catchall for shess

[leaberator]

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[leaberator]

[ his smile is wry a little ]

It's probably weird if I say yes and no, right? [ he waves a hand ] Go ahead.

[nonbelligerent]

... I found Miki's journal, if you're curious. It would've been better if I'd done so before the trial... but I suppose there's no point in thinking about that now.

Most of it is her general feelings, but the last entry does talk about her plans regarding Lili.

[leaberator]

[ ... he frowns, a bit, because there's not a lot of reasons for shess to bring this up unless-- ]

What were they?

[nonbelligerent]

[...

since axel doesn't need to read miki's more personal thoughts (shess feels kind of bad for reading them at all, to be honest), he flips to the last entry.]

[leaberator]

[ he doesn't try to touch the journal at all, simply reading along, and... he frowns ]

... Doesn't exactly match what Four was saying. So... What actually happened out there?

[nonbelligerent]

I wouldn't be surprised if Lili tried to sacrifice herself, rather than risk being a burden.

... But I wonder. If Miki was going to bring a weapon, it would've been a dagger. Why was her shovel there at all? And if Four can control animals... why did she not try to use that, even once?

I suppose it doesn't matter now, though.

[leaberator]

[ he looks away from the book with a sigh ]

Guess not. Whatever details don't fit, it's done now. We've got plenty of other stuff to worry about.

[ ... ]

Still hate that it wound up like this.

[nonbelligerent]

It's unfortunate.

[leaberator]

... I should tell you-- Emma knows. She heard it from North.

[ that was awkward! ha ha ]

[nonbelligerent]

I'm not surprised. North approached me about it yesterday.

[getting interrogated right after the trial was fun.]

For people who claimed not to get along at first, they seem to be rather close lately.

[leaberator]

Right? Guess they found some common ground after all.

[ he hesitates ]

Do you still have that item that prevents corruption?

[nonbelligerent]

[he nods.]

I lent it to Emma this week, but she's returned it. I'll double-check with Lune to make sure it's still in effect, but I haven't seen any indication that it isn't.

[leaberator]

Hmm. Alright. [ he looks away before he shrugs ] Milla asked Emma and I for preferences on who she should keep alive in case the one person thing winds up our only solution. She said you, an' I agreed, but... I'd rather you know.

[ like. because that is a horrible thing to do to anyone in this place ]

[nonbelligerent]

... Yes, she's informed me.

[leaberator]

Milla?

[ he is. assuming ]

[nonbelligerent]

[he nods.]

[leaberator]

She's a lot more straightforward than the rest of us.

[ an understatement ]

[nonbelligerent]

She is. It's refreshing.

[leaberator]

She might've had the right idea from the start.

[nonbelligerent]

Perhaps. People like her are atypical, though.

[leaberator]

To be honest, I know a few like that.

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles a little.]

Do you now?

Well, I suppose my kind can be very straightforward... but if they were in this situation, we would all be dead by now.

[leaberator]

So... It's a good thing you're the only representative, then?

[nonbelligerent]

Haha, probably. Though I won't claim to be a model of perfect behaviour either.

While I may not always agree with the decisions people like Milla or Ookurikara make, I admire their sincerity.

[leaberator]

[ axel... laughs? ]

... Yeah. The most sincere and open guy I know... I can't say he's the wisest, but I'd be a different person if I hadn't met him.