#this trial is doing so many fun things to maedas brain

[another-dr-another]

{Something that Happened Last Night} hey hold on can we bring up the white noise + weird lighting. can we go back to that, bc i don’t think tsu’s story explains it -iris

Maeda, narrating - What happened last night!

Maeda - It’s a matter of Tsurugi’s actions then…

Maeda - …Or- maybe it’s not even about Tsurugi.

Maeda - …

Maeda - Maybe that’s what I’ve been missing. I’ve been too focused on what we think Tsurugi did, that I’ve only looked at that;

Maeda - What if there’s something else I’ve been missing, something I didn’t notice because it isn’t connected to him!

~*~

Maeda - Let’s go over what we know about last night's events.

Tsurugi - …Like, let’s reassemble the case?

Maeda - No!

Maeda - Not like that. That’s not what I mean.

Maeda - He makes me so stressed out some times…

Maeda - Let’s review everything we know, without Tsurugi’s testimony.

Ōtori - …Why would we throw out Tsurugi’s testimony? If we’re ignoring testimonies, we’d need to exclude your testimony too, and Kobashikawas?

Tomori - If we throw out all the testimonies, then we’re left with near-nothing…

Maeda - No- there’s a reason I think we should discount Tsurugis testimony specifically, for now. It’s different from mine and Kobashikawas. 

Maeda - Oh, what’s the word…

Maeda - It’s uhm- it’s guesswork, y’know?

Tsurugi - …

Tomori - …

Maki - …

Maki - You’re arguing that his testimony is conjecture?

Maeda - Yes! Yes, that’s what I meant.

Maki - …Hm.

Tsurugi - …

Tsurugi - It isn’t. It’s logic.

Maeda - It feels circumstantial, though!

Maeda - Think about it. To what degree is this really based in logic.

Maeda - Tsurugi was capable of killing Higa, and they spoke at the start of the window of time Higa died in.

Maeda - Tsurugi was also saying earlier that he slept through the night. It’s inconsistent.

Taira - …

Tsurugi - I was tired earlier… and I was busy, so it wasn’t really on my mind.

Maeda - …You were busy trying to find a blackened, and you weren’t able to.

Maeda - We need a blackened, and it’s usually your job to come up with one. You couldn’t do it for us this time, so you’ve come up with someone that we can make fit into the role.

Maeda - It- all the evidence we have is just circumstantial!

Tsurugi - …

Maeda - …

Maeda - It’s…

Maeda - It doesn’t feel like Tsurugi wants to placate us, it seems like he really believes the stuff he’s saying.

Maeda - He’s not lying, he really is doing his best to help.

Maeda - But just because he believes it doesn’t mean I’ll be helping by buying into it.

Maeda - …It’s conjecture.

Maeda - There’s a reason why we should throw out Tsurugi’s testimony, but not mine or Kobashikawa.

Maeda - Tsurugi never said he remembers any part of the murder. Kobashikawa and I both remember what we testified about.

Kobashikawa - …

Tomori - …

Ōtori - …Well? Tsurugi?

Tsurugi - …

//He looks at Maeda- when he looks away, it’s almost like he’s scowling.

Tsurugi - I remember things leading up to the murder.

//His expression returns to neutrality.

Tsurugi - Maeda’s right, though. I don’t remember putting my hands around his neck and strangling him. 

//Next to Tsurugi, Uehara slowly turns away, and tilts forward.

Maeda - …?

Hatano - So you remember fighting with Higa, hitting your head, and crying?

Tsurugi - And kicking him awake, and getting pushed, specifically- when I hit my head.

Tomori - …None of that is murder.

//Uehara slowly turns his head, crinkling his nose then pulling it taught and flaring his bloody nostrils.

Maeda - His nose is bleeding again.

//Tsurugi seems to look at Maeda, then follow his gaze- jolting slightly before grabbing a cloth, and trying to get Uehara’s attention. Wordlessly, Uehara pulls the rag from him.

Tsurugi - …The memories I have are of being awake, and getting hurt, and being upset with Higa.

Tsurugi - That shouldn’t be discounted.

Maeda - But they aren’t memories of murder.

Ōtori - …Is Uehara okay?

Uehara - Nose bleed.

Ōtori - Yeah- I can see, but isn’t that, like, the fourth time your nose has bled this trial?

//Maeda is looking at Ōtori- so he can see in the corner of his eye when Kobashikawa ducks out of view again, and coughs.

