Sorry, twerp, it's got to be done.
It is necessary for our research.
(-EX- then places some kind of strange apparatus on Aichi. It's apparently peeping into his mind.) Now, let's see what your greatest fears are...
edited 19th May '18 1:13:55 PM by G2BattleConvoy
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. That is what makes us human."??? (Aichi)
"N-NO!"
-Aichi tries to keep it from delving into his mind, but he can't. It's able to pick up everything...-
-It hurts... Bad. Physically and emotionally.-
"S-STOP!"
-Things he fears...-
-Weakness... He wants to be strong. Every single time Leos had to fight he felt nothing but self-hatred for how weak and pathetic he was. The fear of his friends getting hurt or killed because he was too cowardly to help them.-
-Particular memories of note involve when he froze up both times Leos went against Cross and every single fight Leos had against the Rephasers. The pounding of his heart, the cold sweat, the shaky breathing, the fear for everyone's lives...-
-Everyone was in danger... Seeing Leos in such bad shape... Bleeding, unable to stand... Feeling so much hatred of how little he could do to help them... The fear that none of them would make it out alive...-
-He could have done something. He knows he could have.-
-If only he weren't so weak, pathetic, cowardly, worthless...-
-Rejection... He fears rejection. Sthesia... He loves her. He wants to tell her so desperately how he feels, but every single second he fears just what might happen if he does.-
-She'll reject him. She will. He's sure of it. He can tell she only thinks of him as a friend, no matter how hard he tries to convince himself he has a chance.-
-Every time he sees her he just knows... He knows that she doesn't want him. Aichi's not good enough.-
-If she rejects him... It'll destroy every single thing they have. That friendship he cherishes so much. Sthesia's... Sthesia's special to him... He doesn't want to lose her!-
-And not only that, but upon rejection... Leos might learn he lied. That he lied about liking Misaki.-
-Aichi had feared that if he told Leos that he'd screw up his friendship with both Leos and Sthesia. He doesn't want that...-
-Leos is basically... no, is a big brother to him. If there's anyone he feels he can talk to about anything it's Leos. He admires Leos, respects him, and wishes he could be more like him...-
-For Leos to throw him away because Aichi suddenly lied without thinking...-
-It'd tear him apart... And if Leos or Sthesia goes he knows the other would follow...-
-And then Misaki showed up and made things more complicated... She was the one he said he had a crush on. What if she found out? She'd hate him.-
-She'd leave him too.-
-If any of them found out, it would all fall apart. They'd leave him behind, regretting ever having anything to do with him.-
-He wants to just let it all out and admit everything. To apologize before they find out the hard way, but he fears that it wouldn't be enough.-
-Friends trust each other. His friends trusted him. When friends break trust...-
-...Friendships end...-
-He...-
-Doesn't...-
-Want...-
-To...-
-Lose...-
-Them!-
-He...-
-He wants to go back to before he had a crush on Sthesia... When things were simple... and he could just be completely at ease around both of them...-
-PSY Qualia... He tries to tell himself that he doesn't deny that half of himself, but deep down he's still afraid he'll give into its siren song.-
-He felt powerful when he used it... Like everything was perfect... Like he was at his absolute greatest...-
-He could hear the cards and everything was grand... He was strong...-
-...But... He became a cold, cocky, and condescending person.-
-He belittled his opponents and his friends. He secluded himself. He became sickeningly obsessed with getting Kai to acknowledge him...-
-...And for everyone to see how strong he was...-
-Deep down... He couldn't help but revel in it. That power. To go from the weak and pathetic kid everyone wanted as a physical and verbal punching bag to suddenly being the most powerful of cardfighters with no effort...-
-Can one blame him for getting carried away?-
-He doesn't want to go back to that. Kai reminded him that it wasn't his strength. Kai and Blaster Blade reminded him his true strength was courage.-
-He doesn't want to become that cold and twisted person again. He doesn't.-
-However, the core... The absolute core fear of his that brings all of those together and binds them into one, big, twisted knot...-
-Loneliness... He's afraid of going back... Going back to being completely and utterly alone. He has friends now. He didn't have them a year ago. He was alone, lonely, miserable... He refuses to go back to that small, suffocating world where everyone looked down on him, beat him, and left him to wallow in misery.-
-The friends he has... He can't even begin to picture himself without them... For them to all leave him... For them to scorn and turn their backs on him...-
-It would break him... Completely.-
-He doesn't want to go back to those lonely days as a child... The days he tried to keep his head down, stayed quiet, and tried to avoid bullies... The days he'd be grabbed by his shirt and beaten... The days he longed to have someone... anyone... as a friend...-
-The days he'd draw board games in that sketchbook, crying to himself because he had no one to play it with.-
-Keeping quiet about all of it for the sake of not bothering his Mom or Emi...-
-That hollow, almost emptiness that began to consume him... before he met Kai.-
-Kai was... was the thing that brought him out of that darkness...-
-He... doesn't want to lose Kai or Blaster Blade...-
-He only had them for so long...-
-He can't go back...! He can't go back to that desperate loneliness! That sorrow, that small, suffocating, pathetic, little world!-
-To be alone, with all of his friends hating him... or dead...-
-Or worse, both...-
-It would be the end of him.-
-He wouldn't be able to take it.-
-His life would shatter into countless pieces... and these pieces would never be able to be put back together.-
-...Aichi's crying...-
-It hit him way too hard.-
-To be swarmed with all of this at once...-
-To feel it all... Relive it all... Fear it all... And just be able to picture the worst case scenarios so clearly...-
Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jun 27th 2019 at 8:33:15 AM
Outside (Amnesiac Aichi)
-Aichi's out getting some fresh air... Thinking about what has been going on, recently...-
-...? Is that...?-
"A-Anna!"
-He rushes up to her.-
"W-What happened to you?!"
-He's really concerned...-
—
Main Room (???)
-...-
-...Did the room just get weirdly cold...?-
-This isn't a normal coolness, either...-
-What could be be causing it...?-
-Perhaps those of you with senses beyond normal humans will be able to figure out why...-

Weird portals and robots...
Got it.
And remind me why, again?
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post