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The 3rd Class Trial had come to an end only an hour ago, and safe to say Reiko was absolutely pissed. Rowan had literally crushed her very soul by leaking a secret she had SWORN to keep safe no matter what situation she got herself into..
Her thoughts were disturbed by a familiar voice " Reikooooooooooo... you alive...? Or did that piss-take of a clanker get to youuu...? " Cyprus asked, tapping her shoulder lightly and tilting his head. Reiko turned her head to Cyprus and slowly replied " Of course that idiotic clanker got to me, he just spilled one secret I swore to keep safe from anyone! I don't even know how he found out.. I mean he's said before he's a computer virus and all and he knows peoples weak spots.. " She rambled on before pausing and looked away, she clearly didn't want to go on, she felt uncomfortable.
" If you hate him so much, why not kill him..? It seems easy since he's literally just a kid " Cyprus asked, Reiko knew he was right, Rowan was literally just a child with an ego bigger than his weird devotion towards an old killing game host back from 2020 who wore a tv for a head. " ... Thats perfect! We should get some others to join us, he does have some strength in that scrawny robotic body of his " Reiko exclaimed then gripped Cyprus's arm and dragged him along with her to go hunt for some recruits for this alliance against Rowan.
The two ended up on the other side of the building before finding any others who were even willing to attempt to kill Rowan, until they spoke to Mitsuba and Hiro.
" I'd gladly join you two! He really gets under my skin sometimes.. " Mitsuba had said and Hiros reply was a surprise to Reiko and Cyprus " eh.. why not, his obsession with the Memento Mori Academy Killing Game really pisses me off, especially since he acts like he knew the host personally.. " He had said, in which Reiko replied " thatss... an absurd reason to want to join a group that's attempting to kill an evil robot child.. " Her voice was slightly uncertain but said nothing of it.
Meanwhile Rowan was on the top floor of the building, mumbling to himself " Ohhhh Reiko... such an easy target really, I should have thought of spilling that secret earlier, maybe would have caused more damage to her mental state, but does that really matter when you're a [KILLING GAME HOST?] Not really.. " He rambled about, before walking into his room which resided in a small GameStop in the mall, he plopped himself on the floor nearby the door and started wondering about what his contestants were up to at the moment, hopefully nothing that will affect the near future of the killing game, since he planned everything out before even kidnapping his contestants and starting Mors Tua Vita Mea. He paused his thoughts for a moment since he thought he was rambling on too much to himself, even though nobody else was listening, he felt slightly annoying. He soon pushed that thought aside, Killing Game Hosts need to be annoying to leave their contestants mentally and physically scarred! He then sighed, wondering what Monowariai was doing at the moment, even though she was dead and all and he was old enough to probably live his life on his own, he still felt very connected to her as her adopted son.
Around 20 minutes later, Rowan heard thudding from outside, he was confused for a moment on what that could even be, then he remembered what the hell he did to Reiko, who has probably already dubbed herself as his number 1 hater of all time, which he knows is very much wrong, Mononeko is his number 1 hater, he literally gouged his eye out with a syringe and left his body to rot in Despairs End Laboratory. Whatever, this isn't about reminiscing about his horrid childhood living with a thing that dubbed himself as his father figure, this was about himself now and his Killing Game. Rowan opened the door to his room and walked out of the GameStop. That's where he saw it, Reiko, Cyprus, Hiro and Mitsuba all just hunting for him, which made fear slowly rise in his gut, this was 4 young adults just looking for an evil, computer killing robot child that clearly has many undiagnosed mental issues that need to be looked into.
Reiko noticed Rowan from afar and immediately started running towards him, the other 3 following close behind. Rowan was tackled to the ground and restrained, Reiko having a very tight grip on his arms. " What the actual [FUCK] are you doing Reiko..?! " Rowan asked, a slight tremble in his voice, which pleased Reiko. He's afraid, that's just what I wanted from this pathetic child.. Invoke fear and absolutely destroy him. She thought before speaking " Getting my well deserved revenge on you! You decided to tell everyone about my well kept (until now) secret, so I decided to attempt to murder you! It's fair isn't it... Monovira? " Reiko said, her voice filled with malice and pent-up anger.
