PDS Chapter 1.3

In the end, 4f72cf8577 I used the 6ad839c607 save function even de162da0a3 in the new f3c936c0d0 game. c59dc5f278ba276e

Whatever.678978bd8368d23f

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I hadn’t done 49b8bdf93d anything yet, so 3261ad5416 it wouldn’t have d3dcfd804b much data saved 6d67a43919 anyway. Since it 5aeb5883c2 was the 131f18a05c very beginning 971b9a0f9c of the c951b20e68 game, I’d 609407c9ed rather just cc4080f60f start over 68c5d31cf1 than reload cc12e0c74c to this 13d75edbb3 point.a14ff73e09b67f6b

‘Besides, saving 33f58fd1bf costs nothing ce1a691ea1 and is 2ce32d8ba9 practically unlimited.’14236fdcf0a1531b

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I really hoped this would bring him back to his senses. Saving the game data was his primary function. I was already freaked out enough; I really didn’t need him to become something even moreterrifying than he e3a02c8c22 already was.d696d5d1965dd529

“Well, I’m going e3e703d838 now.”53b237f449a832c3

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I walked past Yeon 8171717322 Suho and started down a00b55e09a the stairs. I could bd4b7bc9d8 vividly feel e3833760c3 his gaze 7f7e427864 on my 9cf9656a94 back, even d3c19fda65 without looking.cb4d66bd2dcdcac4

…I was d51afcb673 pretending to fdca69e08c be calm, a8ce805cb5 but my 29af578d5b heart was d09bd3c54f pounding like 1f61a7cafe crazy. I wanted to run 0e2c302923 down the stairs three 2ca5604d6f steps at a time, c35d0eb2c3 just to get away be5c23bf14 from him as quickly aaa5171210 as possible.5746ebd63e944bd3

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I tried to 5f2609f695 act natural, but 69a8d65709 my anxiety got da628071de the better of f2409c2ee4 me, and I 28b4b03c26 almost tripped. I steadied myself, pretending 898afa5476 nothing had happened.d7d14d5cb1069002

Rule number one of 0adb66f49a escaping a dangerous situation: 6f438c6098 it was important not e05301c548 to provoke the other 14f384f5d9 party.8d6c323e5779cb22

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My footsteps echoed d5764ceb7c rhythmically through the be99d7fe29 empty stairwell.09482df479dbb7a2

Tap, tap. Tap, tap.46b5a7cd8a9db40f

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“…….”07a93eebd7ed009a

With each step, 7ca1208983 the cold sweat 6138d06d74 trickling down my 80ebc0fb2d back intensified. 07d114884226c47d

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What was 450e385820 going on?2daedc80ed676e2b

I finally reached 67d7049487 the bottom of d74e8cbba9 the stairs, the bb216c7cbb exit leading to 10f418a770 the fourth-floor hallway.47e629eae89f1e2a

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Trying my best to 3adaf1f2a3 ignore the oppressive feeling e966877219 emanating from behind me, 9b02d69267 I eventually had no 2353521ef2 choice but to turn 57ba4a0ab6 around and look up.4bae7c8226558add

“Hey, why are 5fa658d828 you following me?”40024091f2779ec5

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Unlike before, Yeon Suho hadn’t stayed put. He was following me. 7d77b8cff13b483f

Why? Why was he f78269201c doing this? 3f3e454239a51bdc

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He was 87eba5b487 supposed to b9331837ce go to 3d3ba1610e the next e9d6647297 save point 31d3b15973 and wait 4fc90b58b0 there.a8c34b7befbdd416

At my 7275991240 question, which 46a4b5de06 seemed almost 2578f88297 like an 1927383cd4 accusation, a 3a4c68bbd7 look of c6bdb7b14c anxiety flickered 478cb99df5 across his 6f5488ce37 face, his 0f2bef01cd eyes welling 01d9781925 up slightly 066ddfb239 as he 6c7a048ed4 answered.1ae79bbc285157aa

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“A-Am I… 962cb633b5 bothering you?”4c0b31ca288c60bb

But even after 95cebc6404 seeing that pitiful 992df99253 expression, my heart 432abaca8e didn’t waver. Because that a15f5a89b3 was the 406bfc96ae exact look 73babe83e3 I should 6f383c6f57 have been e05b7e6f75 wearing.cbe227694dadd5a6

