voidbreaker | AKIRA

[ ash is gonna hoist himself onto the cistern because that's what i want in live. ]

Say with more oomph. Really get the message across.

[ ash just looks tired. ]

[they are MAKING IT WORK]

. . . I'd make a joke about you getting out of jail early, but-- you didn't even make it home. Did you?

[ they're resourceful young men. ]

Nope. Leaving the house happened, what... seconds ago? Well. Minutes ago now. Same for you?

[exhales. . .]

Same for me.

[his expression twists]

I was saying goodbye to the sisters just. . . what, two minutes ago? At the most? So it doesn't make sense for us to be--

[gestures]

[at the bathroom]

[and probably almost smacks Ash in the face because the bathroom is TINY]

[ he has to move to avoid the hand smack, and probably almost smacks his head into the wall. ]

Unfortunately, here we are.

[ ... hff. ]

So we got intercepted or something before we made it home.

[ugh. Akira's expression twists into one of displeasure as he pulls his hand back and curls in on himself a bit to make more room. this sucks]

Mmm. That's my first guest.

But the real question is: by what?

I'd pretty comfortably say it's not the house, we fucked that thing right up.

...

It was probably when we were in the process of going home. If it's like... some kind of spirit path or something, it can't be super well protected. If someone found it and broke into it, maybe it fucks with the end destination?

What if the bus is alive?

[I MEAN]

[IT'S POSSIBLE]

[ he reaches out and ]

[ pushes akira. ]

Do not.

[ROCKS BACK, because he was half-joking but also half being serious]

I can't rule it out and you know it. Not after everything we've seen.

I know, and that makes it worse.

[ ugggggh. ]

I don't have the Adder stone anymore so it's not like we can check.

[. . . khhhh]

I wonder if the Adder stone would even work here? But I'm not surprised that we've been stripped of any potentially useful items.

[and as though to demonstrate, Akira turns out his pockets. which are very, very empty]

Probably not, but I'd feel a bit less useless if I had it her and could pretend it might work.

[ and, yeah. ash doesn't pull out his own pockets but they are super duper empty as well. it's terrible. ]

[. . . well. at that, Ash gets a sympathetic look, because. . . yeah. Akira relates]

[a deep breath. Akira steels his expression]

Remember what we did to even get the Adder stone in the first place?

Broke into shit.

[ chaotic rebellion, it's what they do. ]

Exactly.

So what can we break into while we're here?

[he literally got dragged into the bathroom before he could look around, thanks Ash]

[ look they had to have a team strategy meeting, it's fine. ]

Windows are out, I've tried getting them open.

[ i don't care if this is bending time and space but there's a Cut on ash's cheek. it's fine. ]

[. . . yeah he notices that cut and reaches out to brush his thumb against it. it's fine!!]

Yeah? And what happened?

Stuff ricochets right off them. Bags, teenaged girls, knives...

[ take a wild guess what caused the cut, akira. ]

[ah. yeah. he knows now, and his hand falls back at his side]

. . . impressive security they've got here, then.

Impressively annoying.

[ he taps the cut himself -- it's stopped bleeding? that's good, yeah? ]

It's the same security the mansion had, remember?

[yes, no blood is good]

Which was still incredibly annoying.

[ good. ]

So, obviously we're meant to stay on the bus.

Yeah. Just like we were meant to stay in the mansion.

But they let us out eventually, remember?

So.

Wanna take some bets on what's waiting for us at the final stop?

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