[ ranger spent three days telling him everything, it should be suspicious he's NOT asking! he docks one mark off the kids because they're just as bad at this as they've ever been. ]
Oh... you died going to high school? You even appear to look over twenty... No wonder you're so worried about math...
[ he gasps, finally making sense of it in his mind. shin looks to be on the older side considering him saying that he's older than her. or that's the narration he places onto shin because of his inquiry.
he looks to sara like he can't look this man in the face for his failures, especially because people don't age too... damn. ]
But I didn't die in the same way that you did. I'm a successful medical practitioner, the last thing I remember is looking into something for the company, and then I fell asleep. Oh, did you know that scientific researches shows that 1 out of 8 people die in their sleep which is also mostly nearby 4 AM?
[ there's something about paranormal activity that happens around then. ]
[Ugh, why is it always like trying to catch smoke with him!]
Jeez... your listening comprehension is as bad as your math. They'll let anyone through medical school, huh?
[But he's gotten annoyed, and that's basically the same as a loss... He's kind of stuck in this fencing match now. Thanks for the new fact that's going to camp unwanted in his brain, he'll put it with the others.]
That's kind of a rude question, isn't it?
[He can't help but think of Sara's reaction to his own speculation on the matter.]
[ She doesn't think to question the lack of queries. That damn trust acting up again... She didn't think Ranger would be this attached to the guy who's only goal in life seemed to be betraying everyone he ever met. Learn something from poor Hinako. ]
You died alone, huh?
[ She puts her tea down on the dented table with a click. Midori's eyes always make it hard to focus, like he blinks out of sync just to distract Sara, so she fiddles with her hand, staring off at a wall before she turns back to him. ]
That's sad. I'd feel sorry for you. [ Alone in a coffin with no way out...how terrible. Nicer to imagine dying at 4am... If Midori gets to pretend, why can't she? Not the death Sou had suggested, but something a little more pleasant. ]
Maybe I died in a blaze of glory...and rescued three people. Then nobody ever saw me again after that, and nobody felt sad.
Ahaha! It's rude for you to talk to someone you're unfamiliar with like that, isn't it?
[ which means, he doesn't understand the way shin's speaking with him. normally people try to act nice, but it seems the other has been itching to catch hands. luckily, he's not showing off that ability at this time, and only giving his concerns as he looks at shin finally.
he knows it still gets under his skin, oh my.
playing around, he'll pass it off as bad manners. ]
Isn't better to die alone, one shot, one kill. I wouldn't want to take four people with me...
[ but it's the opposite, always has been. he managed to take some, but not all, he didn't get the one that he wanted to die, he didn't get to see sara in her glory. they're all incomplete, and if only there was a way to fix them. he leans back in his seat, his true death isn't one he's fond either, but thinking about it would do no good. he must remain composed, and he shows no worry on his face.
he wants tea again... ]
Dying alone, dying and no one grieving you... we're quite the same, aren't we? At least niichan had a whole school to die with.
That, coming from Sara... Shin shifts on the couch a little, getting a better position, looking away. That's... more honest than you should be, with Midori. That's giving him too much... you should lie like you're a rug or you want to mess with Youtube surveys by pretending you come from outer space. In Shin's mind, at least. There's no way to signal it's a bad move that Midori won't also pick up on... He's already capitalizing on it.
Speaking of... he's going to ignore those and drink more tea. Midori knows full well what he meant, so it doesn't matter.]
At least it wasn't painful... Didn't know it was coming, either.
[His tone is conversational. He can't imagine getting shredded is very pleasant. Nor the anticipation, trapped in a box, knowing it's certain death... He knows the size of those coffins, and he knows certainty closing around your neck. He sees what angle Sara is going for, and if nothing else trusts her nose for weakness.]
[ And when...pray tell has she been good at lying? Anyway, it's been almost a year since she last saw Midori and he interrogated her true nature. Enough time to do some things she wasn't proud of and think...well...that other Sou probably was right. It does make it easier to remember all the things Midori said and did if she just accepts them. Less scary to look at him. She's trying to be better, thats what should really matter...
She still doesn't look very happy saying it. Ugh...where did the tea go. She doesn't want to stand up and make more. ]
Dying is pointless anyway. There isn't a good way to die. It's more about...regret. [ She does chance a look at Shin at that. He hadn't wanted to die, but saving Kanna and trying to escape would have made Sara feel content that she had at least tried. ]
It would be pretty annoying to die pointlessly for someone who didn't deserve it.
[ Joe or Midori's feelings...she wonders who she's talking about. ]
[ she looked at him while saying it, so he can connect two and two without even needing the background story. honestly, he knows what happened to shin in his timeline, which was... so unfortunate. to think he'd get himself killed by a risky move, and then he couldn't even come up to see good ol' midori again. this is how they meet when he's an utter embarrassment, and he's hiding behind sara to lead the conversation.
midori doesn't hate it, he does wish they could play together like normal.
that said, he wants tea, there's no tea because shin ruined it!! luckily, midori looks around for a moment in the room that they're in, before coming to his conclusion. ]
Or do you not regret killing him yourself?
