siiigh* This is the pits. Why'd I promise Ortho that I'd go to orientation? Dunno why I'm asking myself. I know it's 'cause I'm just a wuss who can't bring himself to say no. Thank you, Captain Obvious Internal Monologue. But I am SO not cool with this!
How's a shut-in like me supposed to show up at a huge event where the whole school is gathered?! A-and I'm a housewarden now! Everyone's gonna be sizing me up. Ugh. Now I'm dizzy. And my stomach hurts. Nope, sorry, sick as a dog. Gotta sit this one out.
The headwarden requested that I ensure you attend the pre-orientation housewardens' meetings. I was instructed to collar you, if necessary. Indeed, despite the fact that orientation is quickly approaching, you have yet to lend a hand with any of the preparations. You and Malleus are the only housewardens who have failed to attend. Now come.
Of all the ridiculous... You are a housewarden. You cannot be permitted to beg off simply because you don't feel like doing something. I am not made of time. Now come and open this door!
You are the most irritating person I've had the misfortune of meeting! Are you trying to deny the truth of what I've said? You're inconveniencing everyone. If you're going to put effort into anything, at least put it into preparing for orientation.
Aaand here it comes! Unsupported generalizations to promote the true agenda! Everyone must assimilate! Individuality must be stamped out! Here we are, hurtling toward a future where the kids of Twisted Wonderland have their identities wrested away from them. What a world!
Grrr... You dare not speak a word when face-to-face with someone, but you get quite bold when you can hide behind a door! I've always been of the opinion that that agitating attitude of yours is the last thing this school needs. The threat to public order is what disturbs me most of all. So silence that glib tongue of yours!
You refuse to attend meetings, and instead make that robot receive your visitors and handle all your orientation preparations. If I were to guess, I'd say you don't plan to attend this year's orientation, either. Are you going to make him greet everyone for you? Honestly, I feel bad for him, having to take on all the work of his irresponsible housewarden!
Would you please stop sounding so proud of something that should be a given? Considering all the effort you put into mocking me, I'll expect a rousing speech out of you.
I-I managed to make it to the Mirror Chamber. You can do this, Idia. Just keyboard smash your way into this and let autocorrect do the rest. ...... ...... Aaaaaah! Nope, nope, nope! Too terrifying! Everyone's gonna auto-lock on me as soon as I go in! And then they'll switch to private whisper chat!
They'll be all like: "Who's that?" "Is his hair on fire?" "That's that cursed Shroud guy." "He's gonna pass on all his bad luck." Or maybe they'll say, "Ewww! He's blue all over! Gross!" and start poking me with a stick! Nooo! Help meee! Okay, pause. Deep breaths. I gotta cool my head somewhere quiet and empty. Ugh, if Ortho were here, he could buff me with +100 courage. Where'd he go?
(Malleus Draconia... The crown prince of Briar Valley and Diasomnia's housewarden!) (He's totally an ultra SSR character who should be headlining the orientation! So what's he doing here?!)
Oh, uh, n-nothing really. Just talking to myself. But... But I promised Ortho. That I'd wear these clothes and leave my room and just...go. I know I've gotta, but it's just too scary!
I'm fascinating, am I?! Uh-huh! Yeah, I get it! I know I'm not fit to stand in front of people in fancy places wearing fancy clothes! Never was! And that's like, tutorial-level stuff! No matter how hard I grind, I'm locked into the evil route with every bad ending ever and there's nothing I can do about it! I-I know I...! I'm...!
He left. What an odd fellow. I just don't understand why he would wear his ceremonial robes merely to go out on a walk? Now that I think of it, the school has been bustling with activity since this morning. Is something going on?
Hmph. After all that bluster, he still didn't attend to orientation. As incompetent as ever. I feel sorry for the members of his dorm, having such an unreliable housewarden.
I knew it. Going out just triggers an endless string of cutscenes designed to make me feel bad. That's why I'll drown out all the real-world SFX so I don't have to deal with it! I wasn't born with worth and talent like other people, like Mr. Malleus. How'd I forget that? Wait... Maybe this was all for the best. At least I realized I couldn't do it BEFORE I went and made a huge fool of myself in front of the entire school.
Yeah... And Ortho would've been really sad to see me like that, too. So this is a good thing! Ha ha, maybe I'm a genius! I RNG'd into the best route while I was playing on auto! I'm sure Ortho's having a great time at orientation all by himself. He was so excited for it, after all. Yeah, this was for the best. The best...