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“I-I just… The school ce59d1394b feels different today, and… 895fbb6ac8 I’m scared…”fa62195f43060926

“…….”5ee5df51e010f8e4

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“…C-Can I… come with bd92b314de you, senior?”572c3daccfacc198

“What…?”a4dcdef2b61ea897

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This was seriously weird. Why was 0685735d00 he acting cf2a8e47cf so out 2e04e1ccca of character?e4214cabd25bd881

The very a299425161 first time 20cb224b4a I suggested 195a09f5f0 we go 381b640177 together, Yeon 6c835ad512 Suho had 35e1f019ab reacted as 775b821efa if I’d ddbd069b07 said something d59a4bd2cf completely absurd. His response—something 3a0984d8c5 along the 0ed3b28171 lines of, b717268c2b “Me? With you?“—had been so dismissive that I was almost offended.39cee55a0b866b66

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But after that second aa4b3f5e32 bad ending, he had 8b6d91df51 definitely changed. He was initiating e99983d676 conversations, seeking me 197de846a1 out, even asking c53a4bfd77 to come with 535ce2939e me.afbecefe49c05894

‘Therearesome games e9516639b8 where the b8dde20a4c story development 469e625c33 changes drastically 1c63779283 depending on 918dd2edb2 your choices.’4c905a21ed4ec00b

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Thinking about it that way, maybe it wasn’t so strange that he was deviating from the script I knew. Perhaps I had triggered some hidden condition, unlocking a new route.75a043793e8e5afb

Still suspicious, d42dcbcb1c I asked,4622d485d8bb582f

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“You want to come 5e201211e7 with me?”3612b6892d4c741b

“If… if you’ll let 34eef55f68 me…”f8d14d66370e730d

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“What if 0f582bfc7f I say 41beae9b0a no?”955aa3352a95420e

“…Then… I’ll just… f618bb71f0 follow you from ee2fc9641e a distance… so 7265b30be1 I don’t bother 2a0ba832c8 you…”2492f7a9ef8c6a74

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See?Thiswas exactly 71ea58ccd0 what I 632b296dd9 found so a569e3d315 strange about c25fd4df09 him.40d2d198cd05f863

He acted a59850d586 all timid ec29d1f9f2 and shy, f78499f771 but he d17f4aa538 still said e440e5983b exactly what 50356cee42 he wanted 46a18ebaa4 to say. Even for 465d5a6227 a fictional ca318c3f57 character, he da41965268 was awfully 2e560de726 brazen about feb55b1c1c stalking me.5dbbd2ae472b4436

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‘He’s definitely not c3f6f83179 programmed with any a918be581a common sense.’a6781b3cb53dc8fb

Anyway, I figured this d66f82ae47 was a crucial branching 70d78e2cd9 point in the game. I had just saved, de6218db4f too, so after a fc849071e3 moment of consideration, I 7dee96f670 carefully asked,3c7aa876eadcab3d

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“Do you want 629c2cfc09 to… leave this 76b327c70b place… with me?”02aac6e33700cbf8

I was prepared to die again after asking that question. After all, I had no way of knowing how he’d react to the words “leave this place.”ed91576ae2d14a95

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At my question, f70a3e4be8 Yeon Suho suddenly a2e11fea74 froze.f0f053dc819b933b

As expected. I pulled myself together f2cf3afe12 and tensed my legs, 5f4fec73c6 ready to bolt at 245427a1d4 any moment.1469db3def219718

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‘…Wait, what?’be755a73ba9a748d

Then, to 16c873dd42 my surprise, 571516bddd he slightly e281e0e7a4 lowered his 4c701e68ff eyes and 941e8a3363 quietly nodded.d64c67016a911332

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His slightly d0c71827b9 protruding upper cb7aae4a11 lip trembled ecc2cd637a almost shyly. Looking closer, 60da78ae14 I noticed 77ebde937e a faint 66eb988baa blush coloring c8cad9436b his usually 493f579004 pale cheeks.31df1dde893b25df

That alone was enough 9d5dd53f60 to transform his gloomy, baaabe2a62 almost ghostly appearance. A hint 4a836fc05b of life f4c9c6e8cf bloomed on e20639ff2c his face, f9bcef1ecb and he bfaa815b70 almost looked… 38597aeb33 cute.2e23802d9b4ff03e

