[ Dokja is doing some exploring today, mostly reaching the hallways and watching as Jin is already rushing a bit ahead because she sees +1 Shinobu. she yips happily at her. ]
I see why Jin wanted to go this way--
[ but we interrupt this program for a shower of STARDUST and MEMORY TIME. ]
[ When you awake to your senses, it's filled with nothing but pain. Your body has been torn apart again and again- enough to cause your mind to break down. Despite this shock, your body was still alive. Your party members were shocked by your miserable appearance but they shouldn't stop. It is not meant to be for you to live. You stare at your loyal and dependable companions, exhausted and tired. Forced to fight you despite not wanting to, pressured to by your words and encouragement. Each of them filled with despair, that they would have to strike you down just to live. However, it had to be this way. If not you- then who else? It was better that it was you that was in this position. ]
Con... tinue.
[ If they didn't do it now, there wouldn’t be another chance.
[A few constellations have noticed your sacrifice.] [Many constellations are amazed by your will.]
However, if there was one person you could rely on to finish the job, it was him.
"Kim Dokja." Yoo Jonghyuk had risen from the stone wall and was watching you.
You almost laugh at the expression he makes. He can't change what has already happened, and he knows that. Because it's Yoo Joonghyuk, he has already accepted that he would have to kill you. That's what you think even as you can see that he believes it should be him in this spot and not you.
When Yoo Joonghyuk rushes to you, every hit with his blade against your body makes you feel weaker and weaker. He doesn't say anything but his despair is conveyed every time the blade cuts you. You know this isn't enough. You know it and he knows it. You usher him to use the proper blade- he hesitates with a response, gaze hard as he stares at you.
"...If I use this, you can't be ressurected."
Yoo Joonghyuk thinks too much and you know this. You know he's worried about the scenario being ruined, however now was the time to use that blade. It had to be done if they hoped to win. Text appears on the screen beside you in that moment.
[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ feels despair.] [The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is sighing deeply.] [The constellation ‘Queen of the Darkest Spring’ is holding her breath.]
Yes... you're aware that by that blade, all of your chances of coming back may be gone. This could be your final farewell.
The party members were running. They cried, screamed or were filled with deep anger. Everyone was coming towards you. Your vision gradually diminishes and all the characters became the landscape. You saw them and laughed.
「 Incarnation Kim Dokja will be killed by the person he loves most. 」
You had forgotten. All prophecies couldn't be interpreted literally. In this Star Stream, people were stories.
[The constellation ‘Secretive Plotter’ is looking at you.] [The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is looking at you.] [The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is looking at you.] [The constellation ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’ is looking at you.] [The constellation ‘Maritime War God’ is looking at you.]
As the gazes of countless stars in the sky poured towards you, a story was running towards you. Parents, friends and lovers were all stories. This wasn’t the Ways of Survival you knew but— It was a story more wonderful than Ways of Survival.
[A constellation of a small planet is looking at you.] [All the constellations on the Korean Peninsula are looking at you.]
It was your story. You laughed as Yoo Jonghyuk's sword pierced your heart.
[ Your fate has been realized. ]
Your body slowly sinks down and you can feel Yoo Jonghyuk hold onto you. “Kim Dokja.” You choke a bit on blood, spilling from your lips as your peer at the man with a smile. ]
It was a really great story, isn''t that right?
[ Yoo Jonghyuk stares down at you silently. You couldn’t find any words and just watched. It was as if you had always been meant to do this. That's what you believe.
[The effect of the Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds has destroyed all remaining extra lives.] [You can no longer resurrect.]
You finally look up at the sky. The clusters of nebulae were in the center of the night sky. Vedas, Olympus, Papyrus... You would never forget what they had done. Then the sky blinked.
[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ doesn’t wish for your death.]
The stars shone brightly as if in response to your will.
[The constellation ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’ doesn’t wish for your death.] [The constellation ‘Secretive Plotter’ doesn’t wish for your death.] [The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ doesn’t wish for your death.]
You look at the sky and laugh. Due to these guys, you hated the constellations but you couldn't hate the story. ]
Let's meet again, Yoo Joonghyuk.
[ The power of the demon king disappeared and at the same time, strength drained from you. A small black hole appeared in the air behind you. Your body was slowly being sucked into it. Your legs, your torso, your arms... it's a strange sensation as they turned into powder and were slowly being sucked in.
"Kim Dokja! No! Kim Dokja!"
At the last moment, he tightly held you by the neck. However, it was already too late.
Your vision turns black and you are sucked into an empty void. ]
[ it's a good thing jin is there for her to hold when the memory hits.
there is an expanse to this story that she can't quite comprehend - the meta of it, but she can understand the emotions in it. she can even understand some of the motives. after all, hasn't she called for her own death, in these murdergames alone?
but to ask for everyone who loves you to kill you in this way... ]
Was it worth it to be killed by the person you love most?
[ Jin rests against Shinobu, content and relaxed despite the memory. the daemon is far used to these memories by now.
Dokja doesn't really need the time to contemplate and mull over the question. it's an answer he has always known. ]
...It meant I didn't kill them instead. The birth of a new Demon King could have destroyed everyone in that Scenario. [ it was worth avoiding the situation in which he lost control of himself and killed them all instead. ]
There was no way to avoid that fate once it was decreed upon me anyways. So it worked out in the end.
[ because Dokja had a way to recover from it in the end. had it been someone else... that wouldn't have been the case. but.. being killed by the person you love most was certainly a good story. ]
[ on a base level, it's something she could see herself doing, if it had nothing to do with demons. she's incredibly racist against demons, for reasons like they kill everyone, which dokja only confirms.
but shinobu is someone who would choose to be killed over having to kill everyone. it's terrible how much she won't disagree with him for his choice here even if she can also understand the pain of those he made cut him down. ]
Is there no escaping fate in your world? No changing what's predetermined?
