allmyfriendsaredead | DAZAI CATCH ALL

-?!

Not all of us... there were others?

Some, yeah. And I don't know how many of them escaped the Foundation entirely. At least one of my friends did, but there might be more.

[Once again, she's plagued by all too many questions at once. So, she begins with the one she thinks she already knows the answer to, just to be sure.]

...What happened to the ones who didn't escape, but didn't make it through training?

They all went to a nice farm upstate and lived happily ever after.

[Listen to that dry voice right there.]

[Her own voice is curt.]

I'm asking because the villages would eliminate us if we didn't have a strong enough cantus, or if we displayed bad behavior. But that doesn't account for your own powers turning on you.

[It's very similar - yet just a little different.]

What happened to the ones who didn't make it through training?

I didn't really ask. I tried not to think about it, usually.

[She breathes out slowly, feeling that familiar fury rising up in her chest again.]

...People really are the same no matter what time, aren't they?

[But it's a quiet question, posed to no one in particular.]

Was the friend you knew forever someone who was with you during training?

I told you, Saki-san: I'm not really that good of a person.

...but that friend of mine is fine. She's alive and well right now.

I don't mean you.

[How could she, in light of that?]

Did she survive training? Or did she escape?

She's in the foundation, just like me.

...Does she have any idea what you're doing?

[She's not sure what she hopes for. Because on one hand, it might give the girl peace of mind not know know. But...

If it were Saki, she'd be worried sick anyway.]

She knows. She's been getting me information from the outside.

[She's still worried sick, though. Because Dazai is a dumbass who gets himself into trouble.]

[-?!]

Then it isn't only you?

Of course not. Do you really think I would go at this solo?

...To be honest, I wasn't sure anyone else would be interested in helping us...

[Actually-]

...Why did you decide to help us, anyway?

Edited 2019-07-10 05:42 (UTC)

Because what's happening to all of you is wrong, and something needs to be done about it. You're people, you deserve better than what you're getting from the Foundation.