#Masa Esumi

[a-student-out-of-time]

Happy Halloween ASOOT fans! Thought I’d draw the opening number of the scariest villain the Quantum Crew has faced… Tsumugi Shirogane!

I am never going to look at V3 the same way after that arc. but in a good way because Dianthus Memory really amplified the whole “killing game is a tv show” message that only really got mentioned in the finale trial of V3. 

Anyways I am def adding Dianthus Memory to my top ten list of ASOOT arcs to reread, and I’m excited to see how the Aftermath wraps the remaining plot points up!

Hope this was a good treat for y'all n.n

-Sparks

//Amazing, every time : P

[despair-to-future-arcs]

Twilight Syndrome Murder Case - Girl D

[Part 1]

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Date: July 7th, 2011

... *Mahiru had found out her former bully was dead in the music room, she couldn't believe this happen but it did, she had no idea what to do and thus was stuck...*

I-Isn't…it bad if we stay here much longer?

I mean, I don't want to get involved in something like this… And the killer might still be around, too…

That's bad! Uber bad! We better hurry up and run! *Ibuki rush out of the room*

B-But…Don't we have to report this to the police?

Don't you know what happens…when you report this kind of stuff to the police?

You become the prime suspect just because you found the body first. I definitely don't want that! *Hatomi walks out of the room as well*

Yeah…it'd be best if we left this room how we found it…just lock the door, leave everything how it was… *Hiyoko left the room as well leaving only Mahiru and Mikan*

Ah, hey! Please wait…don't leave me!!! *Mikan follows after them, scared to be left alone, leaving only just Mahiru*

... (Natsumi, seems she's dead...I never expected her to die like she did, I wonder what happen... who kill her? Maybe it was that pervert but that wouldn't happen; Natsumi usually has her knife...)

Ma-Mahiru? Are... Are you coming? You are aware that the police could come here, right...?

O-Oh uh don't worry, just go on ahead; I just need to check something; I'll be sure to lock up...

Okay... don't take too long... *Mikan walk away as Mahiru was left alone*

...Good, now to find out what exactly happen, I should check the body myself and see what else I can find; just like mom...

*kneels down and starts looking over Natsumi's body* Hmm, there looks to be some marks on the neck and looking at her legs, no signs of bruising or any bodily fluids around there besides her one injury and her own blood; plus the clothes are torn and her underwear isn't remove... she likely isn't rape...

Wait... where is her knife? Doesn't she usually have it on her? I wonder what happen...

Maybe that pervert took it? Hm, looks like there isn't much I can find.. I better take a picture just in case.

*Gets up as she snaps a photo of Natsumi's body* Alright, time to close up and return the key back where it belongs. I should get back home quickly before I get spotted.

*Mahiru left the music room as she lock it when she went to return the keys*

Okay now to get home... *As Mahiru was heading out of the staff room, she was heading downstairs but then notice something...*

Huh? Wait 4-A looks to be open, I guess someone must forgot to lock the room...

...I better see what happen there. *Mahiru went in and found what look to be a broken vase*

Wh-Whoa, what happen here - did the pervert break this?

Doesn't look like the windows are open... maybe I should take a photo just in case the police ask questions?

*takes out the camera and takes a photo* There, I should check this over...

*RING!* *RING!*

Huh? Oh... it's dad, wonder what he wants?

*answer the phone* Yes dad? Yeah I'm coming home pretty soon...

Oh mom is coming home too? Okay thanks, I'll be home right away. (I better get going, I don't want to get in trouble...)

*Mahiru walk out and headed downstairs as she was going to return home.*

[review-anon]

How about top five favorite DTFA characters?

Masa Esumi, Naoyuki Harumaki, Gou Anno, Fumiya Iwasaki and Charlotte Taylor.

I've already explained Masa and Naoyuki so I won't talk about them but I will for the others. Gou Anno is a unexpected counseller character and a good foil to Yoruko, his Bojack Horseman cosplay is hilarious and I like how he commits to road trips like a boss.

Fumiya Iwasaki gets a gold star from me for having to endure Minoru's existence, but aside from that he's a fun character to have. I like how Poi decided to make Tornado, a Boyband that most people don't think about due it being only revelant in one chapter in Trigger Happy Havoc, and make them actual characters.