Uehara - Uh- I dunno…

Tsurugi, upset - …

Kobashikawa - Ah-a-chu!

//Kobashikawa starts to quietly sniffle, between both sneezes and coughs.

Maeda - …Allergies, maybe?

Tomori - Kobashikawa, are you doing alright?

//He gestures at her- maybe even signing- but Maeda can’t see. He doesn’t think Tomori can either.

Tsurugi, overwhelmed - …

Maeda - Christ- we should have cold medicine, right? Kobashikawa should probably take some-

Maeda - What would help blood clot? Aren’t there foods that can encourage clotting?

Taira - …

Hatano - We should get back to the trial!

//To Maeda’s left, Uehara starts to choke a bit-

Tomori - Uehara, did you just inhale your own blood?

Uehara, sputtering - S-Sorry- stupid-

Ōtori - Shouldn’t you know how to deal with a bloody nose by now?

Uehara - Sh-ould- -st-stupid-

Tsurugi - …

Maeda - There’s so much going on- how can I get the case back on track?

Maeda - Tsurugi doesn’t seem like much help… maybe I should debate Hatano again?

Taira - …

Kobashikawa, still - Kh! K-hc- !

Ōtori - …Doesn’t your throat hurt?

Tsurugi -  …Ah-

//Maeda jolts as Tsurugi starts to sob.

Tsurugi, pitched - Mmmmmm…

Maeda - Oh, come on…

//Uehara is still sniffing and spluttering as the blood flows, Kobashikawa is coughing hard enough it’s like his lungs will pop out, and Maeda has no clue what’s set Tsurugi off this time.

Maki - …

Maki - Holy shit…

//It’s the softest noise in the room right now- Taira and Maeda are both silent, and Tomori, Ōtori, and Hatano are all speaking to someone or other, trying to manage the chaos. There’s only six people, six sounds, but it’s all so loud.

Maeda - …

Maeda - What needs to happen.

Maeda - Where are we supposed to get from here?

Maeda - …

Maeda - Should I just ignore everything? It’s not like they’re really issues.

Maeda - Kobashikawa is coughing because he’s sick and Uehara’s nose is bleeding because he got hit, and Tsurugi’s crying because he’s Tsurugi.

Maeda - Tsurugi doesn’t remember killing Higa.

Maeda - …We can accept his testimony, sure- but his theory isn’t fact.

Maeda - He said it straight that he remembers waking up, and the fight, but he doesn’t remember killing him.

Maeda - Let’s go over the case, including testimonies, then see what theories we come up with. 

//Uehara straightens up, still wiping at his face, but seemingly wiping at dried blood now, not fresh. He’s still getting his bearings after the latest nose bleed.

Maki - …Why?

Maeda - I-

//She puts her hand up to cut him off. To her left, Maeda can see Kobashikawa turning around to face the group again, though he’s still kneeling on the floor. 

Maki - I’m not arguing against you.

Maki - I just want to understand what your point is here. Why are we doing this?

Maeda - …

Maeda - I don’t think we can trust Tsurugi’s theory. I mean…

//He trails off- look at him. Currently, Tsurugi’s just standing still, crying. Maeda sees Maki look at him, before shifting her gaze back to Maeda. He can see it in her eyes- she knows exactly what he meant. 

Maeda - …So, let’s look at this case, with everything we know. We haven’t talked about it just with what we know Tsurugi knows. Since he testified, we’ve been including his theory that he killed Higa.

Maeda - We’ll take his testimony into account, and see if we get the same theory. 

Maeda - …I don’t want to do this by myself. I need to see what the others think- if we’re depending on my theories, we’re fucked.

Ōtori - …

Ōtori - We can say it starts with Kobashikawa leaving Tsurugi’s dorm, right?

Tsurugi - No…

//Maeda looks at Tsurugi- 

Maeda - Why is he objecting?

//Tsurugi doesn’t seem to want to contribute- he takes a step back, swaying in his posture as he starts to pull at his arms.

Maki - No, that isn’t right.

Maki - It started with the dining hall trip.

Ōtori - Right. We can start there.

Maki - …It was you, Uehara, Kobashikawa, Higa, and Iranami that left for the dining hall. You and Higa left first, then Uehara and Kobashikawa left together.

//Speaking of, Maeda watches as Kobashikawa slowly stands again, using his podium to pull himself up. 

Maeda - I don’t think there’s anything else to say there… everyone laid down to go to bed once they were back.

