PDS Prologue

7523dce272cc9e03a472My senior was someone who shined brilliantly.

2606aea144a98b7eb7dcI had liked him ever since middle school. No, from the very first moment I saw him, I had instinctively known, as if it were the natural order of the world—like fate had already decided it would be so.

57c22336515fc5d15ca4At the time, the middle school I attended was right next to a high school with the same name, only with a wall between them. Every day, I would see him beyond that boundary, walking across the school grounds, kicking a ball around the field. And day by day, I found myself more and more captivated by his light.

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cb35fb2352a3d2d9addcAs my feelings for him grew, I eventually followed him into that very high school. I lacked the courage to speak to him properly even once, but being closer than before, occasionally crossing paths in the hallways, was enough to make me happy.

95d20b1f8badb241c359Then one night, by some twist of fate, we ended up trapped in the school together.

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2b802a50107562cebf6bAnd that was when my senior told me something strange.

c63db7a02f8a0430b683“Hey. I… I’ve been possessed.”

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f828333e7edc09ab6749“…Possessed? Are you saying you’re haunted by a ghost?”

e55c63fa496da94a733c“Shit, no. It’s not a ghost. But… my soul isn’t the senior you knew. I’m someone else.”

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8b70360bc2fbfdd451f1Senior… wasn’t the senior I knew?

04b06c7dac0507c083a1Unable to comprehend his words, I asked again,

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c1c8d3ac6460f1dbdd6b“What are you talking about?”

68874be78a93ec115baa“This is a game. You’re a game character. And I… got hit by a truck and ended up possessing someone in this game.”

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d061a4646f93e783001bA game? A character?

bf4dbbc40cb15af904b1I couldn’t process anything he had just said. 

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654641c7a0824bc5248dBut one thing stuck in my mind like a ringing bell—he had been hit by a truck.

7438564ddd17df64fdbbIn a panic, I forgot all sense of personal space and immediately reached out to check his body.

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010c84c62e0b5f597cfb“H-Hit by a truck…? Are you hurt anywhere? Are you okay right now?”

cb15d94a41d9787c0d68With a slightly exasperated expression, he pushed me away.

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afc829b4b8e151ca3a41“I wasn’t hit here. It happened outside… Ha, how the hell am I supposed to explain this?”

d3db33d51e2db6cd8851Frustrated, he muttered a curse under his breath and ran a hand through his hair, messing it up.

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4095ac56816e198a428bI still didn’t understand a word of what he was saying, but I was relieved he was okay.

3632f3bcd38a849d4ff0I took a step back, staring at him, entranced. Even when he was irritated, he still looked amazing.

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3b48d7c106ddd94a545bThen suddenly, his exasperated expression disappeared, replaced by a serious look as he turned to me.

c826b919c9b513bee5e7“Anyway… what I’m trying to say is, I need your help.”

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236a4ba9a218d688cfa1At his words, my heart, already pounding from being near him, began to race even faster.

a22275b8134884cc27caMy senior was asking me for help.

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1fb0ed4d9e7d03220f52I could be of use to him.

66459a75dabe94f38e17I was so overwhelmed with joy that I froze in place.

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6e70350b8e1b2d7f7620Maybe misinterpreting my stunned silence, he hesitated slightly before repeating himself, this time looking slightly impatient.

6763f0637ff4ac6019ce“I can’t beat this game. No matter how many times I try, I can’t do it. It’s impossible to clear this level alone.”

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82a3ea54a663eeca5a66“…You can’t… do it alone?”

386b9b53e3fade327fd9“Yeah. So help me out, okay? I mean, in the game’s setting, you’re supposed to like me, right?”

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905264c6ccd47c8698afMy eyes widened at the words that he had casually blurted out.

85533480558b592db892I stammered, completely caught off guard.

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4f70a394c4177872da80“I-I… You knew that I liked you?”

285d361fa6e66c7b0216“Uh… No?”

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2d845370ac7f5e7de77e“No… I mean, no, it’s not that, it’s true.”

5b5c725066c005a88d29He had found out. The feelings I had kept hidden were completely exposed.

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23ca00c37603b7851b48But he didn’t seem to dislike it or show any discomfort. Feeling relieved, I couldn’t help but fall for him all over again.

f7567129e9cb3fa1977eEven knowing that someone like me liked him, he didn’t mind.

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d2b769ed457aba5ca470As expected, senior was kind and generous.

d972da05ffe066835ed9“If I help you… and you clear the game, what happens then?”

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e036dd10f9bc80ef1f91I still didn’t fully understand the situation, but if it was something he wanted, I was willing to do anything.

aca2e43f0fea9317c60eAs long as he stayed in my sight. As long as he remained in a place where I could always watch over him, I was ready to stake everything I had and do whatever it took.

