THE MASTERMIND AU MEME

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THE MASTERMIND AU
AMBIDEX EDITION

With Round 3 now over, it's about time we had the mastermind meme!

To those who aren't familiar, this is essentially an AU where your character is the one responsible for Round 3's Mutual Killing Game, and all of the carnage that came with it, from the kidnapping to the motives to the trials to the executions! And now, they have chosen to reveal themselves before the remaining members of their class at the final trial!

As such, you are free to play around with this as much as you would like; did your character make a contract with Kyuubey, or did your character put everyone in the Killing Game for a different reason? What is your character's motivation for bringing despair? What do they intend to get out of this seemingly senseless killing? And what does the rest of the class have to do to stop the madness and go home?

There's probably going to be quite a bit of AUing from your character's original canon happening here to make them into the best harbingers of despair they can be, so feel free to go as nuts with it as you want to! And, of course, feel free to tag others with your character's reaction to their classmate's big reveal; it doesn't matter whether or not your character made it to endgame, have fun and mix up the survivor pool as much as you'd like!

Oh, and feel free to describe your character's sweet new Monobear-themed duds, too!!

Original meme text borrowed and modified from loveisanopendoor!

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[greatestcool]

[Ryuunosuke reaches up to touch his shoulder. The bandages there are well-maintained. He's finally figured out how to take care of it so there aren't entirely too many bandages, but it's not something he ever wanted to have to learn how to do on his own. The only reason he bothers keeping up with it is because dying of an infection would be the dumbest possible way he could go out.

(Besides, it gives him a chance to see his blood and occasionally he'll feel something for a moment or two.)

Some part of him is fully aware that Tsukiyama is purposefully saying things to manipulate him, but he doesn't care anymore. This is probably going to go straight to hell and he's probably going to die along with the rest of them and he's sure Tsukiyama will thank him for his service and be flippant about the whole thing, but Ryuunosuke doesn't care about any of that. If there's even a chance that he could have this, why wouldn't he take it?

Either way he's going to die. He might as well go out taking everyone else down with him.]

Of course I do. I think about it every single damn day. Why didn't you just use me? I would have given you everything.

[preybeforemeals]

[And that, of all things, is actually what gets him to falter; he tosses his head a bit, as though he's not certain why the question is being asked, though his expression is carefully blank as he starts toying with that wineglass again.]

Why do you think...?

[greatestcool]

I don't know. I've been trying to figure it out, but I don't have any idea where to start.

[Several of those letters have addressed the exact same topic, actually.]

[preybeforemeals]

For the same reason I didn't want to discuss things with you, amore.

I wanted you to survive.

[greatestcool]

Why? So you could have me here at the end? So you could gloat about everything you've done or so I could make sure you'd win?

...I don't really care anymore, Tsukiyama. I'm going to die anyway.

[preybeforemeals]

Have you already forgotten, Uryuu-san?

[He rakes a hand back through his hair idly.]

You're mine.

[greatestcool]

So where were you when I needed you most?

[It's not a pointed question or one he expects an answer to.]

[preybeforemeals]

I was watching you; I always have been.

[greatestcool]

...That's a little creepy.

[HE REALLY WISHES YOU HADN'T BEEN, UM]

Besides, what good did that do me?

[preybeforemeals]

What do you want from me...?

[The flippant tone still hasn't quite left him.]

Asking me things like that...giocoso, what are you even going to accomplish? Do you want to hear that I'm sorry for it? I've already apologized.

[greatestcool]

I want to know why. Why you felt the need to do this in the first place, why you didn't tell me or try to give me any warning... why you let me stay up all night waiting for you only to find out--

[Oh, there's the anger. Ryuunosuke leans back in his chair and folds his arms.]

...Even if you never intended for it to be permanent, how was I supposed to know that? I had to watch that. I had to live thinking you were dead. I had to go through all of this on my own. I'm dead in Fuyuki, what's even the point?

How could you leave me like this?

[preybeforemeals]

You're my favorite, Uryuu-san.

[And that's simple, straightforward. As though it's the most obvious thing in the world.]

I wanted to see your strength - to know what you would do when faced with the loss of the person you loved most. I wanted to know what you would do; to see if you would lie down and die or if you would give in to your anger, or if you would do neither and try to outlast it.

And I wanted to see if you were as beautiful in despair as you were when I was there to give you hope.

[greatestcool]

...Then I'm kind of glad I didn't put on a very good show for you.

[That hurts for some reason he doesn't understand and Ryuunosuke glances away.]

[preybeforemeals]

Ah, don't...

[He reaches out then, to try to touch his face; to try to get him to look. They're certainly close enough, seating arrangements being what they are.]

[greatestcool]

[The touch startles him a bit at first, but Ryuunosuke doesn't pull away. He does stare wide-eyed for a moment before everything just sort of hits him all at once.

Tsukiyama's alive. This isn't some sort of weird technology or something, he's here and he's okay and he looks better than he has in weeks--

Ryuunosuke leans into the touch, eyes sliding closed as he reaches up to touch Tsukiyama's hand. He shouldn't be this relieved about this, but...]

Don't leave. Never leave me again.

[The words are soft but they're fierce.]

[preybeforemeals]

...Vote to save me, then.

[His words are soft. Gentle, despite the ice in his eyes.]

One vote for "despair" turns things in my favor. When the time comes...vote to save me, and I'll be yours forever.

[greatestcool]

[...WELL WE'RE ALL GONNA FUCKING DIE, MAYBE HE'LL ACTUALLY ENJOY HELL]

I will. Of course I will, I... I won't let anything happen to you, not again.