Day 7 - afternoon

[pandatrash]

[After the execution, there's... nothing. The raccoons exit the stage, and the rest of you are free to do the same. The only update on your tablet reads: "You've been good, so we're going to give you the rest of the day off!"]

((Game nav
Recyclr

Reminder: Tomorrow, I'll put up something fun for anybody who is going to be around and playing, but there will be NO MURDERS or activity checks this week.))

Comments

[theyregooddogs]

[not tempered down yet, but he's less antsy]

It was. No one here enjoys killing for the sake of it. So, while you are blithely trying to save everyone's life, spare a thought for the rest of them, too.

[purrtagonist]

I haven't forgotten everyone else's, I just--

[he suddenly snaps his mouth shut, eyes closing. breathing in, breathing out. he's so tightly wound, and he knows Will is undeserving of the anger boiling in the pit of his stomach right now]

. . . I'll be more careful next time.

[theyregooddogs]

[debating lighting the match to set that powder keg off . . . but thinking better of it, because will doesn't need it and protag akira also has dazai for that]

I know you will.

[purrtagonist]

[yyyyeah. and Dazai will probably set it off eventually, if nothing else beats him to it]

[a humorless laugh]

I don't know if I should be grateful for your faith in me or not. If that even counts as faith.

[theyregooddogs]

[stopping to just consider akira for a stretch, meeting his eyes before glancing off with a sigh]

Don't be grateful. It's not faith, just knowledge.

[purrtagonist]

[is that better? he thinks that's way better than blind faith]

[stands up a little taller]

I'll hold onto my gratitude, then.

[and pour his focus into BEING BETTER!1]

[theyregooddogs]

[you are not going to forget this because you have a strong emotion attached to it??? it's psychology, akira, what are you thinking of]

You can do whatever you want.

[purrtagonist]

Including offering you a cup of hot cocoa?

[ah, look. no coffee! but also that might be because two nights of not sleeping has definitely made Akira consciously back off of the caffeine a bit]

[theyregooddogs]

You can, and I can decline. Thanks, though.

[purrtagonist]

[he accepts that for what it is, and gives a little nod]

All right. But if you ever change your mind, the offer's always open.

[theyregooddogs]

Yeah, I know.

[going to try to finish his rounds before hiding away again]

[purrtagonist]

[OUR CONVERSATIONS KEEP BEING SO SHORT, WILL]

[because Akira lets him go, though not without a wave to see him off, and a distant thought of approaching him during a calmer time period later on]