Saken woke up the next day ravenous. He wished he had eaten that meat last night. Looking around he saw it was still dark outside. “I’m going to have to scavenge.” he mumbled to himself. But as he sat up he saw Mina asleep by his bedside. Saken was slightly confused but decided to let Mina sleep. He managed to pick her up and laid her in the bed and left to find some food. As he went downstairs though something greeted him. It was a tall shadow man, with tiny white dots for eyes. Saken was frozen in fear, staring into those cold white eyes.
Then it spoke in a strangely normal voice, “It seems you’ve settled here in the world of Discorder.” Its voice was cold and cruel, like It knows every horrible thing Saken has ever done.
“W-who are you??” Saken stuttered out.
The thing laughed, “I’m the one who brought you here.” he answered harshly.
Saken was confused, “Why..?” The thing cackled again.
“Because I was watching you. I saw how you suffered. So I’m going to make you suffer more. You lost everything you loved in your past life, and you’re gonna lose everything you ever loved in this life too!” This time it’s laughs sounded purely insane.
Saken was taken aback, “Who the heck are you anyway?!”
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The thing answered simply. “I’m called the Sadist and I’m here to make sure you are the saddest being to exist.”
He gave the Sadist a look, “Did you seriously just make a pun off your-”
“Silence!” It shrieked, “I have done what I set out to do.” With that it vanished. Leaving Saken to his thoughts. Who was he? And was all the pain… no, Saken couldn’t jump to conclusions. For now he had to make plans to protect everyone. His stomach interrupted his thoughts, and he decided to tell the Shindus what he saw in the morning. As he rummaged through the fridge, he pulled out some edible looking vegetables and meats, and prepared a small sandwich for himself. Thankfully his instincts were correct, and it was actually pretty good. As he cleaned up after himself, he looked outside and stopped for the first time since he got here to marvel at the beauty he saw. The stars twinkled and the moon shone brightly. The sky was not black, but rather a very deep blue. He looked up at the constellations and saw several he recognized. It was a reminder that this was Earth too, just not the one he’s used too. After he finished washing the dishes he went back upstairs. He saw Mina in the bed and realized this would be very awkward to wake up too, so he went back downstairs and slept on the couch for the rest of the night.
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Saken woke up to the sound of fire crackling and laughter. He couldn’t open his eyes or move. He heard screaming and crying faintly, but then he heard Mina wail and was able to move again. He sat up and nearly cried out himself, he was in agony. He opened his eyes and saw the house around him had burnt to the ground. Albert, Juno, and Lional were all lying on the floor dead. Mina was weeping and screaming curses at monsters as they ran away from the house making rude gestures. Saken remembered what the Sadist said last night and clenched his fists. This was all his fault.