[Week 1, Monday: Eichi]

[doublecrows]

[it's sometime in the evening that Akechi returns to his shared room with Eichi, the uncomfortable nagging feeling of paranoia and anxiety eating away at his gut like acid. he feels it lessen the closer he gets to said room, the closer he gets to Eichi, and he finds himself picking up the pace to get there all the faster]

[so anyway, Akechi is returning to the room tonight, but as soon as he opens the door, something. . . very off, very different about him becomes obvious]

[he has a series of bright pink scars running down the right side of his face now. hm. hm! oops]

Tenshouin? Are you here?

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[doublecrows]

[. . . a smile]

I would hope that you wouldn't give in to death so easily, Tenshouin. Not after that inspirational speech.

[finethanks]

Oh, did you find it inspirational? ♪

[doublecrows]

Inspirational enough that I'm surprised you don't star in your very own superhero cartoon. Do you often give speeches with that much passion?

[finethanks]

I'd prefer not to be compared to something so fake, you know. A cartoon doesn't hold the reality of what a real life "hero" truly is: someone who mercilessly slaughters their enemies and gathers praises while they bathe in guts and gore.

I don't like to play pretend like children do, so of course I speak with all of my heart. That's all.

Unless... Akechi-kun is the one who watches cartoons like that?

[doublecrows]

[oh. oh]

[but his smile doesn't waver]

You could say that I am.

[there's elaboration to be had, here. but he doesn't elaborate at all]

[finethanks]

...Something like super sentai?

[He's thinking of Chiaki, immediately, of course.] You like something like that?

[doublecrows]

No, nothing like that. [SENTAI IS FUTABA'S THING] American comic books.

[superman!! batman!! just look at Robin Hood and you'll see the connection]

[finethanks]

Really? What odd taste you have. I know even less about those.

[Thanks Eichi.]

[doublecrows]

[THANKS EICHI]

I'd offer to show them to you, but the lack of a library makes that difficult. Not that I would expect a manor like this to have comic books in its library, anyway.

[finethanks]

That's unfortunate, isn't it? Perhaps you could just tell me what it is that you like about them.

[doublecrows]

It's difficult to explain. Truthfully, you'd have to experience them to really understand.

[finethanks]

I'm not sure that I'd be interested, if they're just as fake as the fairy tales children are fed to pretend they're not dark moral lessons.

[He shits on heroes and all this but he watches Jojo, apparently, and actually wants to be the main character/hero himself? He's unfair.]

But for Akechi-kun, I'd gladly take a look, if they appeared.

[doublecrows]

[EICHI PLEASE]

Then all we can do at this point is hope this manor obtains a collection of American comic books. Perhaps then you'll understand what I'm talking about.