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THE MASTERMIND AU MEME

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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...You said that you weren't dead inside when you were around me.

[And he's kind of smiling despite the tears; he can't even remember the last time he cried, outside of this place.]

You said that you loved me. That you didn't want to be alone anymore. That I would never have to be alone again.

What am I supposed to do if you die?

[He's shaking, he can feel it.]

Do you feel anything? Right now, in this moment, do you feel anything?

You... You're supposed to keep moving forward, like you always have. You're supposed to go home and... and you're supposed to forget about all of this and forget about me and just...

[Ryuunosuke finally runs a sleeve across his eyes, but it's not helping at all.]

Of course I feel something. I feel... I don't know. Too much. I hate hurting like this - this wasn't supposed to hurt!

[He moves then, walking along the balcony to the end, where the dim lighting of the room doesn't quite reach. Tsukiyama can probably see though - there's a staircase there.]

...Forget...?

[He's shaking again, dragging his hands back through his hair.]

How am I supposed to...forget about this, about any of this - how am I supposed to forget about what you've done to me?!

How am I supposed to forget about you?!

You just-- You just are, it's not-- I'll be dead so I don't...

[Ryuunosuke Uryuu is absolute shit at planning for the future, okay.

He stops once he reaches the bottom of the stairs, like he's not sure he should approach or not. He's still shaking and he's still crying, but it looks like he's finally starting to realize that Tsukiyama has a damn good point.]

I don't... I don't know... It was just... Things were supposed to work out for you. You're supposed to be okay...

I'll die.

[It's...quiet, compared to the screaming from a few moments ago; he tries to drag his sleeve across his eyes, but it doesn't accomplish much.]

That's what you wanted, isn't it? That's why I'm...here, I had no choice...

[It doesn't sound angry. It probably should.]

I would rather be dead than alone; I'll die.

No-- No, that's not--

[Well, it doesn't really matter whether he should approach or not, he's going to. Ryuunosuke hesitates once he's close enough, but eventually he reaches out to rest a hand against Tsukiyama's arm.

Part of him desperately wants this to be some sort of trick, so Tsukiyama can kill him and everything will go back to the way it's supposed to be.]

You have them, you have the others who made it this far! You're not alone! You've got friends and family back home and you... you won't be alone, you'll be okay!

[He flinches away at that; don't touch him.]

...I told you that I was alone before I came here. What makes you think that's changed?

[That gets him to smile, though the expression is hardly a pleasant one.]

You don't need me. You'll find other people. Better people. You'll keep moving forward because that's how you handle these things.

[He steps backwards, gripping his upper arms and laughing softly.]

You'll be just fine, you won't let anything happen to you.

Of course I will. Because I'm the sort of monster that's designed to not care when I kill the people I love, isn't that right?

[They're all opportunities. All of them.]

I suppose I ought to thank you for starving me so long that the hunger doesn't hurt anymore; it'll make the next good while easier on me, after I leave this place.

What-- What is wrong with you!? You're just going to let yourself starve!? You've hated that! You've been so angry about it and so hurt by it and you're just going to-- Why would you waste your life like that!?

Why does it matter to you?

[And that one actually is sharp, harsh in comparison to the other questions he's been asking; he can't maintain eye contact anymore.]

You'll be dead. You'll have gotten what you wanted, and I'm sure you've created a good execution for yourself. Maybe it'll give you what you're looking for.

[He turns back to his podium; he doesn't care if the vote hasn't officially been called yet, he's putting his in now.

> Hope]

I'm not your concern anymore. What I do after this is none of your business.

I'm not yours.

[Ryuunosuke doesn't move from his spot and as badly as he wants to tear his eyes away and leave or do anything else, he can't. He's silent for a long time.]

...Why does it matter to me...? Yeah, it shouldn't. It shouldn't. Because I'll be dead and it'll be a great death and everything will finally go as planned.

But it does matter. Of course it matters. You were there for me when no one else was, when no one else could be and you... you were everything I was ever looking for. Isn't that hilarious? This whole time...

I don't want you to die because I love you. Even though so much of what I said were lies, that never was. Why do you think I reacted to that so badly? Why do you think I didn't want to wait to talk about it until we were in Tokyo? It'd never happen. I'd never get to know and in some sick, twisted way, that's what I wanted more than seeing this game end.

