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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[ninjay]

This trial is going to be very different than all the others. We can either wait for them to accuse us, or we bring it up ourselves.

[ ... ]

I think I'm going to talk to Jake beforehand. Maybe Chie, too. It would probably be best if we get to explain to a few people before the trial, where the tension will be the highest. But only the ones who might listen to us, I think.

[disinterested]

Mabel, at least, still seems to like me.

[For reasons he can't fathom.]

[ninjay]

... The two of them are angry at me, but I think when the time comes, they'd still side with us.

[ so there's... that. ]

[thawedheart]

...even though Andersen-san told me not to try to explain things to Quer-san, I...

[She hesitates.]

I gave her a letter for her to read in case I died. But... there's a chance she may have gotten curious and read it early. ...if she did, then she may have learned about the deal already.

Before... there was any chance that word would get back to us about what he did. That might... keep her from being too mad. If she looks.

[ninjay]

[ he remembers just how angry quer was at him during the trial. she doesn't trust spies, because they operate on lying to others, so he really has no idea how she'd take something like this. ]

Let's hope for the best there.

[nowyouseeit]

. . .

I can talk to Dirk. [maybe?? maybe. . .] I don't think he ever really trusted me, but. . .

[ninjay]

[ he nods his head. ]

Even if you don't, Jake is going to tell him what I said. But it might help if they hear it from the both of us.

[nowyouseeit]

Yeah. Just so they know it's not us lying in order to save our tails.

[mmmm. he slumps his back against the wall, tilting his head back until it hits it as well]

What the hell was he even thinking, that idiot?

[ninjay]

Who knows?

[ it seems like that might be all he has to say about this, but he continues. ]

I can forgive the others for killing us for this. But I can't forgive him.

[nowyouseeit]

[something jerks tightly in his chest. this wound is still a little too fresh to talk about, but his response is firm]

Neither can I.

Ultimately. . . we don't need to be the last three standing. But if they don't trust us to revive the dead, then they better damn well make sure they have someone else in mind for the job.

[ninjay]

Watch them let the final three survivors be children. That'll be fun to watch.

[ he says this very bitterly. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[GOD]

Mabel, Clementine, Violet. If that happens, and one of them takes the deal, then I'm personally kicking Andersen's ass before we get sent home.

[ninjay]

Oh, me too. I'm sure everyone will still blame us though.

[nowyouseeit]

'Cause we're easy to scapegoat.





And we haven't even killed anyone yet.

[ninjay]

It's like what Girge said. Even if abandon our plans, if anyone else kills, we're going to be blamed for it.

[ so they lose either way. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[mmmmmyep]

This is all very stupid.

[ninjay]

Kaito we are so dead.

[nowyouseeit]

. . . yeah. Probably.

But as long as someone else willing to accept the deal stays alive, then I don't give a crap about that anymore.

[his exhaustion is catching up to him]

[ninjay]

I don't either. I didn't expect to live long after accepting this job.

[ he meant a more general sense of the word dead. as in, they are all going to be dead, because everyone is going to fuck this up. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[GOD HE HOPES PEOPLE DON'T FUCK IT UP]

I didn't have any expectations, but I did this job hoping I'd at least live until the end.

[to save people :(]

[ninjay]

Me too, Kaito. It's up to them now though, and we can only hope they make the right choice.

[ ... jay doubts they will at this point but ok. ]

[nowyouseeit]

I'm still committed.

[he says that with absolute firmness]

But. . . yeah.

[ninjay]

If I make it to the end I'll still take the deal.

[ he's just a lot less sure about his chances of getting to the final three now. ]

[nowyouseeit]

So will I.

That was never a question.

[ninjay]

Who do you think might take it?

[ besides the people in this room, he means. ]