Ōtori - Mhm. Then, I realized that Kobashikawa was still binding, so I woke him up- around half an hour after the trip ended?

Maki - What were you doing still up?

Ōtori - Takes awhile for me to fall asleep. Plus, I was practically asleep when I remembered- Kobashikawa can probably account for that.

//Kobashikawa nods slowly.

Maki - Alright.

Maki - So, it was at that point that Kobashikawa woke Tsurugi up, and then left for his own dorm. Tsurugi sat in the doorframe of his room so the door would stay open for Kobashikawa, and so Kobashikawa would have an alibi.

Tsurugi - mmmm.

Uehara - …

Maeda - Eventually, Kobashikawa came back-

Tsurugi - I- I didn’t kn- It-

Uehara - …??

Maeda, overlapping - And he laid back down, as Tsurugi went back to his bed. 

//Maeda’s focused on the conversation- it’s Tomori who watches as Uehara grabs Tsurugi, who seems too distressed to really understand the hand on his shoulder.

Tsurugi - …It was dark. Oh my god, it was just so dark.

Ōtori - Right… which, according to Tsurugi’s testimony, that’s when he kicked Higa, and woke him up.

Tsurugi - But it shouldn’t have been. It shouldn’t have been. 

Ōtori - Then… one of the conversations Maeda heard was Tsurugi and Higa, when Higa accused Tsurugi of killing someone-

Maki - Oh- and the one he heard before was Kobashikawa and Tsurugi.

Ōtori - Right, right…

Tsurugi - I was so scared. I didn’t know what was going to happen.

Maeda - So, Higa and Tsurugi had that conversation-

Tsurugi - That doesn’t make it okay. I shouldn’t have, oh I shouldn’t have. No one thinks I could, I’m not supposed to-

Maeda - And Higa realized he was wrong, but it still escalated. Higa shoved Tsurugi, and Tsurugi remembers it made him hit his head against the bedpost.

Tsurugi - Oh, oh- you get it, right? Don’t you know??

Maeda - This is where we get to Tsurugi’s theory…

Maki - So…

Maki - As far as we know, the next thing we know happened is that Tsurugi laid down, and went to sleep. Higa might have been dead at this point- he might not have been. 

Tsurugi - I don’t know what to do. You’ve got it, right? You know what I mean?

Maeda - If we go off of Tsurugi’s earlier testimony that he didn’t hear anything-

Ōtori - Should we admit that as evidence?

Maeda - It tracks either way. He doesn’t remember hearing Higa die because he doesn’t remember killing Higa, or he didn’t hear anything because he was asleep.

Tsurugi - …

Maeda - What do we have after this…

Tsurugi - Uehara, I need you to understand.

//Maeda glances over at Tsurugi and Uehara. Uehara is looking at Tsurugi, and Tsurugi is looking at the floor.

Maeda - …

//Neither one says anything. Maeda didn’t catch a word they had said.

Ōtori - So… Higa dies at some point, and Tsurugi goes peacefully to sleep?

Maeda - …

Maeda - Wait.

Ōtori - …

Ōtori - I’m sorry to say it, but it seems pretty clear-cut. Tsurugi killed Higa. It may not be definitively proven, but it’s the conclusion that’s supported by what we know.

Maeda - That isn’t where my testimony ended?

Maeda - Wait.

Maeda - What about the lights?

Tsurugi - …

Maeda - And- And the sounds that I heard.

Maeda - Don’t we need to work out how those fit into our theory, too?

Ōtori - …It was Tsurugi, wasn’t it?

Maeda - H-How could it have been?

Maeda - Let’s say it was Tsurugi, for a moment- isn’t this just what we were saying earlier? That’s, like… way too much involvement for him.

Maki - …If we explain the lights and sounds as the blackened creating distractions, or subverting someone who woke up, then…

Tomori - Then Tsurugi doesn’t fit the profile we have for the blackened!

Tsurugi - …

Tsurugi - …

//Tsurugi’s eyes flick- from fixed on the floor, to across the faces of everyone in the trial room, then to his shoes.

Maeda - …?

Tsurugi - …

Tsurugi - No, that’s wrong.

Maeda - …Dammit, Tsurugi!

//He shifts his stance, pointing at Tomori.

Tsurugi - That doesn’t mean anything./

//…Again, Tsurugi’s posture changes- he stays more open to the group, but briefly runs his hands through his hair.

Tsurugi - I…

Tsurugi - I killed him. My hands… I went up for the neck, and I could feel the cartilage get cut.

