[Imagine just getting concussed after living through the mess that was Today™...
Souji holds a hand up immediately in response, though.]
It's fine, you don't need to apologize. [Especially considering--] I was on my way to look for you, actually. I wanted to see how you're doing after all of that.
Reyna wishes she could forget. She grimaces at the reminder.]
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry. [Akechi is on her shitlist. Ann is too, to a lesser degree; from the sound of it, she really didn't know. But she was also the person best in a position to say that something didn't seem right, and she didn't... not until the very end.
It's complicated. It feels like a waste of energy, being mad at someone who's going to die tomorrow.]
...but it could have happened to anyone. If they were in my dormitory already to target Soo-won, then... it was probably just a matter of convenience for them.
[HE TOO WOULD LIKE TO FORGET. This trickery bullshit makes him tired.
In any case, he listens quietly, sympathetically. If he was in Reyna's shoes, he knows he'd have panicked and been furious too - not for his own life, but for the life of his partner. To risk Hijikata's life to get away with a kill... It would be unforgivable to him. He'd be understanding if Reyna felt the same, especially considering the one behind the tricks will continue living.]
Most likely. [Though he wonders if that really would make anyone feel any better.] ...I'm glad that you weren't harmed, though.
[She manages a smile, just for a moment - it's fleeting and barely there, but the fact that she can still manage one at all is a wonder. Reyna had some deep-seated issues even before this trial - this has only served to intensify them.
Souji, at least, is enough of an Honorable Warrior™ that he's not setting off any of her alarm bells.]
...regardless, the worst of it is over. Akechi, at least, will not be trying that particular trick again.
I'd hope we wouldn't see it from anyone else, either.
[But he doesn't want to hope too hard, considering people do desperate things when their backs are to corners. He knows that much. He's pretty sure most of the people in this castle do, to varying degrees.]
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toughchoices) wrote2018-06-15 08:05 pm
chapter one - saturday;
anyway, she nearly walks right into souji as she's rounding a corner - but spots him and dodges away at the last moment.]
...sorry. I didn't see you there.
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Souji holds a hand up immediately in response, though.]
It's fine, you don't need to apologize. [Especially considering--] I was on my way to look for you, actually. I wanted to see how you're doing after all of that.
[The whole... intentional frame thing...]
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Reyna wishes she could forget. She grimaces at the reminder.]
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry. [Akechi is on her shitlist. Ann is too, to a lesser degree; from the sound of it, she really didn't know. But she was also the person best in a position to say that something didn't seem right, and she didn't... not until the very end.
It's complicated. It feels like a waste of energy, being mad at someone who's going to die tomorrow.]
...but it could have happened to anyone. If they were in my dormitory already to target Soo-won, then... it was probably just a matter of convenience for them.
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In any case, he listens quietly, sympathetically. If he was in Reyna's shoes, he knows he'd have panicked and been furious too - not for his own life, but for the life of his partner. To risk Hijikata's life to get away with a kill... It would be unforgivable to him. He'd be understanding if Reyna felt the same, especially considering the one behind the tricks will continue living.]
Most likely. [Though he wonders if that really would make anyone feel any better.] ...I'm glad that you weren't harmed, though.
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[She manages a smile, just for a moment - it's fleeting and barely there, but the fact that she can still manage one at all is a wonder. Reyna had some deep-seated issues even before this trial - this has only served to intensify them.
Souji, at least, is enough of an Honorable Warrior™ that he's not setting off any of her alarm bells.]
...regardless, the worst of it is over. Akechi, at least, will not be trying that particular trick again.
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[But he doesn't want to hope too hard, considering people do desperate things when their backs are to corners. He knows that much. He's pretty sure most of the people in this castle do, to varying degrees.]