Week 0, Post Trial - (Detective) Reaper Fam

[withsadness]

[Here they all gather, around the great Moyai Statue, who is lonely and has done nothing wrong. He shall keep their secrets as they yell at a small angry child.]

Soooo...today was really enlightening!

Comments

[allsetfree]

[ (izaya) ]

That can be a good thing, if he uses it how we want.

Yeah, I'll just. Uh. Keep on keepin' on.

[voyeur]

Since Jacopo seems worried about Magnus especially, do you think you could try picking up anything interesting about him? Ways to keep him away from us or point him in certain people's directions. Like you said, it could be useful, and it looks like you're the best one to take care of it.

[allsetfree]

I'll - try? It's not like I'm some master manipulator, though. I can... Lie. I can do bad things.

But it's not like I'm great at people-chess.

[voyeur]

[He's gentle at that, that refreshing and kind smile.]

I wouldn't say that you have to be. At any rate, people are never like chess pieces that you can move one way or another, because the human heart is unpredictable. Rather, if you can learn more about them and try to understand them, then it's easier to give them a little nudge in the direction you want them to go. They might not take it, but that isn't really our main focus right now.

Simply, I'd ask that you try to understand Magnus and Taako, so that we can understand them too.

Do you think that's something you're okay with doing, Alex?

[allsetfree]

[ alex no, don't be reassured!!

she's reassured... and nods. ]

Yeah, I mean. That's the job, so. I'll do it. Besides, it's not like I'm really faking when I try to learn more about people and understand them. That's just - socializing. And I do like them.

[voyeur]

[shh let team mom (???????) comfort you

(??????????????????)

He holds his hand out for a high five. ALEX GETS ONE NOW.]

That's definitely exactly what you need to do. I think that that genuine interest and care will help you a lot, and maybe even them in the long run.

[since like

if they can control them, they can put off killing them]

[allsetfree]

[ Alex is all about high fives! yeah!!



but also she kind of. slaps his palm like as hard as she can with hers, because she thinks that would be funny. and maybe doesn't always handle serious conversations... the best... ]

[voyeur]

[Laughing, he holds his 'injured' hand.]

Hey, hey! Are you trying to give me a useless left hand for real? It isn't fair to take my entry fee again.

[allsetfree]

[ Alex snickers and rolls her eyes. ]

Oh, your 'entry fee,' huh?

[voyeur]

That's right. I'm just an unfortunate guy who lost use of his left hand and is tragically pretending to be blind to protect himself. It isn't fair to make it worse.

[fun jokes 4 the fam]

[allsetfree]

So your strategy is to lie twice and get caught once? That's sketchy.

[voyeur]

You probably noticed, Alex, but I'm a sketchy guy. Rather, I don't intend on revealing my blindness except by having someone call me out on never using my left hand for anything. If I get called out on that, I'll drop the act. In other words, letting someone unmasked me is premised on them first believing that the lie about my dominant hand is true. In that way, it's a confirmation of my sketchiness, but a misdirection of attention.

[allsetfree]

This is gonna stress me out for, like, ever. So thanks, Izaya. For that.

[grano]

If we ever want him dead, we know what to do.

[allsetfree]

Man! That doesn't help!

[voyeur]

[izaya laughing]

That's so mean, everyone!