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[murdertalk]

always open post, april - july 2017

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[jurisdick]

[ let's just say that the guilt of being used as a puppet - to kill futaba's mother through a mental breakdown - is all coming back to bite him in the ass. he's so thankful that the shadow doesn't recognize him. that futaba is able to bring about a change of her own heart because of the thieves. it's... well, it's a hope. a definite spark.

maybe, just maybe --- answering the phone now ]

Hello. Is something wrong, Akira?

[fiftyfour]

I should be asking you that. Are you okay? You seemed sick yesterday after the Palace, and not from the heat.

[jurisdick]

I'm not used to the heat as much as the rest of you, probably. I tend to stay indoors during the summer months.

[ its such a convenient excuse. ]

[fiftyfour]

It was more than heat, Goro. You could hardly look at Futaba.

[jurisdick]

... She was in pain. I imagine it was hard for anyone to look at her.

[fiftyfour]

[Akira sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose]

Goro, you know you can talk to me. You're not telling me something and it's worrying me.

[He doesn't want to find out Goro has a Palace next, okay?]

[jurisdick]

[ well OOPS. ]

Her situation. It's just.... unfortunate. It's not something I was expecting for someone.

[ for someone else. for someone besides him - one he had caused. ]

[fiftyfour]

It is.

[He sighs again]

I don't think that's the whole problem, but I know you won't tell me even if I push.

[jurisdick]

....

Why do you think that?

[ it isn't untrue but. ]

[fiftyfour]

Because I've known you for a few years and I've been inside the heads of four different people by this point? And I just have this gut feeling, and my gut feelings aren't wrong.

[jurisdick]

[ he goes quiet and then finally decides to supply: ]

My Mother also died when I was young.

[fiftyfour]

[There's a moment of stunned silence]

I'm sorry, Goro. I didn't know.

[jurisdick]

It's not a problem. It's in the past. It simply never came up during our previous conversations.

[ it's a problem. it's not in the past. he purposely avoided that conversation. ]

[fiftyfour]

The past can still cause problems, Goro. Look at Futaba. At Ryuji.

[jurisdick]

[ he's so glad this is over the phone so he can't let on just how weak he is. ]

Yes...so we've seen. Is this really the best time? Shouldn't we be focusing on making sure Futaba is comfortable with her new life?

[fiftyfour]

She's asleep.

[Sorry not sorry Goro you are not escaping this]

I'm just worried, Goro. If this is bad for your mental health, you don't have to keep going into the Metaverse with us. I would hate myself if I caused you to have a breakdown.

[jurisdick]

[ he grits his teeth some and tries to still his breathing. it's fine. it's all fine. ]

I appreciate the concern, Akira. But I'll be fine. Something as silly as memories aren't enough to trip me up.

[fiftyfour]

Goro...

[Akira sounds...a little heartbroken?]

I'm bringing you curry, by the way.

[jurisdick]

[ he really doesn't want to hurt akira. it's....better this way, the less he knows. ]

... all right. I'll be at my apartment the rest of the evening.

[fiftyfour]

Okay.

[Thirty minutes go by before there's a knock on the door.]

It's me, Goro.

[And when Goro opens the door, there is Akira with the curry!

And his phone out, app open and facing Goro. "Akechi Goro" and "prison" are in the search bar, and "More Keywords Needed" under that.]

[jurisdick]

What's -

[ ..... his face drops from actual happiness to seeing akira to absolute blankness when he reads the screen.

he can't control the hairline trigger that causes. without warning he angrily reaches out to smack the phone away. ]

[fiftyfour]

[Akira yanks the phone away before Goro can, shoving it in his pocket]

I didn't want to find that out. I pulled my phone out to check the time and that was there.

[He sighs, so upset by all this]

...can I come in? The curry needs reheating.

[jurisdick]

[ he's panicking, he's actually panicking. this throws so many things into peril. this could harm his entire plan. his first instinct is to say something cruel, to make akira hate him and go away but... but akira would just go into his palace that way, would't he? even if goro could say the cruelest thing imaginable, it still wouldn't stop him, would it...

his lips form a thin line. what does he do.... ]

It must be malfunctioning. Didn't Morgana tell us that Persona Users can't have Palaces?

[fiftyfour]

[Akira will fight for his friends, and that includes Goro. If Goro tried to chase him away, he'd grab the others and go help Goro.]

I haven't had a chance to put the others in and see what happens. Can I come in, Goro? Please?

[jurisdick]

... All right.

[ with his head tipped down, mostly so akira can't see the conflicted look on his face. but he trusts akira, deep down he does, and he can't afford to lose him. ]