Day 17 - WHODUNNIT?

[pandatrash]

[It's that time again! The Great Detective has been killed, so put those little grey cells to work and find the culprit!]

[Most of the flooding has been stopped as well, though it's uncomfortably damp just about everywhere. Looks like the raccoons only half-assed their cleanup.]

[Speaking of half-assed, where's Tycoon? I mean, broken ones, sure, but has anybody seen him up and about? Looks like you guys might be flying blind this time around...]

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[purrtagonist]

[sharply]

Yeah, sure. Better than some people did, right?

[that's pointed]

[afailedmurder]

Someone was inevitably going to die tonight. Would you have rather it been you?

[purrtagonist]

[his gaze narrows]

What if my answer to that is "yes?"

[suppressthedark]

Akira-

[Wow that's

Both alarmed AND threatening, somehow, as it's hissed out from the other side of the room.

Don't do this to him!!]

[purrtagonist]

[holding up a hand, gaze whipping in Ichigo's direction]

. . .

[afailedmurder]

If your answer to that is really, truly "yes," I don't have anything more to say to you.

[purrtagonist]

[lowers his hand, and turns back to Akechi]

It's less about me being ready to throw myself into the grinder and more about having the freedom to choose, Akechi.

My offer of friendship doesn't mean I'm your prize.

[afailedmurder]

[that get a flash of very real anger]

Who said shit about prizes? All I ever wanted was a goddamn friend, and you can't even do that properly.

1/2

[purrtagonist]

[momentarily taken aback]

[purrtagonist]

[and then lifts a hand to scrub at his face, all of the fight evaporating from him like water]

. . . forget it. I don't know if this is something we'll ever see eye-to-eye on.

[afailedmurder]

...No, I suppose not.

[deflating a little as he turns away]

[purrtagonist]

[turns away as well, shifting his weight to lean on his crutch]

. . .

[for a moment, it looks like he wants to say something else. but he doesn't, and instead exits stage left]