When a fate like that is brought on by a Nebula... I've never read or seen anything change its course. Fortunately there isn't a risk of another happening.
[ of course, one time is enough for it to mean something. it could've gone worse... given everything that happened after. there's t least confidence in that another fate like that will be thrust upon him.
he blinks a few but he smiles lightly. ] Given the time that I've arrived from, yes I'm still alive. I'm living quite a peaceful life actually. Until this situation happened, of course.
...I am. It's the kind of happy ending anyone could ask for. More than anything I'd like to go back but, well we do have our hostages to consider. [ and his hostage is incredibly important to him. ]
If that's true, I'm glad. I'll admit I saw some worrying things in another memory about you. [ three guesses where and who and the first two don't count. ]
So if the time you're from is happy and peaceful, I hope it remains that way once you return safely with your hostage.
I'm sure you did. I have a history of dying... nine? times now, so I'm sure some things were bound to come up from any of my companions that could be worrying.
[ a considering thought. ] Long as I'm able to get her safely back, that'll be enough.
[ dying feels awful, but sometimes if he has the means of coming back... well, then so be it. ]
...Mm, it's fine. Aikawa and Mikazuki Munechika are aware of who it is by name so. [ it's fine. he'll even reach for his locket, pressing it open so Shinobu can get a glimpse of something very large with white fluffy fur and a horn. ] Her name is Biyoo. Technically a child of mine, but she's a dokkaebi.
I saved her soul back home to not risk the system using her again. The opportunity for her to be reborn was through a dokkaebi egg. ..I had promised to keep her safe so, it's why I'm here now. [ there is fond, protectiveness, and clear love that he holds for her. this is his child... ]
shinobu..... accepts with skepticism because she sees their similarities, and they're not great. she understands and utilizes self-sacrifice, but she does understand the scars they leave behind with how many scars she has of her own.
she looks at his locket. cute... ]
I'm sorry it seems she's being used by another system now. I want all of us to leave here safely.
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w3, tuesday.
I see why Jin wanted to go this way--
[ but we interrupt this program for a shower of STARDUST and MEMORY TIME. ]
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there is an expanse to this story that she can't quite comprehend - the meta of it, but she can understand the emotions in it. she can even understand some of the motives. after all, hasn't she called for her own death, in these murdergames alone?
but to ask for everyone who loves you to kill you in this way... ]
Was it worth it to be killed by the person you love most?
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Dokja doesn't really need the time to contemplate and mull over the question. it's an answer he has always known. ]
...It meant I didn't kill them instead. The birth of a new Demon King could have destroyed everyone in that Scenario. [ it was worth avoiding the situation in which he lost control of himself and killed them all instead. ]
There was no way to avoid that fate once it was decreed upon me anyways. So it worked out in the end.
[ because Dokja had a way to recover from it in the end. had it been someone else... that wouldn't have been the case. but.. being killed by the person you love most was certainly a good story. ]
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but shinobu is someone who would choose to be killed over having to kill everyone. it's terrible how much she won't disagree with him for his choice here even if she can also understand the pain of those he made cut him down. ]
Is there no escaping fate in your world? No changing what's predetermined?
[ she doesn't know how fates work in his world. ]
... Are you alive, Dokja-san?
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[ of course, one time is enough for it to mean something. it could've gone worse... given everything that happened after. there's t least confidence in that another fate like that will be thrust upon him.
he blinks a few but he smiles lightly. ] Given the time that I've arrived from, yes I'm still alive. I'm living quite a peaceful life actually. Until this situation happened, of course.
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[ is the life he's living now a happy one? because you can be at peace but still not happy. ]
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...I am. It's the kind of happy ending anyone could ask for. More than anything I'd like to go back but, well we do have our hostages to consider. [ and his hostage is incredibly important to him. ]
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she hums in return. ]
If that's true, I'm glad. I'll admit I saw some worrying things in another memory about you. [ three guesses where and who and the first two don't count. ]
So if the time you're from is happy and peaceful, I hope it remains that way once you return safely with your hostage.
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I'm sure you did. I have a history of dying... nine? times now, so I'm sure some things were bound to come up from any of my companions that could be worrying.
[ a considering thought. ] Long as I'm able to get her safely back, that'll be enough.
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I am starting to wonder if Yoo Joonghyuk-san has the right of it now.
[ she chose to die multiple times over the course of multiple games, but she wouldn't choose to make anyone suffer her death nine times. ]
... Is it too personal to ask who she is?
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[ dying feels awful, but sometimes if he has the means of coming back... well, then so be it. ]
...Mm, it's fine. Aikawa and Mikazuki Munechika are aware of who it is by name so. [ it's fine. he'll even reach for his locket, pressing it open so Shinobu can get a glimpse of something very large with white fluffy fur and a horn. ] Her name is Biyoo. Technically a child of mine, but she's a dokkaebi.
I saved her soul back home to not risk the system using her again. The opportunity for her to be reborn was through a dokkaebi egg. ..I had promised to keep her safe so, it's why I'm here now. [ there is fond, protectiveness, and clear love that he holds for her. this is his child... ]
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shinobu..... accepts with skepticism because she sees their similarities, and they're not great. she understands and utilizes self-sacrifice, but she does understand the scars they leave behind with how many scars she has of her own.
she looks at his locket. cute... ]
I'm sorry it seems she's being used by another system now. I want all of us to leave here safely.