Line #23 Literature/TheFacility


1	''[[http://fantasticmrmacthinks.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-facility.html The Facility]]'' is an ongoing WebSerialNovel written by a young blogger called Fantastic Mr. Mac. The chapters are uploaded every other day.
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3	The story follows a sixteen year old boy named Matsuo Kōdaina who after he [[DisproportionateRetribution beats a person nearly to death just for talking too much in school]] is sent to an abandoned high school converted into a maximum security prison for juveniles known simply as The Facility. Inside, Matsuo must survive for an undetermined amount of time before being released. Obviously, this is a real CrapsackWorld to live in.
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6	!!This work contains examples of:
7	* ActionGirl: Fu...without a doubt.
8	* AfraidOfBlood: Matsuo, big time. However, [[AgeAppropriateAngst seeing your older brother impaled on a fence when you were four]] might do that to you.
9	* AntiHero: Everyone inside The Facility, or at least the Emo, are.
10	* ArchEnemy: Ōkibo and the Jocks are this to the Emo group.
11	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: There's a reason Fu is the undisputed leader of the Emo group.
12	%%* BackStab
13	* BeneathTheMask: Fu deduces that Matsuo is a sweet and caring person, despite his [[TheCynic cynical]] and [[InsufferableGenius genius planner]] attitude after he shows compassion to [[spoiler: starving, white puppy]]
14	* BerserkButton: Matsuo has a few, most notably when someone stares at him. Fu as well, when people ignore her especially when she gives direct orders. Ōkibo pushes one of Matsuo's newfound ones when he threatens Fu.
15	* BigDamnHeroes: Fu arrives just in time to save Matsuo from the Jock patrollers.
16	%%* BigBad: Ōkibo
17	* BlackAndGrayMorality: Downplayed and justified. For all intents and purposes, every single one of them (with the questionable exception of Fu and Netamu) are criminals in various degrees. The only distinction is in how they handle themselves inside the Facility.
18	* BondOneLiner: After beating [[spoiler: Netamu]] in a combat test by scarring his eye the same way [[spoiler: Netamu scarred his earlier that day]], Matsuo issues this one.
19	--> I turn my eyes to [[spoiler: Netamu]], who's finally getting up. I walk over to him and drop his metal pipe at his feet and pick up the bokken. I look him in the face and smirk. "An eye for an eye."
20	* BreakTheCutie: Happens to [[spoiler: Sasoku]] and is starting to happen to [[spoiler: Fu]]
21	* BreakTheHaughty: The entire story thus far has served to do this to Matsuo. He enters in confident that his plans will work and he's smarter than everyone inside, then promptly is shown how unprepared he is.
22	* ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: Apparently, Matsuo's packed for a war.
23	* CloudCuckooLander: Fu comes off as one at times.
24	* CrapsackWorld: It is implied that this hellhole of a world is one. Children committing "crimes" are forced to be placed in this [[HellholePrison free roaming juvenile detention center where the only things that are illegal are escape and firearms]].
25	* CrazyPrepared: Deconstructed and lampshaded by Fu. Though Matsuo is incredibly smart and a great thinker, his lack of knowledge about the specifics of The Facility cause most of the confidence he has in his plans to falter and his plans to fail.
26	* CurbStompBattle: The first time Matsuo and Netamu square off, Netamu sweeps him easily and [[spoiler: cuts him above his left eye]].
27	* DarkIsNotEvil: The Emo gang dress primarily in black, but their leader and members thus far are actually fairly nice people. Netamu, [[{{Jerkass}} however]]...
28	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Effectively used as the Chapter 6 title. [[spoiler: Matsuo]] certainly looks to be [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope edging closer to the amoral actions]] of his enemies.
29	%%* HeroesLoveDogs
30	* InnocentBlueEyes: Fu has these.
31	* {{Jerkass}}: Netamu.
32	* KarmicDeath: Sasoku kills [[spoiler: Ōkibo in the same [[NeckSnap manner that he killed Takeshi]]]].
33	* TheManBehindTheMan: Matsuo, Netamu and Fu suspect that Ōkibo acts on the behalf of his leader but screws up the commands because he's not particularly [[DumbMuscle bright]].
34	* NeckSnap: The way that [[spoiler:Ōkibo kills Takeshi]].
35	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Fu's being quiet and serious...yeah, that's definitely not good.
36	* PreciousPuppy: [[spoiler: Matsuo finds one after Netamu kills its parents.]]
37	* TheRival: Netamu is this to Matsuo.
38	%%* TheSilentBob: Heizen
39	* SmarterThanYouLook: Uttered nearly word for word by Netamu to Matsuo. Later, applied to [[spoiler: Ōkibo]]
40	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Granted [[spoiler: Ōkibo]] [[KarmicDeath deserved it]]...but it is a little much.
41	* TranquilFury: Fu has been this since the end of chapter 4.
42	* UnstoppableRage: Matsuo has this in Chapter 6, but the award goes to Sasoku. Even direct orders from Fu don't stop her from taking vengeance against [[spoiler: Ōkibo]]

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