"We're trapped here, and we're being punished for something." Eren explained. He tried pulling the doors back open, but it was no use, it was locked from the inside. "Who could be punishing us? Is it one of our teachers?"36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HYlGlnjsq
"Try to think Terry, did you bully anyone before we ended up here?"
"I don't know, but if it was that easy to remember, we wouldn't be here!"
"Well..." Eren sat beside the vending machine, and Terry followed after. "I guess all we can do is wait. I remembered something when I fell through the ground. It must've been my life flashing before my eyes. It was so quick that... I only got to learn so little."36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWElX6EErj
"What was it?"
"I remember Mr. Willis telling me something, then I remember him pushing me off the stage."
"What?"
"I said something bad to him; I don't remember the exact words but... it was something about his wife. You said it could be a teacher, so I thought it could be Mr. Willis."36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlDL2lI3M2
"That's one hell of a stretch, there must be more you're not telling me. I also don't see how I could be involved."36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8TmLU46Ko
"I don't know about your involvement either, but I managed to somehow convince him that his wife was cheating on him. I did it because... he didn't give me the main role in the school play. There was somebody, I don't know who, but they stole that position away from me."36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcIPFEPqFD
"You think that person was me?"
"I know it's stupid but..."
"N-No, keep going. This information sounds useful somehow. Is there a reason you wanted that role so badly. What play was it?"
"It was a love story of some kind, and I think I was trying to impress a girl who was the lead actress."
"You couldn't just ask them out?"
"Hell no! Nerds like me don't get girlfriends."
Terry cracked up and shook his head in disappointment. "I don't know about that, dude. I really can't understand you at all. Who does something so cruel for something so stupidly simple?"
"That's a good point actually, maybe I'm missing something else."
"Wait, seriously?"
"Yeah. You mentioned something about psychology, and if that was my favorite subject at the time, maybe I ended up using that knowledge as a weapon in some way."
"Yeah, to deceive your teacher, what about the girl? Do you remember her name?"
"No, and I'm going through hell trying to remember. If I could deceive and manipulate people, I could've easily manipulated the girls in my class, but something made this girl special, to the point where I had to have her no matter what."
"The thrill of the hunt, perhaps? It could've been that she didn't fall for your crap the first time, and that made you see her as a worthy opponent."
"You're understanding things a little too well."
"Yeah, probably because I'm not so good either."
"You played with people's heads too?"
"No, I remember beating someone up. It was another student, a grade younger than me, I can't remember why I did it. Perhaps he said something, or someone else said something. I just remember the school calling my parents, and he needed an ambulance to carry him away."
"What did your parents do exactly?"
"I remember everyone getting hurt that day. My father punched me, and I punched back. My mother complained, she got punched by my father as well... all of us was bleeding, but I remember it becoming loud, almost like..."
"Come on, what happened?"
"I think I... killed my father."
"Y-You murdered him?"
"Shot him several times in the chest. I-I think he did something else that caused me to snap, but every time I try to look back at it, I see... something blurred and censored."
"W-What the hell? Did you black out or something? When did this take place?"
"I've lost track of the time, but I know it was somewhere towards the end."
"You mean, before we ended up here?"
"Yeah."
Eren remained silent as Terry continued his story. "I had a gun, and I don't remember where I got it, but I have a feeling that..."
"What is it?"
"Nothing. I just know that something must've caused me to lash out on that boy and send him to the hospital. I-I remembered all of this, just as you started telling your story."
"We are both bad people, but so far your actions are responsible for taking a life. That's already irredeemable."
"You plan on doing something about it?"
"No, there's nothing to gain except greater suffering for me."
They both stayed silent for a while, Terry got up and dispensed a soda from the vending machine. As Eren went to rest his head on the ground. Terry stared beating against the door.
"Is this what you wanted? You want us to confess for our sins! I confessed, now let me go! We know you're in there!"
"It's pointless; if this is a poltergeist we are dealing with, then it's not going to give a damn about what we want. You are better off just sitting down and-"
The door flew opened, causing Terry to fall and scurry backwards. "H-Holy crap, it actually opened! Did you see that scary stuff?"
"I'm sitting right here, of course I saw it."
"T-There's nobody there, it opened by itself. W-Whatever; I don't know about you, Eren, but I'm going back inside; staring at all this white is driving me insane."
"I'm staying up here for a bit. I haven't slept since I got here. Whatever you do in there, just keep it quiet. I don't want to wake up with you screaming like a girl."
"Sure thing, pal... and thanks for giving me a chance. I know it's scary being around a murderer."
"I'm not scared or intimidated by you. If you kill me or I kill you, one of us will be facing a fate worse than death... being stuck in this purgatory for all eternity."
"Yeah, I know."
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