Maeda - …What? Cut?

Tsurugi - It… was some time after. I remember talking with someone. I don’t remember what was said, but I felt- I know I touched someone.

Tsurugi - I got myself together, and I went and laid down. I don’t remember falling asleep, but I remember waking up this morning.

Tsurugi - Actions on autopilot. Can’t be used to disqualify me.

Maeda - …

Maeda - This doesn’t feel right… it feels- almost disjointed.

Maeda - Tsurugi, are you sure you remember this?

Tsurugi - …Mhm.

Maki - …

Maki - Did this happen last night?

Tsurugi - …!

//The air in the trial room grows cold. Maeda swears he can hear the elevator creak.

Tsurugi - …

Tsurugi - I don’t know what you mean.

Maki - …

Maki - …

Tsurugi, imploring - …

Maki, hesitant - ……

Hatano - …You’ve killed before, right?

Maeda - Jesus fucking Christ, Hatano.

Hatano - How do we know you aren’t just getting memories mixed up?

Maeda - …Shit.

Maeda - Shit, is that what’s going on?

Tsurugi - …

Tsurugi - My experiences can be trusted. I know what I’m saying.

Maki - …But do you know what you remember? Or when it happened?

Tsurugi - Yes.

Maeda - !

//That was weird.

Maeda - …

Maeda - …Okay.

Maeda - So, Tsurugi… you remember killing Higa, then?

Tsurugi - …

Tsurugi - Not clearly. But my other memories show to me that I did.

Maeda - …

Maki - …

Ōtori - …

Maeda - …Okay…

~*~

Maeda, narrating - Not okay. So not something I’m okay with. 

Maeda - I- If Tsurugi’s getting his memories mixed up, everything comes into question- SHIT!

Maeda - If Tsurugi doesn’t really remember what happened last night… we may not have a suspect.

Maeda - Fuck. Okay. Okay. Guess I might be getting what I wanted!

Maeda - I need to know what really happened. But, Tsurugi’s so avoidant…

Maeda - Should I press him- gently, but still… should I try? Or, is it better to try and work with the others for now?

{Debate with the Class}

{Question Tsurugi’s Recollection}

[ath16blf]

Sdra2 Teruya Otori x Male!Reader (5/7)

Ask by @ultimatesinger

angst at the end and violence for the poor Yuki Maeda.

spoilers for sdra2

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You are an idiot and a pervert. When there was the announcement of the party, you were already thinking of seeing the others completely drunk, naked dancing on the table. When Hajime one of your colleagues who doesn't know that you are revealed himself, you directly thought that he had done things before to Yuri, this poor ultimate astronaut. When Mikado, your boss introduced Teruya whom he had sent into the air like a rocket, tied in bdsm mod. You were already thinking about doing the same thing to him but you two are naked on your bed whipping him. When you saw Kokoro almost naked, freezing with severed hands on her bed, you thought someone had slept with her before. When Emma got executed, you think the monsters that did her didn't just cut into slices. In short, you are an idiot and a pervert.

At the trial of Setsuka's death, beheaded and placed on pillars in the creepy house where Yuki was beginning to accuse that the culprit is a void. Eventually you snap and say, “Seriously, do you still think only Voids do murder ?! Especially in a cruel and awful act. Yuki you disappoint me a lot, although not in fact, just connect your two neurons as quickly as possible, already that it barely prevents you from doing your business everywhere. You should really start doing something other than making your noodle !" Indeed, you did not like Yuki at all even if he was going to serve as a receptacle for your master Utsuro who saved you from your uncle who took you for a punching bag. In the end, this asshole's plan is perfect, it sacrifices Yuki and it allows you to regain your Divine Luck before it ends in Bad Luck no matter if the other Voids die of it. You'll kill Mikado anyway to gain access to Utsuro once the plan is complete.

Everyone is shocked at the cruelty of your words even though the first sentence is correct. Yuki: “But miss, are you a Void?! "How many times do I have to tell you I'm a guy?! Ok I'll start since apparently it doesn't fit in the empty space that is supposed to serve as your brain ! I am a dude ! I am a dude ! I am a dude ! I am a dude ! I am a dude ! And secondly I don't see how saying something logical is worthy of a Void. Is it because you think everyone here is stupid except the Voids? Or do you think everyone is as stupid as you and therefore all Voids are smart ?" Yuki is totally shocked now. “Now if you don’t have anything smart to say, shut up, it’s better. We are in a class trial not in a MED club with the king of morons. »

After the execution of the twins, Mikado your boss decided to take you aside to talk to you. "Remember that this kid is useful, don't treat him so coldly and be so cruel to him. "He deserves it, he's useless. Master Utsuro isn't that's why he's here otherwise I would have passed my hands under his totally fragile little neck until his eyes closed little by little and he was forever silent …. " You really hate him and you're still such an idiot and a pervert.

