Deja Vu

Chapter 9: Final Boss

When you all see each other in class the next day, Mammon's complaining that the school day ended early, so he didn't get the chance to finish the homework for today, and when he got to class, he couldn't find the papers for it in his bag.

"I guess we'll get to learn what happens when you fail a task."

"That's bullshit though! I had a few more hours!"

"It IS weird that the day ended early." Satan muses.

You speak up. "Uh.. Actually, I think it ended early because I finished my tasks. I think when I, the Main Character, finish my tasks, the game day automatically ends."

"Whaaaaat?!" Mammon complains, rubbing his head. "This game is so complicated. Why are there so many obstacles?"

"If it wasn't hard enough, it'd be no fun~" Leviathan grins, laughing about Mammon's predicament.

Lucifer shrugs. "If you'd done your work without putting it off, you wouldn't have had that problem. The rest of us didn't."

Satan raises an eyebrow to you as you sit down. "What was your final task?"

You muse. Your pause gives Satan reason to be curious. If you make it too appealing, they'll start asking questions, but if you don't make it appealing enough, they won't believe you. Plus, you have to be careful about your word choices, in case the NPCs are smart enough to catch on.
"It's a special Student Council task set. I'm hoping that it leads to extra content."

"ALRIGHT, ___!" Levi excitedly exclaims. He knew you'd love this game, and seeing that you're trying to unlock secret content is super exciting to him. You laugh again, and the group can see that Levi's garnered affection from you yet again.

Satan notes in the back of his mind that you must enjoy getting praise, and stores that information for later.

There's not much time to talk about anything else before the teacher comes in. You're paying extra close attention. If this game is a puzzle game atop a dating sim, then every detail of these lessons could be important to learning something later on. Lucifer catches on that you're especially attentive - As though this were the real thing. He himself is only paying enough attention to be able to do the assignments in case that's important, but since Diavolo's reputation doesn't hinge on his progress here, he doesn't actually give a shit about the studies.

So why is it, that you seem to care so much?

You mentioned that there's some kind of 'Special Student Council' task set, but his character is also on the student council it appears. So.. If there's a project and he's missing it, then that'd cause problems in the game, right?

Then again, you could just be lying.

In some ways, he's been biding his time because he wants to understand the game better before making an action - But in other ways, he's just found himself interested in seeing how... easy you are to read here. Your emotions are amplified in every interaction, on display for all to see. He wonders if you know that yet.

He also realizes that he's not gotten any points yet. He's not one to throw in the towel, but he's also not one to chase after people. People tend to chase after him, after all. Though he is curious about you. Your reactions haven't been to any lines or anything of that sort.. They've just been to organic interactions. He knows that Leviathan has plans to use some lines on you today, as he spent yesterday in the game collecting points from side-quests to get money to spend at the school store for goodies to give you. He's curious to hold back and watch for another day, but he knows he'll need to make a move soon if he's going to get any points.

As far as his mannerisms in getting close to people go, he's slow to warm up to people, taking his time to understand them intimately. It's hard to do that when he's on a timer.

But, as class ends and you stand up, declaring that you have to go to the library, he decides to swoop in to steal your time, since he'll be going there too. "I've also got a task in the library, so I'll go with you."