He fidgets, shifting his weight to one foot. He hasn't moved out of the way, but he's now not completely in front of the closet door. Around him, there's a vase of beginning to wilt flowers taking up one side of the closet.
And sitting in the flower is the head Scaramouche saw from before. It hasn't rotted at least.]
[WHAT ELSE IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAY, IT'S THE HEAD!! THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE, LOOK.
But yeah wow he's glad it hasn't rotted because even though he spends no time in here, he doesn't want a corpse stinky room... Yuck. His gaze is impassive, but he doesn't approach.]
Do you plan on keeping that around the entire time you're here?
[His lips thin into a frown, something a bit more severe than usual.]
It isn't just anyone to me. It's Miki. She was one of the most important people to me. She deserves better than to only be a head to bury and to only be a head in this place.
[Stepping forward slightly, he comes out of the closet and without turning around, he slams the door shut behind him.]
No one's "Miki" should ever be treated as badly as she was treated. No one's. That's true for every Miki out there, and people should do better to make sure more Mikis don't end up as a head on a stick.
She's staying in here because it's the kindest place she could be. [Yes, he is attached to his dead head, but maybe he's also had a lil trauma.] Don't touch her.
[THE TRAUMA IS WHY HE CAME HERE BUT HE GOT SO DERAILED BY THIS FUCKING HEAD and now he's just thinking about how gross and stupid Akira is, with his aggressive optimism that will simply never work out. Tiring! There is no such thing as a future where people's heads don't end up on sticks (but also hello).]
Why would you assume that I would? I don't even use this room, first of all, and I believe I've already made it clear that I have no use for anything of yours. Again: I don't care what you do or where you put it as long as it doesn't become my problem.
[SO THEY AGREE. "Y'all literally agreed from the start." SO... THEY AGREE!! He stares at Scaramouche, unwavering. Trying not to be overly anything, but this week sure is testing his limits of being an emotional pile of garbage.]
Then what do you want?
[As in, why did Scaramouche even show up to the room!!]
[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.
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What are you doing?
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Nothing? Just looking for… my clothes.
[He stands up and turns to face Scaramouche and block the closet with his body.]
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You're a terrible liar. I don't care what it is you're doing as long as it's not something that will get us both killed later.
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I… had to check on Miki.
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But at least there's only so much it could be! He can hazard a guess pretty quickly.]
That head?
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He fidgets, shifting his weight to one foot. He hasn't moved out of the way, but he's now not completely in front of the closet door. Around him, there's a vase of beginning to wilt flowers taking up one side of the closet.
And sitting in the flower is the head Scaramouche saw from before. It hasn't rotted at least.]
Yeah.
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But yeah wow he's glad it hasn't rotted because even though he spends no time in here, he doesn't want a corpse stinky room... Yuck. His gaze is impassive, but he doesn't approach.]
Do you plan on keeping that around the entire time you're here?
[A HEAD FOR ALL ETERNITY.]
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Yeah.
[His voice is a little harder. Not angry at Scaramouche, but... defensive in the... head's honor.]
There's nowhere to bury it. Nowhere good.
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He's also surprisingly got nothing scathing to say, even if his expression is a little on the sour side. When is it not, though.]
People are so attached to their dead.
[Just a simple statement, lacking in any particular emotional sway.]
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It isn't just anyone to me. It's Miki. She was one of the most important people to me. She deserves better than to only be a head to bury and to only be a head in this place.
[HE IS SO DEFENSIVE.]
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Many people have a Miki. [Someone special and important to them, he means.] Many Mikis "deserve better" than what they get.
[That's life, buttercup.]
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No one's "Miki" should ever be treated as badly as she was treated. No one's. That's true for every Miki out there, and people should do better to make sure more Mikis don't end up as a head on a stick.
She's staying in here because it's the kindest place she could be. [Yes, he is attached to his dead head, but maybe he's also had a lil trauma.] Don't touch her.
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Why would you assume that I would? I don't even use this room, first of all, and I believe I've already made it clear that I have no use for anything of yours. Again: I don't care what you do or where you put it as long as it doesn't become my problem.
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Then what do you want?
[As in, why did Scaramouche even show up to the room!!]
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Anyway, he will just plainly state his business in that case because he's done talking about heads NO MORE HEADS.]
I wanted to ask for your account of what happened during your little trip today.
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We stuck our hands in a box and went to some other place.
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You're even worse at this than Ryo was.
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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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