sacredchants | ⛪ shiro catch-all

...really? You didn't?

[He sounds legit surprised by that. And he'll answer her question in a moment, he just needs to process this.]

No, I didn't.

[ everything did kind of point to her a bit didn't it? ]

I was a sleep—I had dream, but that's the extent of my involvement with the murder.

You know, that dream really was weird. I can't help but wonder what it was about.

What happened in it, exactly?

It was just a dream of what I could remember—my memories—before Laine came in and chased after me as he tried to kill me.

That's...it.

Where did he chase you?

[ she'll shake her head. ]

I don't know. He...just chased me...somewhere. It wasn't clear.

Did he look different than usual?

No, not at all.

I'm still trying to figure out why you even got that dream in the first place. It has to have meant something, yeah? Maybe it was an omen?

If it's an omen, isn't it a bit late?

Not necessarily. The omen could have been trying to warn you not just of Laine, but of something else. Did you get any bad dreams last week?

No, that was the only strange dream I had all week.

Hmm. I wonder if anyone dreamed about one of the victims last week... I guess we should have a meeting next week.

If they did, they certainly didn't mention it.

[ ... ]

I wonder what will happen in the coming week.

We'll have to find out as we get there, yeah?

...and remember: if anyone approaches you about killing someone else, you can come to me. Whatever needs to be done, I'll help you.

...approaches me? What do you mean?

[ sorry, a certain pc hasn't happened during the timeline is set up. BUT HEWWO? SHIRO?? ]

[Ah. Right. She didn't kill/talk to Shima yet.]

There's more going on here than what we were all told. Some of the people here, they're 'splintering'. I have no idea what will happen if they fully splinter, but apparently the killers are being told to kill specific people to protect everyone else.

And I don't want you to face that alone, if someone calls on you for that purpose.

Alphinaud mentioned that during trial. [ well, definitely in a more basic sort of way. ] Well, about the splintering; the rest of this is stuff that I haven't heard.

[ but really? shiro's offer is... ]

You shouldn't be dragged into this, though. If that's something that we're asked to do... [ she gets it; she really does but— ] It'd be my problem to solve.

You're a teenager. It's not your problem to solve.

[A pause, and he sighs.]

I'm not saying you're incapable. I'm saying that this is heavy stuff even an adult would struggle with. You're still learning how to be a responsible adult, so you shouldn't have to face those struggles on your own.

[ ....

this is where she'd compare him to rin but hm? there's something wrong with that so... ]

Are you really okay with being responsible for us? There's no reason for it. You could be helping someone who isn't on your team.

We're all on the same team, you know. Team 'let's survive this and get home'.

I'll be responsible for everyone. It's alright. After all, that's what us old foagies are for.

[ ....... ]

I...I can't. I refuse to let anyone else be responsible for me.

[He just. Sighs.]

Aaah, you're just like Yukio. So tough! It won't hurt you to let people help you, you know.

[ tagging back to this after trial and everything is miserable AND YET HERE I AM?? ]

It... It can, though. When people get hurt because of you.

People will always get hurt because of you.

[...WAIT.]

Ah. Let me rephrase: No matter who you are or who you know, someone will someday get hurt because of you. Because that's the nature of knowing other people: everyone's actions affect everyone else. No person is truly alone, after all.

So if people will get hurt regardless, isn't it better to invite the person into your life and bring them happiness too?

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