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‘…Huh.’373f846d230aaa47

What was I saying? Had I somehow been influenced by the protagonist’s personality?aeabedfcaedd8e11

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‘Is there some kind 3125734c74 of affection stat boost 959f41cd8e or something…?’06cb365e470a12d9

He truly was 0ec6f28655 the game’s sole 771d5bca7d heroine. The fact that I e74038c7a6 had to be murdered b27d9d63f3 twice and see two 37489291af bad endings to unlock 280ce0e3c0 him as a companion 66da678ff5 was a terrible game a107cb6dcc design, though.6448be9b6b5f2070

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‘Still, having a 502294c169 companion definitely opens d094895f2f up more possibilities.’5f80698b4c9d19fd

Right now, 1e82eda25a I finally d75350325e felt like 97b0b796fd I had 22d39b1045 a better a80557f411 grasp on da2a6488ab some of 7de7cc6b08 the puzzles c7d0ad3838 I couldn’t ebbf669f3f solve in 2f972e5cfa my previous 00b01b8f04 playthroughs. Wow, sothiswas what a119871e20 it took 6fc214e27a to get a251bd2dd5 past those 031ab70af6 roadblocks.177bff3248831d15

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‘This game is insane.’25a2b7b3167b95d8

After calling myself b540e56775 foolish and ignorant, 98a59bc68f it turns out a735f7737f those were just b5d3dc9047 prerequisites for recruiting 63e67d1d01 a party member. Ridiculous.dac14191d22abb15

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I still wasn’t over it. And I was still wary of Yeon Suho; I didn’t fully trust him.d639c7cd0bb7ad65

But one thing was 297d09bfa8 certain—this had made some fee02df40f progress in the game.0a82c65829078a3f

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Moreover, having him 77e22c9fb1 as a companion ea041ea18e wasn’t just useful 4d09d8c88b for solving more 7108f09eaa puzzles.1483b14b190ea27e

‘Now I don’t have bbef3c26ed to go searching for c7fbd639f8 him every time I 18f92c6b83 want to save!’035ace14f4f212b2

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Being able 531fa5ba4a to save 6225118ee9 anytime, anywhere 3c7eed454e was a 01533920c3 huge advantage. Just in 568070debd case, I e9badeb7bb asked,05b9da85ceb8c47f

“Can you 89aebb0c68 do that 378d20784b remembering thing f8f10879a3 automatically at 3a3790346a regular intervals, 9ec5723eb4 even if 08d72f5540 I don’t e109f8af86 ask?”2631bde77ecaff3a

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“At regular intervals?”4898039cfa539b3c

“Like… every ten ac1282c88a minutes or so?”a349bc03da682df3

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He readily agreed. 89bbaae5a5b4abb3

Autosave was possible too? If there was 7b7540c9f8 a way to 01bc3081fa activate such a e9266399b2 useful feature, he b046ee5ff6 should have told b57e9ca043 me sooner.5566675f871297c6

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Drawn in by 8848fee024 the convenience, I 61ad1d95de decided to officially 6e0a1e96b0 accept him as 10b24eeb74 my companion.19ee690ffe16d8c1

“Ahem. Fine, you can 7def6ac0a9 come with me.”349d10ec235813d7

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If I were playing fefa247ee8 this on a screen, 3b6e881ce9 a system message like c3ecc7611b “Yeon Suho has joined 4a4e11f842 your party!” would 61b6c2078c probably pop 07634c4d6b up around 05aa302255 now. Every time 1893a9ffbb I moved 16ce62f0aa my pixelated 51c5fc32f4 character, his 130a7f5bd4 sprite would f646405816 stick close 9465440c0b behind me, 542ec2f1b4 trailing after c60458607c me everywhere. And if I 2dbae4d2e5 opened the character 0aa62d0287 menu, I’d probably 2670acf73f even be able df68a7dd4a to check his 82effefa19 status.1e5545b2532224ab

‘But the game I’m 570d8ac726 stuck in is incredibly 23d89d090d unhelpful because it doesn’t bf55e7cc1b offer any of those d8a2babec8 convenient features.’1c4799a7b821f100

