♔ MEMORY 09

[sakazuki]

Memory Regained: Stolen memories [ prologue - update 18 + 19 ]
Date: Day 64
Game won: Robbery - La Torre

Memory:

Re: Mr. Monobear’s Lesson

Um…
Uwaaa!!
You bastards seemed to be in the middle of something… and I couldn’t find a good moment to show myself…
So I finally decided to appear in the middle of things!
…………
Hey, what’s with the outfit?
Ah, didn’t I say so in the announcement? This outfit is for today’s recreation time.
You don’t mean…
Yes! A manzai show fit for a tropical island!

Manzai is a famous Japanese two-man comedy act, heavily associated with Osaka and its dialect. Much like other double-act comedy from around the world, one of the comedians plays the straight man (the tsukommi), and the other the funny man (theboke), playing off each other - with jokes often ending with the tsukkomi smacking the boke on the head for saying something stupid. Although the premise itself is most certainly not a novel idea for a comedy act, the execution, timing and the jokes themselves are often incomprehensible and befuddling to foreign audiences.

W…What does Manzai have to do with tropical islands?!
But, do you not need more than one person to perform manzai?
Of course you do. This is why I have a partner all prepared.



Howawa! What’s going on?
Ah. I thought it would be something like that.
We’ve dallied enough! It’s time for the “Monobear Big Laugh Manzai Live Show”!
Eh? This is the first I’m hearing of this! I’m going to get smacked, aren’t I?!
…Gimme a break.



Miss Monomi’s Practice Lesson

Good evening! I’m Monobear!
Um… And I’m Monomi…
Together, we’re “The Monobearz”!
Well then, let’s get things moving. I will now exhibit my special mind reading technique!
Eh? You have one?!
Let’s try it out! I’m going to guess your favorite food. Let’s see… Your favorite food is…
You can do it! Here’s a hint: I’m a wabbit!
Ca…
Go on!
…davers!
What? I do not eat dead people!
It’s your turn now, Monomi! Let’s hear your best killer joke!
W…What are you talking about?! I…I’m no killer!
Oh, you’ll be fine. It’s easy! You just have to know the secret to appeasing the God of Comedy.
…Speaking of, which do you think is better: draining your blood while you’re still alive, or waiting until after you die?
Why such a cruel question?!
The God of Comedy, Miracle Rorion, will grant you the lifeblood of comedy… in return for a large amount of yourblood!
That’s howwible! Why does the God of Comedy want blood?!
Pretty please!
I will not be wooed by your sweet talk! I won’t let you have even a dwop of my blood!
Monomi gets angry very quickly, doesn’t she…?
You bastards should be careful too. Monomi is dangerous when she’s angry.
…She’s like the tutorial boss in the first dungeon!
That’s not menacing at all!
Well, OK… but she’s definitely a bad girl. You see, just between you and me…

Music fades out

That Monomi… selfishly stole you bastards’ memories!
What t’heck!
…I mean… huh?

Ocean Breeze Dead End

Not one of you bastards remembers how you arrived on this island, do you?
That’s because Monomi took you bastards’ memories away!
W…What are you saying?!
By the way, those memories she stole? They aren’t just some silly, clichéd stuff like the details of your arrival here.
Oh no… She took away several years you bastards spent at Hope’s Peak Academy!
…Howawa!?
Siiiigh… It’s such a relief to get that out in the open! Memory loss is so old fashioned, after all…
A cheap story would shamelessly leave that revelation hanging until the endgame! Can you imagine?! Fortunately, I’m not that cowardly.
S…Stop it, please!
Upupupu. Surprised? You bastards aren’t actually freshmen!
But you’ve all forgotten that, so you think you still are! Isn’t that just rotten?
And… it’s such a familiar plot device… Is this plagiarism?! It’s not even original!!
Y…You really can’t do this!





I won’t let you get away with this!
Gyaaaaaaaa! That’s not what they mean by punch-line!



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…Huh?
…W…What’s going on?



Well, how was it? Did you laugh? Or perhaps, my comedy was too high-brow for you bastards?
Oy… what was that all about?
What was what all about?
Oh! You mean the “school life memories” part! That’s very simple! They were all taken away!
Ha ha, ha ha… huh? This can’t be, right?
I mean, yesterday was Ibuki’s first day at Hope’s Peak Academy! And we got taken here straight after that…
Right, right… but that’s just what you were made to think.
But the truth is, Monomi erased all of memories of your life at Hope’s Peak Academy…
W…What the hell are you saying?! That’s impossible!
I wonder how many years it’s been? How long have you all been students there?
…And what happened to your families and friends? That’s one more thing to be worried about, isn’t it?
A…All of our school life memories were taken?! I haven’t heard a sillier story in my life!
He’s right! No way my memory’s gone!



Y…You can’t listen to what he’s saying! Don’t listen to him!
Abuabuabu… Ibuki’s brain: over capacity…
I won’t believe such things. Everything’s fine. I don’t believe any of it…
H…He’s just lying, isn’t he? Our memory isn’t really gone…?
E…Everyone’s probably in on it, too… You’re just trying to trick me… trying to make me look like an idiot… right?
Nope, none of this is a lie. If it was a lie, how can you explain what happened?
The moment you stepped into Hope’s Peak Academy, every one of you bastards experienced a strange dizziness, right?
Wha…?!
H…How did you know that…?
Upupu… Essentially, that was the point your memories broke off.
Every memory you bastards had since then has been extracted and deleted, until the moment you arrived on this island.
W…What the hell…!
Did… a long time really pass since then…?
That’s a load of shit! It’s impossible!!
And why do you think it’s impossible?
It’s just silly… Who could even believe such a thing?
Isn’t it just that you don’t want to believe?

What was learned:

▸ What the hell is with this bear and rabbit?
▸ ...
▸ ...!!
▸ We also lost our memories back home?
▸ What the fuck is wrong with this place?
▸ Just how old am I?

Effects:

+ 100 What the fuck
+ 10,000 What the fuuuuuuck