And finally Charlotte Taylor is even more proof Hope's Peak sucks as she's a cool character that was fucked by Nagito and then fucked by Hope's Peak being racist POS, Hiyoko calling her the forbidden word was a massive "Yeah this is why I don't like you canonically bitch." My only compliant is we haven't seen more of her but with so many OCs in DTFA, I can understand why that's the case.

[crispyflowerlady]

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[a-student-out-of-time]

Fuck

Shirogane! Get back here!

YOU...fffucking....cow....ard....

*Masa stumbles down the hall, then collapses to the ground*

ESUMI!

Move aside, we need to take a look.

H-Her injuries are serious....she probably passed out from blood loss. We need to get her to the hospital!

Tsumiki, you go with them. Whatever she's planning, someone else might get hurt. I'll get Esumi out of here.

As will I. Please, be careful with her.

You both make sure she survives, got it?

We can't do that if we stand around chatting.

C'mon! We gotta catch Shirogane! She's injured, she couldn't have gone far!

[a-student-out-of-time]

Sure uh-

Wait what about masa?

I just need...need to check. Gun's loaded, okay, good.

Anyone comes in, I blow them away! Then...Th-Then I'll-

*Shink!*

Wh....someone there?

...

...

...

*An arm suddenly wraps around Shirogane's neck*

You're goddamn right...

GAGH! Get off me! Why aren't you dead?!

Think you...ngh....can kill me that easy...? Gotta admit...it hurt...

So...why don't I show you how...it feels?

*She picks up the discarded scalpel from before*

Get off! Please! Sh-Show some mercy!

Hi...Hinata might've. But I sure as hell won't.

Eye for an eye, bitch.

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*SHING*

AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!

[a-student-out-of-time]

Masa you're concerning me right now

Esumi, I-I'm sorry, I didn't-

Hinata, it's alright. We'll be getting outta here soon.

Huh?

You think all I did was touch her creepy shrine? I have a plan in motion.

So, just hang in there, alright? Whatever she does, be ready, but remember we've got help on the way.

Help from people who wanna see you make it out of this alive.

...

(Everyone, be careful...but give her hell.)

[a-student-out-of-time]

And there we fucking go! Excuse me, *proceeds to vomit in the nearest trash can.

Aww, what's that, Hinata? Are you really gonna just throw away your-

SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!

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I'm tired of this...I'm tired of everything...I'm tired of being here...but more than anything...

I'm tired of YOU!

I don't think I've ever hated someone as much as I hate you right now. And I don't think I've ever been so ready to kill someone and worry about how I'll feel later.

Well, what's stopping you? How about I take off your restraints and we can finally have it?

C'mon Hinata, put your money where your mouth is.

Do it then!

*Shirogane reaches to take off his restraints*

It was me!

...Excuse me?

It was me. I was the one who touched your bear. You throwing me in the closet loosened them enough so I could escape.

And so you decided to touch Yuudai's bear...?

Sure did. Whatcha gonna do about it?

*Shirogane viciously stabs a scalpel into her arm*

AGGGHH!! SHIT! Dammit...

ESUMI! What are you-

Y-You....can't let her get to you, Hinata...not now...

Cuz she wants you to kill her....don't give her that...not while she's in control...

...

[a-student-out-of-time]

Hajime, Masa, Umeko, just hang on! Help's on the way!

Please...make it stop! I can't take it anymore!

I didn't think this could get much worse...

STOP! JUST...JUST STOP! PLEASE! I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST MAKE IT STOP!

Oh c'mon, is my rapping really that bad?

You rhymed "around" with "around!" Three times!

And you need to learn better constructive criticism!

[a-student-out-of-time]

Welp it was nice knowing you Masa

*Masa drops the bear and hides behind a nearby research desk, just past Hajime*

*Shirogane comes stumbling out of a nearby door, wobbling back and forth*

...

*Without a word, she notices the bear lying on the ground*

*And quietly sets it back in the box*

Allll...better...hehehehe!

*She glares at the still-unconscious Hajime, then pulls a flask out of her labcoat and takes a swig*

Ugh...stupid cheap booze...

*She shuts the door behind her*

Okay...guess she's too drunk to go looking for me...

[a-student-out-of-time]

Why does that make me sad???

Maybe? I haven't heard the name come up until now...

But there's a story with this somehow.

...

...How do you figure into all this, Yuudai-san? Probably not for good reasons.

