Thread:Playful Trickster 101/@comment-29585050-20170517103037/@comment-26234016-20170522232234

You look through the book. It's super cool, about various devices that you can make out of household objects, from paper clip guns to penny bombs.

Then a memory triggers.

''Three months into the school year. Hope's Peak High picked you up super early, your Ultimate well-known. But you were excited to meet the new kid, named Evan. The Ultimate Card Trick had just arrived from who-knows where, and you chatted it up with him. He was tense around you first — everyone is — but he warmed up to you.''

''Then Nigel kicked down the door. He and Nikolai were standing in the doorway, each with a gun. Both looked like they had been crying, and uncharacteristically twisted grins were splayed across their faces. They declared themselves as new converts to the members of Ultimate Despair, and that because nothing would hurt them more than attacking their fellow students, that's exactly what they would do.''

You drew a blade and tried to stop them, along with the valiant efforts of Kristian, who had his fists bared.

The memory stops.