preordain | itto

[ i guess they are

fuckin

roomies. somehow.

ryo is just standing in their shared room like 🧍 ]

[ just for context, there's a little cow guy thats standing on the end of one of the beds. it's wearing a little party hat.

when ryo looks at it, it just goes moo. ]

[

contemplating how to kick this cow out of the room ]

[ ushi's moo contains multitudes. there's nothing but blessed silence for a moment before itto practically kicks in the door and starts yelling. ]

Ushi! How did you get here?! Who's this guy? Did you recruit another gang member?

[ oh my god. who is this. he's so loud. ]

Is this your cow.

That's Ushi, and he's not a cow, he's a genuine Akaushi bull and his own independent member of the Arataki Gang. So yeah, he's sort of mine I guess. In a loyal gang sense?

[ going over to check ushi and see if he's hurt or anything? ushi moos. ]

I missed you too, buddy!

[ ryo decides to keep calling this thing a cow. ]

So, he died as well? Did someone eat him?

Huh? No, I think he'd be way too tough to eat, so don't even try!

[ ushi moos. ]

Oh, yeah, good point-- He says he knows this is an uncomfortable close-quarters situation we've all found ourselves in, but he hopes this room can be a shared space for all of us and-- whatddya mean? I'm being as quiet as I can?

[ he has so many questions. he wants to doubt that this guy can understand the cow, but all of that seems too thoughtful for him to come up with on his own. ]

I was hoping I'd be rooming with someone else.

Like who?

A friend.

[ anyway ]

I get top bunk.

Aw man-- I wanted top bunk. Okay I guess, only because you called dibs first and you're sad about your friend.

[ he actually doesn't care about the bunk, but he had a feeling itto probably did. this is the way. ]

Mm. Is your... gang member... the only thing of yours you see here?

Uh, I didn't really look yet?

[ he does care so so deeply and is in fact currently deeply upset about it and trying to hide it

going to actually look around the room now, and in the closet ]

Oh yeah. My clothes and stuff are here.

[ holding up a ... leather titty harness? ]

Please do not bring things like that into our bedroom.

Well, sure, I guess I'll take it out of here because I'm wearing it?

[ straight up he is just changing right now sorry about it. ]

[ unfortunately he does not even blink ]

... is there anything else in the closet?

Let's see, clothes, clothes-- Ah! A ghost!

[

he stands up to go see. ]

[

giggling ]

Got ya!

You know, technically we're all ghosts.

[ his brain seems to be struggling to process this ............ ]

No way ...

We're supposed to be dead, right?

So. Ghosts.

[ he looks

scared ]

Look man, they keep saying that but it seems kind of like some bullshit - sorry Ushi - to me. I think I'd know if I was dead! I'd feel dead or something, and I feel the same way I always feel except for the fact I got my freakin' vision stolen again. You'd think it'd be like ... cold or something.

Perhaps we don't feel cold since we're at where the dead should be.

[ spooky ]

If it helps, I'm not too convinced that this is hell. However, the situation I was in prior was a life threatening one where I likely would have died.

[ KICKING THE DOOR TO THE ROOM OPEN ]

Dude, you are not going to believe what happened!

[ the way all joy got sucked out of him the moment the door opens ]

Surprise me.

I was hangin' with the Hunters in the bar last night and turns out-- They really did duel last night!

They what?

Or, I don't know-- I told them just to beetle battle! Or arm wrestle! Or play a trading card game! Figure out who's the Dominant Hunter, yanno?

[ fucking help ]

Are you implying that the still living Hunter murdered the other one to be the singular Hunter?

No, because I specifically told them not to do that! But someone dueled Hunter.

[ stares into the abyss ]

Were you with anyone else?

Uh, no. Just the Hunters and me.

[ a nod. ]

Did anything else happen that might be unusual? Was the dead Hunter acting odd at all?

Uh, no. He was totally normal ... least, far as I know him? He wasn't even really up for fighting about being top Hunter.

He did seem somewhat pathetic.

And unlikely to be able to fight back.

How's it even make sense that he's dead anyway? Ain't we already dead? Don't think it's something you can do twice.

Well, if we're in hell, then technically it would be our souls and not our bodies. Perhaps his soul died?

[ they can be outside instead of in their room for once

but when ryo sees itto he just. sighs. ]

I'm surprised it wasn't you fighting him on stage.

[ ryo just like. itto i need you to leave the room for a while. i need space to mourn machine gun. ]

I didn't want to kill the guy!

Technically, he was already dead.

[ double dead ]

[ making that sound where you you sigh out and sound like a horse. do you know what I'm talking about. ]

Uh, I guess, but all the demons keep saying that and then people still can get hurt and bleed, so what's the difference? If you're dead now, and then you die again, where do you even go after that?

[ i know exactly the noise ]

Maybe you stop existing altogether? Your soul is obliterated and is no longer able to ascend or descend to whatever afterlife exists.

Either way, at the end of the day, he's dead, even if it's once or twice over.

... Scary ...

[ scary? ]

Scary?

