[ She is notably upset. When he finds her, she's in front of a tree. She's not punching it or anything, but it looks like she banged her fist against it from how she's leaning against the tree with her forehead pressed against the trunk and her right hand above her head. ]
I hated today, Tomioka-san.
[ Her voice is quiet and raw with anger and sadness and guilt. ]
[ surprise to no one that she's this angry then. though, this might be the first time that he has seen her this visibly angry enough to notice. ...or is he just getting better at noticing? who knows.
either way he continues his approach until he's standing close to her, a step closer than he normally would. ]
We were distracted.
[ he quietly looks her over and simply stands there. he's not good with comfort but, yeah, today was bad. ]
this is tomioka giyuu doing his absolute best. he is going to be trying more than he has or will try with anyone else. aka he's going to tentatively put a hand on her shoulder. he keeps the touch light with the expectation that it'll be interpreted poorly. ]
No, it shouldn't have. [ he'll try to imitate the way she reached to him yesterday. ] What happened today—it won't be repeated. We won't have this same outcome.
[ he can't say it for face but there's no way that they'll let another scapegoat happen. ]
[ She's surprised, and her eyes widen at the touch. She doesn't reject it, but her expression immediately becomes torn, as if she doesn't think she deserves this kind of comfort. She can read it as such. Giyuu isn't one to initiate something like this usually.
Her gaze shifts to the ground for a second before she looks back up at him. ]
I know everyone will work towards better results. I can only hope we'll get the answers we seek.
[ ... ]
This day has been terrible, but after yesterday, you really should attempt to sleep tonight.
[ when she doesn't reject him, giyuu takes it as a good sign especially when seems to not be as angry..? the surprise he can understand; it's shocking to him as well. (he's glad that he isn't being ridiculed.) though, he does find it a little awkward to keep his hand there and pulls it away with a nod to acknowledge her concern. ]
I'll be able to rest tonight. [ ... ] Thank you for letting me rest during the trial.
[ and effectively not getting on his case for being useless in terms of offering opinions and the like. and to make this icly official: ]
I've uncovered three other people who are part of my team and they were all gifted items that had effects like the one I have. I might have found someone with a purple scrunchie, but you're the only one with a blue one that I've come across.
You suffered yesterday. You deserved a little rest.
[ She doesn't hate him, and she doesn't hate him enough to deny him what rest he could get when they weren't talking of anything that was pointing towards a murderer. It's not like she told them to stop talking about courtship and focus.
Her brows knit. ]
Does the telling rule only apply to abilities and not teams, as well?
[ She's a little worried. She's very much fuck the rules if it only harms herself, but if others are at risk, she has to be cautious. ]
But that confirms it, then. It seems like your team completed the most tasks last week.
[ he won't argue against needing rest or about how awful things were yesterday. dimitri was so much more capable about lasting through trial despite what happened...though at what cost? regardless he shakes his head. ]
I don't know; I found them all on different days, and the effects were supposed to kick in when too many happened in the same day.
[ and it seems like no one is blabbing yet. ]
With the results of today—my team might be in the lead with the most members.
so they're equal. he isn't sure if that makes things all the better for him or if it makes it actually worse. how should they be looking at this information other than what it is? giyuu's not that smart to figure this out. and he'll just shake his head. ]
[ That would help him find an answer to settle on.
Shinobu is still at a crossroads. She truly isn't naive enough to think that everyone can get a happy ending, but she wants it for everyone anyway. It's where her logic and her emotions collide. ]
We're on different teams, and we don't know how the numbers are split. If no one can find a way around all but one team wins...
[ Their ideals and their realities won't meet in the middle, if the numbers don't work out. It really would be nice if the numbers do, but Shinobu didn't turn herself into poison for over a year because she waited for ideal conditions to come. ]
You know what I felt on the island. It's the same here. Please save Kanroji-san.
[ unless someone actively sabotages the other teams or the like... honestly if it had to come down to a numbers' game... it would be smartest to let the biggest team win. not that he's going to be focused on that right now.
but, yeah, he knows how she feels and feels like he understands this part of shinobu. it'd be hard to ignore or be unaware of this part. ]
[ At what point will they accept these win conditions? The most vocal won't until the last, she's almost positive. At the end of the day, for all that Shinobu wants to believe in ideals, she is also practical.
