holyspirits | W2 PLAYER CYOA: Basilio, Koharu, Saber, Wiš'adel

[ very. ]

... So I have to do this? To her?

Now, Hollowcry. [that u]

[she has one tag to do something...]

[ omg it me ]

B- but I... I can't...

[ Thank you for the warning. It's very generous of you to have even a little bit of faith that Koharu would ever have the willpower to like, torture a random stranger, let alone give them a papercut. So. ]

[well yea but maybe hollowcry would...

she's frozen again, but this time it's not just that her body freezes, but the wound between her shoulder blades seizes, making her convulse with white hot pain, dropping her to the ground.

this time, multiple figures in hoods and masks beat her, punching and kicking her, stepping on her fingers and breaking her ribs with the strength of the metal boots they wear.]

[ well this right fuckin sucks but what can a girl do but take it in this situation ]

[as she's being beaten, she can hear the girl on the table, groggy but awake.]

Koharu! Koharu, save - save yourself -

[she's dragged off to a cold barrack and thrown inside a small cell. she's given no food and left alone for a long time. as she's carried off, she can hear the other girl's screams echoing down the hallway behind her.]

[ "Save yourself". What? How...?

Not that it matters when she's beaten and bloodied and can hardly raise a hand now. ]

[she's left in the cell to contemplate what that could have meant for a long time, hold and hungry.

but after many hours pass, a person appears outside her cell. she doesn't know him, but he has what looks like a small, half-eaten bowl of porridge, and he slides it in.]

Here. Don't tell anyone, but I saved you some.

... Huh?

[ She looks up, blearily. ]

Who are you?

[he looks sad at that, but not surprised.]

Again? They take your memories away so often.

[ ... ? ]

Who? Why are they gone...?

They do it to all of us when we make a mistake, but they're so much harder on you. It's that mirror, you know?

[but he gestures at her to eat.]

...They wouldn't do it as much if you just did what they tell you. But I really admire how brave you are.

[ A touch reluctantly, she drags the bowl closer to herself. ]

... I'm not brave at all. I just—I can't do it.

I think that's brave. But selfishly, I wish you would do it. I hate when you can't remember me.

[he will sit down outside her cell, keeping one eye out for anyone coming near.]

...We're friends. We try to take care of each other, when we can. Even if you don't remember, I'll remind you as many times as I have to.

...

[ Slowly, she manages a few bites. Moving hurts like hell, the searing pain racing down to her hands, but if she can at least alleviate the pain somewhere, she can satisfy her stomach. ]

I'm sorry. I wish I could remember... B- but I don't want to hurt her.

That's why you're brave. They're only going to keep hurting you until you give in, you know.

[but he doesn't seem like he's telling her she should or she shouldn't, he's just worried about her.]

... Oh.

[ She visibly deflates. ]

Who—even are they? Why are we here?

I -

[and then there's a sound of footsteps in the hallway, and this boy looks absolutely panicked.]

If I get caught here, they'll - [he looks apologetic, like he's hoping she'll give him permission, not ask him to be brave.]

[ ... ah. ]

Please go. Hurry.

[he will run away. but at least koharu has a little food in her, and had someone friendly to talk to, if only for a few brief minutes.

the next morning, she's dragged out and taken to the mirror again.]

[ oh boy what crimes do we get to commit today ]

[well, why don't you answer this?

if koharu was taken to the girl on the altar again today, and a knife put in her hand, would she still find herself unable to do as she was commanded? and if she was beaten and starved and her mind erased again and brought back there once more, would she still be unable to do it? how long could she hold out? or would it be that no matter how much pain she endured, and no matter how exhausted and confused she was, and how much the girl on the altar was just a stranger, almost just a piece of meat, she still would be unable to bring her own hands to hurt her?

you can answer this however you would like to answer, and we'll go from there.]

[ okay phew i was really like i hope i don't have to make siz replay this entire scenario forever

But I will say she ultimately doesn't do it, not because she's brave or rebellious but because she has no freakin backbone whatsoever. Maybe she's come close a couple of times but always chickens out in the end. ]

[no i was never going to do more than three.

that's perfectly fine! what state does that ultimately leave her in, then? after a long, long time of this scenario being repeated forever, even if she never manages to act? tell me how Hollowcry feels.]

[ oh totally broken and dead inside. there is no will left in this girlie. which sounds dramatic to type but this really is just a regularass teenager being held to commit crimes.......... ]

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