thefoundation | Saturday meeting/afterparty?

[Everything happens so fucking much. Akira, unlike some, is actually still functioning through all this disaster.

For now.

God, he made a mess of this. He really is Moriarty's, isn't he?

He spreads the word to have a meeting at the studio since all the surveillance is turned off there for the moment. Including to the people that remained at the house, when he goes back to collect food and drinks. Leftovers, mostly. Curry and tacos and tempura and whatever else.

The studio is a mess but he just sets up as best he can among the debris. He picks a pile to perch on with a sigh.]

I know everyone's tired and generally fucked up in one way or another but we don't know how long we have before Mission Control or someone else makes a move. We probably have a lot to discuss.

...it'll be up to all of you if you want me involved in that after I say my piece. I intended to warn you all beforehand but... I ended up missing the meeting the other day.

Short version, some of this disaster is my fault. Longer version, I decided Nora had a point about using the death that had to happen anyway. So I staged a confrontation for the camera in Dazai's office and offered him my services in exchange for my own safety. I knew the Foundation would buy it. I thought I could help cover for his lapses better.

He asked me to sabotage today's game.

And I did.

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...I miss you too.

[And in so many ways that can't be described with so little time.]

Take care of Atsushi. [Said not out of any doubt that Goro would, but for her own benefit in acknowledging that he's still around, and hopefully Atsushi's in that he will know she's still thinking of him. He trusted her so much, and yet...]

I'm not cut out for this at all.

[Caring for others, having that responsibility. Not when the people she cares for most keep dying, not when the ones who look up to her like... like some kind of strength are taken away one by one while she can do nothing more than helplessly watch.

It feels so undeserved.]

[It takes a few moments before Akira even moves from where he was standing. He doesn't care what Nora thinks of him, but everything has been a lot.

The burns hurt as he moves, more than they already did, but he doesn't care.

He just wants to make sure Goro is safe. His eyes flick to Saki for a moment before fixing back on the prinny.]

You didn't get burned...did you?

Without a doubt.

[ He will do everything he can to take care of him. The prinny very gently leans against her, flipper patting Saki's pack. ]

It isn't a bad thing... Not being cut out for this is a good thing, maybe. Because, this kind of thing just... shouldn't exist.

[ And then there's Akira's voice... ]

... Oh.

[ Boy, does he have words he wants to say to you, Akira!!! But... maybe not in front of someone else?? Just to be safe. The prinny very hesitantly pulls away from Saki. ]

I'll be back in a little bit, okay? I have to go yell at him.

[ Not the best joke, especially considering it doesn't sound entirely like he's joking. There's a sigh-like sound as the prinny form begins moving to an area that doesn't have anyone else. ]

[Akira doesn't say anything to that. He just makes a small sound that's almost a hum, almost a sigh.

And follows the prinny quietly.]

[ Once they're alone, Prinkechi is going to be turning and staring right up at the young man. There's a pretty decently thick moment of silence here. ]

... I get it. Out of everyone here, I probably get it the best. Because I- well, I assume I know you better than anyone. You never did try very hard to hide the kind of person you really are. I just... didn't look very closely, until after I had all the time in the day to do just that.

[ This sounds pretty bitter, in spite of prinny voice. ]

So, yes, I fucking get it! But, even half of those people? They won't. And you're smarter than that - you're smart enough to know they won't get it.

Akira... if you love me even half as much as you say you do, you'll go and apologize to them for this timing. And you'll explain exactly why you did it so soon after they lost someone so important. If you have to slip a letter under everyone's door or hunt them all down until sunrise... so be it.

[ . . . ]

I'll never talk to you again, unless you do it.

[I just... didn't look very closely.

Oh.

It's true, he'd never really tried to hide from Goro. He'd hoped from the start that Goro would accept him. The real him. Akira had believed he had. Until those words shred something small and vital. Grey eyes go blank before Akira looks away from the prinny.

If Akira really loves him, huh?]

As you wish.

[ There's a... considerable pause after that answer.

It's a pause that might feel... heavy. ]

Akira, I...

[ But, he's going completely silent now. ]

{A grey prinny is making it's way over, clutching a broom. Sadly the plushie body makes it really hard to tell what it's feeling, but--]

If you're angry on my behalf, please don't be. Two deaths were needed to keep the rest of us alive. Something worse might have happened if I hadn't died. I accepted what would happen the moment I caught that bullet.

[He'd just wanted it on his terms, in a way that would help everyone more.]

I never blamed Akira for a moment, so please don't either.

You're too forgiving, Atsushi.

[Akira's voice is quiet, and he doesn't look at either of the prinnies.]

It's fine. If this is what Goro needs from me, I don't mind.

[Oh Akira you have yet to precisely how unforgiving Atsushi can be. Be glad he likes you. He can and will hold grudges forever.]

The only thing I can blame you for is keeping secrets, and even then...

[Patapats with a flipper.]

Anyone else could have been up there on the other end of that gun. At least I lived long enough to make a statement out of it. That's what I wanted.

[ He is quiet as they talk. He's even turned away from the both of them. ]

... What I need from you?

[ It sounds so small. ]

What I need is for my dying not to have been enough to kill half of you - or whatever the fuck that half of a picture meant, you idiot!

[ Turning towards Akira, and jabbing him in the chest with a flipper. ]

You're a fucking idiot if you think for even a second that I'd be okay with that! I'm not somebody to rely so heavily on! You need to be your own person, goddamnit... You're... way stronger than this.

... I just want you to be happy. That's all I've ever wanted. That's why I told Vanitas and Atsushi, in those letters, I was fine if you guys wanted to date.

[ Ah, ever heard a ghost cry? Now you have. This prinny is turning away. ]

As for... blaming you for his death... [ ... pointing at Atsushi... ] ... I'll work on it.

... I still love you. And I still want you. I'll be here... okay?

[ But, um... he might be walking away... ]

[ GORO NO HE WASNT GOING TO TELL AKIRA ABOUT THAT LETTER ]

[ LOOK............ ]

[ HES LOOKING

Or well going to just look pointedly away like he doesn't even know a thing. ]

Saturday meeting/afterparty?

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possibly a better place for certain other prinny to walk in, laughs

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