[ glances because she is surprisingly calm about this? so is he but damn? ]
More time, and special equipment that none of us have. It's messed up. As if someone being erased at all wasn't bad enough... We aren't a bunch of detectives.
[sometimes you are 500 years old and very sad but you're trying to keep it together because you're talking to someone much younger......]
No, we aren't... and with so many of us, there is bound to be a certain amount of... [she pauses, looking for the right word] ...chaos...? ...as we are figuring out how to proceed.
No one wants to lose anyone. That's understandable. But this... killing Hikari was a choice, and it's a choice that comes with consequences. The culprit must have known that before they did it...
They're probably just desperate to get back, aren't they? It probably wasn't even personal, just... that he was on a different team. The rules did say only one can go back, so...
[ not that it excuses it, but. he understands wanting to get back, at least. ]
Yes... but we also know that what we have in the rulebook isn't all there is to the Reaper's Game. Some of them mentioned things that "aren't the default," but are possibilities, which aren't in the rulebook.
To act this early, it's... [she shakes her head] I can't understand it. We don't even have a clear understanding yet of how quickly points can be earned through other means, and the Game has only just started, so it's not as if this was some last-ditch effort to find a way home. This is only the beginning.
...it does. But there doesn't seem to be any changing it. The best we can do right now is... try to catch whoever did it so that someone else doesn't think they'll be able to get away with it next week.
[ shoots her a concerned look. he shouldn't be surprised to hear that kind of tone right about now, but... she's always been so calm. weirdly calm, even. it's a good reminder that she's just a person, too, no matter how otherworldly she comes off. ]
Some people are harder to read than others. They're probably just used to this, right? You stop caring, if it goes on for too long.
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[ awkwardly
puts a hand on her shoulder? ]
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and after a moment, brings up her hand so that she can put it over his a little gratefully.]
...I knew this was likely to happen eventually, but how quickly it happened is concerning.
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[ he's way too used to adonis. ]
Just... let me know if you need anything? I'll try to help out, if I can.
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[...]
...I want to know who did this. So, tomorrow... All I ask is that we all do our best.
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...I'm sorry.
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...thank you for your condolences.
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More time, and special equipment that none of us have. It's messed up. As if someone being erased at all wasn't bad enough... We aren't a bunch of detectives.
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No, we aren't... and with so many of us, there is bound to be a certain amount of... [she pauses, looking for the right word] ...chaos...? ...as we are figuring out how to proceed.
It will make things difficult.
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Not to mention, all the other teams will be trying to protect their own so they don't lose someone, too. It's... going to get really messy.
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No one wants to lose anyone. That's understandable. But this... killing Hikari was a choice, and it's a choice that comes with consequences. The culprit must have known that before they did it...
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[ not that it excuses it, but. he understands wanting to get back, at least. ]
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To act this early, it's... [she shakes her head] I can't understand it. We don't even have a clear understanding yet of how quickly points can be earned through other means, and the Game has only just started, so it's not as if this was some last-ditch effort to find a way home. This is only the beginning.
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Only the beginning... right. It'll probably keep happening from now on.
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[ you know. ]
It's probably better to get used to the idea now, anyway.
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It still sucks, though - having to go through this at all.
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[she sounds frustrated, having to admit that she doesn't know something.]
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Some people are harder to read than others. They're probably just used to this, right? You stop caring, if it goes on for too long.
[ sounds like he understands it, a little. ]
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[she sighs.]
I hope... we don't grow accustomed to this.
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she sighs again, but nods.]
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...If it makes you feel better, there are plenty of us who aren't planning on erasing anyone. So it's not like it's a lost cause.
[ kazuki does believe it is a lost cause because #realism? but maybe he's wrong. ]
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