🎧 homophonic | pcs | yukichi (fukuzawa)

[silicone]

There's no need to fear the past. The past is just a memory.

(in retrospect i regret my choice of filter name)

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[allmenare]

[This grabs his attention rather sharply.]

Oh? What changed your mind?

[silicone]

I can't tell you. You have to just trust me.

[ anime voice: hi~mi~tsu~🎶 ]

I just believe that he didn't kill Lambda or Shenhe. 100 percent.

[allmenare]

[A huff of amusement.]

Those are the only two unsolved murders right now, you know.

But alright. I'll trust you.

[silicone]

I know.

[ he just sighs and flops right onto his shoulder. ]

Thank you for trusting me. [ he huffs ]

[allmenare]

I should be thanking you for going through whatever efforts you did. Simon needs people in his corner.

[Puts his arm around Eiden to hug him.]

Were you going to check the team rankings this week? I still can do my part if you want to go with that plan.

[silicone]

I've already done it, and [ hesitantly: ] I want you to keep the item.

[ he just quietly holds the end of the necklace in his palm. ]

Is that okay...?

[allmenare]

That's fine. But can you tell me what you found?

[silicone]

That... there's a very large possibility one team did both.

Please keep this between us.

[allmenare]

I will. But can you tell me which team it is?

[They framed one of his people. He has to know.]

[silicone]

I'm sorry, I need to keep this quiet for now. I say I'm 100% sure, but maybe it's more like 99.9% with the 0.1% being that we still don't know what amounts of points we might get.

[ he looks like he really wants to, but he promised himself this. ] I have to check again next week to get a feel for things. If I'm still here next week... I'll tell you. Okay? That's the best I can do. And -

[ he kind of shifts uncomfortably ] if I'm not. Then I'll make sure I leave something behind for you, okay?

Because I know you're just as upset about Simon, believe me I know, but please understand. I hate keeping secrets, but this is one I have to keep, okay?

[allmenare]

[He doesn't look happy about this. But he trusts Eiden. He has to trust him. This is so important to Fukuzawa, he needs to know who's hurting his team so much, but...he can wait. It's just one more week.

He breathes out a sigh before speaking.]

For what it's worth, the reapers did say that Justice was unusually good at earning points in non-murder ways. So there are other ways of earning them. But they did also say that those ways will not compare to murder. If you saw someone at the top of the list, they did kill.

[silicone]

[ he nods quietly. ]

I know... I know that much. They at least killed once, but so have a few other teams. They could even be good at earning points in non-lethal ways and just got bumped because someone died or didn't do enough on Wednesday.

[ he bites his lip quietly, like he's trying to find the words to say. ]

I'm just trying to be responsible... you know?

[allmenare]

So Sweet Theory or Yuneyuze?

[He's keeping track of this stuff, BDSM died too.]

[silicone]

[ pinches his chest gently ]

Stop trying to guess, I'm not telling you.

[allmenare]

[HIS CHEST???]

I'm saying, based on your words, it's one of those two teams.

[silicone]

I'll let you think whatever you like.

[ YEAH HIS CHEST like right on the pec. ]

[allmenare]

[OW???]

I just want to be prepared, if I find myself awake on Thursday.

[silicone]

[ IT WAS GENTLE ]

Don't say that. It's not like it'd help... whoever is out there might be different. Especially if it's a matter of feeling like they have no other choice.

[allmenare]

It may be, and if that's what happens then I'll figure out what to do then.

But if that's who I wake up with at any point, I'm not going to let someone continuously murder all in some misguided try at winning this game.

[silicone]

I know. I'm not trying to protect anyone if that's what you mean.

[ he shifts his hands down and just

grips his tightly. he looks so fucking torn and uncomfortable and unhappy in general and he really doesn't want to say anything, okay. he really doesn't. ]

Take a good think about who spoke up the loudest about us at trial, Yukichi. Who was quick to point the finger when we were floundering.

[ and then he lets go. ]

Don't say anything, okay? Please. And don't act out about it either. Unless you find yourself awake with them.

[allmenare]

[He squints, trying to remember.]

...it was mostly froggystyle and yuneyuze. So that's the answer, is it?

[silicone]

[ he doesn't say anything! he already gave him something he didn't want to! ]

[allmenare]

[He's quiet for a while before speaking again.]

I won't say anything.

But whatever you do to confirm it next week, make sure you're right. And then let me know if you need my help with anything.

[silicone]

[ he just nods quietly. ]

Thanks. I just really do want to be sure I'm right.

I'm not going to be baseless about it. I know I have a lot in my corner information-wise on this, but... I'm not going to jump. Because look what happened to us.

[allmenare]

...you're far too kind, Eiden.

[Fukuzawa would have dumped the information immediately and left them to fend for themselves against everyone else.]