week 6, sunday

[vigilantics]

[ it's a couple of hours after the execution, mostly since otherwise steph would be too much of a mess to properly interact with anyone other than who she ran off with.

it'll probably be better to wait longer, but there's still some people she wants to talk to before the new week starts. so steph checks out the most stereotypical spot for sanji. ]

There you are.

Comments

[vigilantics]

You and Zelos? Yeah.

[ it's said with a shrug. ]

[concasse]

[...]





You don't hate me...?

[He is so confused]

[vigilantics]

[ her expression softens. ]

You're just as stuck in this game as the rest of us, Sanji. It's... not really your fault that you ended up with the worst job.

[concasse]

[Well, this is... humbling. Sanji's expression shifts and falls until he looks seconds away from crying, honestly, but he swallows it back, staring down into the floor.]

... I'm sorry.

[Even if he got roped into it, he still feels it's only fair that he apologize for the hurt he's caused]

If I thought getting rid of myself would've made a difference, I would've done it by now. But in the beginning they said they'd get someone else to fill my shoes if I didn't want it.

[And he could not bear the idea of the kids getting roped into the position, so.]

[vigilantics]

[ ... that she can get. the only thing worse than getting trapped in this position is someone else. she can't say that she wouldn't have made the same choice if someone like kyouka or varian might have gotten it if she refused. ]

They wouldn't make it that easy to back out, I understand.

[concasse]

Something about my world getting destroyed.

[So y'know.

No pressure.]

But there's no danger of that anymore. And we're almost done.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, one way or another, this will be over soon.

[ if not next week then the week after, at least. ]

I just wish we found a different way.

[concasse]

Same here.

I tried a couple of times to get them to a compromise, but they're set in their ways.

[vigilantics]

I'm not that surprised, really. They've been at this for a really long time, and they've dealt with who knows how many other Narrators. The only real difference between us and them is that we're supposedly the last bunch.