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71adc39eedb4e1d44ad3“Well… I guess this place will become peaceful, and I’ll go back to my original world.”

3cb48c84bb8154f90eb7“…….”

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da2da83507f15b18a34d“…?”

af376a96b3b8c9827e0c“Is that so?”

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d39e5f2a076d7f81c29aAnd so, I killed my senior.

fd359d52098938aae0bdEven though I was the one who did it, watching him die hurt so much that tears streamed uncontrollably down my face.

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4437e2d4cc9a2dd9030a“You’re my whole world, senior. Where do you think you’re going?”

e8b527125353bf47574bSenior coughed up blood in violent bursts, his trembling eyes locked onto mine.

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8faafbd62bb512e790baMy own hands, stained with his blood, shook as I spoke.

eb978d945b40137d4eff“Just die… Please, die, senior.”

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758b2aa33942694fd04eWith what little strength I had left, I raised my hand once more and swung it down with all my might.

1280510765fff871f8faThe world faded to black afterwards.

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<BAD END: A Foolish Confession>

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• ━━━━━ ••●•• ━━━━━ ••

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8ba72d90e2df33685b9bI woke up at the most recently saved save point.

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a8577bb63d208701cc49Shit. So this was a bad ending route.

d3e2192077fa4652927cI shouldn’t have said anything. I got myself killed again for nothing. Damn it…

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922bcdad4d52b1fe230a“…….”

19f6a092960893209155I was possessed in a game. And not just any game, but the worst kind of horror game, where most endings resulted in death.

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6e1b8c1c5d179ed264abHave you ever heard of Tsukkur games?

06df60366d49b2536c5cThe term refers to games made using Tsukkur Maker, most commonly known as RPG Maker. These games typically feature a top-down perspective of a limited map area, where you control pixelated characters.

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422d66284aa2853ca3efBecause of their simple graphics and limited production value, they often compensate with dark, emotionally intense storylines.

60e177e080f8677a89edLike many others, I had enjoyed playing various games from a young age. As I grew older, I gravitated toward more grand and visually impressive titles, but every now and then, I would go back and play some highly acclaimed Tsukkur games.

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3bbc76bf12da8befddfdIn other words, I have a fair amount of experience with these types of genres.

5ada7cd9838cd57423a4But the game I had been possessed into was unlike anything I had ever played before… it was brutally difficult.

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769600ba98e0af8ce3efThe strangest part? The setting was my old high school.

7e39e575f291970edc21Even though years had passed since graduation, I woke up wearing my school uniform, inside the very same campus. At first, I thought I had simply traveled back in time after getting hit by a truck.

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3bec20324655e29f70e5But after wandering around aimlessly, I died a few times and finally understood the situation.

76f5a1723b09c4054eacThere were no system messages, no option menus, nothing, but the flow of events was so eerily familiar that I knew, without a doubt, that this was a game.

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5f22d06d8ebf7af0c4c3And when I realized that, I had a thought:

cddbe5d8aafda08d5c22If I reach the true ending, just the true ending, I can get out of here and return to reality.

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7c748cbfa3164096c271But as I experienced countless deaths, that small hope slowly eroded away.

53b06c54550e405281edReaching an ending itself wasn’t difficult.

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cb1c8deacb77a36ae46eThe problem was that most of them were dead ends where I, the player, died.

6ce2d666e25a5d1e3ebbFortunately, I don’t feel pain when I die. Normally, everything felt completely real, every sense was intact, until I entered an ending sequence.

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0268328607a1bcc37ac8Once that happened, I would lose control of my body, my sense of pain would shut off, and I could do nothing but watch as the scene played out like reading a game script.

79b4b9642c3c2be2862eBut even if it didn’t hurt, the helplessness and terror before death never got easier to handle, no matter how many times I experienced it.

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5993103fdca27dacc232Out of sheer desperation, I eventually confessed my possession to an NPC, an in-game character who wasn’t even supposed to have self-awareness.

368d506402f1bb833e66I had no idea that doing so would trigger a bad ending.

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4bec02d703dcc0abb75cUntil now, I had been caught in all kinds of traps, killed by ghosts, murdered by creatures, but this was the first time I had ever been murdered by a perfectly normal human.

6380bb6c9b836fb577c9And to make matters worse, he was none other than an NPC who was supposed to help me.

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fb9c8bcfd5d000a2c57bYeon Suho.

1796c022d44287f8f78dHe appeared early in the game, giving out small hints about the story. If the player progressed far enough, he would reappear at key moments to serve as a save point.

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f81543d996700bc07e2cWith messy black hair that almost covered his eyes, pale skin, and large, anxious-looking eyes, he seemed a little gloomy.

6e890ebb63fdd9b2fc48But the more you looked at him, the more his features had a certain subtle charm—if this were a game released in the real world, his character would probably have a decent fan following.

