PDS Chapter 1.2

Just then, Yeon Suho, 5edb50ed92 still staring straight at c5e0dd53e7 me with those deep, 1d3ff41931 abyss-like eyes, spoke again.c00074e47613007f

“Sleeping outside for so 71b9dadc66 long will give you 63facd15e4 a cold, Senior.”27765163499ae502

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“Damn it, a cold 9cf88e8616 is the least of 8b417d2ca0 my worries right now.”af5a5654f2f0dfa3

“…….”6ce77b67472c6a3e

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“…I-I rarely get colds e03ab016ec anyway. And who b5f588648d gets a a6da7c4b37 cold in 5f333280f5 this weather…?”e71c57f6ca1b1294

I appreciated 591d925940 the concern, 7c00948341 but…c7dc80e954eada0f

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My voice trailed off 60a928b17c as I spoke. I’d unknowingly gotten 96f97d2d57 a little too 5d95228cc8 cocky in front 5ac23afbaf of someone who 4641525b28 could snap at 95a8cb89c8 any moment and 8b6893b9e5 brutally kill me 710656ecdd on a whim aa7663e1c4 if he felt 9b11b8837e like it.8a84cefd63c27294

Was the title of this bad ending going to be <The Consequences of Talking Back to an Unfathomable Being>?e8578c28ee30e07b

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I was wondering if 93ee743cdd I should immediately apologize 25f74eaf9a for my impudence when 855063dda3 the guy, whose abilities cb4cad1339 and motives were still 3e79a87d07 completely unknown to me, cbca63f681 muttered under his breath,9366568a18a8c230

“I catch colds, though…”c03658b6dd0b6778

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“…….”312b0fc69b4dd288

Oh, I see.a8a170d62cbed1b8

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So, the b7ec2f334b guy who 9efab8d4bf casually stabbed 8799fdbe07 me in 7d13ff7666 the neck e503007db4 over my 6ccfeed277 poorly chosen 11b470a2c4 answer, and 5fc59c7c8d roamed around e7c2321f51 freely even f44ed35bdc when the c8f04ccb55 game was a59368c827 paused could cd52c880d6 catch a c95d0251d7 cold in 16679907a5 this season, 856689bfcb even while 17260b7581 wearing his 99677db73c summer uniform. Good to know. Very useful information.4c4a5ee10efd0b11

…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…ae87bc10c6361ef1

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Then again, those delicate 713fcf329a hands had been strong 3c9db9a4f4 enough to kill me… 26fdf96f82 twice… Shit.8c3757726310053c

“Do you… 948ede0248 remember what 4d159f91cb happened before?”afb7c1f01f55e7b4

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Confused and experiencing 8b4fa64472 a serious disconnection e5f787a0a7 between reality and b610482896 the game, I a2fb30721a impulsively blurted out 62da4eaba5 another potentially dangerous a6200bd2f0 question before I c8bdba195e could even stop 05f627e802 myself.a44cc4d20a998634

Wow, was 92335aa23e I always 93b2e99336 this reckless? 25b534366127bfc1

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I’d experienced firsthand 030f1121dd how dangerous meta-commentary e10b624581 could be, yet 8b6d5d907a here I was, cb84c50d51 pushing the boundaries 1b0d19a0de again.3006124c418f8f64

But it fc336008c9 was important 8f9194d55b to figure 03e7eb574b out how e9fb068ca6 much he 2393e2a37a knew. What if I 09a2700185 overlooked something and 009c434a6b ended up making 51b4529b7e another dumb mistake?003568df282f1bde

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Honestly, I 78274a0f3c was terrified 85520de42d of his 9cb58e7706 answer. 8d63a2cfb3dc84cf

Yes, I actually 06367fc508 remember everything from 4ccd48aa9c beginning to end, 379c7d396c and I’m going 7df7065b05 to keep following bc6c38804c you and killing 4c430db28e you over and 97c2995323 over again so d28ae1c39f you can never 56e4c16549 leave this game?fb644a2c3d8af49e

