Goro "local murder mascot" Akechi [Cʀᴏᴡ] (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
doublecrows) wrote2018-07-13 09:24 pm
doublecrows) wrote2018-07-13 09:24 pm
[Week 5, Friday: Eichi]
[Akechi was around for the headcount. he lingered long enough to confirm the corpses as Jae-Ha and Sousei. and after that? he vanishes]
[but he can be found again later that night, in their shared room, sitting on the edge of the bed with a folded piece of paper in hand. he's staring at it with a distance expression, but is also clutching it so tightly it's getting kind of crinkled]
[huh]
[but he can be found again later that night, in their shared room, sitting on the edge of the bed with a folded piece of paper in hand. he's staring at it with a distance expression, but is also clutching it so tightly it's getting kind of crinkled]
[huh]
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[he huffs, and reaches out to snag Eichi's hand. the one that is resting on his own arm]
It isn't as though you have to hold yourself back anymore.
[his gaze flickers down]
Is something wrong with your arm?
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Oh, that's right. When I first woke up, I had thought it was that I slept funny, so I didn't mention it... but after investigating the kitchen with Sanji, I discovered he had the same problem. Our arms are hurting.
For me, at least, it hurts quite a bit sometimes... There's not an injury in sight, however.
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[frowns!! deeply!!]
It isn't a curse from the well, is it?
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It shouldn't be. Just on Monday, I...
[Actually, hold on.] Goro, do you still have the coin you gained for the well?
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[he seems a bit surprised at the sudden non-sequitur]
Yes, I do. [since they wound up not needing it to save Eichi's life] For what reason?
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[truthfully, Akechi had been hanging onto that coin, waiting to use it to give himself another advantage in this war game. but if Eichi needs it. . .]
Of course.
[then he has no qualms in handing it over]
What are you going to wish for?
[he may not get an answer, and that'll be okay, for now. but he has to ask]
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[He winks, and he hopes his cute charm will get him out of this one.]
I'd like to run and use it quickly, so I'll be right back. Once I am, you'll help keep me warm from heading outside, won't you?
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If I feel like it, perhaps.
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[He laughs as he slips out the door, just leaving him with that!! Don't worry, he's only gone for as long as it takes his tired, weak ass self to get to the well, wish, and come back, with his multiple oxygen breaks along the way.
Then he's slipping back inside and peeking to look for him.]
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[he doesn't move to greet Eichi when he returns]
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[Eichi steps on in. Come on, don't play the "not in the mood, I'm sleepy" card, that's so boring! How about a smooch? Some smooch??
Well, anyway, Eichi is absolutely trying to be all cute as he steps closer and reaches over him, covering his eyes with his hands. Even if they might have been closed.]
It's me. ♪ [That's not how this game works... but he tried.]
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Please, I'm napping.
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[Hmm!! He has a feeling that's what it is, but he won't back down from that, not now. Instead, he pulls his hand back at the swat and pokes at his cheek, instead. Eichi's leaned over him in such a way that his own body weight is on Akechi's side, slightly.
He's being an annoyance. On purpose.]
That's quite boring, isn't it? I'm cold from stepping outside, so if you don't turn my way and give me attention, then I'll have to steal it from you.
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I'm a detective. I don't approve of thieves.
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He's a child, sometimes.
The elbow is enough to get him to slide off slightly, but he uses that as an excuse to grab onto his arm, face pressing into the back of his shoulder.]
You're so mean~. It could be an exciting novel, you know? A detective and a thief, going back and forth, displaying their power, waiting on each one-up to see who the true victor is. And in the midst of that, romance blossoms... ♪
Fufu, I could become a novelist like this, couldn't I? I wonder if I could even write manga? Perhaps I'll run Keito out of his hobby.
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That's a rather similar relationship to the one I had with Joker, incidentally.
[HE SAYS, SUPER CASUALLY, LIKE IT AIN'T A BIG DEAL? and like his obsession with Joker wasn't completely one-sided (it totally was)]
[trying to make Eichi jealous? totally trying to make Eichi jealous]
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[It works, he's jealous, but that also means his mind is working to fight against that.]
I'd like to say I had a similar thing with the last member of the Five Oddballs, the group I rose up to gods before sending them to their knees... But Wataru wasn't a detective or a thief at all. He played the role of a "villain" so well, and I was an angel, there to smite him... I had my idol crawling on his knees pathetically.
But just as I destroyed him entirely, you killed that Joker fellow, didn't you?
[SO... HE CAN'T BE JEALOUS OVER THE DEAD RIGHT]
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Yes. I did. Our fated rivalry ended in my victory, with my own justice prevailing over his.
You saw the fruits of that labor.
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Indeed. Could it be that you miss him, Goro? Making a face like that... it makes me a little jealous, you know?
[Is it better if he outright says it]
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[the answer is yes, in a weird and undefined way. . . not that he ever liked Kurusu, not that he ever held any sort of affection for him. but sometimes, it does feel like he shot a piece of himself. a piece of his destiny]
Oh? Are you, now? My, you seem to get jealous easily.
[he's pleased with this!!]
But I don't miss him at all. We could have been great, he and I. But this is how things were always supposed to end.
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[Defensive, huffy, but it's a lie, of course. He really does get jealous easily. Akechi could simply speak to someone more than once and Eichi will wonder why he wasn't involved, or told about it. He can't help it. With this weak body of his, it makes sense that he'd be left behind, so he worries about it constantly.
Especially when he's sure that it can't be true Akechi doesn't miss Joker, if he's bringing him up like this, in this way. Still, he tries to point his stare somewhere else so it can't be read.]
Well, if you're so certain of it, that's good, I suppose. I'd hate for it to bother you.
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[it does]
[he won't speak those feelings aloud]
Come closer. There's no reason for there to be so much distance between us.
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Well, he can’t refuse that, though, and scoots closer until there’s no space left between them at all. ]
I’d appreciate if you didn’t toy with me. My heart is fragile, you know? [ literally hahaha ]
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I'm aware. But do you really think I'd go so far as to break it, instead of just toying with it a little bit?
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I suppose you wouldn't, after how much you've done to save me. This game of cat and mouse... it's quite fun. We change roles back and forth and it never gets boring, does it? Not even when I'm so thoroughly caught.
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I told you before. I quite enjoy giving chase.
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I'm quite lucky for that.
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You truly are. [uh] Who knows where we'd be had I decided not to go after you?
[like]
[Akechi wasn't the difficult one to win over, right at the very beginning]