Mouthwashing: The Good Ending

Chapter 4: Existentialism

All I needed was time and assistance. That is why Anya was acting as a nurse by giving me what I instructed.

"Screwdriver," I said while eyeing the broken phone in front of me with a serious gaze. It was half done.

Anya did what she'd asked and took a screwdriver from an organised box. I continue to command Anya, I don't even notice the time.

The world feels nothing to me at the moment, my focus is on Daisuke's broken phone and how my brain perceives it like Lego's. This knowledge I'm getting that came from (N/N) was the best thing ever.

We were at the living room table. Both me and Anya sitting on the carpet, water bottles on the side and tuna sandwich on the other side.

"Tuna sandwich" I commanded while still carefully tidying the phone with a hammer.

Anya chuckled and said, "You should take a break, we've been working for half an hour now" She handed me the tuna sandwich. It's soft bread and the smell of both tuna made me drool.

"Yeah, I don't wanna smudge Daisuke's phone with tuna. My stomach is screaming for this tuna sandwich that you made" I took a large bite making Anya giggle.

Good thing Anya is feeling well. I don't wanna see her commit suicide just like in the game.

"How are you feeling" I said while leaning on the couch. Crumbs of the tuna sandwich now fall to my uniform.

"Good, still, I feel kind of nervous" She held her belly again where a baby was forming. Anya was a melancholic character, and that alone made me worried about her well-being due to the incident that Jimmy had and how emotionally vulnerable she was.

I lean my head on her shoulder, "Let's think of a future about you and that baby, shall we?" I said giving him a grin. Anya then leaned her head at the top of my head while both of us shared many ideas, good ideas in fact-about them.

🧪☣️☠️⚗️🤢

After a short break and finishing fixing the phone, Anya said her farewell-leaving me all alone in the living room.

Now that it's fixed I should probably look for Daisuke. He said that he went to go to the bathroom, but shouldn't he be here a moment ago? What's taking him so long?

His probably with Swansea and Jimmy.

I suddenly remembered the slit-like scratches at the top of Daisuke's arm. Please don't be the thing I was thinking, I know for a fact that Daisuke won't do 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.

Still, I need to stay optimistic about this. I should be proud that I fixed this cellphone, I wonder what's inside.

I press the button. Light appears bright at first but it slowly adjusted. The screen appears to be Daisuke and his mom. I can't help but smile at the sight.

🧪☣️☠️⚗️🤢

I decide to leave the living room and find Swansea and Jimmy. There are multiple twists and turns on this ship, but the majority of it is blocked by thick foams making it inaccessible.

My footsteps echoed. Why does the floor below feel so hollow?

I then heard voices that sounded like arguing a few steps ahead. It turns out that it was Swansea and Jimmy bickering in front of a large metal door.

This scene was familiar. This door leads to the 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒔. Those pod-like machines are built to freeze someone for 20 years. It's kinda scary if you ask me. I wonder what it feels like to be frozen.