Eleventh: Watch Out For Her (Video; un: Fashiondiva)

[corpsewarblade]

[tw: DR Spoilers/Murder/End of the World Talk]

Heeey Avalon! How is everyone? It's me, your favourite Fashionista, Junko Enoshima! It's been ages, huh?

So I like, totally skipped out on the whole Fae Party thing and... uh... did anyone-...

[Her confidence seemed to waver there, and she couldn't quite muster the courage to talk about the transformation that had befallen her- thankfully, she was able to pivot quickly.]

Anyone wanna let me know how it went? I'm totally curious, was it as much of a shit show as the Trials were? You gotta give me all the gossip, 'kay?

And I know you're all like, anxiously waiting for me to announce the Enoshima Winter Fashion show, but don't worry, that's totally on the horizon, I promise! Just gotta think of something suitably impressive now that I've been here over a year, you know? I can't just half-ass it!

But this is a PSA about something more serious- something that happened back home. See, I managed to stumble onto some info about those guys who killed the dragon at the end of last year. One of them comes from the same place as me and has been hiding out in Avalon since she got here.



Back at home, I held the title of 'Ultimate Fashonista', right? Well, she was known as the 'Ultimate Soldier'. A girl named Mukuro Ikusaba. The sort who'd go out on hundreds of battlefields as a mercenary and come back, like, totally unscathed.

...And she's also someone who helped end my world.

You may've seen Gundham going off a while back about a 'King' who drove the world into ruin and darkness with an army at his side? I'll link it if not. The 'darkness' he spoke about was an all-consuming despair. Lead by the Ultimate Despair- the King, Mukuro and the King's army- society was driven to collapse. A period where that despair sunk in so deeply that chaos, death and bloodshed took over everything.

Mukuro was this King's trusted right hand. A hopeless, merciless battle-junkie who could only ever think of warfare. Tactics. Strategy. Weapons. A killing machine who fought and eliminated many people at her King's side.

[She gave a heavy sigh- playing it off like the weight of the topic was a lot for 'innocent bystander' Junko. But truth be told, it felt so strange talking about herself like this. She didn't have pride in her actions, but couldn't say she felt remorse either. And there was the matter of her death, in the end, at her King's hand...she was still sorting through her feelings on that. Finally, she shook her head.]

There's more. A lot more. But just be careful if you run into her, 'kay? I dunno her motives for killing the dragon or where she is now but- yeah. Think that's enough serious talk for the day.

And I guess for... anyone I've spoken to about this stuff before, just... take from that what you want. You know what i mean.

[A confession, of sorts, to those who knew who she truly was. Of her crimes back home, and an admission of her part in killing the Dragon. She had already started to tense up in anticipation of their disappointment and rejection.

...Burying her identity hadn't worked. So now it was time to try truly living a double life.]



Hope you're all keeping warm out there, back to your regularly scheduled fashion rundown at the usual time tomorrow evening~

Comments

video; un: jean

[rustyhonesty]

Mukuro is a good person. She may be the "Ultimate Soldier" of whatever, but there's so much more to her than you think, Junko.

[Jean will go with this act, but he won't stand for Mukuro belittling herself or painting this horrible image of her.]

She may have participated in what you said back home, but over here she hasn't done any of those kind of things. Even killing the dragon... that was a choice she made with me. A choice to protect people from a potential threat.

[Whoops, he outed himself, but for a good reason.]

[corpsewarblade]

Hey, what are you-

[A brief moment of panic as she realised he was outing himself in this as well- when she hadn't really done the same. But also... he was resolutely defending her.]

...Seriously, you're not at all concerned by any of that crap? Like, you can defend her motives all you want, but pretty sure she only went along with it because she couldn't think of a solution that didn't involve fighting something.

[rustyhonesty]

I was the one who suggested it, so I'm not very much different. I didn't think of a different kind of solutions either. But I know she did it for a good reason. I trust her.

[He trusts you, Mukuro.]

