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[adsum]

Because there was something big and scary in the pool and Lucifer-senpai would know what to do.

[ Said in the same way like... when you ask a kid what do they do when they need help and they say call 911, very matter-of-fact. ]

[adsum]

Wickedness is not so black and white, lad. We all hold the capacity for such in our hearts, no matter the beauty we nurture.

[ Like sometimes you spend an entire school year raising a group of children and watching them grow and learn and play and you're so proud of them, and then you eat them. ]

[crystallomancy]

( ...he knows he mentioned the monster in the pool earlier, but. )

But was it the body you saw and mistook for a monSTER, or... ( he tilts his head, eyes narrowed. ) Can you see the TRUTH?

[crystallomancy]

( that's fundamentally chicken raising, what's the problem )

But— ( ...a huff. no, he knows, it's just hard to think of people you respect as bad. ) I'll conCEDE.

( .................he hasn't been a good child all his life either, even if it isn't as bad as "eating people" )

[adsum]

...What is the truth?

[ STOP look they saw something large and black surfacing like a whale, how were they supposed to know it was a body ]

[adsum]

[ Stephanie: we're like cows
Natsume: chicken, actually ]

...Either way, I am what I am. You are who you are. That is the way of the world.

[adsum]

No.

[ look, ]

I want you to only think about me.

[adsum]

If the opportunity comes, perhaps. But you need not go out of your way for something like me.

[ there is no "thank you" or "I appreciate it" let him die, I was supposed to be freed of him last month ]

[adsum]

[ ...

It's a question brought by impulse, and he hasn't had the chance to put it together in words any more coherent than the snippets that float around in his mind. So he doesn't answer right away, staring down at Rika's shoes for a moment before looking up at her. ]

Which do you believe is stronger: rage, grief, or joy?

[sisters]

( maybe if he chose violence in the end we could've too... anyway, that about wraps it up for amami. he lifts his hand to wave, then kinda realizes, and pockets it instead as he gets up to go. )

Yeah, I can keep an eye out. For now, I think I'm gonna head out. Thanks, Kazuki-san — this helped a lot.

[adsum]

[ He's quiet at that, and maybe Akira can see the struggle on his face— the temptation to deny, the temptation to lie, because if Akira doesn't remember then whatever Akki tells him will be the inconsequential truth.

He can't lie his way out of this one, though, because the alternative to killing somebody... If it were up to him, Akki wouldn't have let Akira die. ]

...You did what you thought was best at the time.

[adsum]

I bet so too! Nene and I have been making candy, and pastries, those sorts of things!

[ Things that are in general sweet, because what's the point if you don't enjoy licking the bowl after, but they're also things that they insisted on finding a coffee flavored version for. Coffee gummies, coffee taffy, coffee brownies... the sorts of things they've been bringing Lucifer from time to time to see what he likes, all their learning is with one person in mind. ]

[adsum]

[ He can only stare blankly at him, because does he think Maya talks about her hopes and aspirations? More like she decided she was the best person for the job and then stepped in at the first opportunity.

But for Hiro, it doesn't matter, and he shrugs at having a sister in power. In his eyes, she always was, nothing's changed. ]

[adsum]

Rika lives in the dorms.

[ hello? he's never stepping foot in there ]

[crystallomancy]

( BODIES AREN'T THAT BIG? )

...Never MIND. ( sigh, okay ) I was just curious if you were like US... If you could see spiRITS.

[adsum]

[ MONSTERS CAN BE SMALL ]

Oh. Yeah, I can. That thing wasn't a spirit, though.

[commences]

I know it doesn't matter... ( that's what he gets from the shrug. ) Why don't you tell me about you two, how long have you both attended this school? Things like that...

( 21 questions... )

This is our first year meeting one another, so learning about each other wouldn't be too bad.

[adsum]

[ siiiiiiiiighs at them being treated like they're three again, they miss being three

... ]

Okay. I'll believe in you.

[ Not his talent. Not his hope. Him. ]

So don't let me down. Or I'll be really really mad.

[commences]

( when has that ever stopped him? ... komaeda-arata doesn't even attempt to ask, he's never receptive to the ultimate talking about her with him. )

Then where do you want to go? There's only so many locations until it's repetitive...

( ... )

I like the library, I had a hopeful experience there.

[sisters]

That's exactly why you have to tell me everything — I won't have time to think about anything else then.

( knowing who they like, what makes them happy, how they spend their day — that's thinking about them too. )

[adsum]

[ oh heck yeah, they go for the egg sandwich, pillowy white bread with smashed hard boiled eggs mixed with mayo because sometimes you need comfort food. ]

Can we see it from here? Before it gets too dark and we have to leave?

[ Subaru do your astrology thing and give them an exact time and date to be brave and go outside at night ]

[commences]

( believe in him.....'s talent and hope is how he hears this. )

I'll do everything I can for you... the last thing I want to do is lose you... through my mistakes.

( ...

...

... )

I'll check on you always, I'll be here... you should give me a key to the shop so I have easier access.

[adsum]

[ ... ]

Okay, so today I got up at six and watered the banyan and ate a pear, and then I tidied up the store and got everything all set up for customers, but there weren't a lot of people before school and they were mostly interested in playing the gacha machine and— actually, do you think it'd be better if I make it so you have to purchase something first in order to play with the machine? The price is already dirt cheap because everybody here lives in poverty, but I figured if I could get a little out of everybody, it'll all add up.

[adsum]

It's worth a try.

[ No limbs will grow but they'll rot and become good fertilizer, so you know what? Kazuki's all for it. ]

I tend to the courtyard and its plants. I have nothing to do with the rest of the school.

[sisters]

( well it's not exactly what he expected, but he immediately breaks into a grin. cute... cute!!! )

I wonder. Spending a little at a time is probably fine — it's easier for them to justify spending more often if it's only a small amount.

( wait, hold on... )

If anything, you'd want the reverse, where they can win a discount in the store. Then they'll feel like it's a waste if they don't buy something bigger to go with it.

( are these ethical business practices? maybe not. but amami did promise to help. )