Will Graham (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
theyregooddogs) wrote2017-12-16 03:31 pm
theyregooddogs) wrote2017-12-16 03:31 pm
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[whenever they are both up to functioning]
What's your plan for tonight?
What's your plan for tonight?
[finally bringing his head back down, definitely emotionally wrought but distant]
He isn't using you. Don't mistake Akira's truth for everyone else's.
He isn't using you. Don't mistake Akira's truth for everyone else's.
Edited 2018-01-06 07:33 (UTC)
[whines]
I don't know that. How am I supposed to trust anyone?
I don't know that. How am I supposed to trust anyone?
Slowly . . . Carefully . . .
[crouching down, braced on his feet and not getting any closer to him]
You want connection, Akechi. It was the first time in a long time that you had something like it, so you grabbed on strongly. He isn't capable, though.
[crouching down, braced on his feet and not getting any closer to him]
You want connection, Akechi. It was the first time in a long time that you had something like it, so you grabbed on strongly. He isn't capable, though.
[eye contact, wow]
Akechi, you aren't wrong.
Akechi, you aren't wrong.
[he doesn't maintain it for long.]
...What would you do? If you were me.
...What would you do? If you were me.
[thank god!! will is going to stare at his hands]
If I were me in your position? Understand his shortcomings and walk away from it. But saying and doing are different things. You aren't me, either.
If I were me in your position? Understand his shortcomings and walk away from it. But saying and doing are different things. You aren't me, either.
I used my "vacation" today. It showed me a world where Kurusu and I were friends... real friends who could rely on one another. Not whatever facsimile of it we've been playing at here. But they had to turn back time to do it. No matter how hard I try, there'll always be somebody he likes better, somebody he trusts more... somebody who's never hurt him.
So maybe you're right. Is he even worth killing for, if he only cares about me when it's convenient? Maybe it is time to walk away.
So maybe you're right. Is he even worth killing for, if he only cares about me when it's convenient? Maybe it is time to walk away.
Few are worth killing for. I don't think he deserves that— Honor from you.
[nods slowly]
If I do kill, it'll be for myself. For my justice.
If I do kill, it'll be for myself. For my justice.
[you fucking did it!!!!!]
Are you thinking of killing?
Are you thinking of killing?
I've been thinking about killing the whole time.
[sighs]
...But I don't know. Probably not. Right now, it doesn't even feel worth the effort.
[sighs]
...But I don't know. Probably not. Right now, it doesn't even feel worth the effort.
. . . Do you want to let yourself be killed?
...No. I'm not that weak.
But it might be satisfying to make someone kill me.
But it might be satisfying to make someone kill me.
[looks up at him, a little surprised, before dropping his head again]
Ah... n-no, I won't. I think I'll simply rest tonight. This has all been extremely... tiring.
Ah... n-no, I won't. I think I'll simply rest tonight. This has all been extremely... tiring.
[still crouched down, head low, just weighing options for a beat]
Alright . . . You can, um, have Baxter? If you want. Or I have bourbon.
[idk??]
Alright . . . You can, um, have Baxter? If you want. Or I have bourbon.
[idk??]
I always thought people who drank were the most pathetic...
[sure does sound like he's considering it, though]
Well, either way, I'd be glad for Baxter's company.
[sure does sound like he's considering it, though]
Well, either way, I'd be glad for Baxter's company.
They can be. But it can help clear the fog, in moderation.
[scooping up the sleepy puppy and putting him on the bed, work your magic]
[scooping up the sleepy puppy and putting him on the bed, work your magic]
[idly pets]
I suppose... I wouldn't refuse, if you wanted to leave it here.
I suppose... I wouldn't refuse, if you wanted to leave it here.
Not too convincing. Baxter is enough, this time.
[sighs. but maybe a little relieved? there are still some levels upon which he is still just a kid]
...Yes, that's probably for the best.
...Yes, that's probably for the best.
Get some rest. Drop him off whenever you're ready.
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