.07.12.
9:58 PM
v-shigaraki
........ is everything alright because on your blog it looks like you've suddenly forgotten everything
ua-monoma
Apparently I have! That's what I've been told, yeah...!
v-shigaraki
... i take it that means you don’t remember me, huh?
ua-monoma
Um, unfortunately... Sorry!
v-shigaraki
i see. allow me to remind you.
my name is shigaraki tomura. i take care of you because i see that you have great potential and there are no other proper role models for you to follow that understand you as much as i do.
i am the leader of the league of villains. you are my protege.
ua-monoma
O-oh...
... But I thought I was a hero?...
v-shigaraki no.
right now, you’re a student at u.a. who is masquerading as a hero-in-training. you’ve been gathering intel for us so that we can prepare our next move. we couldn’t have done any of this without you.
maybe once you were on the path to becoming a hero... but then you realized how disillusioned heroism is
and that’s when we met.
should i remind you of that too?
ua-monoma
...
I... think you might have to...
I'm sorry, I just don't really understand how I could have been that kind of person...? I really don't... it really doesn't feel right, I guess...
v-shigaraki
that’s okay. i’m always happy to be of service... especially if it’s for you, neito-kun.
you were a hero-in-training once, so i suppose i can understand why it doesn’t feel “right” to be reminded of your true nature.
but that’s okay. that’s not your fault.
it’s the world’s fault for breaking you.
and the heroes’ fault for never caring.
you can see a little bit of it on your blog now, can’t you...?
the way people are so ready to lie to you. to hurt you. to twist the truth so far back that you forget what the truth even is anymore.
you’ve seen it, haven’t you?
and you’ve seen how people are jump to call this a lie, or that a lie, but only when it’s convenient to /them/, don’t you see?
even that bakugou fellow that keeps saying that your anonymous followers are lying to you—when one anonymous stranger told you that you had to kiss him in order to return to normal, he didn’t correct you. it was an obvious lie and ANYONE could have told you, but the two boys who benefitted from it.... didn’t. they blatantly took advantage of you.
and no one was there to stop it.
...
ua-monoma ...
v-shigaraki this isn’t the first time that it’s happened to you. things like this have happened many times before, and that’s how the two of us met.
i saw you during the sports festival. i was impressed by your talents and abilities. so i reached out.
and by reaching out, i realized just how much potential you have as an individual: you’re clever, ambitious, you have a powerful quirk that you can already use fairly well despite your youth. but i also realized some other things: the way your peers bully you, the way no one stands up for you, the way your “heroes” have done practically nothing to discipline those who have wronged you.
it’s not fair. and it doesn’t have to be that way.
we used to speak fairly often... i like to listen to what you have to say...
my biggest regret is being unable to physically assist you; after all, my options are limited since i’m a wanted individual, haha...
but i’ve always tried to be there to at least listen. to let you know that you’re not alone and that you do now have allies that will work to protect you when the time comes for us to rise. to train you to be even more powerful than you already are so that you can eventually grow to defend yourself...
...
now, do you remember? at least a little bit?
ua-monoma
I...
I think so.
I don't know...
I... want to remember, really... But, honestly, I'm a little scared...
What you're describing sounds so... painful...
Already what's happened, that was already- that already hurt. And you're telling me there's so much more...? That this is just the beginning...?
Hah...
I'm sorry. I just feel like, at this point, forgetting might just... be better...
Not that I don't appreciate what you've done for me... Obviously it's a lot...
v-shigaraki
... but you see, neito-kun... it's the pain that we've lived through that makes us grow as people.
you've been through a lot. there's no denying that.
especially when you're as young as you are...
but you have to use that pain to become better, stronger---so that in the future, you'll never have to experience that pain again.
and... you're not alone, you know.
you have me, and you have my league.
they're a little... strange at times, but at the end of the day, we're all there for each other...
...
and we're all there for you.
you have nothing to apologize for.
but the others? those that've wronged you?
we'll make them pay. and soon.
ua-monoma
Make them... pay...?
v-shigaraki
the things they've done to you? it wasn't fair of them. so we have to let them know that it wasn't fair.
some people are just... ignorant.
ua-monoma
Oh.
Like, teaching them a lesson...?
Enough to make sure it never happens again..
Because I'd like that.. I think.
That.. that at least feels... right, somehow...
v-shigaraki
exactly like that.
after all, if no one tells them that they're wrong, they'll keep making the same mistake...
my end goal is to make sure that they never make those mistakes again. society would be better that way, don't you think?
ua-monoma
It... would...
v-shigaraki
there are people that often misconstrue our goals within the league... but they're too ignorant to understand... they just believe whatever it is that the heroes tell them...
and i don't think that's very fair either.
and it's because of that... that we have to teach them, you see?
ua-monoma
Yes... It makes sense.
v-shigaraki
i'm glad to hear that.
memory loss is... certainly never fun. but if there's anything i can do to help you... please let me know.
if there's anything else you need help... remembering, i could very easily fill you in.
ua-monoma
...
Did I ever hurt someone...? Directly, I mean. For any reason...
v-shigaraki
there's no instance i can think of when you physically hurt someone, no.
ua-monoma
Oh.
... That's good.
Thank you.
v-shigaraki
you're very welcome. anything for you, neito-kun. :)
ua-monoma
Haha...
I have another question, actually...
Did I call you... Tomura? Or...
v-shigaraki
... sometimes, you called me father.
ua-monoma
Oh...?
Okay...
Thank you, Father...
