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[it takes all her self-control to not scream at him that getting killed like what was what he deserved. No, he deserved a more painful, humiliating death. The only thing stopping her is the one thing she wants to tell him. The one thing that, depending on his answer, will hurt him. Will make him suffer as much as he deserves.
Prometheus remains protectively, even with Loki gone.]
[ He blinks. There's a moment where he looks away, as if caught by surprise by the question. His eyes narrow and he knots his fingers tightly in the chain, fingers turning white with the lack of circulation. ]
[... All Futaba will allow herself is one smirk. One cruel, sadistic smirk, the smile of someone who has at long last caught the prey they hate the most in the world.]
You never needed to gain his trust. You never had his trust in the first place, as the bullet in your head should testify to.
But... You know something?
[She laces her fingers behind her back.]
The Phantom Thieves' first victim was Kamoshida. Then, Madarame. They didn't have any connection to Shido, but that was how the Phantom Thieves started. Shido's group may have tricked us into targeting Okumura, but he was still evil enough that we probably would have gone for him anyway. Queen wanted to change her sister's heart, regardless of your suggestion, and we did it without stealing her Treasure. On Shido's ship, we made it through, and only were stopped by you, and the cognitive you.
Shido is responsible for my mother's death. Shido is responsible for getting Joker's record. We would have gone for him in the end anyway.
In other words, all of your murders, everything you did to get revenge? It was all completely pointless. In fact, without the cognitive you, we'd have had an easier time in Shido's Palace. Your revenge against him would have been accomplished better if you just had never gone near him.
The only thing you ever accomplished was killing yourself.
akechi isn't sure he had expected something like that out of the hermit. he watches her, silently, trying not to show how deeply the words cut new wounds into him. like knives. he hadn't just wanted to change shido's heart: he had wanted to see him suffer. to realize that his own son was the cause for his demise. he had wanted him to die painfully. it all would have been worth it, that pain, to atone for his mother.
there's anger still boiling inside of him, but he's too weak, too disorientated by this palace or whatever it is, to be able to act on it. that? and well, since shido is gone what's the fucking point anymore? what's there to even be angry or, to live for? ]
So you murdered my mother instead? Abandoned by your father, with no one to rely on but your mother, a bastard child? And then your mother dies, and you think it's your fault!
No! I want to hear you regret it! I want to hear you suffer, like you've put everyone else through! I want you to feel the weight of everything you've done!
[She's acting rashly now, and she knows it, but she can't make herself stop, spitting out the last bit.]
[ .... he sighs, leaning back on his palms, staring up at her. ]
Those are two very conflicted sentiments. Either you want me to regret it, to suffer just like how I wanted Shido to suffer, or you're just as noble as Joker and you want to "change me." Which is it?
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[it takes all her self-control to not scream at him that getting killed like what was what he deserved. No, he deserved a more painful, humiliating death. The only thing stopping her is the one thing she wants to tell him. The one thing that, depending on his answer, will hurt him. Will make him suffer as much as he deserves.
Prometheus remains protectively, even with Loki gone.]
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It was necessary. [ A beat. ]
There was no other way to gain my father's trust.
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You never needed to gain his trust. You never had his trust in the first place, as the bullet in your head should testify to.
But... You know something?
[She laces her fingers behind her back.]
The Phantom Thieves' first victim was Kamoshida. Then, Madarame. They didn't have any connection to Shido, but that was how the Phantom Thieves started. Shido's group may have tricked us into targeting Okumura, but he was still evil enough that we probably would have gone for him anyway. Queen wanted to change her sister's heart, regardless of your suggestion, and we did it without stealing her Treasure. On Shido's ship, we made it through, and only were stopped by you, and the cognitive you.
Shido is responsible for my mother's death. Shido is responsible for getting Joker's record. We would have gone for him in the end anyway.
In other words, all of your murders, everything you did to get revenge? It was all completely pointless. In fact, without the cognitive you, we'd have had an easier time in Shido's Palace. Your revenge against him would have been accomplished better if you just had never gone near him.
The only thing you ever accomplished was killing yourself.
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akechi isn't sure he had expected something like that out of the hermit. he watches her, silently, trying not to show how deeply the words cut new wounds into him. like knives. he hadn't just wanted to change shido's heart: he had wanted to see him suffer. to realize that his own son was the cause for his demise. he had wanted him to die painfully. it all would have been worth it, that pain, to atone for his mother.
there's anger still boiling inside of him, but he's too weak, too disorientated by this palace or whatever it is, to be able to act on it. that? and well, since shido is gone what's the fucking point anymore? what's there to even be angry or, to live for? ]
Are you done? [ he says it flatly. ]
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[She straightens up, standing as tall as she can. ... Which is still hilariously short, but still.]
Do you regret it?
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[ He says it coldly, emptily, but still of absolute steely resolve. ]
At least I died trying to fight when my Mother couldn't.
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Do you think that doesn't sound familiar?!
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Congratulations, Sakura. You're a stronger person than me. Is that what you want to hear?
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[She's acting rashly now, and she knows it, but she can't make herself stop, spitting out the last bit.]
I want to change your heart!
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Those are two very conflicted sentiments. Either you want me to regret it, to suffer just like how I wanted Shido to suffer, or you're just as noble as Joker and you want to "change me." Which is it?
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I'm not noble. I was a criminal long before you were. The 'hacker of justice'.
You won't feel regret while you're this distorted.
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Ah, yes, the hacker. How could I forget?
[ He rolls his eyes but doesn't make any other move. ]
Are you sure you want to do that? Won't your beloved leader be disappointed?
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[It's blunt. She never had the same motives as the others, and they all knew it.]
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[ SO FLAT. ]
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I want you to feel regret. But it doesn't matter what I want.
You're already dead.
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[ STOP SAYING THAT. He grits his teeth. ]
If I'm dead, so are you. We're both here.
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[Possibilities well up within her head, though. Poison. Assassination. Anything could go, if the Conspiracy figured out she was involved.]
But you definitely are. You got shot, didn't you? And then you vanished from the real world.
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[ He sighs, playing with his chains more. It's really easy to slip into this fidgeting. ]
I imagine Loki did something in the last minute to get me out before I was erased from existence.
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Then do you know where we are?
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[ a mild shrug. ]
A Palace, I imagine.
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[ it's honest okay.... finally, he pushes himself off the ground to stand, visibly wincing at the creaking of his neck. ]
It's stupid to stand around, though.
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[She knows what the best course of action here is.
She knows, and she hates it, and she wants any reason, anything at all, to reject it.]
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