(EX) .Another / Taiga-sensei's Great Lesson

YAAAAWWWWN~!

Another day, anotherrrr dollar! Or at least, that's how it'd be if we were actually paid for this. Real money, I mean. Not these weird, useless virtua-dollars that aren't good for anything.

Oh well, no sense in worrying about that, right? Anyway, there are bigger fish and issues to fry.

Anyway, lately I've noticed that I've been thinking a lot about what's going to happen. …What? Don't you look at me like that, you upstart! I'm serious here! Don't make me give you the detention of a lifetime!

Well now, where was I…?

Ah, yes, I remember now…

I was pondering the end…

The Holy Grail War is almost over, you know. It's kind of hard to believe. Even though I'm just a teacher and not a Master, it's still sort of surreal-feeling. It's all so…I dunno…transient, don't you think? Has it really been seven weeks already?

…Hey now, don't look at me with that kind of face. I may be an NPC but I'm not shallow. There's more to me than meets the eye, even though I'm just a memory of someone that was jotted down in the Moon Cell's database.

Do you know what these final days mean? The end of the Holy Grail War isn't justthe end of the Holy Grail War – it's an end to this microcosm of a world that .PH set up for the tournament to take place. This world of ours will be compressed and recalibrated into something else in time for the next cycle, and all of the NPCs will be broken down and recycled and ultimately replaced.

Of course, I presume you all know what that implies.

The setting of every instance of the Holy Grail War differs. No two occurrences appear the same. Each of our miniature worlds are like individual snowflakes with a lifespan comparable to one, but there are some constant similarities that are always to be had. Like, say, the Holy Grail War always takes place in a school-based setting for certain reasons. Sure, it was a Japanese high school this round, but who knows how it will look next time. It might be an outdoor campus, it might be an inner-city American school, or a famous college. It might even resemble one of those fancy-schmancy British boarding schools, like something cool out of Harry Potter!

Now that'd be something to see! Look out troublemaking ne'er do-wells, Governess Taiga will be getting all up in your dorm room if you bring trouble your way!

The problem is there is no guarantee that I'll even be around to see it. There are billions upon billions of live recorded in the Moon Cell. There is no need for the system to reuse old NPC models. As much as I might like it, the chances of my current form taking on the role of a teacher-shaped NPC are astronomically slim.

Still, I don't see why that's a reason for me to be sad in the here and now! It's perfectly human to live in the moment if there is no guaranteed future, and by gum that's what I'll do! That's why even the other NPCs seem to want to live out what they've got as well, to find a purpose. There is the reason why I want to enjoy what little time I have left.

That, and see if I can't do something about it…

I've got it! I'll ask that Master if they can do just one more little thing for me, then~!