Doki Doki Despair Club

Act II, Day I

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Something feels off about today, for some reason.

I see an annoying girl running towards me from the distance, waving her arms in the air without a care in the world, like she doesn't realize the amount of attention she's drawing to herself right now. Taking a closer look, is that... ̸̻͈̭̼̥͇̒̊̎̇̾̌̃͐̕̚͝ͅƠ̵̺͚̩̦̖͓̱͈͔͍͈̥̈̂m̸̢̛͕̗͖̻͈̺̅͊̋̊̃͗̀̈̌̑͒̚͘͝a̷̢͉͑̋̊̆̉̓͐͑͗͌̽̒͂̒͝ ̶͓͎̭͍̮͎͐̂̆̆̐̂̆̚͠K̶̛͙͚̈́͗̈́̓̈́̌̔͗͘͝͝ơ̸̟̘̙̔͒͂͗̌k̴̨̢̢̙̬͕͇͔͛̅̊̌̓͌͛̉̇͌́̔͘̚͠i̴̧̨̛͍̙͖̱̲̣̮̼̇͋͗̒͌̇̑͒͜c̶̮̤̥͎̬̙̀͊̏̎͊̈́́̽͠ḩ̵̳̤͚̩̟̪͌̈́͋̐̽̃͐͝ͅi̵̢̼̬̤͍̗͓̞̞̜̟̒͜͝? I think I remember her being my neighbor and childhood friend. I still don't know how I ever came to befriend someone as eccentric as her, I guess it all worked out, only because of how long we've known each other. We used to walk to school together everyday, just like this, but after we both started attending Hope's

Peak Academy, myself as the Ultimate Detective and h̴̘̠͙̪͖̫̠̥͐̅̓̃̓̋͐͒͛̃̎͘͠͝ḛ̴̺̱̳̖̗̉͋̾͆̒̈̉͊ͅr̴̨̧͍̮̰͕̫̖̦̞̠̼̾͗͗̓̅̊ͅ ̷͔̙̜̲͙͉̘͒͛̕ȁ̴̱̯̍ș̵̡̨̻͈̲̬̥̳͒̃̍̉̋͋̈́̔̋̾ ̸̛̥͍͙̖̹͚͉̿̈̔̄̃̔̕t̴̢̹̗̒͒ẖ̴̼̣̹̥͉̼͙̙͓̯͙̻̏͛͝ȩ̴̙̳̣̟̙͈̩̳͈̜̱̦͕͠ ̴̢̳̰̫̻͉̯̿͛̐͑̆̎͗̓̍́̌̊̕͝͝U̴̡̖͔̮͚̪͌͒̍͌͒̊͂͂l̵̢̡̤̳̙̗͓͖̯̩̫̹̉͒̉̒̈͂͜͠t̶̨̨̫͖̳̦̺̜̠͍͆̈́̇̌̇͊̿̈́̄̆̕͘͝i̷̛͉̭̺̬̗͓̯̺͈͉͉̝̮̽͒͐̂̂m̴̧̡̡̥͖͖̹̼̣̣̝̭̅͌ä̵̧͓̭̹̝̪̥̗͙͉̞̬̭͖́̈̓̏͋̕ṯ̸͋̈̔̈́̀̇̐ḛ̷̪̭̳̤̫̝͈̻̫̟̾͒̍͋̎͋͑̂͗̿͗̏͘͠ͅ ̵̛̪͚̫̹͑̋̍͒̈̇̀͊͊͆̌̈́Ṡ̷̢̘̖̞͔̹̒͊̒̎͌̐̈́̓͌̕͠ư̸̫͓͌̈́͛̈́̿p̴̢̢̺̱̗͓̻͈̖̪̜̤̊̅͒r̷̢̦̠̝̘̍͒̌̏͑̓͗̾̏̉ͅẽ̸̛͔̙̝̱̬̝͙̣͙̥̍̀̊̎̋̈͜m̵͇̹̻͎̥͎̰̘͒̇̐̐̈́͆͑̓̀̄̂͐̈́͂ͅê̴̳͓̱͓̬͚̯̌̅̓̑̄ͅ ̷̳͎̳͜L̸̰̲̻͇̲͊e̸̢̼̬̦̮͉͔͖͖͓̥̬̫̬͊̌͋̿̅͌̈̊̊̈́̂̂̀̚à̶̧̏͊̈́̋̑͆͝ḑ̶̢̺͎̉͒̇̾̈́͌̌e̴̺̥̝͉͊̅̍̈́͐͒̄̀̔͋̑̿̕̚r̴̢̡̰͉͎̺̯̟͚͓͇͍͐̔̽̋͛̊̑̈́̾̔͂͜ͅ

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