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[hisses a curse under his breath, hand curling into a white-knuckled fist]

. . . if these tasks are anything like the drowning one, and if anyone here thinks they're worth completing, I will stop them.

[or. he'll at least try. he isn't so naive to believe he can, but. . . he has to try. right?]

Evan Hansen. . . all right. I'll remember.

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Good luck with that. It doesn't sound like we have anything like the Historians this time around, but who knows?

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Historian?

[blinks a little, head tilted]

What did the Historians do?

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Their job was to encourage and assist people in completing their objectives. They were good at that, if nothing else.

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[hm]

What did the completion of objectives achieve, anyway? Because I can't think of anything that would be worth drowning someone else.

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We got ink. Which sounds totally lame out of context, but we needed the stuff to revive the dead, go home, etc. If we didn't gather enough, we'd be stuck there forever.

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[. . . aha]

So. . . the completion of these objectives allowed you to revive those who had died and go home?

[. . .]

Still sounds pretty shitty to me.

[like. he gets it, but. what if. there was no murder or need to go home in the first place]

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Pretty much! Cool motive, still murder, etc. This is probably where Akechi would make a snarky remark, but he's not here to defend himself, so whatever.

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-- sorry, who?

[why is that what he's getting caught up on!!]

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[... oh. hm.]

Goro Akechi?

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[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FUCK]

Brown hair? Mullet? A detective? Kind of passive aggressive on the outside but really just an insecure asshole on the inside?

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A dead ringer.

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[FUCK!!!!!!!]

He was in the castle with you?!

[there is just. so much disbelief in the way he says that]

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... I see you're very familiar with him.

[to have?? that kind of reaction???]

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[JUST]

[PRESSES A HAND AGAINST HIS FACE]

Did he-- did he mention anything about a soul-eating mansion? Because he was definitely in the mansion with us, too.

[. . .]

He's also my-- [. . .????] . . . friend. Probably. It's hard to tell with him.

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Nope. Pretty sure the castle was his one and only rodeo.

[though. oh dear.]

But I can tell how it'd be... complicated with him. [...] Since he's your friend, I'll give you some friendly advice: be careful about mentioning his name to others. He and I got on okay, even though he probably thought about killing me a few times, but I can safely say that by the end, he was not a popular guy.

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[this]

[does not surprise Akira at all, and it shows]

. . . did he kill anyone while he was there?

[which. makes it clear that Akira is aware of his true nature]

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He was kind of a serial killer and kept getting away with it, through a mixture of luck, having a role, and the power of love. So, yes.

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[JUST]

[PRESSES HIS HAND AGAINST HIS FACE. AGAIN. and mutters at himself Akechi you goddamned idiot--]

-- wait. Power of love?

[somehow that does not seem anything like the Akechi he knows]

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Oh, yeah. He got a boyfriend who saved his life, like, twice, and at the end he ran off with him to his world to become an idol, probably. True story.

Does he not normally do that?

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Llllllet's just say it's almost impossible for me to imagine the Akechi I know in any kind of committed relationship.

Or any sort of relationship that involves. . . you know. Feelings.

[GRIMM AKECHI WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO]

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If it helps at all, Eichi was very similar to him. I cannot say in good faith it was a healthy relationship aside the fact that they probably made each other happy in their own, I-would-kill-a-man-for-you way.

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[UGH!!!]

. . . yeah. I guess he'd be pretty attracted to anyone who was similar to him.

[it's kind of sad, he thinks. but he doesn't say that aloud]

For the record, the Akechi back at the mansion didn't kill anyone, though I don't doubt he would've had things been different. He was a big part of why we were able to kill the house, too.

He was one of those "Professors" I mentioned before.