[UMINEKO SPOILERS] Heart (Scored) - Kyrie, Rika, Ange

[damedana]

The story ends as such:
"when the seagulls cried, none were left alive"...

But this isn't such a sad story.

This is a story about love.

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Re: done

[damedana]

Did you know in Battler's first trauma game, he and his teammates had to touch a man's bare chest to keep him from dying? Now you know!

Ushiromiya Battler sometimes wonders if Zagreus couldn't stay because he kept dying if he wasn't touched.

1/2

[counterfactual]

[DROPS THE FLOWER CROWN]

Onii-chan, why!

[as if he could hear her.]

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[counterfactual]

[but this time she pays more attention to the red...]

Zagreus might not have been able to stay because his ribbon malfunctioned or a plant got to him.

Re: done

[damedana]

Ushiromiya Battler knows there are multiple possibilities as to why Zagreus was not able to stay.

Re: done

[counterfactual]

Ushiromiya Battler's actions cannot have directly influenced whether Zagreus was able to stay or not.

Re: done

[damedana]

Ushiromiya Battler knows whatever happened to Zagreus, there was nothing he could do to stop it.

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[counterfactual]

Ushiromiya Battler shouldn't feel responsible or blame himself for something he truly had no hand in...

[this isn't so much a blue truth as... just her honest feelings about this]

Re: done

[damedana]

It's okay, it doesn't affect the red text but seems to be noted just under it, in blue.

Re: done

[counterfactual]

[sighs, but she'll let it be.

walking around the bed to check the dragon plush, surely this is safe??]

Re: done

[damedana]

Just Sparrows communicating, mostly. Featuring: small pet dragon Battler nudges with foot in the memory.

Ushiromiya Battler appreciates Astrid's forward thinking and will ask her about training.

1/2

[counterfactual]

[well, that's a good red truth, so she'll let it be.]

I think I'm starting to understand...

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[counterfactual]

[she glances at the collar again though, and makes this face]

Haaah.

[maybe she'll just go check out the purple vines on the window]

Re: done

[damedana]

They look a little less vibrant than they were but still being pretty stubborn! Does she finangle with them?

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[counterfactual]

[she will try to, as ill-advised as it probably is]

[damedana]

[just for Ange: a familiar voice speaking almost in her ear but there's the rattling of chains and a strange noise thrumming in her head, her chest might even feel a bit tight with something not unlike butterflies in the stomach but twisted and distorted,]

Watching the distractions play out this way really is entertaining.

[she'll feel as if she's being watched out the window, but it's getting too dark to tell.]

[counterfactual]

[oh great, she hates this]

Are you having fun? Maybe we should find a way to make things more entertaining.

[she doesn't wait for an answer, instead goes to try and unlock the door like Kyrie did earlier]

[damedana]

Door is locked. In fact, this time, it seems like the chainlock has been thoroughly nailed into the door and frame like someone's trying to keep a monster from escaping. Not so easy an unlock this time, alas.

[counterfactual]

Couldn't be that easy this time, right?

[is there anything different about this night stand, versus the previous room's? she's going to check]

[damedana]

On top of the nightstand is still that notebook, a feather quill, some tarot cards, and a gun's holster without the gun... so. ymmv.

Does she look into the drawer?

[counterfactual]

[she looks into the drawer!]

I'm sorry, Ange.

[damedana]

Inside the nightstand is... uh. Listen. Battler is a grown adult, he is allowed to have toys for fun STOP LOOKING IN THERE.

1/3

[counterfactual]

[wait, just what is this.]

[counterfactual]

[the realization hits her as she reaches to pick one up and she lets go immediately, SLAMMING THE DRAWER CLOSED AGAIN]

[counterfactual]

—D-Don't just leave things like that laying around!

[quick what does the quill have for me]

[damedana]

Well, first, you have earned a [AHAHA.WAV] of your own.

But then, more Sparrow bonding times, aw.

Ushiromiya Battler enjoys bullying Korone and awaits her bullying.