She's like a sister to me.

text; un: selcouth

[sulit]

[She may have moved out of that apartment over a week ago, but Klaudia can't believe her eyes right now. This is too stupid not to respond to.]

Oh, wow, that sounds so scary! I bet she's really into weapons and stuff. Probably has them stashed all over the place. Do you think she trains with them a lot? Every day, I'd imagine.

What does she look like, anyway? If we're supposed to stay away from her, then we should know what we're looking out for.

Text, un: fashiondiva

[corpsewarblade]

[Wait- did Klaudia know?? Had she realised this was about the real her?? Mukuro had been able to breathe a sigh of relief when she finally got her own space back, but- well, all that tension came back when she read the message.

And right now, she was frantically trying to come up with something that didn't sound suspicious.]

I mean yeah I'd guess so but I don't know! Soldier types are weird about that stuff right??

[How about...just suspiciously ignoring the next question entirely. That works right?]

[sulit]

[Well, it sort of works. Only because Klaudia wasn't looking for an answer, so she doesn't care if it gets ignored. There's plenty of other buttons to push.]

Oh yeah, totally weird. Kinda like how you're really weird about not knowing anything about fashion, right? But like, the opposite way where you should probably get a hobby that you're more suited for.

What else are you an "Ultimate" in? Wanna name some things? I'll wait.

video; un: iskandar

[gordianknot]

A pity you do not know where she is. I would like to speak to this so-called 'Ultimate Soldier'.

[He's not especially horrified by any of that little speech, just intrigued.]

[corpsewarblade]

[Huh, this wasn't someone she knew.]

Pretty sure you just totally missed the point of this whole, stay away from her part of the PSA.

...What would you even wanna speak with someone like that about?

[gordianknot]

If she lives up to her reputation on the battlefield, she would make a fine addition to my army! But you will make the task difficult for me, in choosing to make a public enemy of her.

[huff! think of the conquerors, junko]

text; un: manslayer

[hitokiri]

so
whys any of this fuckin matter?
dont make any difference to me who ended what world

[ the dragon matters. the dragon absolutely matters... but first, the other thing. ]

how u gonna have somebody called ultimate soldier and then act surprised when shes just doing her job?
better watch her back tho

[ he just wants to talk. :) ]

Text, un: fashiondiva

[corpsewarblade]

I mean, kinda figured the reason we were here was to like, save reality and crap. Not break shit.

(Also 'manslayer' really??)

And I dunno, mean figured even if she wanted to take point she wouldn't just go charging in like that, you know?

You gonna go after her?

[hitokiri]

yeah really u gotta problem with manslayer?

u got it real easy with ur fashion bullshit and u think u can look down on people when u dunno shit
u make it sound like she had a choice
probably just had orders

i been waiting for one of those cowards to turn up
just wanna know what was the big fuckin rush

text; un: coffeefiend

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph doesn't really get what's happening here, but she has one bone of contention to pick. ]

Being trained as a killer doesn't define who you are. Bad people do good things, good people do bad things, and everyone is capable of making bad decisions. Maybe you have a personal grudge, but it's not okay to turn everyone else against her.



Anyway, the dragon was doomed the moment the King ordered a hunt. It doesn't matter who killed it or why. If it hadn't been one of us it would have just been some of the King's knights.

[corpsewarblade]

[This wasn't a username she recognised, and it took her a few minutes to think of a response.]

I mean yeah, I figured some people would find the dragon and send it away or w/e, but idk. I'm just a fashionista, I'm not cut out for going around killing dragons you know?

As for whether she's good or bad or whether Avalon needs to know what she did, I...guess I thought it was the right thing to say at least. Not that I have any idea why someone like her's here to save the world and all that crap though, given everything.

[ichoosefight]

It's not like we were given a choice. There's a guy who proudly committed genocide in his own world and wouldn't mind doing it again here. Hell, I started a gang war. Is that something all of Avalon needs to know about? If someone from my world got on the network and announced that to the world I'd break their nose, and I'd be more than justified.

