PDS Chapter 1.2

Just then, 6ead6909cb Yeon Suho, aae34f5f05 still staring 11b069071e straight at b39390160e me with 461d2e6aff those deep, 13bc4cacd0 abyss-like eyes, ecc8dd2d12 spoke again.3ee199bce7840932

“Sleeping outside de0f54b52c for so d551eb9555 long will 777c5cdf40 give you 465eedb48c a cold, 62457274d2 Senior.”ff4113792c2cfe0a

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“Damn it, a 623b8821d1 cold is the be2095a6d5 least of my 0c5c34f9d5 worries right now.”54237adc22d7ed5a

“…….”30c283263b8352a3

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“…I-I rarely 9e3bfb15c8 get colds a0fa4182a1 anyway. And who gets a 22e07f59b8 cold in this weather…?”e120727552fbe085

I appreciated db7c09f856 the concern, 311e9e2390 but…cf88d8ec8668dd16

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My voice trailed 7da0ce8b1a off as I 85eadba36e spoke. I’d unknowingly d934d1cbfe gotten a 8d552004ab little too f33d452090 cocky in 43575dd283 front of a84a515041 someone who 06b3bf351e could snap 95baae04cf at any 1213b1e5b1 moment and 5d38487b9e brutally kill cfee4d481f me on 2f1a976383 a whim f1371dd68e if he 2f0f39418f felt like 71deefca78 it.97061da6483b719b

Was the title of this bad ending going to be <The Consequences of Talking Back to an Unfathomable Being>?b8bee69ced6f8844

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I was fe118bdd29 wondering if 351faf5742 I should c71364e043 immediately apologize 145bb8584f for my 27cd832368 impudence when 6db1de6c82 the guy, 70357fd90e whose abilities e368dbf1aa and motives 8b07914733 were still 24e0ea5348 completely unknown 4d7f79b78d to me, eb87d89d7e muttered under d2bf87f830 his breath,0829dbb6835bce1d

“I catch colds, though…”e08a68a9cd7d9f8b

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“…….”464c663ef9e2b273

Oh, I see.ea8f44c3f740c54b

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So, the guy who ec5ce3751f casually stabbed me in a15c580b2d the neck over my 30ee406ea3 poorly chosen answer, and b6b75a0ff2 roamed around freely even b8568e271f when the game was 20d3cfc03a paused could catch a dcbdb56502 cold in this season, c9984cd4b0 even while wearing his 6920f082b3 summer uniform. Good to know. Very useful information.06d8b5ad541d8d72

…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…252c698f00a03a6a

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Then again, those delicate f9b8939d9e hands had been strong f71f0d8174 enough to kill me… 281d8777ea twice… Shit.bfcd643661a06132

“Do you… remember what 96a92adc16 happened before?”cd5603ada5e25f4d

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Confused and experiencing a 6296f7e1d7 serious disconnection between reality 22b56087f7 and the game, I 8ed4b27f3c impulsively blurted out another eac4ca6515 potentially dangerous question before 7bec6f1b08 I could even stop 5cdd4a4be7 myself.c1c65ccd3ab0ac00

Wow, was I acd48c3ff4 always this reckless? cd368d032943f8b8

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I’d experienced firsthand how 67b9dd32f7 dangerous meta-commentary could be, 2a57f0e03a yet here I was, 5c06dc7818 pushing the boundaries again.9c9e16a829f91ea9

But it was important 8144d771f4 to figure out how 303bc9396a much he knew. What if I overlooked a8c06c9cd8 something and ended up 74634ce1fa making another dumb mistake?82f30986546c0c74

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Honestly, I de4dce2d7c was terrified 2ddeda9826 of his 8071de46c9 answer. a6fdfe4b210f6066

Yes, I actually remember 4bb84d8de9 everything from beginning to 3b7ab28bfe end, and I’m going 55551310c2 to keep following you f62d028e0e and killing you over 21ee1d3a23 and over again so 41c4e7c095 you can never leave 995291d3af this game?78df7d8f1ec0fa31

