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Week 0, Post Trial - (Detective) Reaper Fam

[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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[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.]

[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.

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.

[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?

[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??]

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.

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[Normally he'd snap back with an annoyed 'I know', but tonight?

Tonight, he's not feeling it, and he just presses his lips together and nods.]

...You're right. It won't happen again.

[After all, it isn't just his own fate that's on the line here - and that makes it even worse.]

[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?

[If only Ichigo could ignore him as well tbh]

Convincing myself? ...I don't know, but I'm probably not that great at it.

[UNFORTUNATELY, he feels way too damn much to deny things that he feels, or hide them for too long. He is the worst Reaper and I'm sorry.]

Then we'll have to figure out another way to do this. Acting probably isn't something you're any good at either, huh?

I've been using what acting skills I have to keep everything together.

[And he's already cracking. Send help.]

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!

[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.

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.

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.]

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?

For a few Games, yeah. I've had to eliminate Players, mostly - but never behind their backs like this.

[AND HE'S NOT HAPPY???]

What about you?

Mmmmm just one! After the game that I won myself, of course.

[That one doesn't count, since she wasn't a reaper yet--and she really had her entry fee. Things were much, much different.]

I just like to play pretend.

[It really does seem like it's all just a big game for her, nothing more.]

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. ]

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?

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.

..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.]

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

Yeah. Guess I'll just have to see if people buy that I was just assuming too much.

[And to be fair, he made a lot of assumptions from the start.]

Maybe you could start jumping to a bunch of other conclusions from here on out? Like, start saying stuff about Reapers that you've "deduced" that's totally wrong?

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