[Akira was completely MIA on Saturday night, but come Sunday. . . he is back! even with the guilt and tension sitting heavily on his shoulders. haha. what a fun execution, right?]
[anyway. . . he has changed his eye bandages when he comes to find Zenitsu sitting near the bonfire. he takes a quiet seat next to him (making sure that Zenitsu is not sitting on his blind side) head tilted in greeting]
[fortunately, he's a side sleeper or he'd have been whining all night about the bump on his head. unfortunately, everything this morning happened.]
[the bump throbs intermittently, and Zenitsu becomes that much more aware of the dull pain when asked after it. compared to what Guy and Giyuu just went through, though, it's nothing. he cants his head to lock eyes with Akira.]
[good. that's good. the people here are very kind.]
[instead of responding, he reaches into the fold of his outer clothing and pulls out Akira's jacket. it's clean and folded, and he holds it out to Akira.
So everything that's happening now is really because of a residual effect . . .
[residues and remnants aren't the same thing, but it seems like there isn't a hidden answer, after all. it's more straightforward this way, yet how can the answers be so few then?]
I don't think it was really the mansion. I think it was just. . .
[he. waves a hand]
Kind of similar to how the rooms back at the mansion changed when we explored them, you know? The cabin changed appearance based on our memories. That's all.
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week two, sunday
[anyway. . . he has changed his eye bandages when he comes to find Zenitsu sitting near the bonfire. he takes a quiet seat next to him (making sure that Zenitsu is not sitting on his blind side) head tilted in greeting]
How's your head?
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[the bump throbs intermittently, and Zenitsu becomes that much more aware of the dull pain when asked after it. compared to what Guy and Giyuu just went through, though, it's nothing. he cants his head to lock eyes with Akira.]
It's better than it was before.
What about your eye?
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Mmm? It still hurts sometimes, but it's okay.
[it too throbs with the phantom pains of the missing appendage, but it's still not nearly as bad as the leg]
Minako's bulling me into taking painkillers, so I'm managing.
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[instead of responding, he reaches into the fold of his outer clothing and pulls out Akira's jacket. it's clean and folded, and he holds it out to Akira.
Here. I washed it yesterday.
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Oh-- [a few blinks, but Akira reaches out to take the jacket, a smile appearing on his features]
You didn't have to go through that trouble, but thanks. Did it help?
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[nodding, he turns back to the fire in front of them.]
Yeah. Thanks.
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[he will rest the folded up jacket in his lap, then! and watch Zenitsu from the corner of his one good eye]
The good news is I'm pretty sure the lake monster existing means that we don't ever have to go swimming for evidence.
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If we have to investigate the lake again next week, someone else can go in my place. Why is it always there?
[how many more guns will they find in a body of water?]
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I should probably pass on the lake, too.
[gestures to eye???]
I'm still not sure I should be getting this injury wet.
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You seriously have no luck when it comes to that sort of thing, have you?
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Nnnnope.
[popping that 'p' for emphasis]
But it sounds like we both don't have luck when it comes to certain things.
[lakes and guns. . . limb loss. . .]
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This entire week's been pretty unlucky.
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. . . for everyone, it seems.
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What do you think is going to happen now?
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[it's hard to say with an atmosphere like this one, but there is one thing he knows for certain]
But the game isn't over yet, is it? It's going to keep going.
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Is it true that we're all being watched? Even the Directors.
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Not according to the directors. The surveillance equipment Giyuu's group found is supposedly nothing but a remnant.
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[residues and remnants aren't the same thing, but it seems like there isn't a hidden answer, after all. it's more straightforward this way, yet how can the answers be so few then?]
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[Akira is using the terminology interchangeably, at the very least]
What we saw in the arts and crafts cabin was a remnant, too. [. . .]
. . . we stepped into it and were immediately taken back to the mansion.
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[he. waves a hand]
Kind of similar to how the rooms back at the mansion changed when we explored them, you know? The cabin changed appearance based on our memories. That's all.
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So what happened to your eye?
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Oh. This?
[hahaha he's so nonchalant about it. it's fine it's just a missing eye]
I got into a fight.
Don't worry; I won.
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You lost an eye. How can you say that?
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[I'M SO FUCKING SORRY ZENITSU]
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You only have two eyes, you know. What are you going to say if you lose the other one? You'll be blind!
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I'm not going to lose the other one.
[HE SAYS THAT SO CONFIDENTLY BUT LIKE HE HAS A 50/50 TRACK RECORD]
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It's not going to not happen, just because you said so. Be more careful! You're not the only person here, either.
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[he sounds a bit exasperated by the lecture, but hey, he'll live]
Are you worried that my bad influence will encourage someone else to lose an eye, too?
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[lost causes, all of them.]
I'm saying that you're a reliable guy, but you don't have to take it so far all the time.
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. . . take, what? The reliability thing?
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Never mind.
Just be careful. Think about how Akechi might feel if he sees you after you've gone blind.
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Oh.
He'd just call me an idiot while throwing something at me.
[Akechi is an asshole]
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Is that how he shows affection?
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That's how he shows frustration.
[what. kind of friendship is this]
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So he'd be upset.
That's why I'm telling you to be careful!
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[maybe]