Oh... she's [FUCKING PISSED...] Rowan thought, panic flooding him. He tried to free himself from Reiko's grip but Cyprus held him down even harder, whilst Hiro and Mitsuba stood on the bylines, just incase he actually got out. " Heyyy... I never meant much harm to you Reiko, just slight [MENTAL] damage..! Hehehhe... " Rowan said, trying to defend himself, which obviously didn't work, his plea definitely wouldn't help him in a court case. " Sure.. that's a great excuse for literally ruining her LIFE. " Cyprus butted in, slamming Rowan's arm down on the marble floor, pain shot through him and he groaned slightly " uuugh.. so are you gonna actually attempt to kill me or what.. you're slightly dragging on this edgy villain monologue you devoted yourself to.. " Rowan asked, trying to joke around even though he knew he was definitely not making out without sustaining a few injuries.
Reiko got more pissed the more Rowan tried to fuck around with them. " ... I'll gladly start my murder attempt.. starting NOW! " Reiko exclaimed, before grabbing her dagger and striking Rowans right arm, stabbing quite deep and causing intense pain for Rowan, he whimpered in pain slightly, closing his eyes tightly and yet again trying to escape, managing to free himself from Cyprus's grip, but not Reiko's... Reiko was determined to cause Rowan immense pain and suffering. Reiko then took out her dagger from Rowan's right arm,and attempting to slice his whole arm off instead but Rowan managed to fight back and knock her dagger out of her hands, which made Reiko somehow more pissed than she already was. " ... you prick. " Reiko mumbled, a slight growl in her voice.
Mitsuba and Hiro on the sidelines perked up as Rowan fought back, taking action and holding down Rowan, thinking this'll keep him from actually doing extreme harm to any of them. " ... you're overdoing the... restraining thing aren't you..? Do you fear me..? that's funny since I'm literally a child and you're like 21 years old.. pathetic really " Rowan smirked, his tone still cocky even though he was in immense pain from Reiko's stabbing. " ... I give up.. You're honestly not worth the hassle you asshole. " Reiko said, getting up, grabbing her dagger and starting to walk away. Cyprus glanced and Reiko before following her, Mitsuba and Hiro following behind.
Rowan got up and pain immediately shot through his arm, he glanced down at it and good lord, he was losing alot of blood. He quickly got up and went into his room, slamming the door and collapsing on the floor, tearing up. " ... I miss you mama... please, I don't like this anymoree... " he whined pathetically, curling up into a ball. Few moments later, Wariai appeared, processed her surrounding before looking over at Rowan " hey kid! How are yo- " She stopped speaking as soon as she noticed the blood and Rowan's facial expression, which her motherly instincts kicked in immediately. " Rowan... What the actual fuck happened? Who did this. " Wariai asked, kneeling down to Rowan's level and hugged him, hoping this would help cheer him up. " ... Reiko.. She stabbed me, tried taking my arm. " Rowan spoke through his tears, Wariai tensed up, that reminded her of Vincent and... his death, definitely didn't help with the situation right now. " She. Did. What. Now? " Wariai asks, her tone filled with hatred and malice, her hug tightening slightly. Rowan just nodded at her question, not wanting to piss her off even more with more details of what the hell just happened to him. " If I wasn't dead.. I'd fucking strangle her and rip her open.. " She said, her voice filled with the need to spill blood. " ... mother, please don't.. I still need her, just to mess with her mentally and maybe physically.. " Rowan pleaded, absolutely looking pathetic at the moment. Monowariai sighed, then spoke, her tone seeming more calm than a moment ago.. " Alright, alright.. I just don't like seeing you in pain.. Lottie wouldn't either.. " She said, before getting up and grabbing some bandages for Rowan's wound. " I don't have much more time to spend with you sadly, I'll patch you up though, it'll help a little atleast.. " She said, starting to wrap the bandages around his arm, Rowan winced a little due to the wound still being partly fresh.
Monowariai soon finished patching up Rowan, then said one final thing to him before leaving. " Alright, that should do it.. I have to go now kiddo, please don't get into anymore situations with those god forbidden contestants you have, I don't like seeing you in pain.. " She said holding Rowan close to her before slowly fading away, leaving rowan.. sitting on the floor in the dark. He was still teary and pathetic, but slowly started to calm down from his mothers comforting words.
Despite the comfort he felt, an overwhelming feeling of despair hit him, the stabbing was just the start. Soon his demise will creep closer and closer, the more this game of hope and despair goes on.