♟ memory 016.

[saburai]

Memory regained: Neutral Negative - Stolen memories (prologue, update #18-19)
Date: Day 70
Game won: heart games

Memory:

MONOBEAR: Um…
HINATA: Uwaaa!!
MONOBEAR: You bastards seemed to be in the middle of something… and I couldn’t find a good moment to show myself…
MONOBEAR: So I finally decided to appear in the middle of things!



NANAMI: …………
NANAMI: Hey, what’s with the outfit?



MONOBEAR: Ah, didn’t I say so in the announcement? This outfit is for today’s recreation time.



PEKO: You don’t mean…



MONOBEAR: Yes! A manzai show fit for a tropical island!



TSUMIKI: W…What does Manzai have to do with tropical islands?!



SONIA: But, do you not need more than one person to perform manzai?



MONOBEAR: Of course you do. This is why I have a partner all prepared.



MONOMI: Howawa! What’s going on?



NIDAI: Ah. I thought it would be something like that.



MONOBEAR: We’ve dallied enough! It’s time for the “Monobear Big Laugh Manzai Live Show”!



MONOMI: Eh? This is the first I’m hearing of this! I’m going to get smacked, aren’t I?!



TANAKA: …Gimme a break.



MONOBEAR: Good evening! I’m Monobear!
MONOMI: Um… And I’m Monomi…
MONOBEAR + MONOMI: Together, we’re “The Monobearz”!
MONOBEAR: Well then, let’s get things moving. I will now exhibit my special mind reading technique!
MONOMI: Eh? You have one?!
MONOBEAR: Let’s try it out! I’m going to guess your favorite food. Let’s see… Your favorite food is…
MONOMI: You can do it! Here’s a hint: I’m a wabbit!
MONOBEAR: Ca…
MONOMI: Go on!
MONOBEAR: …davers!
MONOMI: What? I do not eat dead people!
MONOBEAR: It’s your turn now, Monomi! Let’s hear your best killer joke!
MONOMI: W…What are you talking about?! I…I’m no killer!
MONOBEAR: Oh, you’ll be fine. It’s easy! You just have to know the secret to appeasing the God of Comedy.
MONOBEAR: …Speaking of, which do you think is better: draining your blood while you’re still alive, or waiting until after you die?
MONOMI: Why such a cruel question?!
MONOBEAR: The God of Comedy, Miracle Rorion, will grant you the lifeblood of comedy… in return for a large amount of your blood!
MONOMI: That’s howwible! Why does the God of Comedy want blood?!
MONOBEAR: Pretty please!
MONOMI: I will not be wooed by your sweet talk! I won’t let you have even a dwop of my blood!
MONOBEAR: Monomi gets angry very quickly, doesn’t she…? MONOBEAR: You bastards should be careful too. Monomi is dangerous when she’s angry.
MONOBEAR: …She’s like the tutorial boss in the first dungeon!
MONOMI: That’s not menacing at all!
MONOBEAR: Well, OK… but she’s definitely a bad girl. You see, just between you and me…
MONOBEAR: That Monomi… selfishly stole you bastards’ memories!
MONOMI: What t’heck!
MONOMI: …I mean… huh?
MONOBEAR: Not one of you bastards remembers how you arrived on this island, do you?
MONOBEAR: That’s because Monomi took you bastards’ memories away!
MONOMI: W…What are you saying?!
MONOBEAR: By the way, those memories she stole? They aren’t just some silly, clichéd stuff like the details of your arrival here.
MONOBEAR: Oh no… She took away several years you bastards spent at Hope’s Peak Academy!
MONOMI: …Howawa!?
MONOBEAR: Siiiigh… It’s such a relief to get that out in the open! Memory loss is so old fashioned, after all…
MONOBEAR: A cheap story would shamelessly leave that revelation hanging until the endgame! Can you imagine?! Fortunately, I’m not that cowardly.
MONOMI: S…Stop it, please!
MONOBEAR: Upupupu. Surprised? You bastards aren’t actually freshmen!
MONOBEAR: But you’ve all forgotten that, so you think you still are! Isn’t that just rotten?
MONOBEAR: And… it’s such a familiar plot device… Is this plagiarism?! It’s not even original!!
MONOMI: Y…You really can’t do this!



