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ROGER RABBIT

Aqua
The Watership Downed
FIRST IMPRESSION I didn't know the signore very well. But he was kind, when we spoke. There isn't much I can say... It's simply awful.
FINAL THOUGHTS Look, I really don't care about the Looney Tunes character dying. I think I would have gone insane if all my trauma was being eviscerated out of me and that thing was standing around making stupid jokes.
MARK MORRIS

Aqua
The ImPrismed
FIRST IMPRESSION Signor Morris is... friendly! I haven't spent much time with him, but he's very talkative, and I often see him in the company of others. I think that's good!
FINAL THOUGHTS Called it from week one. He was so obviously a found footage horror genre character that screwed up and got himself possessed. That probably would have been more of a problem if anyone could actually use their powers, but they couldn't, so "Bill Cipher" was just more weird and obnoxious than anything in the end.

It sucks for the guy whose body he used, though.
AI HOSHINO

Aqua
The Balanced Act
FIRST IMPRESSION She's been trying very hard to keep our spirits up, but I'm worried about her. It feels like... maybe she's trying to ignore the bad things. I understand. It's frightening.
FINAL THOUGHTS We're not the same, but we're similar. She reminds me of a much younger me. Back when I still believed anything about my life would change, if I just tried harder. If I could just get it right. She wants to be understood and accepted. She wants to believe in the future. Well... Who knows if any of that will still be true if she makes it out of here.

She's a better person than I am. It's comfortable to spend time with her, and it's not so bad to be able to talk to someone that understands in a way. But I know as well as anyone that you can't expect a prey animal to have your back. We can sympathise with each other, but there's nothing I could do to help her, and she can't save me. I think... we probably both know that.
KABRU

Aqua
Dungeon Divers Detective
FIRST IMPRESSION I like Signor Kabru a lot. He's very cool and reliable, and I feel like we're on the same page! Well, he's much smarter than me, though. It's just reassuring to have someone around that keeps a level head.
FINAL THOUGHTS I actually do like him. I think? He's comfortable to be around. He's sharp, but he's tactful and good at understanding others. When I'm with him, I know that he's actually listening to me, that he's paying attention to the things I don't say. Even though it's too late for any of that to matter... Even for someone like me, it's nice to know someone understands.

... But he could never actually be on my side, so how much is that understanding really worth? If I put my faith in him — eventually, he'd turn his back on me to help someone else because he thinks they need it more. He'd care about a person who hurt me the same amount that he'd care about me.

I don't resent him for that. I just can't ever rely on him.
ALAN WAKE

Aqua
The Writer's Lock
FIRST IMPRESSION I really haven't spoken to him at all yet. Hopefully we'll be able to get along.
FINAL THOUGHTS I can't blame him for his motives. He loved his wife that much. It's not like he owed anything to a group of strangers, anyway.
BRINDA BERGER

Aqua
Thunder Struck Twice
FIRST IMPRESSION They're a good... um, well, I don't know if I can really call them a child, I was married at that age. But they're friendly, and I can tell they're always doing their best to be kind to others.
FINAL THOUGHTS They're fine? They act like everything is so simple, and sometimes it pisses me off, but they're young. It's not a big deal. We just wouldn't ever be able to actually get along. I feel like a Game of Thrones character trying to talk to someone in a children's cartoon.
NANA DAIBA

Aqua
The Second Banana
FIRST IMPRESSION Nana is so sweet... I wish I'd had a friend like her when I was growing up. She really cares about all of us. I hope I can do something kind for her in return.
FINAL THOUGHTS Arrogant, self-centred, and delusional. You know, I don't care if someone is acting sweet so they won't be shunned. I'm not a hypocrite. But I know I'm not a good person, either. What pisses me off about her is the audacity of thinking you can still say you care, after you tell a scared kid to kill herself to earn your forgiveness. It wasn't about that one action. What she did back then didn't come out of nowhere – I saw how cold she was, the way she scoffed at us for pushing back. I've grovelled at the feet of people like her so many times I couldn't even count it.

