catchall for akane

[leaberator]

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[specialdog]

Yeah, but they aren't that helpful.

[ she is resigned to it... ]

And you'd think that having us do things like escape rooms as if they were bonding exercises would have meant more.

[leaberator]

Isn't the point of escape rooms to work together anyway? I guess that sorta makes them bonding exercises by default.

[ again, i do not care that there is no canon to back me up on axel knowing what escape rooms are. ]

[specialdog]

[ it's fine it's fine it's fine it's fine it's fine ]

Yeah, we had to work together the whole time. [ she says, like it's some great travesty. ]

[leaberator]

Just who were you stuck with, that it was so bad?

[ he sounds extremely amused by her complaining ]

[specialdog]

[ weirdly, having someone let her complain instead of calling her out makes her admit, begrudgingly: ]

It wasn't... That bad. It was North and Four.

And... Nana.

[leaberator]

[ ah, geez. ]

Nana, huh... [ hm. ] Did you guys tell people about this before now?

[specialdog]

[ she shakes her head. ]

It's not like we really learned anything, so it didn't feel like there was a point in speaking up.

[leaberator]

Nothing at all? I thought it was a bonding experience?

[ she learned? friendship?

he's joking. ]

[specialdog]

You're right. I learned that they were good problem solvers.

[ ?? a real compliment??? maybe?? ]

But that doesn't really need to be a public announcement.

[leaberator]

[ he's so proud of you, akane?? ]

Guess not. [ but, hm. ] At least if you guys didn't get anything from it, it eliminates the possibility that it's why she was targeted.

[ ... is that a yay or ]

[specialdog]

Well, we did get a couple prizes.

[ ..... You know sometimes it's hard to tell if she likes keeping secrets or just likes contradicting people. ]

[leaberator]

...How's that nothing.

[ he's. just. why. ]

[specialdog]

[ Hey, she said they learned nothing, not that they got nothing. ]

It's practically nothing.

[leaberator]

[ for some reason, that makes him huff out a laugh, and he holds his arms up ]

Hey, you don't gotta tell me if you don't wanna.

[specialdog]

[ Hmmmm. She considers... Lea has been nice and not pushy... Looks a little like a villain with that hair...

Hmmmmmmm... ]

Maybe later! But I'll tell you that Nana got a first aid kit! That's pretty handy. [ and Akane figures that it's the more, uh, community-service of the rewards. ]

[leaberator]

Woah. That is handy. I was almost losing hope we'd get anything like that here.

[ it was later revealed to be completely destroyed ]

[specialdog]

It's like the gods are showing us our first mercy, huh?

[ :) ]

[leaberator]

If I didn't know better, I'd say it was a sign the universe didn't totally have it in for us.

[ ha ha. ]

[specialdog]

Then again, it feels like people are either fine or dead. Not much in-between.

[leaberator]

... So maybe it was more like the universe giving a band-aid to someone who's bleeding out.

[ y'all gonna just casually joke like that when people are dead ]

[specialdog]

I keep saying--this universe has a cruel god.

And a pathetic one, if they keep needing help from outsiders.

[leaberator]

Does it need help, or is it just looking for entertainment? It's been playing keep-away with answers this whole time.

[specialdog]

Oh, so it's just cruel. And it's just playing one big game with us?

[leaberator]

Well, now you're getting into the real question-- can you apply morality to a concept like the universe? [ a beat ] Well, the second part about the game, that's definitely true.

[specialdog]

Not the universe, but its god.

[ she doesn't really buy the whole 'will of the universe itself' thing. there's gotta be someone behind the wheel... ]

Gods should be able to do whatever they want, buuuuut this is a little twisted, even for me.