STAND BY ME ONEGAIIII (toi catchall)

[sadiskick]

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[soba]

Then they're weak.

[ ... he sighs ]

Well, it's not my problem if that happens.

[sadiskick]

[ There's something that flashes across her face, something almost like surprise. What he says makes her smile. It's not her usual sadistic smile, but something... curious. Almost wondering. ]

You're right. If they're weak, they deserve what happens to them. If they can't get over their fears and suffer, it's their deaths.

[soba]

It's not that I think that they deserve it...

[ there's a pause. he's trying to figure out how to word it. ]

But I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince someone that trying to be the hero doesn't always work. Yelling about how unfair or wrong it is, and how you're definitely going to figure something out eventually, isn't going to do anything.

[sadiskick]

It's much better to actually do something than cry about it. If you think coolly and rationally, a solution will appear faster.

[ It's a more reasonable (and beautiful) way to approach things. ]

[soba]

It's worse when you only have a few minutes to decide before time's up, and everyone's yelling that there must be another way... you should have thought of that hours ago.

[ some people!! are annoying!! ]

[sadiskick]

They were unsightly from the beginning, running around like the rats we sought. They had too much hope that things would work out as they wanted to.

[ But they're all here without any of their usual things? And on some kind of forced contract? ]

[soba]

I think that believing you could solve all of our problems in nine hours when we couldn't do anything for a whole week beforehand is being too hopeful...

[ he might be a little jealous that he is not that blindly hopeful since it seems like a less stressful way to live honestly ]

[sadiskick]

It is. It makes me wonder what kind of world they live in.

[ There's something else that makes her wonder. Solving this murder... ]

If she turned into some kind of rat king, what do you think that means for the rest of us?

[ Wouldn't that be something else to try and figure out? What if it's contagious? ]

[soba]

Do you think that the rest of us might turn into rats too?

[ ... although ]

But we could just use the collar again, couldn't we? That pretty much busted her.

[sadiskick]

No! That would be detestable.

[ It's not a no, she doesn't think it can't happen to the rest of them. It's a no, she fucking hates that. Rats aren't beautiful at all. ]

What if one can't be caught next time? I'm surprised that Lio Fotia could catch it in the first place.

[ He keeps swinging and missing from what she's seen? ]

[soba]

I dunno. Maybe we can lure them with... whatever the hell it is that rats eat.

[ people, apparently, going by haruka ]

[sadiskick]

You. That little boy. Anyone seems like fair game.

[ Is it cannibalism if Nikki is still human somewhat? ]

[soba]

I'm definitely not volunteering.

[ no one here is worth sacrificing yourself for yet :/ ]

[sadiskick]

It would have been nice to have this room to myself.

[ She's joking. Probably. ]

Should we volunteer someone else?

[soba]

I'm sure someone will volunteer themselves.

[ galo is right there ]

[sadiskick]

The blue one or the blond one?

[ Promare, more like pro volunteer to get vored.




provore ]

[soba]

Both, but they'd start to fight about it.

[ he can picture it so well ]

[sadiskick]

It'll be amusing for two minutes before it turns annoying.

[ She doesn't know them at all, but their dynamic is too easy to read. ]

[soba]

Well, others seem to have decided to babysit them, so at least there's that...

[sadiskick]

How effective do you think that'll be?

[ Shounens be wild. ]

[soba]

... probably not very.

[sadiskick]

Someday, someone will use that to their advantage.

[ She can feel it. ]

[soba]

[ .... yeah ]

I can't say you're wrong 'cause you're probably not.

[sadiskick]

My judgment isn't usually off.

[ She can be surprised, but she can usually coolly assess a situation. ]

It's more difficult not knowing how....

[ How anything happened in this house. ]

STOP

[soba]

... well, we'll figure it out.

We kind of have to if we're going to be stuck here.