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…What the hell bbfebe4cc1 would I do bdced35961 if he actually 00aeb1447f said that?b148c4872b13f863

I gulped nervously.216d633be71e9667

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Immediately after 19d27bd117 that, Yeon 7f607f2f2f Suho opened 3f99cf2a08 his mouth, f01112788c his expression e864fa70b0 completely unreadable.085c113601f34cf7

“Remember?”c253011bbf29a5ef

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“…….”173d6634d7814983

“Would you like me to remember this moment for you?”bac150f18e2fa932

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“…Huh?”194830cb2779c840

Hearing those words, e6905e21af I forgot all b2eeb4534f about my anxiety 6d725008e7 and let out 3e7307481b a sigh of ddb297f1db relief.581d0ff25102ebae

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‘Would you like 6da2d402ef me to remember f73ba0effc this moment for 3ce3304a90 you?’dd5046c8383cfdd7

That was the e7204bd6fc line that appeared 48e4bfbf0b when saving the e550bd09e3 game. I’d heard 7a01500f8e it countless 928af954a7 times from 345e86a308 Yeon Suho 5445514d65 since entering 52192bd356 the game.85302b3885bdcbc9

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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.487622d4116b9b69

“…….”832e6183c5ab9f13

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For some reason, my 62730229b2 endless, baseless suspicions subsided 3c8e8de0d8 somewhat. Maybe he really db2a377f2c was nothing more bd66bb24d7 than an NPC. Maybe this was all c262e104e8 just a clever trick, 45b4384714 an attempt to break d1c7890362 the fourth wall, to 4c6101652d make the player feel ef934c84e0 uneasy and over-immerse themselves a61f31756a by having a game 7118b26cd0 character seemingly acknowledge them.5722ce5fa85c5004

A character breaking c8dbed5e54 the fourth wall 243899dea6 and addressing the db517c6987 player directly might 87fa55e341 have been a 0db532d59b novelty at first, a32c6b96f0 but it was ec6fac250a a pretty old 334b9542b8 technique. I was 07b6ae5729 probably more 0e4dd7f1ab freaked out c60d7946da than I f666c3666f should be 7a7f73842a because, unlike ed72a792b2 playing a 6b262433a6 normal game efdfef77a9 where I’d 0b8a29436d be staring 3cb2515716 at a 0ae21b5b2e screen clicking 305b9030c4 buttons, I 820ffeda56 was experiencing 22c94b06c5 everything through f0121cfa20 a living dd63a5da8c body, with 682c93817a all my e70617b19c senses intact.379055c8f7509854

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Thiswasa game. Hewasa game character. His words might 1a9b24d5e0 be creepy, but e25a54d045 he was a d32f9392bb being from another d022993ac1 dimension, unable to 1fff297e33 lay a finger ddad2c76d7 on me in 32104afc4d the real world.7adc445015d5c94d

Of course, the problem 3a704cf9a3 was that I couldn’t 20f2303b7e just quit the game e15fb58eac and walk away right 00eb4a521c now. And his actions were e944a9ca31 far more terrifying than 5357ad0689 his words. Still, I told myself e44a0ed937 I didn’t need to 2ccdd754db bethatscared.2948ffa7553eee6b

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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.e3c680af943f2c67

‘Can’t let my bbb02ad114 guard down completely, 68b574642e though.’3ab1ecbd9e3a21f1

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He could still 388414eea1 get in my e35af4cdb0 way, that much e565084f69 was certain. So, while maintaining e618b0a4fb a healthy level 5b5032d5a4 of caution, I 0798b55321 decided to ask 4a97ceb60f him again, trying 569135e273 to probe for 0749c73a6c more information.63349f3310abd092

“How did you get 69084bce02 out of the classroom?”573e525792374538

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At the start 98f2d18b0b of the game, c1fb7b0728 Yeon Suho is b998f3086e supposed to be a7e0778d3c trapped in Class 09acf99d06 2-3, unable to 425e3642c4 go anywhere. The back door 4146e17a4c is jammed shut, 3e23bf8b87 and the front d081a34221 door has been 072f2d3ff5 tightly locked from b8a749578d the outside with bdc03f2981 a padlock.14e74ac4c97ab514

