week 1; sunday ( sousei )

[axilium]

[this has been a great weekend! fantastic! just, you know, people are dying, other people are traumatized, akechi has maybe snapped, etc.

that last part (sort of) is why belph's looking for sousei now.]

Hey.

Comments

[axilium]

[he waves a hand.]

As long as we have that clear. I just don't like dictator types.

[disilluded]

We have that in common.

[Simply stated, really.]

Regardless, gathering everyone over a meal or something similar and brainstorming solutions then seems most plausible.

[axilium]

I can't believe we're going to discuss how to imprison Akechi over dinner.

[disilluded]

[And, dryly:]

Is that really so strange for a place like this?

[axilium]

Are you saying it's a good thing I'm getting desensitized? How cruel.

[disilluded]

If you were truly desensitized, you would not have come to me to discuss this issue in the first place.

You still wish to find a way to protect everyone here, no matter how it is you try to act.

[axilium]

[hey what the fuck no

stop making him sound like a good guy]

Maybe I'm secretly in love with Akechi and just concerned about his fate.

[disilluded]

[Just the flattest look here.]

I don't even care to truly give that a proper response.

[axilium]

I can't believe you're making fun of my pure love.

... Though more seriously, what do you think about Akechi? Punishment aside.

[disilluded]

I think he is a pathetic brat.

[Oh.]

But I do not entirely blame him for what he has done. The leverage they have over the people here, to get them to commit murder...

[He thinks of Ann, crying in her cell, and his expression twists a little.]

Children should not be forced to deal with such a thing, though he did wrong.

[axilium]

... It sucks a lot, yeah. So, you believe him when he says the Crafters approached him and told him to do it?

[disilluded]

I do.

Because Takamaki also committed the same crime, and she would not have done so if she was not pushed to do it by an offer she did not think she could refuse. I believe they were approached together.

[axilium]

... Ha.

[he smiles wryly.]

It's weird to think about. I mean, I spoke with Akechi a lot before this. So the personality switch or maybe even the murder part isn't too much of a surprise... but I guess now I have to parse just how much of the whole "helpful detective who wants to solve the mysteries of this place" schtick was real.

[disilluded]

I think it was a very helpful facade that he is used to adopting, but that he did not give any sort of care towards any of us--not like that.

It was simply in his best interests to work with us for that point in time.

[axilium]

In the sense of deceiving us or because figuring out this place benefits him as well?

[in a way, this hits a little close to home.]

[disilluded]

It could be either, truly. Perhaps it was both. They did go hand-in-hand, at the time.