[ooc] drabble meme

[bitchcrafts]

Going with an oldie and a classic.

Give me a prompt and I'll write you a drabble.

The catch is--it has to be for one of my characters or my characters and yours or someone else's you ship them with, whatever. It can be ANYTHING, AU, TYL, first meetings, angst, nice things, etc, as long as it's related to island interactions somehow.

I play bitchcrafts, camefirst, myarmslipped,

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[bitchcrafts]

Time flew, and soon, all the time Beato has left is all the time she'd been saving for explanations.

"First..." She asks, "I want to know your theory." Before he could protest, she adds, "There is no need for you to repeat it in blue. There is no need for you to 'kill' me, so do not worry about that. I want to know... what you've figured out."

Shinichi puts on the calculating gaze he reserves for mysteries. "Your last riddle, you mean?"

"You could banter as much as you want as to the methods and the individual culprits. However, that would be meaningless. Truths can coexist from your perspective. So... yes. The theory I want to hear most from you is for the last riddle."

He takes a deep breath.

"Your name is Ushiromiya Maria. The fact that you share a name with the younger Maria is the reason Kinzo was enraged that Rosa picked it. It's the reason a character used to spell Maria's name is in the Epitaph. And the one who sent the letters... to beg for someone to find the truth... was you. Signed by Ushiromiya Maria, your real name. Those letters were used by Toya Hachijo to write novels about the Rokkenjima mystery."

Beatrice neither nods or shakes her head. She waits for him to go on.

"As for the 'you' that spoke to Battler at the very end... You represented a bomb. The reason 'everyone dies' no matter what, aside from Eva just once. That was the reason Battler still died at the end of the fourth game. The reason everyone did, regardless of life or death status due to the murders, or your 'magic scenes' that covered up the truth. As for Eva and the gold, two explanations can be offered. One is that solving the epitaph somehow deactivates the bomb, and all the deaths that happened afterward were due to unfortunate circumstances... most likely involving the main culprit. The other explanation is that Eva hid away where the gold was hidden as well, so she was protected when the bomb went off. Either works."

A long pause follows. "Is this suitable, Beatrice?"

She smiles. It was neither a yes, or no, but simply a smile, for him to interpret however he liked. Shinichi supposes that's a good thing. "If it was necessary now... you would definitely be able to kill me."

Finally, he has to ask. "You were certain if we ever met again, it would be because things went wrong. Why... is it that there's no longer a point to killing you, from your point of view?"

"Because I have already died."

The words appear with a screech and vanish with a sizzling noise. He can feel his heart stop in his throat. "H...nn... wh- what?! You're right here! You aren't dead!"

"It is true, as I stand before you, I am alive. However, it is simply the same as my endless magic. All things must return to the form they once had, even if something else sent me here. I was granted twenty four hours, and those twenty four hours began ticking back to the time of my death. As such, when my time is up here, I will cease to exist in your world."

He doesn't know how she could say it so plainly, with a blank look on her face, as if treating the words blandly made them any less of a punch to the gut. This is the truth she promised him at the end. This is why she wanted to spend the day happily, getting to know his world before she had to go. This is a woman he knew always had an even more bitter move up her sleeve, and she is certainly proving she hadn't changed. She speaks of the fifth game, of the events that lead to her death, why he can't see the progress in his dreams when Beatrice had existed then as no more than a living doll. And finally, Beatrice continues.

"I wanted all the time I was blessed with through a miracle unspoiled, but now comes the time for the deserved final truth, and I have such little time, and ..... forgive me for using it all up. Please... listen to what I have to say."

He goes silent.