[@banjoanjo][@chukklehed][@Suku][@Mistress Dizzy][@demonspade64] [B]School Side (Saturday Morning - 11am) - NPC: Kaede Yamamoto[/B] "That power of yours ... it could [i]do[/i] something." He was asking for Akihito to follow him into the depths of that realm again. A selfish request to save his friends, to do the duty he himself should have done. It was entirely understandable why the other boy was refusing, but when the rest had all chosen to support him in his endeavour, that single refusal stood out. He had no right to pressure his classmate. He should have felt something beyond the dispassionate relief that had settled in his stomach. Yet he didn't, because he wanted, no, [i]needed[/i], the power in Akihito's hands. A deep breath. He had been powerless to save his friends. He had been too late, too incapable to do [i]anything[/i]. Now the others had offered their support, and a modicum of control had seemingly returned to his world. A lifeline leading out of that darkness where he just couldn't save them. The more power he could amass in his quest, the more certain that success seemed. The more likely it was for him to rescue his club. When his blue eyes, dull and barely energised, stared at Akihito, he did not see the other boy. Kaede saw Oogami. He saw Hanazawa. He saw Sasaki. He saw Okazaki. He saw the faces of those he [b]n͏͟͞eé͘͞d̴͘͠e̸ḑ ̧̛t̨o͠ ̸̧s͝à̸̛vȩ̢͝[/b]. "Come with us, Irimi-san." He was tired. He was exhausted. But he still could plead. They had become a part of his life before he even knew it. He didn't know what he would do, knowing that he had failed to stop them from becoming trapped in that monstrous reality. He would give [i]everything[/i] for them. Everything. Kaede Yamamoto descended to his knees. No anguish filled his heart. He pressed his hands against the cold, rocky ground. No shame bubbled through his veins. His forehead submitted to the floor. It hurt, but the pain was dull already. Bringing himself to commit [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogeza]dogeza[/url] ... what would they think of him now?