FOR NIER (YES I KNOW SPOILERS, HEI)

[duranduel]

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[duranduel]

[He nods at all of that. That is right.]

They hated animals. But they wanted to be the employee of the month. So when we wouldn't kill Hector and Miku, they decided to do it themselves to be nice.

[And he shakes his head.]

No. We didn't. How could we?

[Just a voice.]

[amain]

[ Nier squints because why does this sound ridiculous. He's more focused on the fact they're put through hardship, coming out bleeding and also Mabel WITH BROKEN TEETH? Good to know mods are like how dare you not kill your new pet. ]

I don't know... I was hoping you would get a chance.

[ Sometimes you can stab voices, okay? ]

[duranduel]

[Sometimes you don't kill your new pet and then your new pet tries to kill you!]

...We didn't. And we won't. We're just here now.

[And two animals are dead.]

[amain]

We can at least make this place pay... For sending us on these trips—for this whole system.

[ That is like one of the few solaces Nier has, but... This isn't about that. This is about Hector and Miku. ]

How did you escape?

[duranduel]

[He nods at that. Burn down the whole campus, honestly.
]

Um. A door appeared. People were gonna come after us, so we just left.

[amain]

[ endgame soon who will survive hope nier's dead ]

A door... That sounds so simple.

[ Which he's glad for? ]

[duranduel]

It does. But that is what it was. After all of that crap. Just a door.

[also NIER BETTER SURVIVE]

[amain]

[ put him out of his misery ]

Just a door. [ It kind of pisses him off, so he's tapping his foot against the floor... ] Nothing like the usual friends show up and you have to fight them deal?

[duranduel]

[He shakes his head.]

No. No friends. And all the people we fought, we couldn't see their faces.

[amain]

... I can't tell if that's more or less unsettling.

[ Faceless people chasing and attacking you? Or your loved ones. ]

[duranduel]

I don't know. Either way, it was what it was.

[amain]

… Yeah. It’s not like we can refund those experiences.

You’re the type that feels a lot. [ Which he thinks they have in common. ] Are you just tired?

[duranduel]

Feels...a lot...

[Somehow he looks like...upset by that.]

Yeah. Maybe. I guess.

[amain]

... You know that isn't a bad thing, right?

[duranduel]

No, I know it isn't, I just...

[Closes his mouth, helpless.]

[amain]

... You don't need to tell me if you don't want to. Just know I am by your side.

[ helpless really is the mood in a murdergame ]

[duranduel]

...

No, I have...no idea what you're talking about.

[amain]

[ ?????? ]

You didn't finish your sentence and it seemed like... You didn't want to talk about something?

[ HE ]

[duranduel]

[visibly frustrated]

Nier. When you say I'm a person with a lot of feelings...I have no idea what you're talking about. Like. Literally.

[amain]

[ crystal i'm so sorry that nier is just dumb ]

... I'm sorry. It was just an observation—from my interactions with you and everything else.

[duranduel]

[He's sort of mumbling to himself?]

...Maybe I'm just that good at faking it? How did I do it before?

[amain]

... I wonder if this is an effect from your trip or if you got cursed.

[ Or all of that died with Hector and Miku. That makes him frown. ]

Try to remember the emotions you felt when you wanted to marry Kon.

[duranduel]

I'm not cursed, I don't think.

[And just shaking his head, now. It's like he can't figure it out.]

I don't...I mean, yeah, there were emotions, but...

[amain]

Mm...

[ Bad Omen. ]

Whatever this is, I'm sure it'll wear off.

[duranduel]

What do you mean, "whatever this is"?