allstarz / mordalion

[damp]

Comments

[toxicate]

Your little ending stunt paid off, didn't it? Distract everyone with your problems and you'd both survive.

[damp]

That's not what I was trying to do. I know Haru didn't kill Astolfo. [ gritting his teeth ] I wanted them to vote for me.

[toxicate]

I'm fairly certain you didn't kill Astolfo, either. There wasn't enough evidence against you for you to switch attention that quickly.

[ his eyes narrow. ]

Get yourselves sorted out, and quickly, before you cause more problems.

[damp]

[ He just grips his hair, frustrated. ]

I did kill Astolfo. Everyone was fixating on the wrong thing.

[toxicate]

For something from the duty free shop? You don't strike me as cold-blooded enough to go for a point-blank gunshot to someone's head.

[ and on that note; ]

Then why bother clearing me? You could have just lied.

[damp]

For achievements. Astolfo volunteered to die.

[ HE'S VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS ]

... Why would I do that? You didn't do anything, you don't deserve to be voted for.

[toxicate]

...you're all so recklessly willing to throw suffering around. The priorities here are a complete mess.

[ SIGHS. it's hard to stay that coldly angry when he's genuinely upset. still, he has no filter, so. ]

For the achievement, then? I'm pretty sure someone tried to frame me last week, you could've just finished the job.

[damp]

Like I said. Astolfo volunteered.

I'm not... Intentionally choosing someone unrelated is.

[ he's not trying to justify what he did but ]

[toxicate]

No one would have had to know. Besides, there's a good chance I get erased tomorrow anyway.

[ he says this, but the anger feels like it has... shifted, somewhat. ]

The problem becomes that despite there being no real "guilty" party, a decision is forced. Trying to turn the vote upon yourself if you're telling the truth doesn't fix anything. It's just more dancing to the wrong tune.

[damp]

I didn't want them to vote for Haru, that's all.

[toxicate]

[ god. sighs SO loud. mutters; ]

This is why you don't fall in love. [ his tone turns stern but in... a different way. ] Whatever mess you two have going on, sort it out. I've seen this kind of thing turn impossibly messy, and it doesn't have to happen to you. Though maybe it's too late, now.

[damp]

We're not...

I don't want to talk about us.

[toxicate]

That's hardly a surprise.

[ tch. ]

Teenagers are so dramatic. Loyalty, then. [ his point stands. ] I do recognise and... appreciate, you not throwing me under the wheels.

[damp]

Do you really think anyone here would?

[ ... ]

Except Dante. And maybe Alex.

[toxicate]

For an achievement? A few. To protect someone? A few more.

[ ...ehh, well. ]

A lot of the obvious ones did die already.

[damp]

[ Snorts. ]

It was like that at my last game too. Clearing out the more dangerous ones first.