>Pomu and Elira shipping in the thread gets Selen to notice it and start to pick it up in their private interactions
>turns out that Pomu actually has a thing for Elira
>Elira doesn't think anything of it and keeps treating Pomu like a good friend
>they get close
>Pomu asks Elira to go on a date the next time she's in her area
>Elira thinks that Pomu means a friend date
>Pomu and Elira go out to eat together and Pomu definitively falls in love with her
>Elira doesn't realize her feelings at all, completely oblivious
>they have a quiet moment on a secluded park bench and Pomu reaches over to kiss Elira
>Elira freaks out and gets really harsh in the heat of the moment, telling Pomu that she doesn't think of her that way and runs off
>Pomu sits on the park bench alone, in shock and awe at how stupid she could have been to expect anything
>the next day they have a collab together, Elira cancels it saying something suddenly came up, she doesn't specify
>their interactions within the group become awkward and rare, only talking to each other when absolutely necessary
>they avoid collabs with each other and whenever they have to, they avoid talking with one another as much as possible
>everything is awkward, the energy spreads to the rest of NijiEN
>one day after a work-related meeting, Selen makes a joke about Elira and Pomu, hoping to lighten the mood
>Pomu starts crying and immediately leaves the call, Elira gets all awkward and stutters a bunch, she leaves too
>the girls in the call all immediately message Pomu to ask if she's alright, Finana especially says she'll take the responsibility to talk to her
>Selen messages Elira to ask what's going on, if everything is alright
>Elira tells Selen what happened on the park on that bench, Selen realizes how much her little joke must have hurt Pomu
>Selen gets stuck in a bout of depression, stops taking her medication for BPD
>Pomu refuses to tell Finana what she's crying about but Finana doesn't get the message and insists she wants to help
>Finana keeps bothering Pomu until Pomu insults Finana's social intellect, saying she can never take a hint, telling her to fuck off
>Finana gets insecure and stops interacting with the rest of the group
>the entire situation becomes a nightmare for Niji staff and none of them are sure what to do, they're dealing with the launch of the next female wave and the first male wave
>no collabs happen, streams from all members slow down, everyone seems less energetic and less engaged with their audiences
>Selen's BPD acts up and she has a manic episode, she cuts her hands with a butcher's knife thinking it will make her stronger to endure the pain
>she ends up badly injuring herself and permanently damaging some tendons, forever stunting her ability to play FPS games at a high level
>Finana ends up looking for a guy to help with her insecurities, she enters an abusive relationship
>Pomu and Elira both feel responsible for the decline of NijiEN, it's gotten way out of hand and neither of them has the heart to talk to each other
>Selen, while recovering from her injuries, realizes that the initial Pomu and Elira shipping was what started everything
>without any ability to play FPS games anymore she decides that she's become useless to NijiEN and everything she's worked for has been taken away from her
>knowing that she will only be a further burden, stricken with guilt, Selen decides to take her own life
>news of Selen's suicide reaches the rest of Nijisanji
>Elira commits suicide
>Pomu now believes that she is responsible for the death of the very person she fell in love with, decides that her life is no longer worth living
>doesn't quietly sit down and die, she's angry, completely defeated and hates that she let her feelings interfere with work but if that's the kind of person she is...
>Pomu goes live, she hadn't scheduled a stream so chat is filled with "Pomu?" "What's going on?"
>the stream cuts from a black screen to a webcam feed of a tarp on the ground, a chair, and on top of the chair, a handgun
>"I'm Pomu!" can be heard from just outside the view of the camera