It doesn't help that Yamada is her attack dog, and Daiba won't do anything to keep her on a leash either. Would you have even blinked if she killed me to defend your self-righteous preaching? I really don't think so.
WELT YANG

Aqua
The Gravity of the Situation
FIRST IMPRESSION He seems like a very calm and collected person. I'll try to get to know him a little more!
FINAL THOUGHTS I didn't really know him. He acted nice enough, but that doesn't actually mean anything.
JUE VIOLE GRACE

Aqua
The Shut-In Outsider
FIRST IMPRESSION Um... He's quiet! I'd like to reach out to him, but I'm worried I'd just be annoying him...
FINAL THOUGHTS I swear, it's impossible to have a conversation with this guy... I have no idea what he's thinking. He barely reacts to anything, and he just passively accepts everything. At least he's not annoying.
KAREN MINAZUKI

Aqua
Postcure Aqua
FIRST IMPRESSION The dottoressa! She's lovely, she's stayed calm this whole time and she's always looking out for the rest of us. I think she feels very responsible for everyone, especially those of us that are younger... To be honest, it's reassuring.
FINAL THOUGHTS She's always prying into things that are none of her business and lecturing people. It's obnoxious. I'm not your patient, or your friend, or your responsibility. You don't know anything about me or my life, so leave me alone. Don't push your "kindness" on me just for your own self-satisfaction and peace of mind, acting like you know what's best.

It's surprising that she's held it together this long. But I think being "useless" here is starting to get to her, so it might not last.
DARK CACAO COOKIE

Aqua
The Overbaked
FIRST IMPRESSION Signor Dark... Signor Cacao? Signor Dark Cacao is a little intimidating, but I don't feel like he's a bad person. He's been looking after us, and he's tried to protect us from anything dangerous.
FINAL THOUGHTS Am I seriously stuck in a psychological thriller with an animated cookie... The universe really does think my suffering is a joke.

I don't have any opinions about him. He's some ancient, immortal warrior, so it makes sense that it always feels like he can't quite understand or connect with most of us. Even if he wasn't made out of dough, I doubt I would particularly think about him at all. The others see him as reliable, I think. That doesn't mean anything for me.
MABEL MORA

Aqua
The Jessica Fletcher
FIRST IMPRESSION I haven't spoken much to the signora, but I'm sure she's nice!
FINAL THOUGHTS Maybe she's the most normal person here. She doesn't really stand out, so I've never paid much attention to her.
NIINA YAMADA

Aqua
The Deflector
FIRST IMPRESSION Her tongue is a little bit sharp, but I think she's a good girl. Everything is so scary, I can't blame her for being wary. She's doing her best.
FINAL THOUGHTS God, she loves to pick fights and then play the victim if she suffers any consequences. I wouldn't even care, if the brat hadn't tried to slit my damn throat just for arguing with her suicide baiting girlfriend. Maybe the others think it was an empty threat, but I know hostility when I see it. I've spent my whole life paying attention to it. When she came to harass me afterwards... She wanted to kill me. For nothing.

Not one person so much as pretended to assure me that they'd protect me, or that I wouldn't have to deal with her. Nobody asked if I felt unsafe. They didn't even expect her to apologise. As though she were just a harmless child throwing a tantrum, or a dog that didn't know any better. Well, fuck her. Fuck the rest of them for that, too. I'm not going to forget it.
RUDBECKIA DE BORGIA

Ruby
The Predestined
FIRST THOUGHTS It's me! Um... I'm aware that in a situation like this, I'm a completely useless person. I'll only be a burden to everyone... So, I'm trying my best to help where I can, and hopefully I can make up for it even just a little.
FINAL THOUGHTS Damn it. If I'm alive, then I should at least try to survive, shouldn't I...? I just... I want to see Iz one last time. Even if he curses me. Even if he kills me... That's the ending I should have. So, I'll try. I'll put on this ridiculous performance again. A girl who's timid but kind, insignificant, sensible and careful. Stupidity is too risky. I'll be a pushover and let them walk all over me. I just have to endure it. Endure it, endure it, endure it...

