[grimmoired] sousei

[toughchoices]

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prologue - sunday afternoon;

[toughchoices]

[Well, he did it - he survived. It would be nice if Reyna and Sousei could talk about something that wasn't business for once, but that's literally impossible, so. Wherever he is she tracks him down eventually and greets him with a nod as she approaches.]

Sousei. Good to see you're still with us.

[disilluded]

[All they can do is talk business.... let them be comfortable.]

Yes, it seems that in some way, conveniently, this all worked out.

[For the better for him. Not for Gi-gan or Sharpay.]

Though it only brings more questions to my mind. How many such rules and roles must we watch out for?

[toughchoices]

Enough of them to be annoying - but there are only so many of us.

[As their numbers dwindle, they'll have less and less that they need to look out for. ...which is kind of a macabre way of thinking about it, but it is what it is.]

Whoever acted today - we can conclude it was someone who liked you and Jae-ha well enough to save the pair of you.

[...

Or someone who disliked Sousei enough to annoy him by pairing him with Jae-ha, but. She doesn't actually think Jae-ha's that bad......]

[disilluded]

[Yeah he will take being paired up with Jae-ha over being dead about 100 times, thanks mysterious person...]

Indeed. That does not narrow it down much, however; Jae-ha is an irritation, but he has a way of charming people.

[toughchoices]

[Yourself included, Reyna wonders?

...but, wisely, she doesn't ask.]

I guess we'll see - if they do this again next week, or even if they don't, that should still... tell us something.

[disilluded]

[nOPE]

... I dislike that our only option in many of these things is to "wait and see" when there are lives on the line. There must be other ways to gather answers.

[Some...how...]

[toughchoices]

[sousei is preaching to the choir. reyna makes a face and nods.]

I'd go poking around for answers myself, but...

[she shrugs]

If something happens to me, I don't want to take my partner down with me. They've tied my hands that way. [...] I'll just have to get him on board with it.

[disilluded]

... Yes, you are right. They've hobbled us in a most effective way by tying another's life to ours, curse them.

[Otherwise they'd be risking their lives left and right to find a way out.]

[toughchoices]

The problem is that, clearly, there are some people that don't care about that.

[shARPAY. She very well could have taken Sousei with Gi-gan, and Jae-ha with herself once she was caught; was it worth it? Reyna can't think that it is.]

I pity anyone who's ended up with someone like that for a partner.

[disilluded]

That is truly the problem.

[In all honesty...]

I believe anyone desperate enough to commit murder here will not be concerning themselves with details such as dragging their partner down with them.

[toughchoices]

Right. And we don't know anyone well enough yet to tell if they are the type to be desperate enough to kill as part of this war.

[so many levels of ugh!!]

...if I'm able to come across anything concrete enough to form a guess - I'll share it with you.

[NOW she can offer to trade info, since he'll be sticking around.]

[disilluded]

I would appreciate that. I will be doing what I can to find a possible method to undermine all of these "rules" we must follow; I will share what I find with you in return.

[They're so...businesslike...]

[toughchoices]

[let's get down to business, etc]

Thank you.

[Reyna smiles faintly.]

I should probably let you get some rest - it was definitely an... exciting, day. But if you need anything, you know where to find me.