01's Dorm
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Stranger: "...Yup, the door plate didn't lie. This is definitely his room."
MX-Z0: "It is orange...like him." She comments, still holding on to Jasper's feet.
Jasper: "Y-Yup...it...ugh...why's it so orange...?"
MX-Z0: "Oh. He's also awake."
Stranger: Gently, he and MX-Z0 set the slowly awakening boy down on his bed. "You passed out back there, kid. Are you alright?"
Jasper: "I...I think I am...that whole speech was a dream, right...?" He speaks slowly, still taking in his surroundings. "We...we aren't going to have to...?"
Jasper: ...He watches as the two of them go completely silent, looking away uncomfortably. His heart sinks.
"W...Why!? Why are we here!? What did we do to deserve this....?"
MX-Z0: "...The prawn called us 'sinners', and said that we did something bad to end up here..." MX-Z0 says, as if thinking for a moment. "...If I am correct, there is a reason we are here. Although perhaps what that thing sees as a 'sin' is different to how we view it."
Stranger: "Doesn't matter in my case," He chimes in. "I don't remember what I did wrong. How can you punish someone for something they don't know they did!?"
And what did he mean when he talked about my memories...?
The thought still lingered in his head...an ominous message, before the little prawn vanished entirely. What...what did it...?
MX-Z0: "...Your dorm."
Stranger: "Eh?"
MX-Z0: "If our dorms have nameplates, it might have yours on it."
Stranger: ...Holy shit. She was right.
"...Right. I need to go look at my room," he replies. "You'll be fine kid, right?"
Jasper: "...Yeah. I think I just need a moment...alone."
MX-Z0: "Understood." The robot nods.
"...May I accompany you, unnamed personnel?"
Stranger: "I don't mind that. You're a helpful bot, you know."
MX-Z0: ...Her antennae seem to light up for a moment. "Thank you."
Jasper: ...He watches the two of them leave, and he just...stares at the ceiling as he hears his dorm room door close.
...So this is it. This is where he'll sleep now...where he'll spend most of his time at, while this...killing game goes on.
Jasper: He can't wrap his mind around it. He can't speak for everyone else, but...he doesn't know what he did to end up here. He scours his memory for answers, for something, trying to dig at the deepest pits of his being for something...but it just comes up blank.
Jasper: ...Until he remembers about that.
Jasper: His face goes pale, and he feels like his body has turned to mush. Could that really be why he ended up here...? That little secret, from years ago? How did anyone even learn about that!?
...He didn't know. He didn't want to know.
Jasper: Something told him that he wouldn't sleep well tonight.