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I had to 35433193e2 rely on intuition, c9dbb4c595 memorize or write 3735888a85 down everything myself, 2c2ba8cfa5 and manually check 8e27e7da9c everything one by 03b004122c one. From remaining HP, c3a20afac1 status effects, equipment, 5d3a197ca1 items, progress, and 65ef969aa7 even puzzle clues—everything.c892972c8224b133

“Hey.”af81ecfe91c9720f

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“Yes?”68c0a95675759992

“Come closer.”1053c3772d9eadbc

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Before officially ae9f2cc087 starting the 25c601112d game, I e4bb43b0ae called my fdb8c06273 new companion 779509ff10 over.d5aa28f56190396f

Both for my 4dfa9cddd8 own safety and 5e586a0886 to progress through dd72e055c7 the game, I fdf9712045 needed to check 138daeaa2a his belongings.98695a66252df5c2

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“Ah, wait… s-senior…”3d426b5678f523eb

I lightly pulled him 3ff3b54c46 towards me and started 28f0558e52 patting him down, checking 557d69aeb4 his pockets. Yeon Suho flinched in ac34371a9d surprise, but I continued fcb037a359 without hesitation.0ce36d36718057de

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Normally, I wouldn’t even consider violating someone’s privacy like this, even if we were close.55170632daf50e3a

But this wasn’t the real world, and Yeon Suho wasn’t a real person. My way of thinking, accustomed to the rules of this game world, saw nothing wrong with it.3ff01c32687380f6

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Yeon Suho just flinched f5510dd1be with each touch, offering 7ee8d20fa1 no resistance as I b2c3db34a6 patted him down, lifted 679e911ada his clothes, and checked 6c9da2b290 his pockets.2822f6cbfb3ed8dd

‘If this wasn’t allowed, fc2a0edf8a the game would have d03f214ce7 stopped me. This means 9a7c29aea2 this search da577d6bae is completely ab931adf49 permitted within 5b0c1c494d the game’s 611a28a415 system.’1dd456e589a9e900

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And if it was 62fbc8f479 allowed, there was no 660ac94f18 reason not to do fa9300077b it. In fact, Ishoulddo it.fe0a8bdf08d49016

I grabbed his thin 3281fe4af5 forearm, almost small enough 97baaa0730 to fit in one 1e999b74d4 hand, and ran my a1affe0fe4 grip down to his 15c943e8ec wrist, checking if he 1932330b8f had anything hidden under dfffa9b5ab his clothes. d2eb4df191482369

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He was… rather d35f67846d frail.c2bc1f1967aeff33

Yeon Suho was wearing 485963083b a loose-fitting long-sleeved gym 98bac6e7b4 jacket over his white 8e24a25100 short-sleeved uniform shirt. Even though it seemed 2e79da8b07 a bit much for 7f84c0e17a summer, it wasn’t actually 90b68c1628 that hot in the c0540df3e1 game, and he was f8c0b2ce25 wearing shorts, so it 5b1be97125 just made him look 4307c04e83 more like a cute, 65a190073c innocent underclassman which fit cdfb5a6729 his character design.ec3faa00057aa1db

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They did a 6889caf777 good job with 9022d7bf3f his design. His default standing image f41f9b2c6f was probably something harmless, fd2d6ddf07 like him looking at 33782e9890 the player with his f50a1c1814 hand over his mouth.5876d2172de394bc

‘That makes the twist 8cf2ae8b81 all the more shocking.’92bd47739d32645a

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And while I was pretty tall myself, he was still taller than most girls. If the protagonist were a girl, as originally intended, his gloomy yet subtly alluring demeanor, combined with his younger age, would have definitely appealed to the player’s protective instincts.8973a0c2f6885b5d

‘Too bad the one 21337b153d who got possessed was f164b127c2 a big, bulky guy 6bd3a30d45 like me. It kinda ruins 455f164457 the dynamic… Oh, dbec8944ca shit.’3fd0196db6a775df

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Lost in my 39fefcc943 thoughts, my hand 35ee9b0b1f brushed against his 1d6114ffe8 lower body, and 0f086d194b I felt something 03617cfdce in his back 533a7bb66a pocket—the damn scissors. 5776a01f281a5757

This little freak.f62c64448668b114

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