[Don't assign him bad Ryo explanation!! He frowns. The glance back looks guilty.]
We were in space... on a spaceship, trying to solve what happened on it before time ran out. It was kind of a set-up. Ryo vanished and a voice told us if we wanted a hint, something would happen to Ryo. But if we made a guess and it was wrong, we'd all suffer double.
[HE DOESN'T BLAME RYO AT ALL, HE'D BE SO FUCKIN MAD. Honestly he would have probably committed off-schedule murder if he lost an eye for a bunch of punks.]
I also heard that the other one ended up shot because you couldn't tell him apart from his double.
[SO, LIKE. He gets it, but also. Don't be a lil binch, Ryo, you told them it was fine. Akira doesn't seem deflective, though. In fact, as expected, it seems he takes a lot of the blame himself. Figures.]
...
[He looks at Scaramouche for a long, hesitant moment.]
We had to decide which one to shoot based on questions, but that game was rigged too. Ryo... would have shot both of them without questions, but I made him wait.
[HELP he just hums at that because Ryo did not mention this part OF COURSE!! But honestly he still thinks Ryo is valid about it.
Just like how he STARES RIGHT BACK while Akira hesitates, mildly perplexed about it, and then promptly continues to think that Ryo is valid and correct.]
Looks like that didn't do you much good in the end.
[lol. lmao. SHOULDA JUST LET HIM PULL THE TRIGGER PIGLET!!]
[The fucking skrunkly vibes is exactly why Akira said anything. But maybe he shouldn't have at all. He probably hasn't stop frowning, but whatever, he frowns a little more.]
I stopped him from shooting the second Lin, but he shot the other one twice. [FOR NOW REASON.] That's why Lin has two bullet wounds.
[WHAT THE FCK YOU'RE WEARING MINE DON'T JUST LAUGH IN THIS TONE]
No, [but it's more like he's trying to reassure himself.] I didn't want him to be hurt. I asked them not to hurt him. But he said it was okay, so I agreed.
Anyway he'll just be mean and point out the obvious here.]
Of course; you're a bleeding heart. But because you're like that, you're going to feel guilty about it anyway. No matter how you explain it away, even if you think about how much worse things could have been if you guessed wrong, that heart of yours will hold onto the idea "if I didn't agree, he wouldn't have been hurt".
By comparison, Scaramouche just seems the same even-keeled sort of vague amusement that he's been since they started talking about Ryo shooting people for fun and profit.]
That's a bold thing to say in a place like this.
[Where people are literally taking lives into their own hands. IT'S NOT EVEN THURSDAY YET BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW, LISTEN.]
[Just "hm". BUT WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF VALUE DONE OR ACCOMPLISHED he just turns back toward the door.]
Well, that's more or less what I've heard from the others. Unless there are any other crucial details, I'll be taking my leave. I assume Ryo will be here tonight.
[He just gives Akira a bit of a LOOK at that... But he does think Ryo is tolerable so hilariously that's not a bad offer.]
I know and I don't particularly care. [Said with a little shrug.] People are going to be idiots regardless; I'd rather not spend an hour stuck around them.
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We were in space... on a spaceship, trying to solve what happened on it before time ran out. It was kind of a set-up. Ryo vanished and a voice told us if we wanted a hint, something would happen to Ryo. But if we made a guess and it was wrong, we'd all suffer double.
..So we took a hint, and Ryo lost an eye.
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[HE DOESN'T BLAME RYO AT ALL, HE'D BE SO FUCKIN MAD. Honestly he would have probably committed off-schedule murder if he lost an eye for a bunch of punks.]
I also heard that the other one ended up shot because you couldn't tell him apart from his double.
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[SO, LIKE. He gets it, but also. Don't be a lil binch, Ryo, you told them it was fine. Akira doesn't seem deflective, though. In fact, as expected, it seems he takes a lot of the blame himself. Figures.]
...
[He looks at Scaramouche for a long, hesitant moment.]
We had to decide which one to shoot based on questions, but that game was rigged too. Ryo... would have shot both of them without questions, but I made him wait.
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Just like how he STARES RIGHT BACK while Akira hesitates, mildly perplexed about it, and then promptly continues to think that Ryo is valid and correct.]
Looks like that didn't do you much good in the end.
[lol. lmao. SHOULDA JUST LET HIM PULL THE TRIGGER PIGLET!!]
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I stopped him from shooting the second Lin, but he shot the other one twice. [FOR NOW REASON.] That's why Lin has two bullet wounds.
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Two for one rather than one for two? At least he's thorough.
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Stop. Don't encourage Ryo to be that way.
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I don't see him here, do you?
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You know what I meant. There was no reason for Ryo to do that. We didn't know which Lin was real.
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Maybe he thought he'd lose his other eye if you hesitated for too long.
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I wouldn't have let that happen.
[He did not have much real control over the first one exactly, but whatever.]
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He just laughs misanthropically.]
You already let it happen once.
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No, [but it's more like he's trying to reassure himself.] I didn't want him to be hurt. I asked them not to hurt him. But he said it was okay, so I agreed.
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Anyway he'll just be mean and point out the obvious here.]
Of course; you're a bleeding heart. But because you're like that, you're going to feel guilty about it anyway. No matter how you explain it away, even if you think about how much worse things could have been if you guessed wrong, that heart of yours will hold onto the idea "if I didn't agree, he wouldn't have been hurt".
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Even if I didn't agree, he could have still been hurt because of the place we where in. If we guessed wrong, he'd have been hurt worse.
He lost an eye, but he'll live. Maybe he'll understand what it's like to have your life in someone else's hands.
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By comparison, Scaramouche just seems the same even-keeled sort of vague amusement that he's been since they started talking about Ryo shooting people for fun and profit.]
That's a bold thing to say in a place like this.
[Where people are literally taking lives into their own hands. IT'S NOT EVEN THURSDAY YET BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW, LISTEN.]
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I don't agree with it, but there isn't anything I can do to change it.
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[Just "hm". BUT WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF VALUE DONE OR ACCOMPLISHED he just turns back toward the door.]
Well, that's more or less what I've heard from the others. Unless there are any other crucial details, I'll be taking my leave. I assume Ryo will be here tonight.
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If he’ll come in, yeah. Where are you going?
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Somewhere without other people, hopefully.
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[He knows staying with him alone probably won’t be accepted.]
If you’re alone, people will look at you harder if what happened last week happens again.
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I know and I don't particularly care. [Said with a little shrug.] People are going to be idiots regardless; I'd rather not spend an hour stuck around them.
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There has to be at least one person you don’t think that about, so stay with them.
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[AND HE TURNS TO LEAVE. The hilarity being that he ends up stuck with five people anyway help.]