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…What the hell 5dbebcbaaa would I do cf01f5d25a if he actually ba54d5032a said that?4c2b26371350c5aa

I gulped nervously.4679c67ee1e10520

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Immediately after that, Yeon 5fcb6f0d11 Suho opened his mouth, 5c0f2775dc his expression completely unreadable.9273ced4fc6381fb

“Remember?”04f314f12c84dd6d

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“…….”d389fe02ec6ff4a6

“Would you like me to remember this moment for you?”f3c0b850aa1c59d1

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“…Huh?”2599628ffc99ffcb

Hearing those words, ce07f15b2d I forgot all 66b82485bd about my anxiety debe3db021 and let out a481b30bc3 a sigh of bab80a42d4 relief.7407e82d55c0dfde

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‘Would you like c0d790a564 me to remember 7649ca5a94 this moment for 747668f820 you?’30eee94127495b44

That was the 89a128b526 line that appeared 01f80183ab when saving the 5a4e38d213 game. I’d heard it e0afd2cb53 countless times from 2ef55d031e Yeon Suho since 72f06b6a0c entering the game.712303dd8e7b96a2

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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.5bb1fa48f06cd651

“…….”fe2902a8f33bea6a

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For some reason, d48b97e225 my endless, baseless aff99800e8 suspicions subsided somewhat. Maybe he really 9df81d20a4 was nothing more 9d2ed097cc than an NPC. Maybe this was all 2814c555a8 just a clever trick, 39d34e23c7 an attempt to break 8394f3750a the fourth wall, to 93c5c58e1e make the player feel cadba023be uneasy and over-immerse themselves 5c5aba6bba by having a game 357496120f character seemingly acknowledge them.c5323001bfe09003

A character breaking the 63985a1615 fourth wall and addressing 1ebc0457d1 the player directly might a465ef76f0 have been a novelty c40dec4f3d at first, but it de8b0ee44f was a pretty old 1936e548fd technique. I was probably more 71bf9bebed freaked out than I 08f640cb5b should be because, unlike 366967dbe3 playing a normal game 2c854456cf where I’d be staring 6ec25aa238 at a screen clicking e55e17a836 buttons, I was experiencing 31b12c359f everything through a living 67792f8265 body, with all my afe70d8b28 senses intact.ba1d73bdd24173d6

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Thiswasa game. Hewasa game character. His words ee74fd9163 might be 96c45d4042 creepy, but 135e5805b8 he was e7be6a3710 a being 743cdc1db6 from another 492841c30c dimension, unable 5d4a1e37ea to lay 314b807e6d a finger 193b8187d0 on me 55c7f22f8f in the e7c78925d2 real world.6fb0d9ec830468be

Of course, b4fbbcdc64 the problem 97928552ac was that de6223f5e0 I couldn’t f3ea6164f2 just quit 641cac7390 the game 612c0be01f and walk 23e49a5cb9 away right b289fdc320 now. And his 4dd6d1ac7f actions were c8ed46bb30 far more f313e2f900 terrifying than d2800d68fa his words. Still, I told myself e3670a1e60 I didn’t need to d915eaf7f8 bethatscared.4ce26b6e648d7b03

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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.373e78bc5a584d36

‘Can’t let c3bdc22f81 my guard f16db95c79 down completely, b7bad7e721 though.’da6f3e25f2a0a68a

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He could still 74debf31d9 get in my fa67bfd7d6 way, that much b853b9250f was certain. So, while maintaining a 3a112c219d healthy level of caution, f4d6a4c063 I decided to ask b4915fb90e him again, trying to f4cbcf01b9 probe for more information.b37ea7a01620d0f8

“How did you get c5c739a358 out of the classroom?”a82296e4446c167c

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At the 0141805e58 start of ec00a68893 the game, bd26e99241 Yeon Suho e0113727a5 is supposed 5a10180800 to be 9aceef547e trapped in 06e29e0a0d Class 2-3, 4419a3daf3 unable to b5c8f03793 go anywhere. The back door 6b7a57e444 is jammed shut, 3fe4c9aefa and the front 6486753a60 door has been 5c083d31eb tightly locked from dee92e6ae7 the outside with fc1e1449ca a padlock.2786efb9e4aace70