How long has she been here? How many people has she hurt in that time? Any? Do you have any reason to believe she's an immediate danger to any of us?

voice; un: fireprince

[rediscovering]

[ Oh. Oh. This has got some gears turning... There's a tempered tone to his voice in attempts to try and disguise his suspicions. Specifically the phrase "battle-junkie" rouses these suspicions, besides already being familiar with the concept of the Despair from his correspondence with 🔪 quite a while ago... But he'd not forgotten much of what she'd told him. He's connecting dots, but at the same time, values their anonymity, though he knows she'll recognize his username, so he approaches this audio response with obvious yet cryptic caution... ]

...Most people only take drastic measures for complicated reasons. War is not black and white. Neither is morality.

Audio; un: Fashiondiva

[corpsewarblade]

O-Oh-

[She switched to audio to match the caller, but couldn't stop that quiet little sound escaping her as she caught sight of that username.

No- she couldn't let herself slip. Not now. This was her penpal, and it was paramount that he didn't realise the truth about any of this. That was why, when she spoke next, her tone seemed a little forced. Exaggerated.]

I mean, yeah, sure. But like, I dunno, between the Fae and Camelot and the Dragon I'm just like, seriously can you people, like, stop trying to start wars for 5 minutes? It's totally bad for business. Like, I'm already worried that putting an announcement like this out is gonna damage my cute image as a Fashionista, you know?

Besides all this stuff is, like, totally too complicated for me.

[Almost as if the amount of times she said 'like' in a sentence increased the more she felt pressed.]

video;

[reloves]

[ .. what a weird message, Minako can't help but think as she listens to all of it.

But it feels wrong to not respond to it either, even if she doesn't quite follow what's going on. Something personal from the other girl's world, but.. a world ending..?

Rather than judging, or thinking about this too deeply, Minako decides to approach this different. ]

.. are you worried..?

[ Approaching it from the other's personal feelings. Because it's weird. She's talking about something so big and serious, yet she sounds.. almost a little casual? There's some weight to her tone, sure, but it's sort of an odd sudden PSA. So Minako can't help but wonder. ]

[corpsewarblade]

Huh- hey.

[It's nice to hear from Minako again, but right now her head was spinning. All this message had done was lead her to dig herself into many holes.]

...Yeah, kinda. I guess I just...don't know what to do, you know?

text; un: lilmonix3 [private]

[peninhand]

[ So that was the entire story, huh... The last pieces finally fell into place. Her "sister," that "commander" from the anonymous post... She finally got the whole picture. And the least she could say was that the real "Junko" sure sounded like the worst person ever.

Not that she really had any rights to judge anyone. But hearing Mukuro belittle herself for the sake of such a person... ]

I think you forgot a key part of this story. The King was Junko Enoshima— Mukuro's sister. It adds a whole new dimension to the tale, doesn't it?

[ When you trusted someone and ended up depending on them... It could lead to a power imbalance in any relationship. One could choose to exploit the other, manipulating and gaslighting them. Monika knew all too well... Wasn't that what she had done with Sayori, after all? And to that day she still bore the guilt with her. ]

Do you want to talk? I can come within an hour or so.

[Private]

[corpsewarblade]

[There was a brief moment of panic as she read the message, before she realised the feed was private. Phew...]

Junko needed her sister. No one understood her like Mukuro did. So Mukuro wanted to do whatever she could for her.

...I'd like that. If you're free

[All of this was supposed to help her position. But as it was...it was slowing dawning on her how much of a terrible idea this all was.]

Video / un; CharlieLoveFiveFive

[clevebro]

[Well that was a lot of information to take in!]

Eh, the party was kind of fun. I've been to better. Oh, but you guys went out and fought a dragon?

That's really cool!

[corpsewarblade]

What- no, I didn't!! I just know one of the people who did, that's all?

[She was a bit flustered, but there was a tiny hint of pride in her voice all the same.]

text; un - firstfallen

[corruptedsave]

I mean aside from the dragon killing this lady sounds kind of neat?

Text, un: fashiondiva

[corpsewarblade]

Sooo ending a world is cool but killing a dragon isn't? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense.