Pizza Party

[ruffboi]

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[fishingforcompliments]

...

[ET TU, AKIRA. but she gestures at the others]

...I think you can see why I do not think I need protection. They are quite adamant about my survival already.

[survivaltricks]

[ET TU, AKIRA]

I guess I'm just joining that party a little late, then.

[sparkles]

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[wait.]

Please tell me you did not...

[survivaltricks]

[looks away]

[innocently]

[fishingforcompliments]

Akira..!

[FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY.]

[survivaltricks]

[TWIDDLES HIS THUMBS]

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[she. sighs.]

I suppose I ought to thank you, but...

[survivaltricks]

. . .

[he shakes his head]

I know it was selfish.

I just didn't want to be alone again.

[fishingforcompliments]

[well.

she can definitely relate to that.

flayn reaches for his hand to give it a gentle squeeze.]

I know. ...and you are not alone anymore, Akira. You have all of us, now. We are not going anywhere.

[survivaltricks]

Yeah.

[she can hear the relief in his voice]

. . . thanks. For trusting me.

Even if it was obvious I was trying to catch you guys.

[and boy was he trying HARD]

[fishingforcompliments]

It was equally obvious that everything you were doing was for the benefit of everyone trapped in this camp.

[she manages a smile]

...I just wish I had been able to tell you more, sooner.

[survivaltricks]

Mmm.

[that's all he has ever wanted]

I know why you couldn't, though. My role isn't the same as yours, but I haven't been able to tell a soul.

Not Lili, not Ash, not Chuuya. . . no one.

[fishingforcompliments]

I kept trying to say something. I thought maybe if I said it out of the blue, whatever was stopping me would not be able to catch up until it was too late...

I could not even tell Dimitri or Yin Yu or Lili...

[it's been KILLING her]

[disreguarded]

I've been trying to tell Phoenix since the start and I couldn't do it either.

[ sigh. ] I wish I could. I want him to know there's hope, somehow.

[fishingforcompliments]

...I want him to know that, too. He does so much to try and help everyone.

[disreguarded]

[ she shifts. she just looks... worried, for now. she could talk about how concerned she is about phoenix all day but they're having a pizza party so she doesn't want to derail things further. ]

Yeah.

[survivaltricks]

. . . I want Lili to know that, too. Just earlier today she took Natalie and I aside to spitball ideas for creating a new super team.

And she went out of her way to give me hope this morning.

[daifukus]

I told her this weekend that I would look into information for seeing how to help her goals.

.... This certainly was not what I imagined.

[survivaltricks]

Iiiiiit definitely wasn't what I imagined, either.

[disreguarded]

All of them deserve hope. It's hard to not get beaten down.

I was - I almost asked -- [ she frowns. she looks like she's having a hard time here, and then: ] I asked what would happen if Wei Wuxian played darts with me. It was getting bad.

But finding everybody here made it easier. And I want everybody to have that same foothold.

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[oh. something about that makes flayn's expression flicker, and she reaches out to put a hand on her arm. (but, like, gently. and she's trying to find somewhere that isn't too roughed up.)]

Beau... I am glad we were able to support you.

[survivaltricks]

[HE UNDERSTANDS. boy does he understand?? and he's sure everyone here does]

It's stupid, isn't it?

[fishingforcompliments]

Very much so. I quite dislike it!

[ruffboi]

You were obviously trying to catch us, but not in a bad way.

[Considering their whole conversation.]

But - it is like I told you. I don't necessarily know that we have the answers you want. We've just been fucking around in the dark, throwing darts.

[survivaltricks]

Mmm, no. You guys have the exact answers I was looking for.

[oh. . .?]

That's why I used 45's item to find Shinobu.

I wanted to know why.

[and. . . well. now he knows!!]