It's time to go.
Most people are on the train by now. Settled into their cabins and among friends and loved ones. There are only three new arrivals left to board and once they do, Hal pulls a conductor's hat out from underneath the bar, tugs it on, and steps around it to the middle of the train. He opens his mouth to talk, voice filling the train.
"It's time to go. Stops happen once a day until everyone's departed and I already have your stopped listed. If you'd like to be prioritized, let me know, otherwise we'll go in order of death. Settle in and enjoy the ride. If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask, folks."
This, of course, means that those who died earliest (Manfred, Higekiri) will depart first while those who died latest (Barnham, Damian, Percy) will depart last. There's a stop for everyone, though those who want to get off together are more than welcome to. Hal pulls a notepad and pen out of his pocket later and people will notice that he goes around the train confirming stops with everyone. Whatever feeling Hal may have had to a character back in town isn't noticeable here -- he is simply a robot assigned with a job.
After that, it's all a matter of settling in and enjoying the ride. If that's possible for you, at least.
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At first, Shinnosuke pauses, a frown flickering across his face, before he puts on a smirk. Just don't feel anything—this will all be so much easier if he doesn't feel anything.
(How is he going to say goodbye to Yuna?)]
I've told you before, haven't I? You're going to get fat if you keep snacking like this.
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[WHATEVER!! FINE!!!! she's not even gonna fight it anymore she isn't even going to give this line of conversation the ammo of her argument!!]
I'm not even snacking right now, anyway, I was offering some to you!
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[Don't do this, he thinks but doesn't say. Don't give him another conversation like all of their ones before this, as if they aren't going to part for good.]
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[And nope, unfortunately, she is absolutely doing this.]
You've probably been over here for a while, after all, right? I was looking for you. Aren't you hungry at all?
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[He doesn't know how this goes. He's never given his goodbyes in ways that didn't involve the other party dying (aside from his sister, whose situation isn't... much better); it leaves a unfamiliar sinking feeling in his chest.
He'd rather not deal with it at all.]
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[Except for the part where if (against... all odds...) he somehow gets Yuna to leave, he's definitely changing hiding spots.]
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I'm not going to get rid of you, am I?
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[look who's catching on!!]
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All right, what do you want to talk about?
[He doesn't want to do this—there's no point in chatting with anyone he'll never see again, can't make use of—but... maybe, he owes Yuna that much, after all that she's done for him.]
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[thanks, yuna]
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[He shrugs. He's going back to officially the most dangerous place in his world, so who knows.]
... And I dunno? I don't think about stupid stuff like that.
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[But she shakes her head lightly.]
I overheard Percy talking with the sheriff. He said he wanted all that merit he had to go towards making sure everyone could get what they wanted, so if there was something you needed help doing, or a way to keep you safe, I bet you could get it if you wanted.
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Unless he can make me invincible, there's not much that can be done. [Too many unknown factors that he can't predict ahead of time.] Anything that would help me would probably use up more merit than I can take.
[And weeks back, he told Percy that however selfish it was of him (to not do absolutely anything for his sister, to still hold onto some kind of worthless pride...), when he's already so close to his objective, he wants to achieve it based on his own merit. His real merit, and not what this game delivers.
It's stupid, but at this point, he's fairly certain his sanity has flown out the window.
There are other things he could ask for, to protect him and his allies from the Mitsutomo Group, but... well, again, he might not have enough merit for that—not that it's his anymore. It's Percy's now, so it'd be at his discretion, and Shinnosuke never did like asking for help. (It'd also require him to actually talk to Percy at some point, which goes against his plan of avoiding everyone until it's his stop.)]
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Whatever it is, you won't know unless you ask, so I think you should. [She says this gently, but as steady and certain as ever.] The worst that could happen is you get told "no," but you should make sure, just in case you can get something that would help you. I want you to be safe and well wherever you go.
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I think it's too late for that.
[They're past the point where being "safe and well" is possible.]
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[because yuna has already decided that the basic laws of reality are also going to be included on the list of things that won't keep her from harassing shinnosuke]
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... Did you have that speech memorized, or something?
[Good friends, huh...? He hasn't exactly been one to anyone, save perhaps Gunjou (and even that's debatable, though going on a suicide mission to save her probably counters some of his asshole attitude towards her—as does his reluctance to mess around with his world, lest he go back to an alternate version and leave his original friend behind). Here, though?
He's been pretty shitty. He can't imagine that anyone here benefited from being acquainted with him, whether it be Xion, Sei, Yuna, any of his little group, or anyone else. Ultimately, he might not have the right to their support.]
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That's just really what I believe! I really, really think that, so I guess it just comes easily!
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... You know, at the start of the game, I thought you were a huge idiot, and incredibly naive. [A girl who, when dropped into a strange setting like this, would still so readily befriend people.] You proved yourself to be a little smarter than I first thought, but for the most part, my impressions have remained the same. You're still an idiot, and you piss me off.
[All impressions—except one.]
I thought this game would break your idealism, though. [A pause, and then, almost fondly:] But it looks like that no matter what, you're still Yuna.
[A girl who, when dropped into a strange setting like this, still believes in the best of the world.]
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Of course I am. I couldn't be anyone else!
[Stupid and annoying, she's Yuna, who wants to stay by her friends' sides and keep them safe, who will always remember the favorite colors of everyone in this town who would tell her, who sees before anything else that this town was full of people who meant the best and worked hard for it in spite of everything. This is all she's ever been.]
You've always been that same Shinnosuke-kun who wanted to do his best and take care of people, too. [She's seen this in him from the start; what makes her happiest is knowing he's finally started to let himself accept the support to be that.] I'm really glad for that.
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I was never—!
[He was never trying to take care of people, damn it. Never. Ever. Nope.
... All right, maybe he was, as much as he wishes no one had looked past his asshole attitude, but he's still not at the point where he's ready to admit it.]
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[He doesn't buy it.]
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