Not Again! With Akira

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But they wouldn't know it's yours, they'd think it's mine.

[Still, he'll relent on that idea, because he's not actually that close to Dick. Luckily it's not someone he cares about at risk so he'll give up the fight easily.]

Why did you even use it on him? What happened?

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Yeah. . . but-- I don't know. What Steph said about how even passing around an anonymous list of powers without names attached would come with consequences has me worried.

[a small sigh]

But I'm going to talk to Dick and Yin Yu, so hopefully they'll believe me without me saying too much and. . . not mention it tomorrow.

[ANYWAY]

Nothing happened to him, I just worried he might be a good first target. [a tiny shrug] If I were someone who wanted to play this game the way the pink voice wants us to, I'd target someone as personable and capable as him first.

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See, here I was thinking that Yu was the perfect target for the opposite reasons: I didn't see him around as much at meetings, so I figured people would be less likely to miss him.

[A pause.]

This isn't a confession by the way, I didn't kill him. That's just the logic I'd use in picking a victim.

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Of course you didn't.

You wouldn't be humming that obnoxious tune if you did.

[just giving Chuuya a blank look at that]

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Shit, really? Killers avoid effects?

[CHUUYA DID NOT KNOW. HE MADE IT BACK TO THE ROOM THAT ONE TIME HE MURDERED.]

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[. . . . . . . . . I]

[Chuuya]







Where were you for seven weeks?

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You don't understand! I thought it was because the killers went back to their rooms after killing! I didn't know it was a side-effect of killing someone!

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Chuuya.

[r-reaches out to pat his shoulder]

It's not a side effect of killing someone. It's more. . . a consequence of being awake on Thursday nights.

People who kill on Thursday nights are awake, so they don't get curfew effects. Much like people who sleep in their cabins.

1/ lol

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[His shoulder is patted!]

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It's not-

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But that can't-

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ok done

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I'm not stupid!

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[oh my god]

[IT TAKES ALL OF AKIRA'S WILLPOWER NOT TO LAUGH]

I'm not saying you are! I just can't believe you didn't notice!

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[He is! Grabbing for Akira's shirt!!!

He's not shaking him yet or anything though, it's more like 'hold him there to yell at him'.]

You can't tell anybody about this! Take this secret to your grave!

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Okay, okay! [his mouth is twitching but he isn't laughing. he lifts both of his hands to clutch at Chuuya's] I won't tell a soul.

Did you stay somewhere by yourself last night?

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[The magic friendship hand-holding~]

No, I wasn't by myself. There were like five damn people down by the lake.

One of them tried to fight the shark, it was so stupid.

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[wh]








Why?

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If I knew, I would've told you the reason why.

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. . . [nods sagely???]

I guess that's-- fair. . .?

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It's still stupid.

[And after a moment, he's getting an idea.]

Hey, so you have to walk backwards, right? You think it'll affect me too if I give you a piggyback ride?

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[blinks at Chuuya a few times]

[and then]

How tall are you again?

[I'M SO SORRY CHUUYA]

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Tall enough to kick you in the nuts.

[>T]

You wanna see?

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-- no thanks!

[HE'S GOOD, THANK YOU]