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Reapsody Mods ([personal profile] reapertoire) wrote2018-04-12 08:27 pm

week 5, thursday

[ Between one blink and the next, Chuuya will suddenly find himself in a greenhouse. If he tries looking outside its glass windows, he'll notice that there is a strange haze that makes it impossible to tell the exact location, but the interior of the greenhouse is fairly bright, as if sunlight was shining through.

Everything in it seems fairly normal. There is a variety of plants, but primarily roses, as well as a small outside garden table. Still, strangely enough, there's also a... kotatsu? Well. Okay. ]
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ at the kotatsu sits anthy, eating shaved ice. hm. ]
doublesmall: (where are we?)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[suddenly being somewhere else makes certain reflexes kick in, and chuuya is immediately tense, a hand reaching for where he usually keeps his knife. a moment later, though, he forces himself to relax, straightening up again and taking a moment to glance around at the greenhouse, the kotatsu--

and anthy. hm indeed.]


...Himemiya, right? Mind if I have a seat?
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Go ahead. Would you like anything to eat or drink before we start?
doublesmall: (no i don't believe you)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine, thanks.

[he never had a problem with her, so given that and that she's the one he's been sent to-- she'll get a bit more politeness from him. chuuya takes a seat at the kotatsu, pausing for just a moment.]

Are you really the one running this, or some kind of representative?
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
I am the Composer of this Game.

[ she sets her spoon down. ]

Although, I admit, it feels like for this particular Game that title feels like it has strings attached.
doublesmall: (and i don't have the right)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
--yeah, I've gotten the impression it's not as straightforward as we thought. I won't say I don't still think it's kind of bullshit, though.
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
That's fair.

[ she won't say that it isn't. ]

I'm afraid you were all pulled into something that went beyond simple judgment for a second chance. It made this whole Game more... complicated.
doublesmall: (blood and tears)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
So it's... what, proving something else entirely, or...? That Terra guy seems to think it's about working together [his nose wrinkles slightly, there] and Jacopo mentioned something about needing to impress his employer. Not sure if that was just for the judgment thing or not, though.

--I get that you probably can't just come out and tell me what the point is, but there is one, right? Is trying to get another chance out of all this even still part of it?
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose one way to put it is... there's more than one point. The first is the one you all know about, which is playing to win your second chance at life. That's how Games typically run. In this specific one, however, there's another reason for its existence. And unfortunately that reason has been interfering with the first one.
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[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I think I follow. Mostly.

[there's a sigh there, a shake of his head.]

I'm not the kind of person my boss and my old partner were, though. They'd probably see through it, but honestly, all I've known how to do is play the game that got laid out for us. I don't know what the other reason would be.

[he hates dazai, but if that man were here he'd know what was going on, and the boss was ever the embodiment of pure logic. he's just not sure if that was a good thing, anymore.]

But-- I came here because I had a request for you too, actually. About this Game.
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. What is it, Chuuya?
doublesmall: (to the evenness i fake)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Let me ask one more thing before I tell you. I know some of the others are convinced there's a way to save those of us who lost-- are they right?
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, they are.
doublesmall: (don't matter what you do)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
... alright. In that case, here's my request: I don't want to be saved.

[he takes a moment, there, to gather his thoughts.]

Don't get me wrong-- I do want to live, more than anything. I want to get what I lost back. But I don't want it just because of whatever the others manage to do, you know? I want it on my own merits.

So if they pull it off, I want you to judge me anyway, and I'll accept whatever you decide. If you wouldn't have decided to let me live, then I'll work for you instead, and if you won't have me then I'll face my death.

Do you accept, Himemiya-san?

[congrats she gets the only pointed honorific use he's had in this game.]
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[ her expression has been primarily her usual smile since he’s gotten here. after he speaks though, her smile... softens a bit, like she truly hadn’t been before. ]

I accept. I will judge you based on you alone.
doublesmall: (i only wanna do bad things to you)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
-thanks.

[he inclines his head slightly, not quite a bow but something close.]

I won't lie, I still want to see this all end, but-- I won't try to interfere with what they're doing then. Not like there's a lot of ways to manage that, anyway...

Is there anything we can actually do, from where we're at?
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
There's Reaper Creeper, but that depends entirely on if they ask the right questions that you all will be able to answer...

[ she looks over at the glass windows of the greenhouse. ]

I'll speak to Max.
doublesmall: (they were here first.)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-13 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
-yeah, our track record with picking questions wasn't great, huh.

[efforts were made... but at least now he's less inclined to give bad answers on purpose.]

Appreciated, though. We'll see how it goes.

That's all I really wanted, I didn't come here to interrogate you-- but if you want anything passed along, I don't mind playing messenger boy. You're a potential employer now, after all, so I just might take an order or two.
Edited 2018-04-13 21:58 (UTC)
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-13 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If anyone asks, just let them know that the remaining Players aren't doing as poorly as they may think. I know some of the others have been concerned about it.
doublesmall: (always high)

[personal profile] doublesmall 2018-04-14 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Got it.

[he stands up, gives her another nod... and pauses, any hope of a smooth exit interrupted as he remembers he'd just sort of. shown up here.]

Uh, do you just send me back, or...?
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[personal profile] rosemance 2018-04-14 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
... I'll send you back.

[ that would. be for the best. ]