come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

[barehands]

[A while after the execution has ended, everyone will find a simple note slipped under their door.]

If you don't want to be alone after everything that's happening, some of us will be in the dining room. Even if you decide not to come, please remember that you aren't alone here.

[The note isn't signed, but the handwriting is feminine and neat.

For anyone who decides to come, there's a good array of food laid out on the table. There are some small and simple cakes, cookies, and pastries, a healthy amount of okonomiyaki, okayu, and other Japanese dishes (with a focus on rice and eggs), along with curry. In addition, there are pancakes, and a large pot of soup. It looks like a few people collaborated to make enough food for everyone here.

Just like the meal they shared together earlier in the week, the candles from the storage room lend a more peaceful light than the fluorescent lights above.]

Comments

[carnivorously]

[...he's quiet for a moment, then...]

I'm going to kill him.

[doctorize]

That would make you an actual criminal if you were to succeed... are you really prepared to cross that line?

[carnivorously]

If it means I can finally exact my revenge, then yes. I am prepared.

[doctorize]

I see.

[...]

What will happen as a result? Will you be sent to prison, or would everything stay the same for you?

[He doesn't know how this system works, so he figures he should probably ask this.]

[carnivorously]

I'll probably be killed.

[His crime coefficient is already extremely high. Killing someone would definitely have it hit above the 300 mark and he'd be executed as a result. There's no doubt about it.]

[doctorize]

And so this goal of yours is essentially a suicide mission.

[Not really asked as a question now, more like stating a fact here.]

[carnivorously]

It may, it may not be. If I can find a means of escape from the country, I'll live.

[If he can, that is. He's not sure.]

[doctorize]

And if you can't? Would you die happy, if it meant that you got your revenge?

[carnivorously]

I probably would.

[At least feels he could be at peace finally.]

[doctorize]

... Is there anything you can think of that would convince you not to do this?

[People that you would leave behind? Or even just an interest or something that you would miss in prison or in death?]

[carnivorously]

Probably not. I've been focused on this goal for about four years.

[Just a sad fact of his life, really. He lost everything thanks to this and he doesn't see any way to get his former life back.]

[doctorize]

That's a long time to think about revenge.

[Not that he can really blame the guy, given the facts here.]

[carnivorously]

Honestly, it's all that's kept me going at this point.

[There's no lie here.]