Part 117: 9/8/09

9/8/09

No idea if they’re making any headway with Chidori.

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> Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Fuuka are gathered around Chidori laying in bed…
So, Yamagishi… Do you sense anything?
No…
……
By refusing to speak, you’re only hurting yourself.
We aren’t keeping you here because we hate you; we just want to avoid unnecessary confrontation.
…How’s Chidori?
Again? What’s your obsession, Junpei?
Did she say anything?
…Not a word.
Can I just talk to her?
Iori… It seems like you’re letting your emotions get the best of you.
Is everything okay?
Well… Not exactly…
I know she attacked me, but…
I can’t stop thinking about her!
Junpei-kun…
Sheesh…

I hear she’s been hurting herself.



Got it!
…You okay?
……
I’m glad they let you keep your sketchbook…
Haha, you’re still drawing pictures, even in the hospital?
You really do like to draw, huh…?
……
…It doesn’t matter.
She spoke…
…No one else but me can understand my pictures…
Chidori…!?
Y-Your arm!
> The bandage wrapped around Chidori’s wrist is soaked in fresh blood…
Tch… Again!?
Fuuka, get a doctor!
R-Right away!
Why are you bleeding!?

I wonder who she actually is.



* sigh * I thought I had removed all the sharp objects in here.
She did this to herself…!?
…Apparently, we can’t leave her unattended for even one moment.
But fortunately, she heads at an astounding rate…
Let go of me!
Then, at the station… you did that to yourself!?
…I never asked for your help.
You were the one who misunderstood.
Well, I want you to stop.
You can’t be doing that…
It’s not right…
And I won’t let you…
……
The doctor will be here soon. You two should go now.
…Yeah.
> Chidori stares at Junpei as he leaves…
…So, you seem to have found your voice.
……

I headed down to the library to help Saori, but we didn’t get to work very long.



> An announcement is being made…
Announcement: …Please pardon the interruption.
Saori Hasegawa of class 2-C… Aelita Tolstoy of class 2-F…
Please report to the faculty office at once, I repeat…
…They’re calling for us?
Well, let’s go.
Yeah, let’s see what’s up.

That ass Ekoda needs to get fired.



> Mr. Ekoda slams a magazine on the desk…
> A large heading reads:
> “The Continued Corruption of Our Nation’s Youth: Rampant Sexuality in ‘G’ High”
Huh…?
This is your picture, isn’t it!?
> There is a photo with the article.
> There’s a black bar over the eyes… but it does look like Saori.
> The name has been changed to “Shiori Nagatani”.
I’m not even going to go into the filth in this article. Some brainless journalist must have talked to you.
> You quickly skim through the article that Mr. Ekoda threw on the desk…
> It seems this “Shiori Nagatani” is openly talking about the “nightly activities” all the girls participate in.
I… never…
Another student from the school brought this to my attention, saying “my school’s reputation is ruined!”
She also made a report on you:
“Hasegawa-san makes sexual advances towards male classmates, uses vulgar language behind our backs…”
“…and she never interacts with us because she thinks she’s superior to the rest of the students.”
……

And her classmates all need to choke and die.



I don’t know about your “nightly activities,” but you can’t go around causing your school trouble like this.
This affects not only you, but your guardians and the people around you as well.
…Anyway, it’s been decided that you’re going to be suspended. Do you understand?
I…
You’ve got this all wrong!
Zip it, Tolstoy. The important thing here is how this article reached the general public.
You think you can change that? Hm?
We have to make an example for the other students and their parents. There must be punishment.
Your parents told us to be careful about you…
Now I see why.
…You have such wonderful parents, Hasegawa. Why are you doing this to them?
……

Saori was rightly upset by the whole thing.



I’m sorry, Aelita-chan…
If you stay near me, you’re going to lose any reputation you had.
Don’t worry about it.
……
Thank you…
> Saori trembles…
That article’s a lie…
I didn’t say anything…
…But I did let a photographer take a picture of me.
He said it was for an article about the straightedge lifestyle in today’s high school students…
He wanted a shot with me in my uniform…
Look what 4000 yen got me into…
Didn’t you suspect this?
No… It didn’t even cross my mind at all…
A girl in my class asked if I’d be willing to do an easy job…
I didn’t really want to do it, but I didn’t care…
…Maybe I just wanted to help her out.
Maybe… I just wanted a friend.
> Saori laughs…

And I guess this is all much worse for her than it would be for most people.



When I was younger, everyone said that I was more mature than the kids around me and wouldn’t have young friends…
But adults were kind and treated me well…
……
But everything… was a lie…
Everything… like when they said things like “I love you…”
> Saori smiles, but appears to be on the brink of tears…
I acted just how the adults around me wanted me to act…
All I had to do was smile and stay quiet.
As long as I did that, they’d call me cute and be happy with me.
It’s too late now… I don’t know how to stand on my own anymore.
I’m too scared…
I’m with you.
Aelita-chan…
> Saori’s lips tremble…
> You feel like you understand a little about what Saori is going through…

I just wish there was more I could do to help her.



I’m sorry for dragging you into this mess…
I…
I know I shouldn’t be feeling this way, but part of me is happy and thankful that you were with me…
I probably… wouldn’t be able to endure this myself…
> You made sure Saori got home safely before heading back to the dorm…

But I guess there are some things that are just too hard to solve for someone else.



Lucia is unable to sense her…
…Her state of mind is very unstable… And she hurts herself…

It’s just something that has to be done for yourself.



Tch, what an idiot…