[ scary.... ]

[ is poor ryo coming back to his room after the cyoa mess

because if he does just imagine he walks in and then its just

itto, on the bottom bunk. ushi gently snoring on the floor. a beetle is hanging on the desk, along with a stack of messy construction paper.

and then a standee of guy fieri is standing in the middle of the room, half-dressed in a samurai outfit. ]

Woah. What happened to you?!

[

god he wishes he was back on the cyoa. ]

What are you doing.

[ THIS IS CLEARLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING COVERED IN BLOOD. GUY FIERI SAMURAI? ]

[ he sort of. looks between ryo and guy fieri like he doesn't understand the question because it's obvious? ]

Important gang business-- Why're you covered in blood, man?

I was sent to a spaceship and lost an eye.

[ yeah.

he is going to go to climb his bunk ladder and proceeds to

very clearly struggle

to do this ]

Uh.

[ HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION. ]

How'd you lose an eye?!

[ watching. him do this. ]

Do you want the bottom bunk ... ?

It's fine.

[ he's just going to

take a break on the stairs ]

Akira, Lu Bixing, Lin Gingheng, and I suddenly found ourselves in a spaceship, and had to solve a series of puzzles. I lost my eye in one of them.

[ look he will just go over and give him a boost up there unless he immediately is like stop. ]

So, what, you just woke up on a spaceship? Didn't even have to go looking for it?

No. For some reason we all decided to go on a ferry, which took us to some island, and then from there we were on the spaceship.

[ he will just try to wave him off ]

[ then hang out on the ladder baby ]

Uuuuuh. Wow. So, puzzles, you lose an eye, then what?

Then I shot Gingheng, he and his boyfriend were overly emotional, we did more puzzles, and now we're here.

[ a really. blank look. ]

Woah.

Do you have any questions?

Yeah, are ya' just gonna stay on that ladder or do you actually want the bottom bunk?

No, it's fine. I just want to sit here for now.

[ they can be at the fake beach

ryo is just gazing at the water, his stare ten years long as he contemplates how he is not dressed for this.

hi itto. ]

You're gonna overheat and die again, dude! Take your coat off!

This is fine. I haven't overheated yet.

Just doing a bad job of enjoying the beach, man. Otherwise, what's the point? Standing here and thinking too hard?

What would your recommendation be then?

[ be normal, maybe ]

[ are they in their room? where is itto??

either way, ryo is looming. ]

Explain.

[ yeah he can be in the room, itto is just trying to pick at the (presumably) sling he's around around his arm now, fidgeting already. ]

Huh-- Explain what?

What happened.

[ the fact that he is demanding this when he gave itto the worst explanation of all time ]

[ well this is itto we're talking about so his explanation isnt gonna be any better ]

Ya' know how you said you woke up and you were just in space or something? We were on a ... I guess another island. Except there were so many bones, dude. Just a lot of bones.

And... what else?

[ besides bones ]

... A lot of confusin' stuff? There was a lot of, uh, weird voices yellin' at us all the time. Thinking lots of things about Harrow or whatever. Then we kinda like

[ he pokes two fingers together ]

Mashed our minds together?

[ i see. ]

Harrowhark wasn't with you though, right?

Uh, no.

[ he seems confused by the concept. ]

But it mighta been like, I dunno, something she knows about.

So, not quite what we went through...

Why were you a woman?

There was a really long and creepy speech about eating people's souls and absorbing them or something ... [ im sorry he was. not listening very well. ] But, uh, I said I wasn't gonna do it. So I think it went the other way.

I see.

[ he doesn't. ]

Well. You made it out, I suppose. Did you get anything from it?

I don't really get it either, man. I just wasn't gonna listen to some creepy voice telling me to eat someone!

[ died for refusing to do vore crimes. ]

Uh ... [ he looks around, before coming back up with like. a bit of fencing spike? you know like those pointy fences, its the end of one. ] Got this.

[ h

help

he just... pokes the end of it??? okay??? ]

Is it just to stab with?

[ he pulls the tip of it back because he's not quite sure how it works, actually? ]

Nah, it has some sort of spell on it, I think. Everyone else got bones.

Huh.

[ weird. ]

Odd, but okay.

[ WOW UUUUUUH ]

... Sorry, for gettin' on your ass like that! But you were being totally weird.

[ ... ]

I've refused to let you all do those checks on me every trial.

I guess, but you were also falling into all those aquariums [ it was one?] and hugging people and then there was an octopus that could grow hands and it was all getting super confusing!

I hugged Akira.

[ it's said like, 'akira isn't people' ]

... and I've been falling since I woke up this morning. I would maybe guess I lost my sense of balance, but then I figure I would have done it more...?

[ hmmm ]

Maybe you forgot how heavy your head is and you've gotten used to it now. Or ya' forgot you don't love jumping into aquariums that had dead bodies in 'em.

Do you have a death wish?

No!

Then stop listing examples.

You threaten to kill me like every five seconds, dude.

And we're in a place where someone dies every week.

I'm just sayin' if you were gonna do it, you'd have already done it.

[ don't? goad him? ]

And people would suspect you because you keep saying it out loud!

[ are they in their room. they're in their room now.

he sighs, and climbs up the ladder to his bed slowly. and then once he's at the top, he points a harpoon gun at itto. ]

Yes?

