week 5, wednesday

[ninjay]

[ in the late evening, jay is going to summon the scooby gang to all meet up in room 112. shit has gone down?

as soon as the door locks behind them, he will waste no time before just getting to the point. ]

Andersen told everyone about our plan.

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[nowyouseeit]

[um]

What?

[he asks, frozen in place, like maybe he hadn't heard correctly]

[ninjay]

[ he snorts at kaito's reaction, but his expression is pretty clear that he doesn't think this is funny. ]

The best part is that he seems to have omitted a lot of facts in the story to make it seem like we all just decided to go on a murder spree for no reason.

[nowyouseeit]

[sorry, he. needs a moment to process this. although the look of pained betrayal, like he had just been slapped in the face, is obvious]

[when he speaks next, his voice is quiet]

. . .

The hell is he saying?

[ninjay]

From what the twins told me, it seems like he's just telling everyone that we teamed up with the Prophets to kill everyone. They had no idea about the caveat until I told them. He's even telling everyone that we came up with some of his ideas, like killing Jake to make Dirk an easier target.

[ considering jake is jay's roommate, and he is honestly fond of him, jay doesn't look happy. ]

So, you know, he's basically guaranteeing it so that we all get killed during the trial.

[nowyouseeit]

[. . . . . . .]

[he]

[doesn't know what to say. his wide eyes, slack expression, and open mouth peobably say a lot more than word ever could. . . he's never looked so open before, so deeply and utterly wounded, not even when Fluffy impaled his shoulder]

[he seems to realize his vulnerability, because he ducks his head, bangs shading his expression, before he just]

[swivels to the wall and slams the fist of his good hand against it]

Damn it. . .

This is my fault. I wanted to tell him because I-- trusted him.

[thawedheart]

...we trusted him too. That's why we didn't tell you not to.

[Yukina's hands are shaking. Though this time, it's not with fear - it's with anger.]

I'm sure he must have his reasons, but... Doing it the way he is, he's sure to get us killed along with Girge-san and Tsurugi-san. Why would he put everyone who's already died at risk like this?

[nowyouseeit]

[his shoulders are shaking with anger too, and even as Yukina speaks he doesn't look at her]

Obviously his aim wasn't to tell people the truth, since he omitted parts of it.

[he snaps bitterly]

Is it to get us all killed? Because that sure as hell is looking more and more like a possibility now. But if we die. . .

Then who the hell does he expect to take the deal and send everyone home?

[disinterested]

[...]

I don't know if it's related—or even the truth—but last night, he told me that he disapproved of you three using me and Tsurugi as scapegoats.

... Don't get me wrong: I didn't mind. [Looks like it doesn't matter anymore, though.] But that happened.

[He doesn't know if he can bring himself to Kaito's level of hurt, having lost faith in people a long time ago, but...

Really, in regards to Andersen, Girge doesn't know what to believe anymore.]

[nowyouseeit]

[still quiet, not looking at anyone now, just. slumped against the wall]

It was a cruel plan. [he says a bit dully] We all knew that.

But neither you nor Tsurugi wanted to take the deal, so in the end. . . if we were aiming for Jay 'n me 'n Yukina for the final three, you two would have to die eventually.

[disinterested]

Yeah. And he should be smart enough to understand that, so I don't really know what the issue was.

In any case, it might've all been nonsense, seeing as how Tsurugi and I are as likely to be lynched as you are.

[disinterested]

[Girge's in a hell lot of pain right now, but:]

... I thought that might be how Mabel knew.

[If there was a "traitor", it'd be him, wouldn't it?]

[ninjay]

[ there is a long pause, and then, ]

She didn't punch you, did she?

[disinterested]

... No. She seemed more displeased with the Hunters than me.

[ninjay]

Ah. They mugged me.

[disinterested]

... They mugged you.

[ninjay]

They mugged me.

[ it's said in this dead tone that implies that yes. he is aware of how stupid that sounds. ]

[disinterested]

And... you lost?

[To 12-year-olds.]

[shoelickingshit]

[ oh fun ]

From what I've seen he does love to talk. So, what are you guys going to do now?

[ninjay]

Die, probably.

[shoelickingshit]

[ BIG MOOD ]

Aww, Jay-chan now's not the time to be pessimistic! I'm sure you guys can do something.

[ninjay]

We'll have to see how the trial plays out. In the end, whatever happens is in the hands of everyone else now.

[ which is a scary thought but the five of them are very outnumbered here. ]

[shoelickingshit]

I guess trusting someone outside of who originally knew about the entire.. Deal was kind of silly, I guess! Andy-chan even knows who we're targeting tomorrow night, getting through the trial isn't going to be easy.

[disinterested]

At this point, even if we didn't kill anyone this week, everyone would assume we were the culprits regardless.

[shoelickingshit]

Maybe we should do that next week and see what happens!

[ninjay]

It was. And yet, people are going to be angry because we didn't tell them, even though Andersen is basically proof of why that was a terrible idea.

[ he's going to be bitter forever. ]

I wouldn't be surprised if no one even pays attention to the actual bodies and just come directly after us.