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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]

That's just pushing it...

[She appreciates it, though.]

Yeah. It definitely feels like she wants to tell us more than she's allowed to, but I guess that just means we have to listen harder.

[beguiledcard]

[ A soft chuckle is managed in response, initially. It's the latter half that has him finally, almost hesitantly opening one of the sodas to drink it.

She might notice said hesitance lingering around him before he takes a sip. ]

Yeah. And sometimes it's a matter of listening for what people aren't saying...

[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.