The sliding c0f7365c8c back door abdf2edf11 of our e4dca6fde8 classroom was 316dee2114 always a 2ea1024ddd bit stiff. If it 20b86f508c closed the 71723a6324 wrong way, 2554022160 the door 5e69fec9ea and frame 18400a08a9 would get 6b43482303 misaligned, making 8c62f72725 it near 63a3550e47 impossible to 478ca739f9 open without 8af7f6ed06 some serious 2670ae1fc6 finagling, even 75e494fce5 if the 140fa9c071 lock was b6af49d80f undone.1805b0c29141eb4e

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Because of that, the 3b93c7e132 other students and I 04c193556f didn’t use the back 9f1cf7e77d door much and always deab436631 used the front door. The teachers 71602e0107 weren’t thrilled ea69e6736c about it, 310bb45cd5 but since 78db8b534a they were 994aebc24c aware of dfdff348f1 the issue, 61a7cc4765 they grudgingly c3cfeaafa0 tolerated it.756e6a470850c1aa

Yeon Suho, being 699ef90f9e clueless about this 3d8b7e435c little quirk, walks 71451301e5 into the classroom 04e9747813 only to find c429a13bd8 himself trapped when 5cab1fb3c2 the front door c0366a61bc gets locked. In a 4949012ad7 normal playthrough, 2471c52954 I would a29df67f44 have to 271d8fcab1 practically rip 2697366428 the door 18326f77c7 off its 156699d3f5 hinges to 5eaf767884 free him, 6242439527 at which 9faaf041c9 point he’d 9faa872a35 start crying 5a43560bed about his 84ff5b0fa9 ordeal.eca608592380fd90

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I could 0071c91cb0 usually glean c0a8372276 a few c5c02164e0 clues about 105d702552 the story 6da8a051ac at that c5f308e57b point… 4e06f2d7152bfade

As I wracked f85007cc03 my brain trying b0351e3b47 to recall the 211d956631 playthrough, Yeon Suho 0c70d89df2 tilted his head ac86d03949 and asked,1a260c3d2170776d

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“The classroom?”b7f91c17d2091853

“Yeah. Weren’t you in our 6e5223fd24 classroom?”284ed559a48c564b

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“Ah… yes, I was.”ab316f43ec5691f1

“Did you see 72d27460aa anyone suspicious this 8bd2c5e300 time?”b47922d23f456872

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“Huh?”4ce1a7fd39ffb6f6

In the 7c64ec34b3 original playthrough, ae93a4e1ca after rescuing 9a370eec2a him from 0a8a6cc090 being locked ec643daa1c in the 77484deb61 classroom, he e4d83f0e16 would say:cf722a55e1be6478

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‘I think someone 6db3a4877e deliberately locked me 7ab6f7be24 in here. Not long after I be6f54ee46 entered the classroom, I 98fe108d0d saw a human shadow 56425319ac reflected on the glass d97a9a4b25 of the door, and d61a7da673 then heard the sound 5d8eb9544d of the front door 858bbf274f being locked from the 31b82f4a67 outside.’457a5c2f02e2f5c2

He would then explain a203b4632e how he yelled for 1541c663e4 help because he was 7f44e615ab still inside, but the 8b428fba48 mysterious figure just walked 31a1749b49 away, their footsteps echoing cac2527448 down the hallway. The front doorwasactually locked, 8887504f8a and there 3326144ff9 was no 4653a9336a key to 9ef046f87d Class 2-3 2d4617245a to be e53a68c587 found anywhere 5e7fd7d50c even if 99b98d0abc you go b25da06022 in the d79da5b1eb teacher’s office, 65ef8c217a so he b2c3534ada was probably edb2b1c0d9 telling the 43a6f5caac truth.9f318aeef6b3a597

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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.1cfe6d5762c87ab5

