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You can leave at any time.

[ He's probably said that before, I can't remember, but he reminds Komaeda again. It's a general fact of life, anyways, being able to leave when a situation isn't to your liking, and more people should take advantage of that fact. ]

It sounds like you have quite a job on your hands anyways, being responsible for the stupidity of the masses. How are you doing?

Do you want me to go?

( he has said that before, or something to that extent, but komaeda is a firm believer in doing what he wants. if someone asked him to do a particular thing, he doesn't want to, or he'll do something else... that's how this works. of course, he'll carry on before the other can answer. )

...Hm. For the ones that lack talent.

( letting himself go, he's going to stand properly as hands slip into the pockets of his jacket, and he glances up at the ceiling. )

They surprise me, sometimes, but they depend on certain people than depending on themselves... it is... hard to watch, but that's what stupidity does.

They surprise me too. Every day, continuously.

[ And he smiles as he says so, leaning back upon his seat on his desk, looking at Komaeda. ]

That doesn't answer my question, though. How are you doing?

( why did he ask that again? the worst part, komaeda stares at him like he doesn't understand the question. is he doing good? is he doing bad? he doesn't really think about himself all that much... why should he? he has... other important people and things to tend to. )

...

( as he was saying... )

Anyway, I wonder if there's more I can do for them... I'd kill again, but it takes so much thought to make the perfect murder... and who would make the best stepping stone...

( saihara already called dibs on maya, and the vice principle although shaken... will the school fall if she does missing? he looks at the counselor, almost like he's thinking about it. if he kills him... what then? dito probably go insane. )

[ I forgot Shuichi plans to kill Maya and laughed

The counselor meets Komaeda's eyes through the silence and the musing, but most of these students Komaeda involves himself with has never met the counselor; his death wouldn't effect them at all, wouldn't result in anything more than an approving nod and life would go on. ]

Somebody beloved.

[ Who is the most well liked person in the school? Kill them and watch everybody rise to avenge them. ]

Someone loved by the masses...

( he thinks about it, and his mind falls to a particular person within their group. someone... loved by mostly everyone here, and he sighs. )

Stephanie Meanswell would be the perfect choice, a proper stepping stone for them all, I wonder... what they'd do.

( and yet, he shakes his head after as he recalls something important. )

Alas, a lost cause... her mood is far from hopeful, and that is worse than death so there's no need.

( "would you kill me, right here, if you thought it'd give everybody hope. because if our lives are only important if we have hope, then mine doesn't mean anything anymore." ) You oversee us, or our murders, who do you find is loved here? ...Do you even know what love is?

I know love. But love is different for different people.

[ And in his case, whether he feels it towards specific students... would be inappropriate to say, so he doesn't. ]

Why don't you do your best to make her happy, restore that hope?

Restore that hope so I can be the one to kill her afterwards, there's nothing hopeful in that.

( he pauses, thinking about what he can do for her right now in his current state. he's had his high, and he's rode it down... and then horrible things happened one after the other... now here he is, speaking with someone he doesn't know about the hope of others. )

She has to make her own hope, become the way she used to be, and that hope... is more beautiful than what I can do. Then her death will strike a chord in them all, but... her death must have meaning for them... not to stop them in their tracks, but to push them to their next goal...

( a pause... )

Is she capable of that sort of hope?

[ Yes. But there's no point in him answer the question. ]

What do you think? You know her better than me.

[ The counselor's got bullshit mindreading on his side but Komaeda— he's the one who talks with her, interacts with her, has been hugged by her and understands her more than the counselor could hope to. ]

People don't generate hope out of nothing. Hope is in response to something; there's no reason you can't be that something.

( what is this MAN'S PROBLEMMMMMM. )

I understand that, I know that... everyone else however, they don't understand it like you do — like I do.

( some people would feel backed into a corner by having such a close relationship that they could use to their advantage to kill someone. it's just that... komaeda used hope as a reason before when he went after aiko, that's done its job, but anything he does will be for hope... as long as everyone has hope... )

I don't have hope to give, she's a smart girl... ( he sighs, thinking... give him a moment, and he looks around... got any books? komaeda has to touch something because he can't sit still. ) Do you know of the undead students here? The ones that Ishimaru-kun fought, creatures like that.

[ He's a counselor. Anyways, Komaeda can have... clicks thread from start... a sakura rice cracker, since the only other thing in this room are the various types of chairs. ]

So you abandon her like you abandon this conversation. [ Alright. ] What about the students?

( abandon?? that's not exactly what he's doing, not this guilt tripping ass counselor to make komaeda murder. can't stand this family. )

You're not very smart, are you? If it's for hope, I'll do anything, living, dying it's all the same.

( but he would never abandon hope, that's all he has left in this cruel world. no one to love! no one to cherish! no family! nothing! but his job to deal with people and help them create a foundation with their hope. )

I don't want her to become one of those things.