[ they're talking about death and she looked at him, what is he supposed to say? ]
[He's not hiding behind Sara, he's trying to back her up... he's not liking the undercurrents already forming beneath this conversation, though.
The return look Sara gets is a little needlelike - who's she referring to as someone who didn't deserve it? - but flicks away with it's own regret. He's eating his own words here, isn't he? But they can't afford to present anything other than a united front, or it's cracks a crowbar could be fit into. There's nothing stopping them from discussing things later, outside of the awkwardness of it.
...He's made sure he can't be strangled again. He finishes his long sip while this has been going on and then holds his cup upside-down and shakes it.]
Well, looks like there's no more tea... It's about time we headed out. Let's go, Sara.
[He leans over to put the cup on the table, and then hops down from his perch, grabbing Sara's wrist and tugging towards the door. Not tightly or even effectively (he can't), but enough that it's clear he's pressing the eject button on this conversation, and for the sake of everything just play along and come with.
The way things are going, they're going to lose more than they gain staying here... best to cut their losses. And... also quit while they're ahead, because Midori just revealed something.]
[ Regretting his death...but she didn't kill him. It was not killing him that had been the problem. The way he says it, so self assured that Sara had to have a hand in Sou Hiyori's passing could only mean...he must be from that same time. A time where she must have faced Midori down with very difficult thoughts in her mind. She's desperate and fearful to know the difference but here really is something Midori doesn't know, so she keeps it to herself.
She didn't think it was bad to keep Sou alive. The cost might have been to great, her reasoning flawed but at its heart he'd deserved to be alive as much as anyone else. The fact he'd died and ended up here was a tragedy. But if she had killed him, with a vote or just with her own hands...could she have avoided causing him so much pain? ]
I don't know which is better...huh?
[ Sou is tugging on her wrist. Not enough to move Sara, but she looks over at him. Go...but they promised to watch Midori. Every second they don't have eyes on him is seconds he could be using to murder Joe. ]
Do you want more? I can- [ It's hard to communicate with a look, but Sara tries. She's torn...do they really need to leave right now? ]
Is that an uncomfortable question? We're all dead here. I would have asked you the same.
[ he looks towards shin as he seems ready to leave the conversation, which seems a little odd for him. perhaps they've found an inch in his words and are taking a mile. that's probably it, needing to regroup, talk over the information, and come to a conclusion about him.
truly understandable. ]
Do you regret her death... if you wanted to kill her? You said you two were long lost siblings, and met here. Normally, family wouldn't want anyone to hurt their loved one. They'd want to make sure they'd have a painless death.
[ it's simple, it's normally how things go when people care about each other. they'd rather kill them themselves than let someone else do it. ]
After she was done, you were next.
[ insane, they're his desperate, little participants though. ]
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Oh... you died going to high school? You even appear to look over twenty... No wonder you're so worried about math...
[ he gasps, finally making sense of it in his mind. shin looks to be on the older side considering him saying that he's older than her. or that's the narration he places onto shin because of his inquiry.
he looks to sara like he can't look this man in the face for his failures, especially because people don't age too... damn. ]
But I didn't die in the same way that you did. I'm a successful medical practitioner, the last thing I remember is looking into something for the company, and then I fell asleep. Oh, did you know that scientific researches shows that 1 out of 8 people die in their sleep which is also mostly nearby 4 AM?
[ there's something about paranormal activity that happens around then. ]
How did you die?
[ that's you sara. ]
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Jeez... your listening comprehension is as bad as your math. They'll let anyone through medical school, huh?
[But he's gotten annoyed, and that's basically the same as a loss... He's kind of stuck in this fencing match now. Thanks for the new fact that's going to camp unwanted in his brain, he'll put it with the others.]
That's kind of a rude question, isn't it?
[He can't help but think of Sara's reaction to his own speculation on the matter.]
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You died alone, huh?
[ She puts her tea down on the dented table with a click. Midori's eyes always make it hard to focus, like he blinks out of sync just to distract Sara, so she fiddles with her hand, staring off at a wall before she turns back to him. ]
That's sad. I'd feel sorry for you. [ Alone in a coffin with no way out...how terrible. Nicer to imagine dying at 4am... If Midori gets to pretend, why can't she? Not the death Sou had suggested, but something a little more pleasant. ]
Maybe I died in a blaze of glory...and rescued three people. Then nobody ever saw me again after that, and nobody felt sad.
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[ which means, he doesn't understand the way shin's speaking with him. normally people try to act nice, but it seems the other has been itching to catch hands. luckily, he's not showing off that ability at this time, and only giving his concerns as he looks at shin finally.
he knows it still gets under his skin, oh my.
playing around, he'll pass it off as bad manners. ]
Isn't better to die alone, one shot, one kill. I wouldn't want to take four people with me...
[ but it's the opposite, always has been. he managed to take some, but not all, he didn't get the one that he wanted to die, he didn't get to see sara in her glory. they're all incomplete, and if only there was a way to fix them. he leans back in his seat, his true death isn't one he's fond either, but thinking about it would do no good. he must remain composed, and he shows no worry on his face.
he wants tea again... ]
Dying alone, dying and no one grieving you... we're quite the same, aren't we? At least niichan had a whole school to die with.
[ ... ]
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That, coming from Sara... Shin shifts on the couch a little, getting a better position, looking away. That's... more honest than you should be, with Midori. That's giving him too much... you should lie like you're a rug or you want to mess with Youtube surveys by pretending you come from outer space. In Shin's mind, at least. There's no way to signal it's a bad move that Midori won't also pick up on... He's already capitalizing on it.
Speaking of... he's going to ignore those and drink more tea. Midori knows full well what he meant, so it doesn't matter.]
At least it wasn't painful... Didn't know it was coming, either.
[His tone is conversational. He can't imagine getting shredded is very pleasant. Nor the anticipation, trapped in a box, knowing it's certain death... He knows the size of those coffins, and he knows certainty closing around your neck. He sees what angle Sara is going for, and if nothing else trusts her nose for weakness.]
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[ And when...pray tell has she been good at lying? Anyway, it's been almost a year since she last saw Midori and he interrogated her true nature. Enough time to do some things she wasn't proud of and think...well...that other Sou probably was right. It does make it easier to remember all the things Midori said and did if she just accepts them. Less scary to look at him. She's trying to be better, thats what should really matter...
She still doesn't look very happy saying it. Ugh...where did the tea go. She doesn't want to stand up and make more. ]
Dying is pointless anyway. There isn't a good way to die. It's more about...regret. [ She does chance a look at Shin at that. He hadn't wanted to die, but saving Kanna and trying to escape would have made Sara feel content that she had at least tried. ]
It would be pretty annoying to die pointlessly for someone who didn't deserve it.
[ Joe or Midori's feelings...she wonders who she's talking about. ]
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[ she looked at him while saying it, so he can connect two and two without even needing the background story. honestly, he knows what happened to shin in his timeline, which was... so unfortunate. to think he'd get himself killed by a risky move, and then he couldn't even come up to see good ol' midori again. this is how they meet when he's an utter embarrassment, and he's hiding behind sara to lead the conversation.
midori doesn't hate it, he does wish they could play together like normal.
that said, he wants tea, there's no tea because shin ruined it!! luckily, midori looks around for a moment in the room that they're in, before coming to his conclusion. ]
Or do you not regret killing him yourself?
[ they're talking about death and she looked at him, what is he supposed to say? ]
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The return look Sara gets is a little needlelike - who's she referring to as someone who didn't deserve it? - but flicks away with it's own regret. He's eating his own words here, isn't he? But they can't afford to present anything other than a united front, or it's cracks a crowbar could be fit into. There's nothing stopping them from discussing things later, outside of the awkwardness of it.
...He's made sure he can't be strangled again. He finishes his long sip while this has been going on and then holds his cup upside-down and shakes it.]
Well, looks like there's no more tea... It's about time we headed out. Let's go, Sara.
[He leans over to put the cup on the table, and then hops down from his perch, grabbing Sara's wrist and tugging towards the door. Not tightly or even effectively (he can't), but enough that it's clear he's pressing the eject button on this conversation, and for the sake of everything just play along and come with.
The way things are going, they're going to lose more than they gain staying here... best to cut their losses. And... also quit while they're ahead, because Midori just revealed something.]
There's something I need you to look at.
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[ Regretting his death...but she didn't kill him. It was not killing him that had been the problem. The way he says it, so self assured that Sara had to have a hand in Sou Hiyori's passing could only mean...he must be from that same time. A time where she must have faced Midori down with very difficult thoughts in her mind. She's desperate and fearful to know the difference but here really is something Midori doesn't know, so she keeps it to herself.
She didn't think it was bad to keep Sou alive. The cost might have been to great, her reasoning flawed but at its heart he'd deserved to be alive as much as anyone else. The fact he'd died and ended up here was a tragedy. But if she had killed him, with a vote or just with her own hands...could she have avoided causing him so much pain? ]
I don't know which is better...huh?
[ Sou is tugging on her wrist. Not enough to move Sara, but she looks over at him. Go...but they promised to watch Midori. Every second they don't have eyes on him is seconds he could be using to murder Joe. ]
Do you want more? I can- [ It's hard to communicate with a look, but Sara tries. She's torn...do they really need to leave right now? ]
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[ he looks towards shin as he seems ready to leave the conversation, which seems a little odd for him. perhaps they've found an inch in his words and are taking a mile. that's probably it, needing to regroup, talk over the information, and come to a conclusion about him.
truly understandable. ]
Do you regret her death... if you wanted to kill her? You said you two were long lost siblings, and met here. Normally, family wouldn't want anyone to hurt their loved one. They'd want to make sure they'd have a painless death.
[ it's simple, it's normally how things go when people care about each other. they'd rather kill them themselves than let someone else do it. ]
After she was done, you were next.
[ insane, they're his desperate, little participants though. ]