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3b2c3aade9b2b4a8b2ecBeyond that, I didn’t know much about him.

152925b0edcf47d98e6fWell… except for one thing.

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687b5384449dd09278da‘Judging by the way he calls me ‘senior,’ he must be younger than the game’s protagonist. And he probably has a crush on him, right?’

70c80f9865c7868f24e1I mean, isn’t it obvious?

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6064e12d9d8504ce7314His dialogue was always overly friendly, he would blush at the smallest things, and more importantly, he was the only normal human in the entire game besides the protagonist.

84f1f2cedac0088d594eIn other words, despite being a guy, he was the game’s one and only heroine.

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2c0b8469ad50c9fd8dbd‘So the original protagonist must have been a girl.’

eb4ea69fc34e63f3e568Even though I had been possessed into the game, my appearance remained the same.

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192568266e2f9efd80f6I had no idea why I was the one playing this role, but true to the setting, Yeon Suho still acted affectionately toward me, a man, following the pre-programmed script, helping me in ways that felt essential.

5c512e4ea3ebcbc64b19But the moment I told him I was possessed, he snapped.

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cb219d94fcd209273f03He suddenly pulled out a pair of scissors from who-knows-where and stabbed them straight into my throat without hesitation.

33c6407bcb50e078220eUp until that point, we hadn’t had any particularly significant interactions. And yet, I had never doubted that he was on my side, considering him an ally. Maybe that’s why, having been brutally betrayed by someone I trusted, it felt so much worse.

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6e885077d14afd6b7608As I lay dying, my gaze, already beyond my control, fixed on him, I could do nothing but tremble in silent rage.

b8f13da91447ac8a7b30“…Fuck….”

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8a5b77577d0474c397c5And now—

82760ab51aac65a33cfaI was standing right in front of him again.

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24cfbb30ae29d4c8feb8I had no choice.

6b36cc5de2ff11fb60b0He was the save point, the one who saved my progress in time and location. Inevitably, the only place I could return to was in front of him.

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90018ce947187ac3e34fThe point I returned to was right before I confessed my possession to Yeon Suho and died.

3792b3fbbb4568bc3fb6Having just been brutally murdered by this bastard, I couldn’t look at him kindly, so I glared at him even though he had no idea what had happened.

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c62526773591db300d03But strangely, Yeon Suho, who usually remained silent like an object blended into the map unless I approached and interacted with him, spoke first and asked a question.

126a71961601699d3877“Senior… Do you want to leave this place?”

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5362606eac866cced272“…What?”

[Do you want to leave this place?]

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▶ Yes.

▶ No.

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490eca52209fbfcda138If I were playing this on a device, a selection screen like this would probably pop up.

4377ce6c4d26cfedb95eNo, that wasn’t the important thing right now. It was his question that I needed to focus on.

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c0e38e5853525e5ea6cf‘Could it be, this guy… remembers what happened before the save load?’

9f0e7d508e386cc77e0dHe hadn’t shown any indication of it until now. No matter how many times I reloaded the same section and repeated it, he would react the same way, reciting the same lines mechanically, without a single deviation.

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6a64c4518f09961f6a25Moreover, it was important to note that this choice hadn’t been available before. Perhaps dying at his hands was a condition for unlocking a new route.

1d512b65afa3fcba1d95Whether it led to the route for a true ending or was just a hidden easter egg remained unclear, but still…

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8bcf090e0d5f9e2e0255There was no guarantee this choice would be available if I reloaded again, so I had to answer carefully.

9602eb21a10e49048e4c‘What should I say?’

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b4827bc7f234afdb2ce9What exactly did he mean by “this place”? The school? Or this game itself?

1c73d11b8f3994c296a9‘There’s no way this event is meaningless. It must affect the game’s progression somehow… So, instead of thinking of it as breaking the fourth wall, it’s probably better to answer in a way that fits the game’s story.’

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a031c0bcebf5b0158a3aIf he was asking whether I wanted to leave this creepy-ass school, then obviously, the answer was yes.

f49ee5cfa180de0da880“Yes.”

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d6cbde1e1bc04ed97181But as soon as he heard my answer, his eyes took on that unnerving glow once again.

c5f2afdf5d7d2e5baa3c“I knew it. In that case… please, just die, Senior.”

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005be0b103b4c5d1e0ab“…What?”

dacffb1ae5de9b970b2fAh, fuck.

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<BAD END: The Price of Ignorance>

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380db82e720ef976ded8And so, I died at his hands again. I had chosen the wrong option.

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ac1867d402fb55bf0ea6“AAAAAGHH!”

7d37328697a229b6675bScrew this, I’m just going to avoid that bastard from now on! 

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9320775f954c32ca0070Save point, helper, ally, whatever! I don’t need him!

bc5d9c34e91538710e57I’ll beat this goddamn broken game and escape on my own!

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