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withsadness) wrote2018-04-06 07:26 pm
withsadness) wrote2018-04-06 07:26 pm
Week 4, Friday: Reaper Detectives -1
[So, here they are at Worth Every Penne. It's only the right thing to do after today's discovery. Mary isn't in a very talkative mood and she doubts the rest of them are, especially Alex or Izaya...but they need to. Because they have a job. She stares down at her plate with her hands twisting up a napkin, hair covering her face. She speaks, but it's almost to herself.]
I didn't think it would take this long, but because it did...I thought we'd all make it.
I didn't think it would take this long, but because it did...I thought we'd all make it.
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That's all I want, too. That way...Jonas and Jacopo can come back.
[Because it might be selfish, but...it's something people would definitely want.]
...I mentioned this earlier, but...we only have two reapers that have to kill left. Depending on how the trial goes tomorrow....it could be left all on Akira's shoulders. And the moment he dies...
[...It'll most likely be all over. For the game, and for the Erased.]
If the Composer is betting on the ending she wants....then we need more time to figure out what it is. And that means...that we'll have to join the other side.
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If that is what we're supposed to do. If it would help. I could do it.
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[She doesn't want anyone to go off and do something on their own.]
If we're going to do that, we all should.
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But if one of us switches teams, it's not like we can't stay in contact. It's really just a matter of making it official. Really, it just means both Reaper groups working together. Right?
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[Ichigo pipes up, quietly.]
If we decide to work with them, in order to get to the 8th week...two of us would have to make the switch. That's the bare minimum.
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At least, that's how she feels right now, with Jacopo gone and her rationality in question. Mary isn't sure if she wants to cry or scream, so she pushes away from the table and stands.]
I don't want anyone to go.
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[He stands up himself, reaching out for her.]
There's - the other option. That we all switch sides at the same time. After all...
There's nothing in the ending conditions about our team being wiped out.
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I don't care where we are as long as we get to be together as long as we can. It's not like we're hunting anyone anymore. It's not like that's our purpose.
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[His voice is soft, and he kneels down to be eye level with her, just like he always does.]
Even if we had to separate, we'd still be together. We're not pitted against each other - we have a goal now, right? Both sides of us. So in that way...it would be less like we're parting, and more like...we're gaining two more people to be together with.
[He gently taps his chest for a moment.]
And even now...you, me, Alex, Izaya....we've made a bond with Jacopo - a heart - that stays no matter what, even if he's gone. Because he left that bond - that heart - with us. With you.
So...you're not alone, Mary. You'll never be alone, I promise. Because our hearts are always with you, no matter what.
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[She wonders if she, a creature without a heart, can really stake a claim in something like that.]
I know you'd never break a promise on purpose, Ichigo.
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[If she told him, he'd say yes - he's been friends with hollows, after all. Just because she's something that wasn't human to begin doesn't mean she can't form bonds with people.]
So...We're not abandoning you. We can't, you know? Because we're all with you, in you and your memories of us.
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[He nods, softly.]
We're a team. And we need to figure this out - not just for everyone who's died, but...for Jacopo.
[To give him and the people they cared for their second chance.]