[a-student-out-of-time]

Don't know. I can't see in the dark.

Isn't that...?

It's not moving...why it's it up in a cabinet?

*Masa quietly crawls toward the familiar shape in the dark...until she gets close enough to see*

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*In one corner of the lab is a dirty teddy bear displayed in a wooden box*

[a-student-out-of-time]

Considering how Wallpaper-chan only cares about Hajime, she can't spy on the rest of the Crew any longer, and that she has thrown you into a closet to starve to death, now the scales are starting to tilt on our favor, so now is your time to fuck her up.

Exactly. We've got a chance now.

Seems like the lab's dark again...

Where the hell is Hinata?

*She cautiously peaks around the cabinets*

Nobody's around...hmm...

*She covers her mouth, stifling a gasp*

*In one corner, Hajime sits still taped to his chair, slumped over and unconscious. He also has some new cuts and bruises, blood visible on the floor around him*

He's...okay, he's still breathing...

God damn you, Shirogane...

*She crawls toward him, only for a shape in the darkness to catch her attention*

What...is that...?

[a-student-out-of-time]

Oooooh, figured her out, huh?

...

Well? Aren't you supposed to be the showrunner? Don't you have plans for everything? Surely you've thought of everything, haven't you?

Where'd all that bravado go? Unless, something hasn't been going according to plan?

...

...Why is Nakamura still there?

Nakamura?

It would've been so perfect. Wait until that little serial killer kidnaps him or the cops arrest him for keeping him, and he'd be out of the way. No one there to tell them how everything's going.

He could've at least killed himself and saved me the trouble...

And what about you, Hinata? Have you already forgotten he's the one who turned you into Kamukura? Are you a moron?

Why is it so hard for you both to realize that people never change? Not until you make them change?

Maybe because we're not fucking nutjobs?

You're the craziest on here, Hinata. You always have been. But Esumi here is a close second.

What made you think it was a good idea to piss off the one who gives you all your food and water?

*Tsumugi grabs Masa by the hair and drags her chair away*

Ow! Shit!

ESUMI!

Hinata, whatever she does, don't listen to her!

*Tsumugi drags her out of sight down the hall, where there's the sound of a loud door slamming shut. She comes back, looking lifeless*

Stupid fucking teenage girls, never know when to shut their cum-guzzling whore mouths...

You can't win this, Shirogane.

Do you have any idea how much sleep I've sacrificed over this? And now that it's happening, you can't do be the goddamn courtesy to just fall in line?

It doesn't matter. I still have enough plans in place to succeed...

And for every day you both are here, I can make you regret ever mouthing off to me.

[a-student-out-of-time]

Well I tip my hat on that Shirogone, you at least kept your eggs out of one basket. Care to at least tell us why? Surely you must have a reason you didn't split all three in three different spots, or rather, split them in this combination? What does she fear with that gaze, hmm?

There sure are!

And I'll tell you another secret: it doesn't matter who your friends decide to save first. I'm prepared to burn this place down if need be, and all of us with it.

So then, you're prepared to kill yourself too?

I'm immortal, Hinata. Hasn't that been made clear?

Or did you actually believe that shooting me in the face would do anything?

Kill me, don't kill me, it doesn't matter! I can still win this! Even if I lose, it'll cost you something you'll never get back!

...

...Why tell us this now?

Huh?

Hinata and I have been trapped here for days now, and you spent most of that time leaving us in the dark or doing your performances. And after everything with Nanami....

...Oh. I get it now.

What are you on about?

Things aren't exactly going to plan, so you're trying to scare the shit out of us. Is that it?

[a-student-out-of-time]

You know, I’m worried what might have happened to Umeko. We haven’t seen where she is during all of this.

Oh, would you like to see? Turn your attention to the southwest screen!

*Hajime turns*

...Other way.

*He turns the other way*

Huh?!

Oh god...

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*Umeko is in a dark room, alone, taped down to a chair with her eyes forced open. Whatever she's looking at is offscreen*

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HAYASE-SAN!

Don't bother. I'm the only one who has a connection to her.

And let me be clear, since I did promise you more info: she's nowhere near us. Your physicist is in another castle.

And, well...those of you familiar with my visit to DLTA hospital may remember how that almost turned out. I'd keep that in mind if you intend on escaping.