week 6, saturday

[vigilantics]

[ well, stephanie doesn't normally seek akechi out, but this seems to be a special time.

when she approaches the cell, she just stuffs her hands in her pockets and looks at him. ]

So.

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[doublecrows]

[snaps, in a low growl]

I tried to protect him. Don't blame my partner's actions or Varian-san's bitter choices on me.

[vigilantics]

You didn't do a very good job of it then, did you?!

[ she wishes she had just hit him after the results instead of this, honestly. ]

[doublecrows]

[HE'D HAVE DESERVED IT]

You can blame me for a lot of things! For killing Hansen, for killing Soo-Won, for asking Varian-san to help so he could complete his objective. . .!

But you can't blame me for Eichi's actions, and you can't blame me for how everyone chose to vote! I'm not a god!

[vigilantics]

[ honestly he's right about that, and the expression that flickers on her face shows that she's aware that she can't actually blame akechi for everything that happened. it was the culmination of everyone's actions.






she throws her grappling hook gun at his face. ]

[doublecrows]

[HE DESERVES THIS]

[anyway it smacks him in the forehead and sends him falling back to the ground. because ow?? ow!!]

[vigilantics]

...

[ uh




that was honestly a reflex ]

[doublecrows]

[look at what science has done]

[eventually he stands up, one hand pressed to his face, the other reaching out to pick up the grappling hook. which he then hands to her through the cell bars without a word]

[vigilantics]

[ she wordlessly goes to take it back from him. ]

[doublecrows]

[he steps back when she does, hand still resting against the spot where he was smacked with the gun]

. . .

I'm sorry.

[so, so tired]

[vigilantics]

... I hate that I am too.

[ and with that, she just turns around to leave. ]

[doublecrows]

[and he'll just let her go as he flops back onto the ground, draws his knees up to his torso, and rests his head on top of them]