here we are in the line of fire the after time and over again;

[recrypt]

shitpost coming eventually (or you could give me one,)

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week 2, post-trial

[shortforever]

[Chuuya is running around a lot after the trial today, so by the time he reaches 45 he's absolutely tired. But he sees her, and he feels like he should warn her too.]

Hey.

Did you get hurt at all this week?

[recrypt]

[ Let Chuuya rest jfc. They're probably in a hallway somewhere when he catches her attention.

She hums, the sound light. ]

Define hurt. The detective found no wounds on me. It's all right, see?

[shortforever]

That's what I mean, yeah. So no bites or anything? No monster encounters?

[He seems insistent when he asks this. Not because he wants to catch her or anything, but because he wants to make sure she's not hurt.]

[recrypt]

Not unless you count the zombies from the morgue. But that's been taken care of, don't worry.

I'm sturdier than I look, you know?

[ is this a concern about her, wild. ]

[shortforever]

[This is indeed concern about her, yes.]

Aki! Didn't you see what happened to Hunter today?

[recrypt]

It's fine, it's fine! I think they're different? Besides, he got kicked around a bit more than actually getting bitten...

[ which,

did happen to her, before she blew a zombie's head off

but she's not going to tell him that considering how he's fussing. ]

The zombies we ran into didn't look like monster transformations, and Akechi's still fine too.

[shortforever]

Then how do you explain Hunter turning into a zombie?

[recrypt]

I don't know. Just like I don't know how Meltryllis apparently turned into a giant sea serpent. But Akechi and I haven't turned, so...

If you want, we could go to the sisters and ask? Just to make sure.

[shortforever]

...yeah. I don't want you two to turn into monsters next Thursday.

[recrypt]

Don't worry. I know it's a useless thing to say, all things considered, but ... I do try to take care of myself, mm? ♪

week 3, wednesday

[recrypt]

[ depending on what the mini-event we may fudge the timing some but it's fine it's fine.

Anyway what's good, Chuuya, Aki's hanging out in the... game room? Huh. Is that a place she's usually found? (No.)

In fact she's in a remote corner of the room, and though she's sat down in front of an arcade cabinet (T*me Cr*sis?), she seems more distracted than actually inclined towards playing any of the games. ]

Week 4, post-trial

[shortforever]

[YEAH he. Is gunning (lol) right for her as soon as the trial is over.]

We need to talk. In private.

[recrypt]

[ Haha well, that isn't surprising. ]

Of course. Where do you want to talk?

[shortforever]

You have a way to save him, right? Like, an antidote, or something?

[recrypt]

It's not the same. It won't be as neat or as clean as when I did it.

[ (zia voice) you thought we'd give you two antidotes ]

But ... Peach said it would work.

[shortforever]

If it works, then it works. Clean or no.

[He's sure Lio would prefer to be alive anyway.]

What is it, anyway?

[recrypt]

An angel's feather.

[ ... for a moment it's almost like that's all she's going to say. but no, she's not going to be cryptic this time. ]

... A single second chance, for whoever might be holding it as they die.

[ there's a reason she promised that regardless of what might end up happening, Chuuya wouldn't be dying. ]

[shortforever]

...ah. That's why you said I shouldn't worry, huh? No matter who got voted out, they weren't in danger of dying.

[Clever. That's actually a really useful item.]

It's lucky you guys found that this week, it might be just what we need to save Lio then.

[recrypt]

Luck.

[ ... She makes a dissatisfied sort of noise. ]

Ja, we keep being saved by lucky finds. I can't say we should hope to continue relying on it, though. One day we'll run out.

[ One day she won't be able to nyoom in at the eleventh hour with an item save and then what will we do. ]

[shortforever]

Yeah, we will. But until then, we can keep trying that luck, right?

[He pulls out his own lucky item- a rabbit's foot- and holds it up to look at it.]

We need every person alive that we can get, so there's no shame in trying, right?

Remind me to kick that one prick's ass too, for nearly wasting two lucky items.

[recrypt]

[ As he does she'll incline her head and palm the lucky stone she mentioned at trial. What do you know. ]

Hahaha. What if I don't remind you, though- just didn't bother to hold you back?

After that last trial

[shortforever]

[HEY 45

HEY

Chuuya is coming over to nudge her with his elbow.]

We did it, huh?

[recrypt]

Haha, after much trial and tribulation... yes, we did, didn't we?

[ nothing else says satisfaction like literally blowing up an eldritch housemonster, but hey. ]

[shortforever]

[The explosion was extremely satisfying. He's been hoping for it since day one.]

It's about time too, that took way too long! You were pretty cool out there though, I have to give you that.

[recrypt]

[ Finally, Chekhov's Bracelet is fired thrown... ]

Please. I was hovering around for most of it while you all did the hard work of hacking apart all those eyes and hands. ♪

Nice wrench, by the way.