Yeon Suho’s expression turned 7e567319df thoughtful, and he muttered 8fad4ad919 to himself, almost as 4a0b3a428f if he was thinking ae70f5cee0 out loud.b502978e53f013a2

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“Now that you ba5ebc2b3d mention it… therewassomeone like that.”612113a4c93b6f83

So, did he da89a293f8 see them this 110be17821 time or not?a0960f543be48eea

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As I was trying 96990cf732 to decipher his vague 175bfe91f8 response, Yeon Suho suddenly cf5f8c6313 looked up and continued,cce8bde31114f04d

“Not long after 43d6e569c0 I entered the df4db1cd2a classroom, someone locked d33143b0c6 the front door b857fa2be0 and left. But the back 5673708d40 door, though a 4b4fb5d426 bit broken was b6236a2169 open, so… I 6415d318d6 managed to get ed9814d3d3 out.”7bead21ea0f4daa7

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“…….”6e57d7c964d35831

I narrowed 9fb9590e9c my eyes, e70c0fffd6 studying his ea0c144fbf face, trying 522067146d to figure 793f870103 out what 03ada227a3 he was 428439ba04 really thinking.a1a70694d013ad30

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Was this an act? Or had 77fbba6d91 he somehow… faca63975c learned something dc75d000e9 from the 1c8503dbea previous resets?7a4c00263332a0f8

His pale, almost bloodless 20226814d5 face was completely unreadable, ad8707aaa0 giving nothing away. He was so eerily 4d271536c0 calm that it only 79769a3840 made him more suspicious.3015703f46baaa87

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The more I 0db582805f thought about it, a4b331779d the more questions 91239606d2 I had about bebb21805f him, even disregarding d99785db47 the current, bizarre a6d31cccdf situation.5a13e608745158c1

‘I always just brushed 08b31ac981 it off, assuming that’s 7ced076dc9 just how it was—but 895bed2684 come to think of 5779b0e24c it, why did he 7173e9484e even go into a f7e76e692e third-year classroom when he’s de7545c069 from a lower grade?’9b92b1e824d5bc86

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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.b0994a02853fdb96

If he knew 2746abc326 I was on e1e5d720c7 the rooftop, why 6bc8989db6 not just come 9ef6c9eea9 up? Why did he dfd3379ca3 wait quietly until 1233221527 I opened the cbe5f7e309 door?25dec2b67d4d4e11

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To begin with, d00d3592d3 he was the 0153ee80e2 type to just eadd91c2d5 stand in a 002c1151cb corner, silently watching 2e846b77be everything I did 8219597b24 unless I actively a2059563cf spoke to him. Because of that, even 3bd2eb5dde when he talked and 8361bd630c moved naturally like this, c63eb911dc he sometimes felt less fdef9bf6b7 like a real person f8f142f200 and more like a 9b47d4c02a mindless system, an inanimate 4d2f5dba1e object.846a43c16a431ca6

‘Actually… heisa game character, so 583a7f58cc it makes sense to af6e71f73e say that he doesn’t 7346de510a have self-awareness.’e691da277158fa95

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I was the one 58979d5874 projecting human emotions and 0a8c1a3c01 camaraderie onto him, even 22b8c60335 though he was nothing 0a69dc5b99 but a manufactured system, caf171afa7 a collection of code. Thinking about 38ff32448f it that 2d32667444 way filled d10d9c19d7 me with 74fb2de644 a sense 808c338b1a of emptiness, 98b58b3c7f like none 70a743b28a of this d73a98480c mattered.17ad36765249db5c

Enough. 29fc90e9a447de82

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Trying to shake c18db8e88a off the weird a2ec5b1850 feeling, I reached 953016de3f out and ruffled cc672b2a8d his slightly disheveled 3de49d3a51 hair without much 6699dc4b0f thought.975fc3387abd5546

Surprisingly, it 6952d1736e was finer 9b1fc7abb4 and softer 23c80ba97e than it 8c8760e921 looked, almost 45fe78672d like dog 4536509e67 fur.6224ed5f9d6953f2

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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.”751569c29e944b4c