[Open] Reality Slips Far Away

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Who: Kiyotaka Ishimaru and you!
Where: A classroom in the fantasy Wonderland, and then zombieland!
When: Throughout the event!
Rating: Rated Z for Zombie - but for real there may be mentions of death/murder.
Summary: Find Ishimaru in his ideal habitat! And/or help him to fend off zombies.
The Story:

A.

[Somewhere among the various living fantasies there is one bright and lively classroom.. One that is filled with a class of students studying intensely! Specifically, these students (minus the bear), who are all wearing uniforms looking like the brown ones in this picture. They are all hunched over their desks, working hard on assignments, or reading, or having some sort of intellectually stimulating conversations! There are countless textbooks and notebooks to work with!

And in the center of it all is Kiyotaka Ishimaru himself, who overlooks this all with a proud smile. The moment the door opens to let someone else in, Ishimaru stands up and greets them with a salute.]

Ah, good afternoon and welcome to study hall! Please, have a seat and join us!

B.

[Oh god, zombies again. Ishimaru's on the run, in the dilipadated ruins of what once was an ideal version of Hope's Peak Academy! He wields a confetti cannon, managing to use it to blast some of them back, but he's running out of options here!}

C. Wildcard

[Feel free to come up with an alternate prompt or hit me up for further plotting!]

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[Ishimaru stumbles along after her as she tugs at his sleeve with a brief confused squawk and then follows her outside. And then he looks back at the destruction.]

Qu-quite dangerous! ...Even if they were not real, I hope that my classmates are alright!

[He says nervously, but he does start to continue moving forward. Now they're in a hallway lined with lockers. ...All of which open to reveal swarms of bugs that try to crawl towards them.]

Ack!!

[entreats]

[ "Ack!!" is her general sentiment too, even though with Ange it's expressed more as an annoyed sigh. She might be good at running away, but it doesn't mean she likes it. ]

Quick, the other way! [ This time she just expects you to listen and follow though, Ishimaru, no more tugging! Although running around pointlessly will just end up badly if they come across a dead end, so she turns her head to look at him for a moment as she runs. ]

Do you recognize this place? Or-- well, do you know which way the exit is? [ Since this whole school thing sure isn't anything Ange is involved with. ]

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[Ishimaru nods and runs down a different hallway, while the swarms of insects relentlessly pursue! He's quite nervous, but he tries to stay strong as he hustles forward!]

Well... Yes... this is just like the school... [Even if he only remembers being in Hope's Peak while locked in there for the murder game, this was an ideal version of that place. So the exit should be where he remembers it.]

I've got it!! Right this way, Ushiromiya-kun!! [He motions towards one opening and runs towards it. The entrance is there! And it's just a normal door, without any giant steel vault!]

[entreats]

[ Thank god, at least something good about this whole scenario. Sure, she might have found places where an exit logically could be even if Ishimaru didn't know, but this place seems to be anything but logical, and this is a lot faster. ]

Alright!

[ Ange even trusts the guy enough to believe he's not lying about this, and she quickly makes a dash towards the door too. Anything's better than the horde chasing them. ]

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[He would never tell a lie! And so they run towards that exit. It's right there in sight! But now this room is starting to collapse too, and a mass of insects is chasing them, steadily closing in on them. In fact, the front portion of the mass of bugs have piled together into a giant sinister-looking bear head that tries to snap its jaws at them.]

Hurry!! [The door is right there-!]

[entreats]

[ Ange isn't too sure if the event itself is fuelling all the weirder stuff, or if that's coming from Ishimaru's mind as well.. If it's the latter, he seriously should seek some help for it.

But it's not like she has time to make snarky remarks right now. Getting out of here is the priority, snarky remarks can wait.

So when she's at the door, she just tugs on it right away to try and open it. Sure, it could be a trick, but she'll take her chances between this and that horror insect bear behind them, okay. ]

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[The door manages to open! The only 'trick' is that, well not only does the door open, but it falls over completely. Ishimaru rushes over to help with moving the door out of the way if need be, and not a moment too soon, as the entire illusion school is collapsing around them!]

Quickly!!

