[ sqx isn't the only one with a room to herself anymore, so we can head to meg's sometime after trial. i'm assuming they picked up some snackies along the way for ming yi's sake, but once they get there meg is just
flopping face first on the bed and letting out a loud, muffled UUUUUUUUUUUUUGH into the pillow. ]
[ after a moment or two, she rolls onto her side to breathe and also start untying her sandals. they are just kind of tossed at the wall but they're just leather without proper soles it's fine. ]
How is it that even when we get it right, it still feels like we've done everything wrong?
[ He stares up at the ceiling for a long while, before reaching up to scrub at his face with an aggrieved groan. ]
I don't know. Probably the exhaustion from the mess that it wound up being. [ And the fact that they? Didn't super have a lot of answers, actually, despite being able to point fingers to a degree. ]
Why can't anyone here kill like normal people? Or, better yet, why can't they just stop killing people altogether? There's less than half of us left now, anyway.
[ and so few killers caught. that's the worst part. ]
It really is exhausting, having to keep doing this.
For as long as it's an indulgence that counts for more than the others do, there's going to always be at least one person willing to do it. [ he keeps his hand over his face, but not enough to obstruct his voice. ] We didn't catch Mahito's killer. We managed to get HK-47 as an afterthought, Law who might have been justified in killing based only on revenge that we can't prove, and Misa who didn't follow through on it but still somehow counted on a technicality.
[ saying what she realizes, honestly. ]
... I hope we're getting closer to the end, after everything that we've been through so far.
No. If he really did kill Aoi - and regardless, if people believe he did - I doubt many of them will care much about his death.
[ save for Endorsi, who was obviously wanting to not be perceived. but he sighs, too, and brings his hand away from his face so he can put his arm around her. ]
They wanted us to indulge, and we've certainly been doing that, one way or another. We can hope that means we're meeting whatever... quota we're meant to, but it's an unknown number.
He didn't exactly endear himself to most of us, and choosing someone like Aoi as a victim would never have worked in anyone's favor, anyway. She was too... [ hm, how does one describe aoi. ] ...too agreeable with most of us, and too willing to throw away her own life, that they all wanted to protect her.
[ she moves just enough to make sure they're both comfortable like this, and gives a small yawn. ]
...How do you figure we'll know if we've reached it?
I don't imagine that he did. [ Mahito certainly wasn't someone that went out of his way to endear himself to people in any way. ] It's not a kindness, but she was certainly someone that essentially offered herself up to be the perfect victim for a more apathetic killer to target, no matter how unintentional it was. Agreeable, and vulnerable.
[ the way he says it, regretful while still blunt, he doesn't put any blame on her - but she would be appealing prey to a predator looking for an easy kill. ]
... I wish I could say, Meg. But with so few of us left, it needs to be soon.
Well, we already knew that someone out there loves an easy target.
[ whether mahito is the only one is... still to be determined. who even knows anymore. ]
Either it ends soon, or it keeps going until we're all dead. [ like she and yuri talked about... it's not a reassuring thought at all. ] I just... want to make sure you and Sunshine make it back now.
[ there's a humorless laugh at that, but it dies off when she keeps going. without hesitating, he turns his head and buries his nose in her hair, curling his arm a little tighter around her where they're nestled together. ]
All three of us, Meg. I want to see you get out of here with your life in your hands again. [ and he means it, especially with the reminder of just how they're not living, here - they're surviving. ]
[ he crinkles his nose a little, but where she can't see, and it's more about her trading one pantheon for another. ]
I'm not surprised. Our gods aren't any better than yours, in my opinion, but you'd still be welcomed by the two of us if you wanted to come. I think you'd like Zhongguo itself.
I imagine most gods are just more of the same no matter where they come from. But - you'll have to tell me about it sometime. She seems to have forgotten that part.
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week 5, saturday.
flopping face first on the bed and letting out a loud, muffled UUUUUUUUUUUUUGH into the pillow. ]
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flop
right back on his back, avoiding hitting her with any limbs. ]
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How is it that even when we get it right, it still feels like we've done everything wrong?
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I don't know. Probably the exhaustion from the mess that it wound up being. [ And the fact that they? Didn't super have a lot of answers, actually, despite being able to point fingers to a degree. ]
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[ and so few killers caught. that's the worst part. ]
It really is exhausting, having to keep doing this.
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[ saying what she realizes, honestly. ]
... I hope we're getting closer to the end, after everything that we've been through so far.
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[ she sighs, and leans over to rest her head on ming yi's shoulder. ]
We have to be, right? It's not like they ever said this was a "winner take all" kind of situation.
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[ save for Endorsi, who was obviously wanting to not be perceived. but he sighs, too, and brings his hand away from his face so he can put his arm around her. ]
They wanted us to indulge, and we've certainly been doing that, one way or another. We can hope that means we're meeting whatever... quota we're meant to, but it's an unknown number.
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[ she moves just enough to make sure they're both comfortable like this, and gives a small yawn. ]
...How do you figure we'll know if we've reached it?
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[ the way he says it, regretful while still blunt, he doesn't put any blame on her - but she would be appealing prey to a predator looking for an easy kill. ]
... I wish I could say, Meg. But with so few of us left, it needs to be soon.
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[ whether mahito is the only one is... still to be determined. who even knows anymore. ]
Either it ends soon, or it keeps going until we're all dead. [ like she and yuri talked about... it's not a reassuring thought at all. ] I just... want to make sure you and Sunshine make it back now.
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All three of us, Meg. I want to see you get out of here with your life in your hands again. [ and he means it, especially with the reminder of just how they're not living, here - they're surviving. ]
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She invited me to come back with you, you know.
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I'm not surprised. Our gods aren't any better than yours, in my opinion, but you'd still be welcomed by the two of us if you wanted to come. I think you'd like Zhongguo itself.
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And maybe we can go to the simulation room.
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