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11:11:11 Server | Topic is "i am extremely confused, and I think so are all of us."
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[incrediblystressedout]

[She nods.]

Yeah...like how you're not saying Akechi made these, but there's no other reason you'd seem so sad drinking them.

[beguiledcard]

[ D-don't call him out like this...! ]

Ah...

[ Yep. Called out. He gives a small, sad smile down at the soda. ]

Before him... these soda always reminded me of being in the Metaverse. They functioned as healing items back there, too.

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey's not going to question it. RPG universe kayfabe is vital.]

He's supporting you from where he is now. I mean, I tell myself that about my mom every day, but in Akechi's case it's probably literally true.

[beguiledcard]

[ No lie, he never even bothered questioning how this stuff healed them in the Metaverse.

He just became what might've looked like a vending machine junkie to Makoto when she was spying on him. ]

Your mom?

[ Quietly, he takes a sip of the drink. ]

Heh... I'm sure he's hanging around at least a few of us, fretting whenever we do something like skipping a meal or not getting enough sleep...

[ Sooooooo... he's fretting a lot over Akira at the moment maybe. ]

[incrediblystressedout]

Yeah. She...died when I was little. About ten years ago. I've got tapes and photos and all that stuff, but...it's a little less weird back home, so it's also a little less likely I'm being haunted.

[Just kinda staring at her drink now.]

Not like Akechi, who's probably yelling at us to get on with planning stuff right now, or something.

[beguiledcard]

[ ... He's reaching out to lightly rest a hand on her upper arm for a moment.

Then, he moves to lean back a little, letting the can rest against his lips for a moment before he speaks. ]

Our last conversation involved him saying the last thing he'd ever want for me, is for me to be chained to the past.

[ He holds a blink, and then shakes his head. ]

I don't think he wants that for any of us, so... I firmly believe Goro's the kind of person who wants us to keep going forward. I'd think he wants us to not dwell on what we couldn't do.

[ A tiny, sheepish smile... ]

[incrediblystressedout]

[Chained to the past, huh?]

[When did Joey decide she was going to be a dancer? When did she decide she loved puzzles? Was it before, after, or right after inheriting a mysterious heirloom?]

I think you're exactly right. Akechi and...everyone, really, they're gone so we could keep going. Intentionally or not, that's what happened. We can't stop now.

[beguiledcard]

Yeah... none of their lives will go to waste. If we can help it, this isn't the end for them, either.

[ A more assured smile surfaces for just a moment, and then he gives the best smile of a firm believer he can manage. ]

It's not over until we say it is.