Viewing Party 2 - R3: THE RE-CRY-ENING

[misanthropicprinciple]

We got castmates. We got clues. We got crap to bitch about. They get a library? And a LAUNDRY MACHINE?

Welcome, murderfam... TO THE R3 LIVEWATCH.

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[stitch_in_time]

You might, sounds like.

[Note to self, do not mess with the princess, she is either capable of extreme subconscious deductions or is very lucky.]

[cyan_maid]

[She's quiet for a moment, and then nods.]

That...sounds about right.

[daughterofthemark]

[Yes, of course, Rick the shapeshifter, definitely exactly what she was thinking.]

If the real one was never there at all, would that differ significantly from the situation of this being the real Sir Rick?

[cyan_maid]

...

[She wants to ask if something happened, but...no, she'll respect Natsuhi's privacy.]

Mm. Then, it still stands that it was good for him.

[cyan_maid]

It looks like it's designed to quite literally knock your tongue right out the back of your head.

[scourgingstars]

It's alright. From the sound of it, his doesn't work any more than mine does.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[With this, something chilling occurs to Junpei, and after a quick glance around, he turns to Jane, rubbing his arm to make the goosebumps go down.]

Jane. You're American, right?

[cyan_maid]

[I mean, she's been paying attention, but she's not sure what particularly could be so poignant about that exchange. Just that Akande said "Not", and it meant something.]

I am. Why?

[cyan_maid]

I mean, that...it doesn't make it fair, or right, but I do understand that...you know. If you want power, you have to give up something for it.

[Godlike power really loves the lives of humanity as repayment, doesn't it.]

But I'm pretty sure you get the "Ardyn, your world's Gods are really terrible and gave you a raw deal" pretty often.

[daughterofthemark]

I see.

[Not really, but she's catching up. With herself, apparently.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

What do American kids say when they're playing tag? It's different in Japan.

[scourgingstars]

At least once a week. [He smiled in response, managing to keep most of the bitterness out of it.]

The pair of us have both been used and strung along by the hexatheon for far too long. So if he's still alive and out there somewhere...I just want us well beyond the reach of anyone that would decide his fate or my own.

[cyan_maid]

...We'll get him out. No matter what avenue we have to take, we will.

[She believes this sincerely.]

D8

[cyan_maid]

Tag? What do you-

[And then it clicks, like you're snapping a lego into place, and her eyes open wide.]

"Not IT"!

[scourgingstars]

I know. We'll...we'll figure something out.

[cyan_maid]

[She'll just reach over and give you a nice lil shoulderpat. We can do it, Uncle Ardyn.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

I thought it was something like that.

[He shudders and shakes his head.]

It probably doesn't mean anything. I just... it's creepy. Talking about "It," and then hearing something like that.

[He's played too many games with too many kids' lives at stake.]

[cyan_maid]

So - so he could have been trying to let them know, that...something isn't "It". Not him, not Leon, not...the killer? [She frowns and pinches at the bridge of her nose.] Sometimes I really wonder if there is even an "It" on the ship at all.

[refusedtoleave]

Maybe so. I think I'd have preferred it if he didn’t have a reason to leave.

[It’s not even her privacy, she’s just gossiping now. She will quite happily whine about Rudolf.]

[cyan_maid]

Would it have helped things at home if he stayed?

[refusedtoleave]

No, at least I don't think it would. As much as his father wanted him to stay. There’d have only been more arguments if he’d stayed. I fully support him for it.

His father remarried too soon. I understand it was for Ange’s sake. But…

[ratherdoweddings]

...It's also that!

[motherfucking_ghost]

Those lucky fucking assholes.

[And that's the last anyone's gonna see of Church post-trial that day unless they go out by the hanger to find him practicing with a practice sword. Except instead of practicing any moves he might have picked up, he's mostly swinging wildly just to get the energy out.]

[cyan_maid]

A-Ah...yeah, that can be a note of contention, especially if it was very quick.

[refusedtoleave]

A few months...[Natsuhi looks around, then lowers her voice.] It was so Ange wouldn't be born out of wedlock. She’s a sweet girl, but the circumstances...