...I don't expect you to believe it, but I'm sorry. I didn't realize you couldn't eat anything else. I thought... But by the time you told me it was too late, we couldn't bring anyone else in. Bluebeard's powers weren't working as well anymore. I thought we'd be okay until the end. Me and him. Like it's supposed to be.

[Ryuunosuke shakes his head. He's smiling, but the expression is as far from pleased as it can possibly get.]

There's nothing I can do to change your mind. Maybe the others will be able to help.

...I wish I'd never met you. I like to think your life would have been incredible.

[With that said he turns back toward the stairs.]

Ask your final questions, all of you - I'm calling the vote soon.

Why did you take my memories.

[Speaking of final questions. That one is sudden, and it's blunt, and there's very little emotion behind it; he doesn't even have to force it this time. He just has nothing else left to give right now.]

...Bluebeard thought it'd be a great incentive to use. Some people weren't in bad enough situations, so taking their memories and setting them at an earlier time would make them more inclined to play the game. That's all.

[There's no emotion in Ryuunosuke's response either and he doesn't turn to address Tsukiyama.]

I was in love with someone, you know. Before you brought me here. I didn't realize it at the time, of course, but I was most definitely in love with him.

Thanks to you, I can't love him anymore. I know I should, but I...can't...

[He can feel himself shaking again; he looks away.]

I had people I cared about. People who were important to me, people who changed me for the better, people I loved more than life itself, and I can't love them anymore.

That's what I mean when I say I'm going to be alone when I leave this place. It's because of you.

...Good to know I continue fucking things up even when I'm not trying.

Do you have any other questions?

[He's too tired to even react properly to that. He knows he should be feeling something, but it's sort of a relief that he doesn't. Everything will be over within the hour anyway. He'll be dead, so why should he care anymore?]

Did you ever work out whether I loved you or not, or do you need me to tell you directly?

I'm stupid as hell, did you really think I'd manage to work that out?

[There are so many things that he could say to that; his voice breaks before he can say any of them, and he doesn't seem prepared for what he does say.]

How many times do I have to tell you to stop speaking so harshly about yourself?

[That actually gets him to laugh, though he doesn't sound amused or happy about it at all.]

Why should I? There's no point in it anymore, I might as well let you know how badly this has screwed me up!

I never hated myself before this. Sure I knew what I was doing was wrong and awful by human standards, but I never cared. It brought me pleasure, so why should I worry about what everyone else thought? But here... It's like every single one of you has known this entire time and you've dedicated your lives to making mine as miserable as possible. I thought I'd be okay when I agreed to play, to keep an eye on things from the inside. I thought I'd be fine during this trial, because everyone would hate me and it'd be easy to pretend that I was happy about what I was doing.

No one's ever treated me like you guys do. No one's ever gotten me to feel things like this - and it's not just you. Every single one of you has gotten some sort of emotion out of me and I hate it. None of this was supposed to happen. It was supposed to fun. I thought that the final chapter would make every single one of my efforts worthwhile and just... look at me. I'm a mess and I'm managing to screw something this simple up. You guys hate me, I open the vote, you guys convict me. Simple.

So why the hell shouldn't I speak harshly about myself? I didn't just manage to screw myself over, I managed to fuck with all of your lives and ruin everything. And even if I genuinely didn't care about the others, look at what I've done to you. You're going to die because of me, because I'm a fucking idiot who should have stopped this long ago.

Put a stop to it now, then.

[He's shaking, and his voice is far from steady, but he's managing to keep his gaze level. To not look away.]

We can still salvage this. Even if the others hate you, even if you don't want to be around them anymore. We can still...

[...]

We can still go home. You know that, don't you?

Why? Why do you keep doing this? Even if... Even if I could convince Bluebeard to open the doors, to put a stop to this, why would you want to take me home with you? After everything I've done I deserve to die.

I don't understand.

Because I love you. I know what you're going to say, and I...if I'm going to be honest, no, I don't know why, but the fact is that I love you and I can't make myself stop and if that's how it is, then so be it.

I don't want you to take anyone else I love away from me.

[Well, he thought he'd gotten all the emotion out, but apparently that's something that can just come back whenever the fuck it wants to. Ryuunosuke shakes for a moment before abruptly collapsing onto the floor of the balcony. The railing is a bit too high to see him from down there, but you can probably still hear him crying.

Give him a few minutes to process all of that. It's been one hell of a bad day.]

[It's the sudden collapse that gets him to move; can he get...up there, or is there going to be some sort of magical bullshit that stops him from doing it...]

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