AKIRA

[concasse]

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[concasse]

[Ask and ye shall receive. Maybe.]

Why? You nervous about outing yourself?

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A little.

[a tiny huff]

I'm not exactly the world's greatest liar.

[concasse]

-- First off, you can't really out yourself and go "hey shitheads, guess who the safety counselor is!" -- You're safe there.

Secondly, you gotta remember that a lot of of us probably had roles in our last game. Sure, it might make some shitheads suspicious, but it's easy to get around that.

[Holding up a finger; he's going to teach this baby how to lie]

For example: if you came to me asking what roles I thought were in play, I could throw off suspicion by saying I've been looking around, haven't found anything, but ask you to keep an eye out for me. Then you're gonna be more focused on a share partnership than my lying ass. See?

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[TEACH HIM HOW TO LIE, SENPAI]

Well, that works if someone comes up to me asking about roles. But what if I ask them?

[concasse]

Mix a little truth in the lie! Say you want to figure out the roles early, because it ended up being a deciding factor in how your last game went.

Now of course, it's not like another role person can just. tell you. But if you're trustworthy enough, they might send a note, or use their role in your favor, or ask the directors if there's some way they can communicate effectively with you.

[Wow it's almost like Sanji did this before]

Look at it like you're playing the long game here; keep being a charming little bastard and the doors will open, trust me.

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[CHARMING LITTLE BASTARD???]

. . .

You sound really experienced at this, senpai.

[cheeky little bastard is more like it]

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Yeah, no shit.

I had a role in my last rodeo.

[OH HO, SENPAI IS BEING OPEN ABOUT SOMETHING?]

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[WHOA. . .]

You did. . .?

What was it?

[Akira had none role and that's why he did okay in Blues]

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Something similar to this.

[... Laughing in the text because you know why, Al]

Anyway, there were a lot of roles in my game, and it took all of us accounting for each other to solve shit -- exactly why I wanna do the same here. Even if it ends up being a waste of time, better we try than sit on our shitty asses, eh?

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[I KNOW I'M WEEPING]

Hah.

[a light huff, and Akira rests his elbow on the counter]

You may be right. Roles weren't a huge deal in my game, but I can't deny that those who held them weren't a huge help in saving us.

[Akechi being one of them, goes unsaid]

I guess I'll start snooping around to see what I can find. But at the very least? This note isn't about anyone's role.

[concasse]

[... Akira didn't mention Akechi, no. But even still, the way that sentence is phrased pulls at his memory, and the chef's brow furrows]

Random question, but you knew -- well, know -- Akechi, right?

[He will get back to the note, he swears, but this was admittedly something Sanji had wanted to eventually bring up]

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. . .

[don't bring Akechi up to the people from the castle, Belph says. and yet]

I do.

He's a-- a friend.

[for a definition of "friend"]

[concasse]

Aa. I liked him, too.





[Belph should've revised that statement a little. Don't bring Akechi up to anyone who isn't Disney Princess Sanji.]

1/2

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[wh]







[what]

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Really? And here Belph told me he was basically universally hated.

[but for some reason he sounds SO RELIEVED]

[concasse]

Oh most of the castle couldn't stand his ass.

[HE CAN'T DENY THAT]

But a lot of it was just awkward circumstances and Akechi's... Akechi-ness. That, and he uh... sorta got someone killed who was well-liked by the castle. [Pour one out for Varian]

That aside, while he could get stuck up his own ass, he was trying just as hard as the rest of us in his own way.

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[. . . Akira can't help it. he laughs a little breathlessly, mouth quirking into a smile]

That sounds like the Akechi I know.

[an asshole and a jerk, but. . . still someone who tried. even if his reasons for trying were selfish]

He's actually from my world, you know? I knew him long before we both wound up in the mansion.

[concasse]

[That has turned into the only Akechi appreciation thread there will ever be in this game (probably) and that's beautiful]

Yeah, I heard you knew him -- damn though, didn't realize you guys came from the same place. Is he really a detective? [AKECHI MENTIONED IT but who knows if it was the truth]

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He is.

[a bit wry!! and weirdly fond, but not in an overt way]

And I guess he can be a good one when he tries.

[concasse]

[... Reminded of when everyone gave poor Akechi shit for being a terrible Historian.

Quietly snickering to himself]

Well, I don't know how much Belph told you, but the Akechi from my castle got himself a boyfriend and I think is gonna run off to be an idol or some shit.

[I can't even remember but it's funnier when Sanji says it like that.]

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[Sanji is 100% correct and Akira has a headache]

Yeah, Belph told me about that, too.

[just. . . lifts a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose]

Of course he takes the first opportunity to run away from the things he did wrong. Of course.

[concasse]

[Ah... sombering at that a little]

Ah, did he?

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. . .

[well. . . it isn't his story to tell, but. it's not like Akechi is here, right?]

He did.

[said quietly]

And not before ruining a lot of lives. Some of them belonging to people I care about.

[concasse]

[... Sanji's sigh isn't angry, exactly; that's not his emotion to express here.

But he does sound disappointed, and shakes his head while he tops off the last of the batter, preparing to slide it into the oven]

I would've chewed his ass out if I knew. At least made him do right by everyone before he fucked off to his own happy ending.

[survivaltricks]

[Sanji is right; it's not the emotion to express here at all. even Akira doesn't seem angry when he's talking about. Akechi is. . . a complicated subject]

. . .

[Akira doesn't say anything to that right away, if only because he too would have wanted Akechi to do right by everyone he fucked over instead of just running away. but what is there to be done about it now. . .?]

. . . at any rate, I'm glad there were some people there who cared about him.

[even if none of them could convince him to fix his own fuck ups]