That's way more useful than what I got. 45 and I partnered up, and we got a rock.
[ He doesn't pull it out because he doesn't have it on him, but they can share this sort of thing later when they're with a larger group. ]
Akira's a good person to talk to as well— we got a group together on Friday to talk about things. Him, me, 45, Beau, and Hunter. Large groups are a bit of a hassle, but more heads are useful.
[ If he's a fool to, he doesn't think too much of it. The ultimate goal is still to make it out alive, and there's no reason for people to get in the way of that.
Unless they're psychos like Stefano. Ayabe had trusted Stefano too, which was terrible and he's realizing this now. ]
[ He scoffs a little, because he knows that not everybody is nice, that the world isn't sunshine and rainbows. It's not like he opens himself to people, makes himself vulnerable to anybody who so much as smiles his way, it's always been the opposite. ]
I know. But at least in a business sense, I trust people won't withhold things or lie, when there's information that could save everybody. ...Nie Huaisang proved me wrong already... Babo Kim too. Stefano. [ y'all... ]
But I know better now. It's not like my trust is universal.
[Stefano??? Wow Ayabe, don't trust the creepy adults!]
Yeah? Well I'm pretty sure everyone's withholding stuff right now. Even I am. Everyone's looking out for their own survival first and foremost, so they're keeping secrets close to their heart.
[ Stefano was weird and insulting and trusting him was a mistake YEAH ]
If it's secrets about themselves, I don't care about that. But things that would help us be able to stop these monsters and let us leave, why keep those a secret? Whether only they get out or everybody else does shouldn't be any different, right?
Where does the line between 'secrets about themselves' and 'secrets to help everyone' get drawn? If someone's a monster, they're going to hide it. The cure might work, but is there more? And what if it doesn't work?
They don't know, right? If they're a monster, wasn't it all subconscious...?
[ He spoke with Hunter the day before and the day after the kill and there was nothing, he noticed nothing. But maybe he's just really bad at noticing; he's never had to pay close attention to people before. ]
Even if they don't know for sure, they have to suspect it. Hunter went back and shot down the chandelier, didn't he? And like, the others, they had to have blood or something on them when they finished killing. And yet they didn't say a thing to anyone.
They don't remember. [ But it's hesitant, like he's speaking to convince himself just as much as he is Chuuya ] Everything that happened while the rest of us are asleep, they... say they don't remember. Like they were just sleepwalking, doing all those things.
[ It's what they say. He doesn't know. He's never transformed. ]
[ He opens his mouth to say that he would immediately wash it off, but then what Chuuya is saying sinks in. ]
...I would tell someone. I would wash off the blood, but I would tell someone— I would tell Beau. I wouldn't want to be kept alive to kill somebody week after week.
[ It's not an answer he had to think of right off the bat, but he doubts there's a person here left who hasn't thought "What if I'm the monster?" He desperately wants to go home, but how is he supposed to do that and tell his siblings he had to kill somebody to do that? How is he supposed to live with himself, knowing that? Whether that's a strength or a weakness, he doesn't know, just that if something like that does happen, that's what he would want. ]
Hmm... I'll kick their ass myself, but we can double team them.
[Chuuya honestly doesn't have much of a home to go back to, but anything would be better than here. He just wants to get out, and with a few important people in tow.]
I dunno, you're still trusting too many people. You might not know when you need to kick someone's ass.
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Date: 2020-03-09 02:17 am (UTC)[He'll pull his own reward from then out. It's a little rabbit's foot charm.]
We get along, sure. Ken's nice, and Dazai is Dazai. The four of us could be a group, sure. Or we could make it five and drag Akira in too.
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Date: 2020-03-09 02:22 am (UTC)[ He doesn't pull it out because he doesn't have it on him, but they can share this sort of thing later when they're with a larger group. ]
Akira's a good person to talk to as well— we got a group together on Friday to talk about things. Him, me, 45, Beau, and Hunter. Large groups are a bit of a hassle, but more heads are useful.
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Date: 2020-03-09 02:42 am (UTC)[And. Yeah. Chuuya doesn't trust most people here.]
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:13 am (UTC)[ If he's a fool to, he doesn't think too much of it. The ultimate goal is still to make it out alive, and there's no reason for people to get in the way of that.
Unless they're psychos like Stefano. Ayabe had trusted Stefano too, which was terrible and he's realizing this now. ]
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:22 am (UTC)[Chuuya says this despite being glad that someone trusts him.]
Not everyone is nice, you know. Someone's gonna take that trust and stab you in the back with it.
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:28 am (UTC)I know. But at least in a business sense, I trust people won't withhold things or lie, when there's information that could save everybody. ...Nie Huaisang proved me wrong already... Babo Kim too. Stefano. [ y'all... ]
But I know better now. It's not like my trust is universal.
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:32 am (UTC)Yeah? Well I'm pretty sure everyone's withholding stuff right now. Even I am. Everyone's looking out for their own survival first and foremost, so they're keeping secrets close to their heart.
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:34 am (UTC)If it's secrets about themselves, I don't care about that. But things that would help us be able to stop these monsters and let us leave, why keep those a secret? Whether only they get out or everybody else does shouldn't be any different, right?
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-09 03:51 am (UTC)[ He spoke with Hunter the day before and the day after the kill and there was nothing, he noticed nothing. But maybe he's just really bad at noticing; he's never had to pay close attention to people before. ]
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Date: 2020-03-09 03:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-09 03:59 am (UTC)[ It's what they say. He doesn't know. He's never transformed. ]
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Date: 2020-03-09 04:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-09 04:21 am (UTC)...I would tell someone. I would wash off the blood, but I would tell someone— I would tell Beau. I wouldn't want to be kept alive to kill somebody week after week.
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Date: 2020-03-09 04:48 am (UTC)Instead, he chuckles.]
You're too honest, Ayabe.
[Maybe that's why...
...]
But it's fine, you keep being the way you are. If someone tries to take advantage of you, I'll kick their ass.
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Date: 2020-03-09 04:57 am (UTC)Hmm... I'll kick their ass myself, but we can double team them.
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Date: 2020-03-09 05:02 am (UTC)I dunno, you're still trusting too many people. You might not know when you need to kick someone's ass.
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Date: 2020-03-09 05:10 am (UTC)[ He thinks. Actually, he wouldn't be able to tell, would he? That's Chuuya's whole point. ]
That's what teaming up is for, anyways. I get dibs.
[ But Chuuya still has to tell him whose ass to kick ]
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Date: 2020-03-09 05:34 am (UTC)[Though honestly, Chuuya would prefer it if people didn't betray at all. That would make it much easier to handle.]
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Date: 2020-03-09 05:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-09 05:42 am (UTC)Dork. C'mon.
[And then they can go off to do whatever and chill for the weekend.]