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.

Comments

[doublecrows]

[by now, he's pulled himself together. as well as Akechi does. he's seated on the ground of his cell, legs crossed]

[ah, yes. Steph]

. . .

So.

[vigilantics]

[ she just stares for another few seconds. ]

I'm the second Vizier.

[doublecrows]

[. . . . . . . . . .]








Hello.

[i hate you francy]

[vigilantics]

[ tee hee

she crosses her arms over her chest. ]

You really shouldn't have done that.

[doublecrows]

[HE HAS DONE]

[SO MANY THINGS THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE]

Yes. And?

[he doesn't mean to be flippant but he sounds like he is because he just. doesn't know how else to respond to that]

[vigilantics]

No, I just wanted to say it. You're kind of an idiot.

[ there's no malice in her words though.

they're all idiots, really. ]

[doublecrows]

[THEY ALL SUCK]

. . . I'm not really sure what good pointing it out has accomplished.

[but does she feel better]

[vigilantics]

[ not really. ]

It doesn't accomplish anything. I'm just trying really hard not to beat you with my fake leg, so talking is helping with that.

[doublecrows]

[oh]

[okay]

I suppose that's a fair trade off.

[vigilantics]

[ he would not be the first unarmed person she attacked in jail ]

So. What were you guys even doing? The Historians.

[ there's literally only one left so after this so. ]

[doublecrows]

[being THEMSELVES]

Attempting to learn as many objectives as possible to assist people in their completion.

We've done rather well, on that front.

[Akechi has helped!!]

[vigilantics]

Some of you, anyway. I heard not all of you were cooperating?

[ sousei. ]

[doublecrows]

[. . . yeh. . .]

Sousei-san had an incredibly strong will, coupled with an incredible distrust of the Crafters and their motives.

[he kind of thought it was cool. . . .]

I warned him that his attitude would get him killed.

[vigilantics]

[ that actually makes her smile. ]

He's pretty cool, isn't he?

[ it's a shared sentiment, apparently. ]

What about Rebecca?

[doublecrows]

Natsuo tried to get me to call him cool, too. I won't do it.

[HE IS COOL. . .]

What about Bunch?

[vigilantics]

Is she going to keep doing the objective thing?

[ even though they've... reached this point...

actually. ]

Were the five of you friends?

[doublecrows]

Natsuo and I were friends.

[he admitted that some weeks ago, so he has no problem saying it now]

Sousei-san, El Melloi, Bunch and I were. . . coworkers.

[so. not really friends. he and Rebecca bonded over being the last two Historians left, but that's a new development]

[vigilantics]

Hm. I think you guys got a pretty crappy deal.

[ she would not want to be a historian. ]

Not as bad as the other two, but...

[doublecrows]

[IT'S BEEN ROUGH1!!]

We've done our best. Our purpose is information gathering and objective completion.

Some of those in the castle wouldn't have met their objective without our encouragement and assistance.

[vigilantics]

I still haven't done mine yet.

[ poor natsuo, his help did not work. rip. ]

[doublecrows]

[I LOVE YOU FRANCY]

You're a Hero. Whatever has kept you from doing it so far, you don't need to complete it now.

Heroes have already breached the requisite seven objectives completed for this "happy ending."

i thought i replied to this

[vigilantics]

Yeah, I know.

[ and what kept her from doing it was being anti-murder, really. ]

francy doesn't like me :(

[doublecrows]

[she was smart to be anti-murder, unlike Akochi]

. . . so unless you have another, more selfish reason to complete it. . .

🔪

[vigilantics]

Hm.

[ she looks at the bars, and then around the jail cell in general. ]

Nope.

distressed_akechi_png!!!

[doublecrows]

Then I wouldn't worry about it.

[:/!!]

[learn ur lessons from Akechi, local murder mascot]

[vigilantics]

[ ... ]

I think what bothers me the most is that I can't even bring myself to hate you. You were just as stuck with this mess as the rest of us.

[doublecrows]

[. . .]

. . . I was trying to help.

[like. that was only 30% of it, but still]

[vigilantics]

I know. That's why I don't hate you.

[ i mean that might change after he doesn't fucking die tomorrow but. ]

[doublecrows]

[EVEN HE DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING]

I almost wish you would.

[because then it'd be easier]

[vigilantics]

Same here. But we don't always get what we want, huh?

[doublecrows]

[I mean]

[gestures at the cell]

Not particularly, no.

[vigilantics]

[ okay, that makes her snort. ]

Maybe you should learn how to not get caught.

[doublecrows]

[he went THREE YEARS without getting caught because he worked alone, obviously his accomplices were. the problem]

Yes, because Takamaki and Varian-san outing my crime was completely my fault.

[vigilantics]

I'm pretty sure that was your boyfriend's fault, actually.

[ :/ ]

[doublecrows]

[yeh]

And still not mine.

[vigilantics]

All this is telling me is that you're terrible at teamwork. Thus, your fault.

[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]