Trash Squad Day 11 - SECRETS

[chinhotta]

Are you ready for it?! It's the long awaited final event! This is your last chance to get close before your final dates and the final bonus event!

And, back by popular demand, it's the motive vi—wait, no, not that. Well, I guess you're motivated to build your relationships? That's better anyway.

...Anyway! Check your tablets! You will find you have a few interesting video files! They should be familiar to you! The catch is... if you don't share each one with a different person by nighttime today, they will all be shown to everyone here! We'll have a fun midnight viewing party!

This may seem a bit cruel, but... love is cruel sometimes. Take it as an opportunity to get a bit closer to the people you care about, or everyone will learn a bit more about you! It's win-win when you think about it that way!

[ On your tablets are a minimum of 3 video files! There is no maximum; it's however many you OOCly want to deal with. Each video contains some sort of secret your character has—'secret' loosely defined as anything they would be uncomfortable being thrown up on a big screen in the auditorium in front of everyone. The presentation can be as simple as lines of text with embarrassing facts (Alice wet the bed until she was in junior high!) or as involved as a dramatically edited montage of the murders they committed through their whole life. Your choice!

Each file should be shown to a different person to count as 'shared'. If there is anything they do not manage to, or choose not to, share with someone in particular, comment with a brief description of it over here. These will all be shared publicly in a post which goes up on Thursday before the date announcement post. ]

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Comments

[dismemberthename]

[he goes the extra mile and closes his eyes, slipping his arm around her waist as an attempt at comfort. Good for leaning on.]

[assent]

[ It's going to take a while for her to get through them, mostly because even the first has her wanting to throw up, her body going into a stunned silence. Sudoh may have his eyes closed, but there's no doubt he'll hear screaming, windows smashing and thuds as bodies hit the floor. In the next one, a girl's voice as she struggles through a game of some kind, with obstacles that make her cry out and then a final scream as a loud stabbing noise fills the area they're in.

There's a speech from someone who appears to be Sonia's teacher, then the sound of an explosion.

The next video is something Sonia recognises so she skips it, but the one after sounds as bad as the first two, only the screaming seems to be louder.

She was probably already a shaky mess after the first one, sorry Sudoh. ]

[dismemberthename]

[Sudoh is just... progressively tugging her a little closer, holding her a little more firmly. His expression is peaceful, if she looks. He's not one to be shaken by this kind of thing, anymore, but he can respect that it's rough on her.]

[assent]

[ To be fair, she is a lot more used to violence than she lets on--that isn't actually the problem.

Being a cause of it however? That is not something to swallow easily.

There's so much of it too that she feels exhausted and numb by the end. ]

I finished.

[dismemberthename]

Okay.

[bodily tugging her into his lap, sorry, we're doing proper hugs now]

[assent]

[ At least that movement is enough to startle her out of it, her face colouring as she's pulled onto his lap and being hugged. ]

A-ah!

[dismemberthename]

Sorry. Lemme know if I shouldn't. But... it sounded like a bad time, so I thought you could use a hug.

[assent]

No it is... quite all right. I was just surprised.

[ Partly because she wasn't exactly with it before. ]

[dismemberthename]

All right.

[snuggles.]

[assent]

[ It takes a moment, but slowwwwwwwly she's leaning into him. ]

Um... Sudoh? [ Her voice is quiet as she speaks up, partly because of what she wants to say, partly just because they're close anyway now. ]

[dismemberthename]

Mmhm?

[assent]

I... do not how to say this exactly, and I hope you will not be upset however... I admit I am aware of your circumstances. A little, at least.

[ She pauses. ]

That is to say, I was told.

[dismemberthename]

[he pauses, but seems only mildly surprised]

...Okay. I'm not mad. What parts do you know?

[assent]

[ Well, mad wasn't what she expected really either, just.

Well, it doesn't matter now. She pauses, not because she's hesitating but because she's trying to gather her thoughts. ]

When I was speaking to Yusuke before our date, he corrected me when I used "she" to describe you, so that was the first thing... but I was not sure how to bring up the issue either, when you had not told me yourself. However... after that I have been told more, merely because Yusuke and I have been supporting each other, I suppose.

[dismemberthename]

Ah... sorry about not telling you I'm a guy. It's not something I've ever really told people before now, so I don't really know how to go about saying something... I hope you weren't too worried about it.

...I'm glad you two have been there for each other, though.

[assent]

Not... in that case, no. [ She pauses, not really focusing on the latter part to instead continue. ]

He also told me about where you are from and how this is not your real body, that if he tried to follow you home it would be impossible to find you and... that you are losing your memories. I... apologise if that was overstepping his bounds to tell me, however, I think talking about it helped him a little too.

[dismemberthename]

Oh, geez, you weren't kidding. S'fine though. Some of those are secrets, but if telling you helped him, I don't mind.

[assent]

My apologies--! [ How many times is she going to say this--many, honestly. ] Both of us... were struggling with accepting what will happen at the end and he is one of my best friends here, so I wanted to help.

[ She is not, in fact, going to tell him she talked to Rin about this though. But it was with good intentions in that he'd wanted to see if they could think of an alternative for them too.

She lost sleep over this okay. She's Invested. ]

[dismemberthename]

Hey, hey, it's okay. It's not like I'm a particularly secretive person, generally? I just don't like to upset people. I'm not mad.

[assent]

It... may have been too late for that, though I have since learned it is more important to focus on the now. Ah--but I brought this up just in case there were any videos that were concerning one of those secrets. It may be easier on you if you were to share it with someone who already knew, yes?

[dismemberthename]

[...huffs a soft laugh]

Really, you're so sweet...

[assent]

[ At that, she startles. ]

H-Huh...?

[dismemberthename]

Going out of your way to help me so much. It's sweet.

[assent]

After you sat by quietly and gave me time to watch my own videos, I think it is very little.

[dismemberthename]

I can think of arguments against that, but it's a pretty silly thing to argue over, I guess... Still, your support means a lot, even if it goes both ways.