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Nope's Peak Day 17 - Akira

Can I talk to you more about your plans with Furudo-san...?

[makes a face when Shuichi brings up Akechi, but otherwise holds his tongue. now is not the time to let their petty disagreements boil over. a breath, and the irritation fades]

But without evidence, the only thing we have to go on is people's behavior and whether their stories match up with common knowledge.

[a beat]

And Tycoon's semi-helpful Q&A session.

...Yes. And of the three candidates we're left with... I do think he's behaving more suspiciously than Hiyori is. Despite how, ah... flamboyantly he's admitting to wanting to kill Will Graham...

Of course, that's assuming the candidates we have are correct...

[. . . a nod of agreement]

And it's not another Niles and Corrin type of situation.

Although in that case, there was a glaring hole in their alibis. Corrin falling asleep was part of reason I thought Niles had done it in the first place.

[the other part being "captain hook," of course]

Edited 2018-01-21 00:34 (UTC)

Right. None of the alibis this time seem particularly suspicious. If anything, it would be yours, but...

[ But he clearly doesn't think they were faking any of that. ]

[Shuichi is probably like, the only other person in Nope's Peak beyond Akira and Akechi themselves who understands the discord between them]

[somewhat wryly]

We're. . . working on it.

[WAVES]

[A HAND]

[and then hesitates for a moment, before he asks]

. . . how much of that did Akechi tell you, anyway?

...Like I said, I still don't actually know what happened between you before, though he implied a bit about things he's done in general. But he said he'd argued with you about you being reckless and getting yourself hurt, and that you said you weren't planning on changing.

And he said... that he was overly invested. That he'd been relying on you too much, while you couldn't or wouldn't rely on him. And that... it was pathetic, and it would be better for him to do that less. And that you'd come to an understanding... though of course it didn't actually sound like things were resolved.

[. . . oh, geez. he opens his mouth to say something, before shutting it again, because in the end he doesn't want to give away Akechi's secrets if he hasn't given them away already]

[. . .]

[quietly]

I want to trust him.