[Week 3, Sunday: Rebecca]

[doublecrows]

[SO I HEAR ONE HISTORIAN IS LOOKING FOR THE OTHER]

[Akechi's easy to find, at least. he's in the library, staring at an open book without actually reading or seeing it. have at him, Rebecca]

Comments

[disclosures]

[Saying "how are you holding up" still seems like a bad idea after how many deaths they had to witness today. Too many. They were lucky, the last coupe of weeks, where they could track down the murderers.

They couldn't do that now. But as Historians they have other things to keep track of.]

Hey, kid.

[She settles herself next to him.]

You're still here.

[That can't be right either, but she's committed.]

[doublecrows]

[surprisingly, despite how distracted he seems, his response is immediate]

Miraculously.

[seriously why did the castle with Yasusada when he was RIGHT THERE]

Though I have nothing to complain about.

[disclosures]

I'm sure you've got something to complain about. Even if it's not your execution.

By the way, I did figure out my partner's objective. Do you have any small wishes you want done?

Otherwise, I could hold you at knife point and have her bat the knife away. Unless you want to die. That won't work.

[doublecrows]

[. . . . what]

So her objective is to grant small wishes, or save someone from dying? I see.

Tell her I wish for a cup of coffee.

[disclosures]

She needs to grant three wishes. But the bigger things are probably only going to happen with the well.

I'll tell her that.

[doublecrows]

Thank you.

And should you really need to hold a knife to my throat, I trust you enough to believe you won't actually slit it.

[he's. pretty sure. only because they're both historians]

[disclosures]

See, that's what I thought! It would've been fine. Nobody would've died. I doubt anybody else would let me do that. I mean, the sharp knives are only around during mealtime, but I could look for a dagger or something in the armory.

I also got Veronica to agree to join me in a sing along the next time we need to look for evidence. ... Provided she didn't die.

How's your new objective going?

[doublecrows]

[HAHA. . .]

I have yet to take the steps necessary towards completing it, but I'm sure I will, eventually. I just need. . . time.

[disclosures]

How much time do you think you'll have?

What is it anyway? You already know mine.

[doublecrows]

Until this war game ends.

[. . . . haha]

For now, I'd rather keep it to myself, thank you.

[disclosures]

Or you die. [So blunt.]

Too embarrassed about it? Anything else you want to chat about before I press on your objective?

[doublecrows]

. . . or I die, yes.

[ugh. he doesn't answer her question and just MOVES ON!!]

I did want to talk about this past week's Blotters. One of them was executed for being partnerless, did you know?

[disclosures]

I didn't know who either of the Blotters were this week-- wait, you knew who they were?

[doublecrows]

I only knew one.

[Akechi. . .!]

It was 2B. She was likely the one who handled the katana that sliced through Fitzgerald's money.

[disclosures]

And she... told you she was a Blotter?

[The fuck is happening here.]

[doublecrows]

She did.

[WHY DO PEOPLE. . . TRUST AKECHI]

She wished for me to look after Monika, if anything should happen to her.

[. . .]

As you can see, that didn't work out so well.

[disclosures]

[WHY ARE PEOPLE WILLINGLY TRUSTING HIM. Rebecca has to, as they're fellow Historians. But nobody else has to.]

No. Well... I guess we can assume they're together, wherever they are.

... Natsuo didn't take Monika's death well either.

[doublecrows]

[IT BOGGLES THE MIND]

No. He didn't.

[jazz hands at everything that happened at the trial]

I knew they were close, since Monika also didn't take Natsuo's death well.

[disclosures]

[That was a Mess.]

Don't Blotters work together? You an Ann did, right? Any idea what happened there? She sounded like she wouldn't kill her own partner.

[doublecrows]

They do, yes. But that doesn't prevent them from working alone, as I pointed out at trial. Further, we don't know it was the second Blotter that killed Monika and Hijikata. It could have been someone unrelated.

[disclosures]

Whatever kills happen have to be approved by the Crafters, right? That's about all we know for sure.

Ugh. They're not exactly forthcoming with information either.

[doublecrows]

They aren't. And they're very particular with the information they give out, too.

[disclosures]

How often do you think they lie? Or are they just being very careful with what they say to us.

[doublecrows]

I doubt they're lying.

[that wouldn't be fair]

I believe they're being very careful about what they say to us. Choosing their words carefully, so they may be misleading but not an outright lie.

[disclosures]

Oh, right. Stepping around the truth. Exploiting loopholes, you know, like a lawyer.

[Says the lawyer.]

[doublecrows]

Yes, exactly like a lawyer.

[says the detective]