—That's what I thought, at least. But I understand now. I screwed up. Wanting to live, wishing for a future, falling in love... I should never have done any of those things. That's why I'm being punished. I knew, didn't I? I've known my whole life that whenever anything good happens to me, I should be prepared for hell to follow. Instead, I got greedy, and now I'll suffer for it.

I'm sorry, Iz. I'm so sorry.
REX SLOAN

Ruby
The Unvincible
FIRST IMPRESSION We definitely have a big... uh, cultural gap? So, sometimes he can be overwhelming. But I know he's being kind to me in his own way. He's a good person... I don't know what a superhero is, but it seems to have a code of chivalry.
FINAL THOUGHTS A superhero, right. Maybe in a genre deconstruction. He really did remind me of Enzo. Obnoxious, short-tempered, and clueless. The kind of useless guy who thinks everything is about him. I'm sure that eventually he would have resented me for every offence I'd commit against him – being a coward, a crybaby, a liar, a burden. And it would be my problem, because I'd have to reassure the stupid bastard that it wasn't his fault.

Whatever. He must be annoyed that he died so pointlessly.
ASTARION ANCUNÍN

Ruby
Twilight Snarkle
FIRST IMPRESSION I don't know a lot about the signore's home, but I think maybe it's the most similar to mine, and there's a sort of comfort in that. It makes him easy to talk to. He's actually funny... Even if he's a little mean sometimes, it doesn't feel malicious.
FINAL THOUGHTS Like with Ai, I don't know if two creatures like us could ever really trust each other. We want to survive. I think we've both been surviving for a long, long time. When that's all you can think about, there's no room to put anyone else first.

But I like Astarion. Maybe more than I like anyone else in this wretched place. If there was ever someone that I could be completely honest in front of, and know they wouldn't turn their back on me for it, it would be him. I don't want to say he's a strong person, because... I think that sentiment is rotten to people like us. I wouldn't insult him that way. In Agamemnon, when the chorus praises Cassandra for her strength and endurance, she says: "None but the unhappy people ever hear such praise."

Whether I could fully trust him or not, it's not so bad to feel like you're on the same side as someone else. He stood up for me. I would have returned the favour.
LACUS CLYNE

Ruby
The Unopening Act
FIRST IMPRESSION She gives off a gentle, soothing aura... She seems very mature, and it reminds me of some of the noblewomen back home. I hope she's able to see her fiancé again...
FINAL THOUGHTS We're more alike than I thought, huh. Playing a role that isn't you, for other people. She's more like Ai in that sense, though. They want their audience to cheer, to be happy, to feel touched. Maybe she doesn't think so, but I'm sure "Lacus Clyne" is made from pieces of Meer Campbell, too. She has hopes and desires. I'm just a dog performing tricks so it won't get kicked.
KURUMI MIMINO

Ruby
Postcure Rose
FIRST IMPRESSION I'm not sure if the signora likes me... She's a very strong, confident lady, so perhaps someone mousy and timid like myself would be annoying to her. I'll try not to be too much of a bother.
FINAL THOUGHTS It's not that I'm glad she's dead, but if she were still alive, I think I would have pulled her hair out by now. I couldn't stand her. Always preaching so arrogantly about things she doesn't understand. I bet she would have told me I should have tried harder. If she did, I really might have slapped her.
MIYUKI SONE

Ruby
The Second First Girl
FIRST IMPRESSION I think the signorina is really impressive... She's stayed calm through a lot of scary things. She seems to be very hard-working and friendly.
FINAL THOUGHTS There's definitely a lot going on with her, but... We haven't spent a lot of time together. I wouldn't have asked, anyway. It's just that sometimes, she seems like someone who's hanging by a thread. I didn't dislike her, though.
NIE HUAISANG

Ruby
The Sheathed Blade
FIRST IMPRESSION I really like Signor Nie. He's very gentle and sincere, and it's always easy to talk to him... Plus, it seems we have quite a few hobbies in common. I really wish the circumstances were better.
FINAL THOUGHTS As polite as you'd expect from a noble, but... He's sharp. Actually, it's similar to Kabru. Nie Huaisang is the only other one that always seems to be paying attention when someone speaks. He's never annoying or pushy about it, at least with me. He understands without me needing to explain every detail to him. After that shitty trial, he already understood that I had always been the one in Brooklynn's position.