[ HE JUST CROSSES HIS ARMS. ]

Bring it on!

[ he is

firing it

really hoping their neighbors aren't in their rooms rn or else icly they are ignoring the sound of a harpoon going off in a dorm ]

[ I like to imagine its like. through the meaty part of his right shoulder now, so he can't exactly pull it out with his broken left arm. ]

OW WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR

You said bring it on.

You gotta help me get it out!

[ he thinks about it. ]

With how my luck has been, it might make it worse?

Well you can't have it back! It's mine now!

You're going to waste it.

[ IT'S IN HIS ARM ]

[ itto eventually has to come back to the room on sunday, after ryo has killed in Religious Trauma the execution. I'm sure he's so excited to deal with this. ]

... Ya good?

[ help

but he's up on the top bunk and when itto comes in, he just looks down over the edge of it. ]

It's just been a long weekend.

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[ hes putting his beetles onto the nightstand and then leaning the harpoon against the bed before he decides he should hold onto it for this conversation actually. ]

They're always long around here!

[ that's fair. he looks at the harpoon gun for maybe too long of a second before looking back at itto. ]

Weren't they from your world?

[ so, whenever they are both in the room, ryo will suddenly turn to look at itto. ]

I love you.

[ he really doesn't know what to say to this. this has caused his brain to cease functioning like an overheated iphone. ]

[ ryo takes this as itto being overcome with emotion. since it is also touch week, he will walk over and hold his hand. ]

You can think about it.

[ is touch week strong enough to overcome ittos instant reaction which is to run away at top speed

maybe. ]

T- ... Think about what?

[ he just nods his head, like he understands itto's confusion. ah, that makes him endearing. ]

Us, of course. I just confessed to you.

[ so much is happening right now. why do i feel like as soon as this is over ryo is going to go submit a proposal. a murder proposal. ]

HUH?! [ DID HE NOT GET THAT. ] Look, I know sometimes light novels end up this way, with two destined rivals fallin' in love or whatever, but I'm pretty sure that ain't the case here!

[ PUTTING A HAND ON HIS FOREHEAD. ]

ARE YOU SICK?!

[ help. he just blinks, looking slightly confused for two seconds as he learns that itto reads. okay. ]

I feel fine. I just think I should be blunt about my feelings so that no misunderstandings happen, and we can go from there.

[ help ]

[ also yes he kind of reads a lot, im shocked too ]

... No one's ever told me they loved me before! This is so weird! I don't know what you're supposed to do either! Especially when I was pretty sure you were gonna try and kill me like, a day ago!

[ that's good to hear, since it means he doesn't have any competition. nice. ]

In that case, we should start off with a date and then go from there. It'll give you some time to consider how you would feel about it.

[ okay look I think ittos thought process on this

is that he does not believe this is real

he knows curses exist in this place

but right now ryo is being nice to him and so he's like. okay. what if its real. also if it is real he doesn't want to hurt the guys feelings? he does not return them, but also, that's no reason to reject him. maybe he should just do this to see how he feels about it? that'd be the cool guy thing to do. ]

Yeah, sure. Okay.

[ the worst thing in the world is that

ryo actually looks happy. at that. this is the only time you'll see this it's a one time deal.

also, ryo also doesn't know what you do on dates. he has to think about this briefly. you get food and go on a walk and take selfies, or something... hm... ]

In that case, we can get dressed to go on one. Maybe we can get ice cream and walk around until we find something interesting?

[ okay honestly he is so scared to enter the room today

when he does its like. sneaking in. mostly because he wants to get his beetles. ]

... Yo? Ryo?

[ ryo is at his desk.

he slowly turns the chair to face him. ]

Itto.

[ FREEZE FRAME ]

Yo!

[ it's fine.

there's a long pause. ]

What did you think about the date.

[ he actually seems to consider this so seriously. ]

... It was kinda cool, actually! You were real nice to me, and cared about my allergies, and I got to fight a guy about it even though he bit me and stuff, which was kinda weird! But cool!

[ i

okay he was not expecting an actual answer so it takes him aback for like a few seconds. ]

I see?

[ HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT ]

[ he sort of pulls down his coat collar and the bdsm collar. he is. bitten. ]

Does this look infected to you ...

[ he squints at it. ]

Yes.

For real?!

[ NOW HE'S WORRIED ABOUT IT? poking it. he goes ow.]

[ extremely seriously, ]

Akira has several diseases.

Wh-- What diseases?!

[ HE LOOKS WORRIED. ]

Haven't you seen how feral he gets sometimes...?

... You gotta suck it out!

I have to what?

Like when you get bit by somethin' poisonous, you gotta suck the poison out! But I can't reach my own neck.

I'm not doing that.

Aren't we dating or something? You're just gonna let me die?!

[ YES???? HE WON'T EVEN BLINK ABOUT IT??

actually he takes a moment to wonder how awkward he can make this. ]

Bend down.

[ he

bends down. ]

I am going to put my mouth to your neck and suck, then.

[ what if he really did just come visit him in jail. ]

How'd you mess up this bad already, huh?!

I killed Graham.

[ deserved. ]

itto

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