[Day 308-309, closed and open] They say ignorance is bliss.

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Who: Ibuki Mioda, Ippo, Colin, and others???
Open: Open and closed like a door that has no idea if it's a jar or not.
When: The night of day 308, and day 309
Where: Everywhere
What: Ibuki remembers things
Format: Action but ok with changing
Warnings: Dangan Ronpa spoilers, bad feels and probably lots of mood whiplash because Ibuki. Also, ice cream cake.

[Locked to Ippo, night of 308]
[At their house, Ibuki can be found sitting on the couch and clutching a pillow to herself; clad in her pajamas. Her piercings were already taken out for the day, though she hadn't let her hair down just yet.]

[She felt sick after everything she remembered... and she was worried. It'd be well within Ippo's right to turn his back on her if she told him. But ... still, he had to know, right? It wasn't right to keep that from him. She took in a shuddering breath, waiting for her boyfriend to return.]

[Open to all, day 309]
[The next day, Ibuki can be found doing her usual duties around the bastion. Cooking, taking care of the cows, and ... napping?]

[She took naps now and then, sure, but usually never where people can generally stumble across her. For that matter, her naps don't seem to last long as she suddenly awakes with a jerk and a miserable expression.]

[Also notable is the fact that she hasn't bothered to do up her hair or put in her piercings...]

[At some point during the day, she can be found going to the smithy to hand back the revolver she'd gotten there some time ago. Maya was long gone... and then Raile disappeared recently, too. And besides that, she wasn't sure she could trust herself with a weapon anymore... not with those memories floating around in her mind.]

[Locked to Colin, day 309]
[Eventually, she'll be wandering into Colin's workshop...]

[Ibuki's not looking any better than earlier that day]

Comments

[OTA Section]

[cyan_maid]

[Is that...Ibuki...just sleeping out in the open like that next to a lounging jerky cow? It's hard to tell without her signature hairdo, but the color's definitely right. Jane approaches slowly, so as not to spook the weird creature and jostle Ibuki awake.]

...Ibuki?

1/2

[scary_music]

[Well, she didn't seem to be having a pleasant dream anyway before she got jostled, so-]

2/3

[scary_music]

N-no stop-!!!

[Yeah she sure is screaming for a second there-]

3/3

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... o-oh, um...

... Jane-chan?? Good morning???

[is it morning????]

[cyan_maid]

[It's afternoon? Or the beginning of it anyway. Close enough to morning, really.]

Er...are you...okay?

[scary_music]

W-why are you asking that? I-it's not like Ibuki is having trouble sleeping because of nightmares because of remembering totally bad stuff and-

...

...

[cyan_maid]

[Honey if that isn't completely transparent, Jane doesn't know what is.]

I'm asking that because you're sleeping outside. On one of your cows. And you don't really look like your usual self at all.

[Going to just...gently...slowly sit down by Ibuki.] Do you want to talk about it?

[freedom_engineer]

[True to Ibuki's guess, Colin's in there, working on some fuses at his desk. Grenades don't grow on trees, after all...]

Hello, Ibuki.

[Yep, hasn't looked up yet. That's Colin for you.]

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Hey, um...

[Ibuki sounds unusually subdued today]

... I, um...

...

... what... what would you think if Ibuki told you that her body is from a simulation and not her real body???

[okay not quite what she needed to talk about but it just suddenly came to mind.]

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin pauses from connecting a fuse, and he sets down his tools and turns to look at her.]

Either you've figured something out, or you've been keeping secrets.

[He smiles faintly.]

I'd say that I'm awfully curious as to the specifics of the simulation. And then I'd ask if you're okay with it, because I realize that technology really shouldn't take precedence over what's important.

Eventually.

[scary_music]

[She manages a bit of a smile]

A-ahaha... um, I... I don't know much about the simulation. But... but I'll tell you what I can? Like, I didn't even know I was in a simulation because of ... memory wiping stuff. It felt ... real.

Ibuki totally wasn't keeping secrets! Well, keeping secrets in the way that ... being memory wiped can be called that??? But um, yeah... I... remembered stuff. A lot of... really bad stuff.

[windgod]

[And return Ippo did! He walked into the house around the same time he normally did every night, wiping the sweat of the day from his brow with a smile...until he caught sight of Ibuki that is. It was enough to make him concerned as he wandered over and took a knee next to her.]

Is...is something wrong Ibuki? You don't look so good...you didn't get sick helping me get better did you?

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I...

... I...

[She hesitated a bit]

I remember... my memories... that were taken away I... I remember everything...

[windgod]

You do? Well...that's great isn't it?

[Right guys? ...Right?

...Right??]

You don't...look happy about it.

[He'll take a seat next to her and place a hand on Ibuki's shoulder, trying to get her to look at him properly.]

Do you wanna talk about it?

1/2

[scary_music]

[No, she didn't want to talk about it. She was afraid of how Ippo would feel...]

[... but he deserved to know. He ... deserved to know what kind of person he was with...]

[She didn't make eye contact, though she felt... a little bit of comfort as Ippo's hand rested on her shoulder]

I...

The first killing game, with Makoto-chan and Aoi-chan I...

... I... I was with the group that ... that...

I... I watched it, Ippo-chan!

2/2

[scary_music]

[And she couldn't help the tears from bursting out again]

I... I remember watching it, and I... I remember laughing at it, Ippo-chan! I... I was...

I helped ruin everything!!

[OTA Section]

[twinked_witch]

[This is Megaera, just kind of staring at one of Ibuki's nap points for a few seconds, just before Ibuki wakes up. It's unintentionally kinda creepy.]

Uh...

[scary_music]

Stop thaaaaaaaaaaaat-!!

[Yup, waking up screaming]

[twinked_witch]

Daajfaslkjd!

[Megaera leaps back.]

H-hold on, I was just worried!

[scary_music]

H-huh? What?

Ah... Meg-chan, Ibuki wasn't screaming at you!

309

[grandiflora]

[Sure Ibuki might have been napping out of stumble-over range, but that doesn't mean she's napping in the most comfortable of places.

It's a bit worrisome to see a clearly human girl sleeping in that way. Gems didn't need to sleep, but humans did, right? This couldn't have been restful...

Rose isn't really sure what to do. Her interactions with humans for a long time had been few and far between, and Greg had taught her a great deal about them in their time together, but that sort of teaching didn't come with a 'what to do when strange girls sleep outside'.

Eventually she decided a blanket and a pillow would be the best solution, and after getting them from the bed she never used in the house she had taken up residence in she returned to where Ibuki lay and attempted to make her comfortable without waking her.]

1/2

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[Rose may have succeeded if Ibuki wasn't having a nightmare]

[But unfortunately, Ibuki was in fact having a nightmare and so she jerks awake again-]

[Screaming]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!-

2/2

[scary_music]

...

... Um... ... Hello!

[grandiflora]

[Oh no! That's not good at all!]

Ahh! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!

[scary_music]

N-no, no, it's not your fault, big fluffy lady! It's Ibuki's fault! ... Ibuki's brains' fault!