The sliding back 7b6bf79872 door of our 4754aaaec9 classroom was always 02fb045de2 a bit stiff. If it closed eec9d7aeee the wrong way, f343fa76ac the door and 027298f887 frame would get 649f397bd8 misaligned, making it ff4da1cfaa near impossible to cea5f8228c open without some b5614b69f6 serious finagling, even e7f6b76663 if the lock d6b9675426 was undone.f27fc4c5fe3e4a85

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Because of ec9c4f9e6a that, the 2c11078ae5 other students 6c41ad8e72 and I db931a621c didn’t use e54b1bb2ff the back ba80e1f4ca door much a8a1ed6f6d and always c7be2219fc used the f76eb05243 front door. The teachers weren’t thrilled f14af90c9f about it, but since a3ce1c73b9 they were aware of e554f0961d the issue, they grudgingly 7354dd7891 tolerated it.3b0edb7617f24059

Yeon Suho, being clueless 783069625d about this little quirk, 340a472dd6 walks into the classroom 8d1c5c81d0 only to find himself b4f7f5f865 trapped when the front 2e99e446a3 door gets locked. In a normal playthrough, dc8342695b I would have to db5d349b69 practically rip the door 114c3d3335 off its hinges to 3b4ef84309 free him, at which 3f286082da point he’d start crying 3a313c6f24 about his ordeal.dbc029b146de9398

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I could usually 774c0573fb glean a few 3ed0fa6701 clues about the 9dfbf8b03f story at that d1e7d3207a point… 0e31ed8e2f031dcd

As I wracked 1517d62898 my brain trying 8299281e20 to recall the 261bfabb79 playthrough, Yeon Suho 1aaabc5b38 tilted his head e68cd215e7 and asked,2311da9e872d759d

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“The classroom?”97276b9a11b62152

“Yeah. Weren’t you in our 0df115e393 classroom?”ae629dca2e5ca5bb

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“Ah… yes, I was.”b7c28f5950cc6f0b

“Did you e0a65398af see anyone f13b43bac5 suspicious this 04408af8ce time?”9de2f1ed942339e5

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“Huh?”d64305d7e2430ce7

In the original 3e7aa08eac playthrough, after rescuing 959a4b1951 him from being 940195e15b locked in the 05f49cb519 classroom, he would 3e9b2e0f44 say:3dc61a8ce1620c66

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‘I think someone 52074637cd deliberately locked me df6282f1ca in here. Not long after 619201fc68 I entered the 89f7c1be71 classroom, I saw ac0fe84869 a human shadow 57e74de4a6 reflected on the d274e6812f glass of the 07666f48cc door, and then aad1a5277f heard the sound 5cb6daaf61 of the front 9dbeca3714 door being locked 3a548cdb14 from the outside.’4a064b991e160c51

He would then 1b94621beb explain how he 8619f8016e yelled for help 76dd769833 because he was 729527f029 still inside, but 5e350c39a0 the mysterious figure 01ef114007 just walked away, 3fd8e43652 their footsteps echoing 4eb9281389 down the hallway. The front doorwasactually locked, and there 1c761d1aa9 was no key to 9707fe7170 Class 2-3 to be 8e27019ea4 found anywhere even if 72cc23ffa2 you go in the 6f6dae0f9c teacher’s office, so he 4656c34691 was probably telling the 3ef9448bfe truth.8db49136772e00ce

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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.f86189a86b2cc8ff

Yeon Suho’s expression 30aaa9fec1 turned thoughtful, and 32a2533739 he muttered to 7ba683b590 himself, almost as bb543ab393 if he was 90e87ebf03 thinking out loud.067ec50b5fe6fb16

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“Now that d8fc62b6bc you mention 7a8a2468db it… therewassomeone like that.”028f6646b834342d

