doublecrows | [Prologue, Saturday: Hikage]

[Prologue, Saturday: Hikage]

[hi Hikage!! this evening Akechi can be found making post-trial coffee in the kitchen, if you happen to stumble across him in the process of same]

Oh, Hikage-san. Good evening.

Care for a drink?

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To be honest, I don't find you particularly suspicious, so not really.

[ hikage you absolute fool ]

Do you have an entire handgun, or just the silencer?

[HIKAGE YOU FOOL]

I was mostly wondering if you were subtly asking me what my title was, actually.

[a light chuckle, before he answers the question]

Just the silencer. It's a piece of evidence from a case I was investigating immediately before arriving here.

[l o l]

[ i mean he's not lying technically ]

Huh... That's pretty useless. [ he's going to put the tray in the oven now, excuse him akechi. ] If I asked you for your title, would you actually tell me?

[he isn't lying and that's terrible]

[he also seems to considering this, before answering]

I wouldn't. Not because I don't trust you, but because I have yet to tell my partner what it is. We've exchanged objectives, but not titles. I think he should be the first to know, before I share this information with anyone else.

Your partner, huh.

[ there's a pause as he tries to remember who that is... and then a sour expression on his face when he does. ]

You think you can trust that guy with information like that?

[ he's lacking a filter at best... ]

Have you heard of the term "mutually assured destruction," Hikage-san?

[Akechi that's so extra]

[ he makes a good point, though... ]

... Fair enough. [ setting those babies to bake!! now he just has to... wait. he'll pass time sipping coffee with akechi, apparently. ]

Does he say weird things to you, too?

All of the time.

[he doesn't even need Hikage to define "weird" because Eichi is "weird"]

[ ah... a fellow victim. He gives Akechi an apologetic look as he returns to his mug. ]

I thought so. I don't know what his deal is... If he tries anything, I don't mind if you come to my room.

[ he feels like eichi is the type to try and grab some ass or something okay ]

[well. admittedly, it's kind of nice to have someone to commiserate with over this]

I'll bear that in mind. Thanks, Hikage-san.

I just feel bad about your bad luck with partners. That's all.

[ he got... moderately lucky... steph seems like she's going to leap straight into danger as soon as she spots it, but at least the flirting is... less. we'll go with less. ]

Your profile says you've got good reasoning, too. If that's true, you'll be a useful ally.

[there should be more flirting when will you two kiss god damn it]

Well, thank you. [FEED HIS EGO, HIKAGE] I do intend to offer my skills to the group as a whole in whatever helpful way I can. Whether it will be enough. . . well. Time will tell.

[ THAT'S HIS BUSINESS!!!!!! ]

I don't think you should try to help the whole group. Some people here are lying to you. Of course, I think it's best that we find the culprit as often as possible... but I'm pretty convinced that there are titles who are working against us. You'd be better off finding a few people you can confide in.

[the entire castle is into Akeichi's business THE ENTIRE CASTLE SHOULD BE INTO STEPHIKAE'S TOO]

[Hikage's assertion gets a slow blink from Akechi]

Why do you think there are titles working against us?

[ isn't stephikage what naruto wants to be ]

It's just a hypothesis... But the titles are divided into heroes, civilians, and villains. There were a bunch of things that showed up last week just to confuse us, too, like that armor. It would make sense if the heroes were trying to help us survive and the villains were trying to make us fail, wouldn't it? Especially if one side is Tiger's and one side is Dragon's.

[I DON'T KNOW I NEVER WATCHED NARUTO. . .]

I think that's a bit too simplistic.

[wow, blunt]

Villains are just as much a part of a story as heroes. If narratives are their theme, then I think it's less about heroes helping and villains hindering, and more about everyone achieving the end of a personal story arc.

That's what our objectives are for. Or, at least, doesn't it seem that way?

[ COME ON AL!!!!!

the bluntness doesn't bother Hikage in the least, because he's the same way most of the time. In fact, it seems like it makes him take Akechi more seriously. He raises an eyebrow. ]

Is that what your objective seems like?

[I'M NOT A NARUTO PERSON!!]

My objective isn't something that would benefit the whole of the group, yes. But it wouldn't harm them, either. It's something more. . . personal, and individualistic.

Then yours isn't like mine at all. [ a beat. He stares at Akechi. ] Are you one of the villains?

No.

[he shakes his head in response to that question]

I am a hero. Are you?

[ he shakes his head, too. ]

No. I'm a civilian. One of the princes.

[ he takes a sip of his coffee. look at him, actually sharing information. ]

[oh. he looks surprised, before he nods]

Cinderella's prince, or Snow White's prince. Curious.

I'll leave which one to your imagination. I don't know who the other one is, anyway.

[he nods]

Would sharing your objective give your title away?

Probably not, but I'm not going to tell you what it is when you haven't told me anything. You can only get information if you give some up, remember?

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[Prologue, Saturday: Hikage]

I SWEAR!!!!!!!!

DOUBT!!!!!!!!

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