( :/ that's what he was going to say... )

[ He just said he wouldn't help her? even if it's to give her hope?? But it's not the right kind of hope, Komaeda is a hope snob ]

Then don't let her.

[ What does he want the counselor to say about this... ]

You know who's involved, and how to prevent it from happening.

( because she has to make her own hope damn, who he look like?? the man who dispenses the hope? so what if he's a hope snob!! when he was younger he was a bigger snob, now he's older and looks at all the hope... )

Prevent it? Sounds like I have to keep her corpse with me.

( what in the fuck, i'm crying. stephanie did say she didn't want to be alone when she was dead, but... )

...They asked me this a lot a long time ago. Whose side are you on?

( komaeda plays team hope, like team jacob... but hope is sexier. )

[ There are other ways of preventing it from happening, Komaeda, please. Don't leave Steph alone when she's dead though, maybe he should just carry her around, she can join Izumi in the "I have no idea wtf y'all did with this body" club. ]

I do things for my own selfish reasons, but perhaps my reasons align with others. What are the sides?

( WHAT OTHER WAYS? komaeda goes to rokkun like "tell (y)our friend not to turn stephanie into a zombie or i'll kill myself"?? like komaeda would do that, but look... trying to look stable here. you ever think about dito is her classmate, he'd probably want her eyes too NOOOOOO. )

I'm on the side of hope, the only one that matters to me... ( his love for hope... ) what sides do you believe exist in this school?

( he'll give him a little help. )

At one point of time, there was the transfers and the natives.

[ He could say that and it would work?? Rokkun can't help with the Dito thing though ]

As a member of the faculty, you're all students to me. Students and faculty are two sides, but it's clear enough where I stand for you not to have to ask.

( literally just held my head and looked at my wall... i'll keep that in mind. rokkun be better off if he let komaeda die, i'm crying.

dito... we can handle him... )

I understand... that means in the end, you aren't on the side I represent...

( how depressing, but it's probably best for stepping stones like them to be on different sides. )

...Will you keep her body?

[ Sometimes you have bad taste and do stupid things... like I vaguely recall saying something about Rokkun uprooting a tree for Rika(?) but heck if I remember the context ]

No. I personally have no use for them. If bodies can be useful after death, I see no reason to withhold them from those who will utilize them.

( where was he going to uproot a tree lord... i'm tearing up every day he does something that makes me sick. )

No, you misunderstand me. She'll be useful, it's just that... her body can't be bothered until then.

( komaeda's a danganronpa, he has to think of some sort of murder that would be fitting anyway so there's a possibility he won't need the counselor to hide it. )

Then again... if... ( he hums in thought, taking a step forward as his foot taps the floor. )

Poison... depending on how long it takes to circulate through the body, she'd just drop... or...

[ I can't remember, I don't know, living with memory problems is thinking something maybe happened and going off faith. ]

You wish for me to hide her body? Before or after death?

[ It's best if he doesn't get involved, and the nurse is going to have his hide to discussing poisoning another student, but things said in counseling stay in counseling. ]

I don't know much about poisons, so you would have to utilize me in another way.

( you know what that's just a little komaeda kinning, we all live with a bit of him inside of us. )

...No one can come in here, right?

( when he tried to enter on his own, he had to wait... so this place is almost safe enough to do anything in. live, die, complain, or kill. things said in counseling stay in counseling. )

A shame... They're not too bad when you get use to them. ( but he'll move on from that, i'm crying, he's here thinking up murder plans for stephanie's hope... ) How far are you willing to go to see the hopes of the majority of students here?

( not only them, but... hiro might have a pretty good counseling session. thinking about all these people makes komaeda smile a little...

big hope. )

That's why I'm here, to see my students be the most that they can, for them to grasp their hopes and dreams with their own two hands. And if my part is to simply house one person or another...

[ He could. The company wouldn't be anything he'd complain about, definitely. The problem is that "no one can come in here" ]

My office is but a room. I have no closets, no filing cabinets. Stephanie may fit under my desk but not in its drawers; there will undoubtedly be people who are invited in here in the future. Will you prevent them?

( with their own two hands, but here is counselor saying stephanie can't even do that by herself without komaeda. she's a strong one, he's watched over her, and has mentally praised how far she came. out of all the people that's terrified of dealing with komaeda, he doesn't think stephanie was that afraid of him. )

Prevent them... are you asking me to keep you all to myself...

( please... he's an insane man, he can't keep doing this. )

I can't do that... you have to be here to be her company if anything happens.

( he's smiling like nothing he said was weird, but let's get back on track. ) You understand we're trapped inside this school... sort of?

[ Her two hands can take somebody else's hands okay ]

She has plenty of other company, from what I've seen. [ please, she doesn't need to be hanging out with weirdos and murders ] But yes, I understand. ...sort of.

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