[entreats]

[ Thankfully he's helping, since Ange sure isn't able to get that thing out of the way by herself. It actually takes her quite a bit of effort even just to do her own part in all of this, but thankfully she does manage to move it out of the way with his help. ]

If there's more of this stuff outside, I swear...

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We made it! [He cheers as he sets foot outside, while the building collapses behind them.

And he looks around. It looks like the world surrounding them is overly saccharine and cheery, with various cartoonish beings roaming around!

...Except that, darkness is spreading out from the building's rubble, and the ground it touches starts to change.]

...Perhaps we should keep on moving!

[entreats]

At this rate we're not going to make it anywhere!

[ Not that she thinks they'll die here - not with some effort, anyway - but it's really annoying to keep escaping places only to find more annoying traps to get away from. She doesn't know how far that darkness is spreading, but.. you know what? She isn't going to test it, and so Ange starts running again. ]

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Do not think like that!

[He keeps on running! But the darkness and creepiness keeps on spreading in pursuit of their disbelief]

No matter how dark things may get... We will find a way! We will survive! Please believe me, Ushiromiya-kun!

[entreats]

Believe you? [ SUCH AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH. Belief is not exactly Ange's strongest suit though. ]

If I would have known earlier that I would have to believe you in this sort of ridiculous situation.. [ She sighs, although it comes out more like panting in the middle of running. ] Fine, fine. I'll believe you, so find some way to stop all that behind us!

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Ack! [He winces. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE HERE! He tries to think on the move.]

W-well, it is nit something we can fight head on. And... I do not know if any hiding place is truly safe... [He gasps as something occurs to him.]

Wait! In situation like this, believing might be our only solution!

[entreats]

Didn't I just already say I believe you?

[ Because believing in more ridiculous things is something so outside of Ange's normal way of being that it doesn't even occur to her.. So she thinks he's still just going on about that. ]

Are you that desperate?

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Yes, you did just say that! And I was so proud to hear it!

And no, I am not desperate in that way! [He shouts back as he continues moving.]

But in the first place... these dangerous events began happening because we could not believe what this world was showing us, correct? Then... If a lack of belief dooms us, maybe our salvation lies within believing in such outrageous things!

[entreats]

.. Wait, you say we have to believe that? [ It's not like Ange hasn't had to believe in impossible things before to keep them real, but.. look, Ishimaru's study group with the cat head teacher is just a little too much, okay!! She's a rational girl! ]

How do you even believe something like that?!

[ This shouldn't be your main problem while trying to find a way to save your life, Ange.. ]

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It is the only solution that I can think of! The alternative is trying to fight these monstrosities!

[And they don't seem very well equipped for monster fighting... He pauses for a moment before he goes on.]

It should be simple. Just think about it, or about anything that you might want, and accept it without question!

[That awkward moment when unhealthy methods of coping are the answer?!]

[entreats]

[ Yeah, Ange isn't going to try her luck with monster fighting in this case. Especially since her one useful power doesn't really seem to work here.

So.. whatever, fine, she'll go along with the ridiculous plan! If she ends up looking like a moron, she's totally blaming him though. ]

F.. fine! I'll accept it! Your weird cat teacher-guided study group is real! [ Doesn't sound too convincing yet though. ]

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[Ishimaru brightens up as she says that! But their surroundings don't.]

I am very glad that you believe so! ...But... Ah, could you maybe say it with more conviction? That may just be the key!

[entreats]

[ This is so stupid. Why does she have to do this stuff just to live. Why is life like this.

Ange might actually be blushing just a tad at the sheer ridiculousness of this live-or-death situation, but she does manage to make it sound more convincing. And flustered. But convincing is the important part here. ]

It's real! I believe in it!

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[And so, much like a certain young ninja, Ange believes it!

Ishimaru smiles proudly and claps his hands together.]

That's it! That belief... that conviction... I felt its sincerity! You have done so splendidly, Ushiromiya-kun!

[And it's reflected in their surroundings! The darkness has stopped spreading, and instead everything around them is cartoony and saccharine again. Although, some of the joyous being seem to spare them a warning glance before going back to acting jolly and cutesy.]