[Week 2, Tuesday: Eichi]

[doublecrows]

[if the paranoia they experienced while separated last week wasn't bad enough, this week's partner effects are. . . well]

[Akechi bolts upright on Tuesday morning, eyes wide and completely and utterly bewildered. he blinks blearily at the wall opposite the bed, before sllllowly turning his gaze on Eichi]

[. . .]

[does he really want to bring up what just happened, or. . .]

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[doublecrows]

[. . . ah]

[it's the hyperbole that Eichi uses that gets Akechi the most. a lonely throne, a ladder of corpses, blood shed from friends and enemies alike. . .]

Some would rightfully call you ambitious. I never thought ambition alone was a bad thing.

[turning to face Eichi a bit, expression even]

You speak of it as though you have regrets.

[finethanks]

...I wonder if I do.

[He still doesn't know, and he's quiet between his words for longer than usual.]

My actions aren't something that I regret. At least... the point that I've ended up with, I believe was necessary. But there are times when I glance back and realize that I'd been misunderstanding people, that they were truly trying to reach out to me and give me their hand, their friendship, only to have me trample over them with little regard.

Those connections are severed now, and there are times when I wish that they weren't.

[doublecrows]

[and here is Eichi with his redemption arc, while Akechi is still too terrified to start his. even though what Eichi says here. . . about regretting certain severed connections. . . absolutely applies to Akechi's situation as well]

[. . .]

What's more important, than? Your ambitions, or those connections?

[finethanks]

...That answer should be clear from where I ended up, don't you think? My ambition, the goal... it was more important.

My health dropped significantly in the middle of all that, and I remember thinking "it's fine if I die, as long as I finish this."

[doublecrows]

But you haven't died yet.

[and that's important. at least, in Akechi's eyes]

Nothing is completely over while life still exists within you.