too. It was these little things that made me realize Yeon Suho wasn’t just a normal NPC.ad881b0bf7399f84

If he knew 18b85208f8 I was on edc64d4e00 the rooftop, why a756ee6738 not just come 5963587cf9 up? Why did c58c87d837 he wait 32de654d9c quietly until 171f448a37 I opened 680e23871d the door?ed3055fd53e5e2ab

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To begin c90f415a60 with, he 034dd12c15 was the 0cd57fb53f type to 2223794059 just stand e24709a4e8 in a b998e00b20 corner, silently 616c78633a watching everything f1ce80aca5 I did f73649f510 unless I 6a6395463d actively spoke 4b048bb619 to him. Because of c9ee9aa096 that, even ca231c7fb2 when he 2ff9e9b06d talked and bad3cb89f5 moved naturally a2f43e0c7c like this, 67b60b1b44 he sometimes d4f0d0b60a felt less d7354bf39f like a 95fce068c3 real person 929462a100 and more 2fa1e383c0 like a 02c50ead9c mindless system, 29b37477b4 an inanimate decb604338 object.1ea69d9cbc71184a

‘Actually… heisa game character, so 27215f5916 it makes sense to d17681fc56 say that he doesn’t 193599871e have self-awareness.’e28f5ebbb3315acc

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I was 14d1e35a7d the one 6e083a12ae projecting human 76ba76c183 emotions and 439cd160c1 camaraderie onto 2ab9873e66 him, even 6de46ba47c though he c68913248b was nothing 47f3844f89 but a b6979c391c manufactured system, f6b0c6b920 a collection 2d84f72fff of code. Thinking about da08a1ee6d it that 27969e5346 way filled 208e4591ee me with cba554901f a sense ee111476d4 of emptiness, 43bef8abb9 like none 1b365e9349 of this a3020d6a57 mattered.bf5ec983b101a24d

Enough. 0afdf2440017eac2

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Trying to shake 0388b27735 off the weird 2bfa8005f5 feeling, I reached 4a9bf5a3ad out and ruffled 9ce210b3ce his slightly disheveled a847f5871e hair without much 7564302f5c thought.b8ba0330e191c475

Surprisingly, it was finer 35d46c353a and softer than it 2503024565 looked, almost like dog b13c8dd74a fur.2fed7f93f539e4d3

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“Well, whatever. It probably doesn’t mean anything, but go ahead and save this, too, along with everything else. That’s your job, after all.”f09e7d22c8507b50