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"Hopes, Dreams, Wishes, Miracles... They are all a part of the new world. It falls to all of you to shape it..."
As the mystery of the new year is unraveled, so do former and new calamities emerge. The existence of Kivotos and ev...
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Sensei:
- "Neat trick."
- "Where did you learn to do that?"
Pseudos: (stops playing with the stylus) ...Years of experience. Once important skills become proficient, the small ones become decent to learn for a veteran's mind. Something that you may pick up in due time. You wonder why I called you here. I thought it was time to finally answer any burning questions for the protagonist and their audience. So, where would you like to start?
Sensei:
- "I've been meaning to ask, who are you?"
- "Pseudos isn't your real name, right?"
Pseudos: I have gone by many names, including one that remains the face of the corporation underworld. Call me however you like.
Sensei:
- "Are you... a Sensei like me?"
Pseudos: ...Not entirely. I was once the same race as you, a human. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was born as a cold-hearted machine. Unlike you, I never had humble beginnings, only the worst foundations. Only when I was granted the role of "Sensei" that things started to progress. My ambitions, goals, and purpose came to fruition thereafter. It lasted only for the duration of 1st Class. Once their existence ceased, my status ceased as well, including my "Prototype."
Sensei:
- "The Shittim Chest?"
Pseudos: By your understanding, it can be called the "Shittim Prototype" or "PDA" for short. It required an artifact to function. Without one, it was mostly a useless piece of junk.
Sensei:
- "The Adult-card."
Pseudos: I will confess. Never would I have imagined Phrenapates be so bold to transfer their role over to me. This sudden change in events worked out, and the narrative remained in balance. Truth be told, it didn't matter to me whether or not I could regain the A-card. My original design was to manipulate the "Stone Ones" into revealing themselves. The bounty on the outlaws, tipping off the Millenium student council president to the genius, and the recording of Rea's confession. All of it was in part by me for 1st Class to move once more...
Sensei:
- "By putting the students' lives at risk."
Pseudos: ...Of course I did. After all, they're not MY students.
Sensei:
- "...!"
Pseudos: Your students were the perfect catalyst for them. Their bonds strengthened their desires to help each other, care for one another. Ana and Mili were simple, Rea on the other hand was the most difficult to convince, yet you pulled it off nonetheless. While only half of them, it fulfilled the conditions to motivate the other half.
Sensei:
- "So you knew they would save the city."
- "You knew we needed them to get to the Ark."
Pseudos: ...I care little for what would happen to the students should 1st Class not arrive. It was through their own selfish actions to help and protect them. I cannot account for every minor factor that could occur. No, I'm not psychic or a saint or an alien genius. Those roles belong to the fools I raised. I am but a simple adult who will do anything it takes to achieve what I want. This, (pulls out the Adult Checkbook) is only a minor stepping stone to a much bigger plan ahead. Your student was also a minor inconvenience, which is why I had her sent off the Ark for the time being.
Sensei:
- "Then why did you take Arona?"
Pseudos: ...The kidnapping of your OS companion was not my idea. In fact, that was all Phrenapates's doing. I told Phrenapates that the Sensei must come aboard by any means necessary to make the plan work. Instead of taking a student, I imagined he took a step further by grabbing the one ally that would force you to act post-haste. After leaving their own companion behind in your Shittim Chest, the pieces were all set in motion.
Sensei:
- "What about Shiroko?"
- "How does she fit into all of this?"
Pseudos: Ah... Anubis. She was the first to seek me out upon my return. I had intended to enlist someone else for my protection, though she insisted she'd be the one to do it. As for our history, you can ask her yourself. Now then, let me ask you this. Did you like the show? How did it feel being the protagonist on the losing side, only to bring about another miracle at the very last second?
Sensei:
- "I did it for the students."
- "It's because of you, things became increasingly difficult."
Pseudos: Of course it was more difficult, because that is how a new game is meant to be played. It's lackluster to follow the same strategies for the same story. Only when the story changes that others must change too. The students followed through, yet you continue to struggle. Let this ordeal be a lesson. If you want to get ahead of the game, ahead of me, you'd best adapt and find new ways to win, before it's too late... When that time comes, I'll be back, and we can settle our destiny. Sensei against Sensei.
Sensei:
- "I can't forgive you for what you did."
Sensei:
- "But I can at least thank you for your help."
Pseudos: Let me be clear. You and I will never see eye to eye, that is the one truth between our views of the world. There are things that you can do, and things only I can manage. Being evil? Please, you would never pull it off. Only I can make evil look good.
[Before another word is spoken, the sound of a moving wheelchair echoes the room and the two adults put aside their conversation to look. Phrenapates enters while holding the two Shittim Chests in their lap. From behind them, Shiroko Terror pushes the wheelchair...]
Phrenapates: ...
Shiroko Terror: Are you two done? It's time to talk about where to go from here.
To be continued... Episode 9: Where We Go From Here