Teruya this little boy totally freaked out after Nikei revealed himself as a Void to only Shinji, the noodle, you, Yoruko, Mikado, Iroha and Sora and he locked everyone in the Tower of Babel. “What if we used the carcass of the noodle for warmth and food? Strangely no one agreed. Idiot and pervert once again and also a hell of a sadist. Yuki begins to not feel very good anymore, a sign that Utsuro will return. Eventually Shinji finally stopped the adorable asparagus with his body and everyone tied him up. “I propose that I take care of him. » you end up taking the poor former ultimate merchant in your arms before leaving with him without anyone being able to stop you then you have fun with him in a quiet corner with his consent of course, you are a sadistic idiot and pervert not a rapist.

Unfortunately, there was a murder on the ultimate firefighter and it ended up being revealed that Nikei manipulated everyone so that Yuki died executed for the death of his big brother except that the latter committed suicide after the passage of Sora to finish off the latter with the hand of the reporter who just freaked out with red eyes and the gun drawn. You end up standing in front of Nikei. "Stop it silly. he ends up aiming at you, his hatred is still just as undrinkable, a bit like his oversized ego. “Hmm? Do you want to take a bullet first?~ » you end up having red eyes before sticking a huge pie in his face to ring him and stop his nonsense except that in doing that he fired and you got caught bullet in the stomach also exploding his right hand, causing him to moan and cry in pain, lost. You end up falling to your knees, your eyes normal, blood flows from your mouth and your belly. You can barely breathe hoping that the remnants of Utsuro's Divine Luck can still save you from dying right away. Yuki is still in the same state, Yoruko is totally lost seeing knakies stolen, Sora is shocked, Teruya too: "(y-your first name) you're a-" you nod weakly, still losing as much of blood and you end up taking revenge on the journalist by planting a fork in his other hand before ending up falling to the ground, gradually closing your eyes while the asparagus came closer to you where he finally heard your last words: “I…. Loved you…..” before you breathed your last and Nikei ended up being executed for murder instead of breaking the rules.

Teruya ends up joining you in the murdered tomb along with his two best friends Haruhiko Kobashikawa and Satsuki Iranami after a few days of tension with the comrades in the city of Higa City. Idiot, sadistic, perverted and… endearing in a way for the former ultimate merchant.

END.

[another-dra-anew]

Chapter 1: Behind the Scenes!

To celebrate the end of Chapter 1, have some behind the scenes info! From various fun facts, screenshots from my working process, to explanations for how I worked out the trial, and snippets of conversations had with people who have spoilers.

Under the cut, to keep from spoiling anyone!

Fun Facts

-I only thought of the detail regarding Kurokawa fighting back (the spilled brown sugar) as I was writing that post! I just figured it would be nice to add in, and helpful to show later that Kurokawa was attacked in the Dining Hall -The exorcism scene would’ve actually happened, and I did briefly plan it, but I figured it may raise too many death flags, and just didn’t end up working it into my post schedule. Also, Maeda’s pendant he receives from Kurokawa in the prologue is based off of one of my own! -You were supposed to receive a gift from Kurokawa when her body is found, in the post stating that we’ve entered Deadly Life, but I forgot to include it when writing said post... Future gifts will be given when a student dies! For now though, they both get lumped in at the end of Nzo4s post -Speaking of Nzo4, I wonder why they were bleeding that much, and why we don’t seem to have had a casualty out of the thirteen members of current cast!

Post Schedule

Aforementioned briefly in section above, Fun Fact two! I use this minimal post schedule to organize how things will go in order of how many FTEs, Maedas general schedule, when my events are, etc etc! It’s helpful to have that as a reminder, especially when I’m writing Maeda’s selections for where he’ll go! Look at what I had for Chapter 1 at the very end!

