Saturday meeting/afterparty?

[overconfidant]

[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.

Comments

[oceanicbutterfly]

You did your job, and you found someone you could rely on to help you.

[She might be dwelling a little on the idea that she is not herself reliable.]

[guileturncoat]

I found several someones, actually.

[A pause, and then:]

I...didn't ask you, because I didn't want you to get involved in this game.

[oceanicbutterfly]

You don't have to justify it to me. You aren't the only one who keeps trying to protect me. Even if I don't want it.

[guileturncoat]

...I'm sorry.

[oceanicbutterfly]

No, I'm the one who should be sorry, for not being the Precure you all need.

[guileturncoat]

That's not it at all. It's not about powers. I saw you at that place, and I feel like I gotta get you back to them, you know?

[oceanicbutterfly]

That isn't what I... never mind.

[Clearly being misunderstood is just another failing on her part.]

Why?

[guileturncoat]

Because by going there in the first place, I got you involved in all of this?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I would have been involved anyway. Even if I wasn't here, it would still affect me.

And... I don't really belong with them anyway. The person who does doesn't exist anymore.

[guileturncoat]

Why do you say that? I was only there for like an hour, but you and those two guys seemed to get along.