he picks up a stone and throws it across the lake.
It pretty much vanishes completely out of sight, although the sound of it landing in the water is loud enough to wake Noodles, who bubbles grumpily beneath the surface ]
... Did they know for sure they had roles? Or did they just make that up as part of a lie?
[ ... ]
If they did then... Minako said they had a "mastermind" on their island. It was the island itself influencing someone to get what it wanted done, and I know we don't have possession or demons here...
But we do have residuals. And if the concept of a "mastermind" is one of them -- [ he shrugs. ]
Or one or both of them has a role themselves that's working against us?
... You know they might not be able to talk, right? We're bound by these bullshit rules that always seem to have more and more crap added to them each time.
[ ... ]
Like they want to help but whatever it is they have to do means they're making it more difficult for us?
[ there's a pause as he thinks about it. ] Although if you assume they killed Shinobu, and Giyuu, and now that they had a hand in Sanji's death -- [ he holds up one finger with each colour he says: ] Blue, Grey, Purple.
I mean, one or two people can't account for all the other people running around out there. But they didn't target a blue team member -- we're the lowest, right now. And the week Shinobu died, we were doing alright numbers wise.
[ is that purposeful evening out? or...? ]
But we're only more level now because two people from Shadow's team died, and we don't think they were involved with that. Maybe. [ they solved NOTHING of minako and zenitsu's deaths after all, let's be honest. ]
[Akira exhales sharply and lifts a hand to rub the back of his head, brow furrowed]
My only working theory is that Magnus or Taako-- or both-- have some kind of role. I just don't know what the nature of it is. To keep our teams even? To eliminate the other roles, like Shinobu and Sanji? I don't. . .
[FRUSTRATION]
I don't know and I hate that we can't talk about it. . .!
I mean. We're speculating on the role thing too. It could be that the info got back to them, they decided she was fair game, and Giyuu tried to intervene.
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No. Maybe I did, and I just didn't recognize it as one.
I just know it wasn't the one that I thought it was.
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he picks up a stone and throws it across the lake.
It pretty much vanishes completely out of sight, although the sound of it landing in the water is loud enough to wake Noodles, who bubbles grumpily beneath the surface ]
... So it’s not Lili then.
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[he feels. . . relief when he says that, though he isn't touching Ash so Ash doesn't feel that, either]
Yasusada admitted the mark came from Yin Yu.
[so he was BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE ALL TRIAL]
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Did you use your power to counteract whatever happened to her later on?
[ i mean. again, they caught someone but it doesn’t feel like much of a victory. ]
... wonder why they suspected hin. And if we caught the guy was going after Yin Yu, then ... what happened with the Chef?
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[because emotionless Lili is just a bad Lili and he knew she would hate herself if she had to go nearly one and a half days not caring about anything]
. . .
Taako said that Sanji was killed in self-defense.
[but]
[for some reason Akira sounds. . . doubtful?]
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[ ... ]
...
[ ash looks doubtful ]
I don't know enough about him to say otherwise but... [ ... ] What was it Yasusada said at the end? After we voted for him.
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[he sounds confident about that, so. . . that's one thing they don't have to worry about, at least. Lili will be okay; he knows that for certain]
[but. . .]
[. . .]
I'll be blunt: even if Yasusada hadn't said what he said after we voted for him, I still would have thought that Taako was lying.
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[ well that's one less worry. ]
... You find something out?
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[he opens his mouth to say something, then closes it again, fingers curling into fists against his knees]
[. . .]
How did Taako and Magnus know about Shinobu and Sanji, if they really did have roles. . .?
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Sanji was... tight lipped about shit. I like the guy, and I think we got on alright, but he specifically didn't tell me anything other than his team.
[ ... ]
Unless you're from that fairytale castle, then I don't think he'd willingly tell you shit. [ ... ] You think they're involved with both deaths?
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Yasusada said he thought Magnus killed Shinobu. I thought that maybe the same person who killed Giyuu also killed Shinobu.
[tilting his head towards Ash, frowning deeply]
If that's true, then they killed two people with roles. By Taako's own admission.
. . . why?
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[ ... ]
If they did then... Minako said they had a "mastermind" on their island. It was the island itself influencing someone to get what it wanted done, and I know we don't have possession or demons here...
But we do have residuals. And if the concept of a "mastermind" is one of them -- [ he shrugs. ]
Or one or both of them has a role themselves that's working against us?
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[he intends to talk to Taako and Magnus about it later. if. . . he can]
. . .
And I think it's the last one. [but] Well, maybe not specifically "against us." I think they want to help, I just. . .
[a tiny sigh]
I don't know.
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[ ... ]
Like they want to help but whatever it is they have to do means they're making it more difficult for us?
[ there's a pause as he thinks about it. ] Although if you assume they killed Shinobu, and Giyuu, and now that they had a hand in Sanji's death -- [ he holds up one finger with each colour he says: ] Blue, Grey, Purple.
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[it's better than assuming they can't and not asking at all, when they could all along]
[. . .]
[that last part though. . . Akira's brow furrows]
Blue, Grey, Purple. Winter, Shadows, Heart.
That's pretty even.
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I mean, one or two people can't account for all the other people running around out there. But they didn't target a blue team member -- we're the lowest, right now. And the week Shinobu died, we were doing alright numbers wise.
[ is that purposeful evening out? or...? ]
But we're only more level now because two people from Shadow's team died, and we don't think they were involved with that. Maybe. [ they solved NOTHING of minako and zenitsu's deaths after all, let's be honest. ]
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[Akira exhales sharply and lifts a hand to rub the back of his head, brow furrowed]
My only working theory is that Magnus or Taako-- or both-- have some kind of role. I just don't know what the nature of it is. To keep our teams even? To eliminate the other roles, like Shinobu and Sanji? I don't. . .
[FRUSTRATION]
I don't know and I hate that we can't talk about it. . .!
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[ ... ]
Yeah, that's not much. But it's better than fuck all. Think the directors will be able to weight in on some of it?
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. . . but again, we have to try.
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[oh]
I found out using an item that a friend of mine lent to me. I didn't tell Taako or Magnus, though. . . maybe someone else did?
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[ damn where do they get more of that stuff from. ]
I mean. Once information's out there, you can't control where it spreads.
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[any. one question. AND HE REALLY WISHES HE KNEW!!!]
But the item only said that she had killed Yu, not that she had a role. So. . .
[trailing off. and shrugging?]
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...
I mean. We're speculating on the role thing too. It could be that the info got back to them, they decided she was fair game, and Giyuu tried to intervene.
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[but]
Taako sounded so certain when he said that Shinobu had a role, though. I know he was lying about what happened with Sanji and Magnus, but. . .
[another]
[helpless]
[shrug]
I just want to know how he knew that.
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