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!

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[voyeur]

She was definitely interesting, right?

Although, everyone, since we're a team, maybe we need to have a conversation about successfully lying instead of giving away secrets without provocation? I like an entertaining twist, but I'd prefer it a lot if I didn't get erased thanks to you guys.

[(ichigo)]

[bladeisme]

[HE'S AWARE HE FUCKED UP, THANK YOU?

But yeah, thanks.]

...I get it, already. I realized I fucked up the moment I said it.

[It's been hard for him to lie so much, alright? Normally all he has to do is worry about how many Noise he's letting loose and let those do the work for him.]

[voyeur]

[He waves his hand, dismissing it. It isn't important anymore.]

It's out now already, so whatever. Do you need help or something? I don't mind if it's for a teammate. I'll even give the advice for free.

[bladeisme]

Hopefully I explained it away well enough.

[That was some furious bullshitting he did after, let him tell you.

But hey, hopefully no one will notice and he won't get fucking killed next week.]

...And yeah, I do. I've never been a good liar from the start, and none of the other games I've been in have made me do this much lying before.

[voyeur]

[Izaya's actually being sincere about this; he leans back against the statue, waving with a hand to encourage him.]

What's causing you that much trouble?

[bladeisme]

[That's a big question, and he's not sure he even knows why himself.]

Just...everything, I guess. I don't like lying to other people, and...

[Honestly, they would probably think worse of him if they knew the truth - that he was another Reaper that was going to end their lives, even with this weird two-team setup they apparently had.]

...I don't know.

[Help him, liar sensei??]

[grano]

Sorry to break it to you — oh, truly — but this is your job. You willingly took upon this role. You had to have known that every game would abide by different terms, and that you would be obligated to adhere to them...

No matter the consequences.

Being a manipulative low life in this game is simply how you survive. Or perhaps your games were much kinder than my own: it hardly matters now, given that we're here, in the same exact spot, our livelihoods now unfortunately intertwined.

You're a piece to this game. As is everyone else. Work with it.

[voyeur]

[Ignoring Popo-chan—]

What about lying to yourself? To be clear, I mean, how good do you think you are at convincing yourself of things?

[withsadness]

It's okay, Ichigo! Maybe you're just the kind of person better suited for attacking over talking?

[She didn't mean for that to be insulting...I'm sorry.]

Everyone has their different talents!

[bladeisme]

[Honestly it's not an insult, he's better at off the cuff shonen speeches tbh. Or, you know, he was.

He smiles at her, a little weakly.]

I'm not used to lying so much, anyway.

I'll be more careful from now on, I promise.

[withsadness]

I believe you. It's good to be an honest person...even if it makes things harder.

[But that DOES beg the question...]

Why did you decide to do this? If you feel bad about lying, I mean.

[bladeisme]

Mm. Thanks.

[He'll take being called an honest person as a compliment, anyway.

At her question, his face darkens...and he shakes his head, a small sad smile surfacing on his face.]

...I didn't really have a choice. If I went back, I could jeopardize the worlds I came from, and...my friends are all dead there, anyway.

[So he would have had to live with knowing they died because he wasn't there to save them, and...he couldn't do that. Not when the failure already crushed him half to death.]

[withsadness]

Oooohhhh, I see.

[She doesn't, actually. She cean't relate to that experience even remotely.]

I'm sorry. It isn't good to not have a choice. Nobody likes to be backed into a corner. So have you been a reaper for very long?

[allsetfree]

I know it's hard not to get riled up, but come on, man. They're looking for Reapers.

[ she nudges him lightly because she's not actually? angry or anything, and it's not like she did great out there, either. she's kind of half just teasing. ]

[bladeisme]

What about you?

[He's trying to tease back, but it's clear his heart isn't in it.]

Didn't think you were tipping your hand too hard with the 'don't go after the reapers' stuff?

[allsetfree]

But that's what I would have said even if I weren't one. It's not fair to make Maya go down earlier than she has to if she didn't do anything.

[bladeisme]

..Yeah, I know.

[Why can't this just be a normal game with like. Normal things, like summoning noise and fighting players up front??]

But if we're competing against each other, then it makes sense to take out the competition as soon as possible, too.

[Because, after all, other reapers? Are not innocent in the slightest.]

[allsetfree]

Well, if it's any consolation, no one went along with my idea. So.

[withsadness]

Don't worry, I don't have any plans on getting myself killed. No special secret-rule revelations or dramatic speeches from me!

[She knows she can be a pretty silly kid, but she's not that silly.]

[voyeur]

Haha! That's why you're the best, Mary!

[He holds his hand out for him. Give him a high five!]

[withsadness]

[She's gonna make a big leap to slam her hand into his with extra force. YEAH!!!]

Besides, it wouldn't be aaany fun at all for the players if we gave everything away!

[voyeur]

[What a good girl!]

Exactly! We have to make this fun for everyone, including them.

[allsetfree]

Weeeell... Accidents happen, I guess.

[voyeur]

You mean like defending the lives of Reapers? [He laughs.] That was pretty convincing, though! I thought that was exactly the kind of thing a kind teenaged girl might say wanting to defend Maya's life.

[allsetfree]

What can I say? I'm both a kind and teenaged girl.