Talking to him isn't bad. He makes it easy. I don't know whether that's deliberate of if that's just the kind of person he is, but I suppose it doesn't matter all that much now.
BRIANNA LEWIS

Ruby
The Mind of the Beeholder
FIRST IMPRESSION She's assertive in a way that reminds me of ladies like Ellenia, or Lady van Furiana... I could never be someone that strong, so I really admire her. She's very protective of the rest of us young ladies, and it makes me happy.
FINAL THOUGHTS She reminds me a little of Freya, a little of Ellenia... and a dozen other girls from high school. I know she's not malicious. I don't hate her or anything, she's not some evil bitch or narcissistic monster. But does that mean I have to like her? Malice or not, I'm tired of getting stung.

It wouldn't be worth trying to meaningfully get along, anyway. I get the feeling that she's the type of person who values group unity most of all. That whole "you're either with us or you're against us" deal. And even if you're with them, as soon as you cause a problem for the group, they'll turn on you like a swarm.

I'll always be an outsider, so I know exactly how well that would go for me.
BRADLEY BAIN

Ruby
Nothing to Sneeze At
FIRST IMPRESSION He's cool!!! He used to be a king, but he's really humble and kind... It's easy to talk to him. I don't really understand the magic part, though!
FINAL THOUGHTS Another immortal. He's fine. Straightforward, at least. He's never struck me as condescending or judgemental, which makes him better than plenty of others. I'm not looking to enjoy anyone's company or confide in people, and I can't rely on anyone here, so — I don't hate him. That should be good enough in this hellhole.
BROOKLYNN

Ruby
Your Girl The Velocivlogger
FIRST IMPRESSION She's taking on a lot of responsibility for someone so young... I'm worried, but I don't want her to feel like I'm being condescending. I know I can trust Signorina Bria and some of the others to look out for her.
FINAL THOUGHTS She was a good kid. Smart. I didn't mind talking to her at all. She really tried her hardest. She deserved to live, more than anyone else, but... Well. When has it ever mattered what someone deserves?

I doubt it mattered at the end that I stood up for her. I couldn't do anything to actually help. If she died cursing all of us, I wouldn't blame her.
PROFESSOR TURO

Ruby
The Backup
FIRST IMPRESSION He's an "AI," but I don't understand that. To me, he's just the dottore. He's still kind and patient. I feel like he's nervous around us now, and I'm not sure what to do...
FINAL THOUGHTS I can't get along with someone that naïve. Not that it's his fault, since it seems like he's the definition of sheltered in the most literal sense, but we simply don't inhabit the same reality. He isn't preachy about it, though, so I don't dislike him. He's just in better company with the rest of them, since they love that universal idea of "kindness" that lumps everyone in together.
ALPHONSE ELRIC

Ruby
The Nullmetal Alchemist
FIRST IMPRESSION We're still getting to know each other, but he seems like a good person! He's been polite and friendly whenever we talk.
FINAL THOUGHTS No opinion. Tolerable, but I feel like he'd be annoyingly stubborn if there was ever a reason to argue with him. He mostly left me alone, and that's better than pestering me.
DYSTHYMIA

Ruby
The Dishumanist
FIRST IMPRESSION Another quiet signore. Like with Signor Viole, I want to make sure he's alright, but I don't want to be a nuisance...
FINAL THOUGHTS It was a stupid thing to risk his life over. But it's none of my business.
CONNOR

SCP
The Counselor
FIRST IMPRESSION I feel bad for Signor Connor. He's in the same position as the rest of us, but he has to act like our warden... If we do leave this place, I hope he can leave too.
FINAL THOUGHTS I never can decide whether to be suspicious of this guy or just dismiss him as a stooge... If he is fooling us, then he's such an incredible actor that we never would have caught him anyway. I don't have sympathy left to spare for anyone, much less Connor. But I can't imagine he's had a good life.