MONOBEAR: I won’t let you get away with this!
MONOMI: Gyaaaaaaaa! That’s not what they mean by punch-line!



KOMAEDA: …………



KOIZUMI: …………



TSUMIKI: …………
HINATA: …………
HINATA: …Huh?



KOMAEDA: …W…What’s going on?



MONOBEAR: Well, how was it? Did you laugh? Or perhaps, my comedy was too high-brow for you bastards?



TOGAMI: Oy… what was that all about?



MONOBEAR: What was what all about?
MONOBEAR: Oh! You mean the “school life memories” part! That’s very simple! They were all taken away!



MIODA: Ha ha, ha ha… huh? This can’t be, right?
MIODA: I mean, yesterday was Ibuki’s first day at Hope’s Peak Academy! And we got taken here straight after that…



MONOBEAR: Right, right… but that’s just what you were made to think.
MONOBEAR: But the truth is, Monomi erased all of memories of your life at Hope’s Peak Academy…
HINATA: W…What the hell are you saying?! That’s impossible!
MONOBEAR: I wonder how many years it’s been? How long have you all been students there?
MONOBEAR: …And what happened to your families and friends? That’s one more thing to be worried about, isn’t it?



NIDAI: A…All of our school life memories were taken?! I haven’t heard a sillier story in my life!



SOUDA: He’s right! No way my memory’s gone!



MONOMI: Y…You can’t listen to what he’s saying! Don’t listen to him!



MIODA: Abuabuabu… Ibuki’s brain: over capacity…



HANAMURA: I won’t believe such things. Everything’s fine. I don’t believe any of it…



TSUMIKI: H…He’s just lying, isn’t he? Our memory isn’t really gone…?
TSUMIKI: E…Everyone’s probably in on it, too… You’re just trying to trick me… trying to make me look like an idiot… right?



MONOBEAR: Nope, none of this is a lie. If it was a lie, how can you explain what happened?
MONOBEAR: The moment you stepped into Hope’s Peak Academy, every one of you bastards experienced a strange dizziness, right?
HINATA: Wha…?!
HINATA: H…How did you know that…?
MONOBEAR: Upupu… Essentially, that was the point your memories broke off.
MONOBEAR: Every memory you bastards had since then has been extracted and deleted, until the moment you arrived on this island.
HINATA: W…What the hell…!

[ this is the point where Hinata starts grunting like a gorilla ]



TSUMIKI: Did… a long time really pass since then…?



NIDAI: That’s a load of shit! It’s impossible!!



MONOBEAR: And why do you think it’s impossible?



KOMAEDA: It’s just silly… Who could even believe such a thing?



MONOBEAR: Isn’t it just that you don’t want to believe?
MONOBEAR: But, have no fear! This sweet, kind Monobear is going to give you bastards your memories back!



MONOMI: …Hoeh?!



MONOBEAR: It’s just… that I have a condition.



NANAMI: That condition… you don’t mean…?



MONOBEAR: Upupu… Did you guess already?
MONOBEAR: That’s right, I want mutual killing out of you bastards!
MONOBEAR: This is my one and only non-negotiable condition!



MONOMI: Howawa?!



MONOBEAR: You’re dying to know, aren’t you? You bastards want to remember your lost school life, don’t you?
MONOBEAR: If so, kill kill kill! Make it a murder to remember!

( translation from the orenronen lp! )

What was learned:
→ ...Did I....seriously have amnesia even before this?
→ To be fair, this Monobear isn't exactly...trustworthy...
→ Even so, it makes me wonder whether or not I may truly be older than I believe...

Effects:
+100 doubt about just what she knows about her world/her past self