week 0 ( friday )

[subordinacy]

[Well, that sure happened.

Setz wonders if something is broken in him, that he can't express horror or shock like others. Maybe he's too desensitized to death; maybe he's just tired. Either way, though, he knows it still isn't right.

Someone has been erased. This "Game" is serious.

Restless (where do they go from here?), Setz is wandering around the area. It's then that he notices Akira and, after a moment, hesitantly approaches him.]

... How are you holding up?

Comments

[subordinacy]

Agreed. Killing people simply because they've killed... I don't agree with that kind of thinking.

[It's too much like how Lark's reasoning was when Angela died. Too much like how Nil still is, last Setz saw him. Not again.]

That said, it's easier said than done. We don't want our host or whoever's pulling the strings in this Game to just dispose of us for being brazenly defiant...

[purrtagonist]

[two wrongs don't make a right. none of this follows Akira's own personal definition of justice]

Mmm. You're right.

[as much as he hates that]

We don't even know who they are, or what they're capable of. Picking a fight with an unknown enemy at this point is just. . . stupid.

[subordinacy]

Yeah. [...] Putting aside what that means for their ultimate fate for a moment, catching a Reaper might actually be our best bet at the moment, if we want to figure things out.

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

I don't think you're wrong.

And technically, finding all of them-- however many there are-- is the fastest way to end this game within the rules we've been given.

[there's a heavy but in the air, though. based on what Akira said about not wanting to go along with tomorrow's trial, Setz probably knows what that but is]

[subordinacy]

... To be frank, if it absolutely comes down to it, I will prioritize reviving as many people as possible—though the fact we don't know how many get to come back to life complicates things.

Still, it's too early to assume we can't achieve another outcome... right?

[Yeah, he gets that but.]

[purrtagonist]

[quiet for a moment, just taking a swig of his drink, brows furrowed]

It is.

[too early to assume they can't achieve another outcome, he means. they can keep their heads down for now, sure. . . but]

I can't accept an "as many people as possible" ending, though.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not advocating for an "all or nothing" approach. [abso-fucking-lutely not] But if I can?

I want to save everyone.

[because while everyone here may have died back home, all of them deserve that second chance, to make up for being drawn into this shitty excuse for a game]

[subordinacy]

I'm not arguing otherwise. Just, "hope for the best and prepare for the worst." Speaking practically, we've already failed in regards to Utena and her partner.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . yeah. Setz is right about that]

[and Akira has no response other than silence as he lifts his drink to his lips for another swig, gaze flickering away]

[subordinacy]

[...]

Sorry. She was an acquaintance of yours, wasn't she?

[purrtagonist]

Mmm.

[if he's feeling angry and upset over her dying after only knowing her for like, six days, then he can't imagine how Anthy feels right now]

She was tough. She had a positive attitude, and a strength of will to be admired.