Victim + Culprit

In most Beta drafts, Kurokawa actually lived to the end, or at least Chapter 4! Once I had her and Inori set to die in Chapter 1 though, that stayed the same, even as minor revisions were made. Kurokawa was generally set as traitor, or was up to something strange, even taking canon Kisaragis place at one point, while Inori just rotated as I needed her too- she was Chapter 3 killer for a bit though. Chapter 1 was the very first chapter I finalized for who would die, the others continued to shift around some, but once I had this one down the way it is now, I was finished!

Case

Did anyone notice Maeda’s lie that got uncaught? He claimed everyone had given their alibi, and only a few were verifiable- but we never asked Higa or Mekaru about their alibis. There was originally a scene wherein Tsurugi returned to his room, which would help prove his innocence later, as Tomori accompanied him, and didn’t see any guns. I made numerous mini post schedules throughout the trial trying to outline just what I’d do next, but I ended up deviating from all- at one point, you’d have had the first rebuttal showdown against Yamaguchi,

Motive

I figured it’d be fun to put a spin on the typical “Oh noooo, your loved one” motive; the motive was specifically designed to target Inori, as she was while not the one most likely to solve murders, the one most likely to prevent a death, due to her medical skills. Other characters are decent at First-Aid, but Inori stands alone as the sole person equipped to fix, let’s say, a stab to the spine, or to the lung. Here’s the full list of who everyone saw in their videos! Sibling(s): Maeda, Kurokawa, Maki, Uehara, Yamaguchi, Iranami Friend(s): Mekaru, Taira, Parent(s): Otori, Higa, Full family: Tsurugi, Kobashikawa, Tomori, Hatano No one: Inori

Execution Tidbits

The title (Adam of Loving Labor) is inspired by a line from Frankenstein! “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.” The original execution concept for Inori involved her operating on herself, being told that if she could save a certain amount of peoples lives, she’d be able to leave, having made up for what she had done, but she’d have to provide her own blood, organs, etc, in order to do it: However, upon removing the needed parts, it’d be revealed that she’d only help create more humanoid Monokumas. After an attempt to run while still extremely weak, she’d die of blood loss, and collapse, before being discarded of in some sort of way, with her corpse left to stay there, no one caring to come get her and mourn, showing how she was truly just disposable (in her view.) My decision to re-include Inori being operated on/having her organs used was really last minute- as I was finishing up her motive video post. For months, it would’ve ended with her dying as patient pushed her, due to wounds she had sustained while operating on him.

Quotes

From when it was thought Tsurugi was dead: “BRUH” “tfw everyone likes the optimism twink more than u so u try and get them all killed by killing him first” minor gore/head/brain trauma tw, in italics, skip whats italicized if that’d trigger you!: “haruhiko stomped on tsurugis head with his boots, thats what caused the wound” “how * stomp* dare * stomp* you * stomp* beat * stomp* teruya * stomp* you * stomp*  bitch * stomp stomp stomp*" “haru walkin round the halls with tsurugi brain matter on his gucci boots “ all from one person - “shaFUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK /// AHHHHHH /// TSU!!!!!!!!!! /// FUCK YOU. IVE GENUINELY  NEVER BEEN SO CRUSHED BY A CHARACTER DEATH BEFORE When it was discovered he was alive “MY SWEET BOY? HEZ ALIVE” “HE NEEDS HELP BUT IF WE GO WHAT IF HE DIES ALONE WAAA” “i was originally gonna post the "tsu is fucking dead" post and then the investigation post right after it but. decided a few hours of pain is good for the soul”

Misc

I’ll take note of some more of these to include next time, but a line from Tsurugi, vs what it was when I was drafting the post, and didn’t write it out in full: Tsurugi - Hey, can everyone stop for a sec? It’s overwhelming to have that kinda reaction and attention on you, especially when already breaking down. Tsurugi - …Good, good, thank you all! Now, Maeda? You hear me okay? Look at me if you can; you don’t have to make eye contact, just look over here. Versus Tsurugi - maeda. stop being a bitch My favorite characters to write during trial: Inori, Higa, Tomori, Maeda My least favorite characters to write during trial: Tsurugi, Hatano It was nice to explore Inoris dialogue, and how she’d try to subvert the trial to point fingers at someone else, and then setting up the other characters reactions and the like was very fun! I Hate Writing Hatano. I’m stupid and always forget her characterization so she feels bland, and like she doesn’t stand out... I redesigned her some, but right as the trial came to close... Then with Tsurugi, I worried too much about him coming across as a all-knowing character there to save the day.

Screenshots

i actually dont have anymore screenshots whoopsie 3 anywayss be on the lookout for more stuff ™  coming your way soon!