allstarz / kate

[damp]

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[damp]

[ Shrugs and nods. ]

I don't know. Maybe I screwed up. Maybe we won't even get anything out of this.

[sootprints]

What do you mean? I can imagine there are a lot of possible achievements...

[damp]

I don't know.

I guess I'm just afraid. If we did that, and nothing comes out of it...

[ paranoia ]

[sootprints]

... I was talking to Todomatsu just yesterday, and we were thinking that there must be one for being a repeat killer, across different weeks. Because it happened a lot in Scawwy...

But the only people who could do that here were... well. [ one of them is in jail now. ]

So I'm glad it was you. Even though it must have felt so horrible for you. But if you didn't, someone else would have had to...

[ a lot of conflicting feelings there. ]

[damp]

[ Oh. Huh. ]

That's... You might be right. [ Man, he hopes so.

Pausing a moment. ]

Kate. Did you kill Shouki?

1/2

[sootprints]

[ there's a pang of some heightened emotion. like a fight-or-flight response.

but she doesn't move a muscle to show it outwardly. ]

[sootprints]

[ ... and then she lets out a breath. ]

Yes.

[damp]

[ Oh. Concern. ]

I'm sorry. That you had to bear that by yourself.

[sootprints]

[ there's a swelling feeling of anxiety, but she tries to keep it suppressed. ]

...

The hosts knew. I was able to talk to them about it...

I don't know if anyone else knows.

[damp]

[ Puts a hand on her shoulder. ]

I won't tell anyone. I wasn't sure if it was you until Maya was revived.

[sootprints]

I see.

I wasn't planning it that way. But then Maya died, and in such a cruel way, and... maybe I panicked. Maybe it was a selfish choice, when she'd only just had a chance to see her friends on the other side...

[damp]

There's no way it was cruel. Maya would be glad to know that someone cared enough to bring her back.

[ Squeezing her shoulder. ]

She's happy at your side too.

[sootprints]

[ amidst the anxiety, there is some feeling of hope, and some warmth as he squeezes her shoulder.

she nods. ]

I hope you're right.

[damp]

I don't doubt it in the least.

[ A pause. ]

And we can talk about it later, but... Does that mean you can see one of the hidden achievements that we unlocked?

[sootprints]

[ a little hesitant, but she nods. ]

Yes. I think Haru was concerned about it, too... but it's nothing you should worry about.

I don't think anyone else would be able to get it, even by accident.