So, did he d9def0394f see them this e557a17122 time or not?3c33b02ba9a34600

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As I was trying b357db4935 to decipher his vague 11aeaa9407 response, Yeon Suho suddenly bb41bb2136 looked up and continued,2bb6ed04d10c4d35

“Not long ea18bcafcc after I 093b1b31d9 entered the 5637ba4266 classroom, someone 2b8293f488 locked the d3d2eccb6a front door a1d0597d33 and left. But the back ff3dd9e344 door, though a 827a1c734a bit broken was 47b0608660 open, so… I eb4076883d managed to get 6b03a8e779 out.”1cd99ddf069c7261

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“…….”d112c02ccffdb6db

I narrowed 84f6fd32b3 my eyes, b807154c95 studying his 1fe7f5f934 face, trying a01ae2c71d to figure c6780f8315 out what 9c2e924a2b he was dbd3aa4cde really thinking.81f09494c5d6d32b

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Was this cabdc89c7d an act? Or had he 6982d19e6d somehow… learned something 3a3ab5777b from the previous 59bf4e1484 resets?b1f32cc8168ae74b

His pale, 484de30235 almost bloodless c10009501c face was fedebd611b completely unreadable, a8801dd8a8 giving nothing 3623768d94 away. He was cf154a61db so eerily 16b1432d6f calm that 13daa97ef2 it only 680d69c423 made him 4551cb956e more suspicious.316a3424e0cb43c1

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The more I f63b0eccaa thought about it, d630dfd4fb the more questions 5685a16293 I had about 7499aca7af him, even disregarding a7d2fceb7a the current, bizarre 2e396f2498 situation.44254535c4e2b587

‘I always just brushed ca054b9df2 it off, assuming that’s dcd2db686d just how it was—but bd4e95c213 come to think of c10089b7a5 it, why did he 7bb37aefb3 even go into a 1f968c5ee9 third-year classroom when he’s d11c82baa8 from a lower grade?’735b026b29c738bd

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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.69134edbdda4d4c2

If he aa5916897d knew I b0f56d3335 was on 4e7abde040 the rooftop, 7e1405b2cc why not 636813576e just come 43a7c3180f up? Why did he 458f2af287 wait quietly until 5eb8bf70bc I opened the 6f437e3647 door?2103481ce77ccbef

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To begin with, b73ef47a9a he was the 776acdeec4 type to just 7e832c90fb stand in a 0f7e190970 corner, silently watching ffcfad5d1f everything I did 62b505b0f4 unless I actively 2ccc0a5d8d spoke to him. Because of that, e74423c2ad even when he 88a0f876c6 talked and moved 352b779318 naturally like this, d012d3ec12 he sometimes felt cc6719cd77 less like a 1206ee9ee1 real person and f505523325 more like a 1a5e1b95d3 mindless system, an 3ed672c9b3 inanimate object.c4953219069b25d6

‘Actually… heisa game 4a41dd7dee character, so 88fa00818d it makes e0db7f0ed0 sense to 579c5cc72d say that 3d094be237 he doesn’t 3e7df039fb have self-awareness.’f219a8b6cc11f19b

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I was the one b98d902fa2 projecting human emotions and d257d3ac44 camaraderie onto him, even 353681b577 though he was nothing 6516ee899a but a manufactured system, 27965b76ed a collection of code. Thinking about it a88c26e494 that way filled ee34272feb me with a a913e40c92 sense of emptiness, e5ed72683a like none of e7d988f431 this mattered.f12a1c65163e2923

Enough. d573c10fb36032b9

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Trying to shake off c1e0912651 the weird feeling, I 5be57fabf5 reached out and ruffled 57a01d3a91 his slightly disheveled hair 3c4e5231bd without much thought.50454b22fbdf5705

Surprisingly, it was 782b7ad74a finer and softer db40fb57fa than it looked, ae632aff5e almost like dog 40cc76b5b9 fur.3bd0b00f4e273399

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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.”0623848427d68c5a