Until a solution actually comes forth, she will think about the information they've been given as a real possibility. ]
[ it's a fine line between what they should believe and what they can believe when it comes to the rules and what they're being told, in all honesty. ]
If what they're all saying is true and how it ends, I'll have three people that I can save.
[ so he could have his cake and eat it too, if he wanted, however he knows what he'll realistically do. rather, he knows what shinobu wants him to do. ]
[ There is also the chance none of them will be saved, if neither of their teams wins. That's something she's thought of as well, but that's something they'll have to worry about when they get there. Mitsuri is well-liked as she should be, so Shinobu could stand to worry less, but who is Shinobu if she doesn't try to make at least one plan she has work?
There are still so many idealistic left, and even if it's unrealistic, she does want to support them. Hasn't she always wanted to try to preserve the happiness of others?
However much she fails to, time and again. ]
Thank you, Tomioka-san. That's all I ask, if your team wins and no one can change the rules.
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I hated today, Tomioka-san.
[ Her voice is quiet and raw with anger and sadness and guilt. ]
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either way he continues his approach until he's standing close to her, a step closer than he normally would. ]
We were distracted.
[ he quietly looks her over and simply stands there. he's not good with comfort but, yeah, today was bad. ]
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... There wasn't as much to go off of in the beginning. Narukami-kun's body wasn't collected. It shouldn't have been like that.
[ It pains her incredibly that Yu's corpse was mauled by a bear. It's absolutely horrific to her. ]
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this is tomioka giyuu doing his absolute best. he is going to be trying more than he has or will try with anyone else. aka he's going to tentatively put a hand on her shoulder. he keeps the touch light with the expectation that it'll be interpreted poorly. ]
No, it shouldn't have. [ he'll try to imitate the way she reached to him yesterday. ] What happened today—it won't be repeated. We won't have this same outcome.
[ he can't say it for face but there's no way that they'll let another scapegoat happen. ]
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Her gaze shifts to the ground for a second before she looks back up at him. ]
I know everyone will work towards better results. I can only hope we'll get the answers we seek.
[ ... ]
This day has been terrible, but after yesterday, you really should attempt to sleep tonight.
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I'll be able to rest tonight. [ ... ] Thank you for letting me rest during the trial.
[ and effectively not getting on his case for being useless in terms of offering opinions and the like. and to make this icly official: ]
I've uncovered three other people who are part of my team and they were all gifted items that had effects like the one I have. I might have found someone with a purple scrunchie, but you're the only one with a blue one that I've come across.
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[ She doesn't hate him, and she doesn't hate him enough to deny him what rest he could get when they weren't talking of anything that was pointing towards a murderer. It's not like she told them to stop talking about courtship and focus.
Her brows knit. ]
Does the telling rule only apply to abilities and not teams, as well?
[ She's a little worried. She's very much fuck the rules if it only harms herself, but if others are at risk, she has to be cautious. ]
But that confirms it, then. It seems like your team completed the most tasks last week.
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I don't know; I found them all on different days, and the effects were supposed to kick in when too many happened in the same day.
[ and it seems like no one is blabbing yet. ]
With the results of today—my team might be in the lead with the most members.
[ two purples dead and a mystery one. ]
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Hansen-kun was on your team, so it's yours and mine for now, and we'll see what the numbers of each team turn out to be on Monday.
[ For whatever team Ogata is on or for whatever team who is picked to be his executioner is on. ]
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so they're equal. he isn't sure if that makes things all the better for him or if it makes it actually worse. how should they be looking at this information other than what it is? giyuu's not that smart to figure this out. and he'll just shake his head. ]
I don't know what answer I'd want to find.
[ gray? blue? purple? ]
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[ That would help him find an answer to settle on.
Shinobu is still at a crossroads. She truly isn't naive enough to think that everyone can get a happy ending, but she wants it for everyone anyway. It's where her logic and her emotions collide. ]
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I want you to be able to go home. [ firmly. ] I want all of you to be able to do that.
[ is that a good enough answer for her? he doesn't care for teams; this is his only goal in all of this. ]
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[ Their ideals and their realities won't meet in the middle, if the numbers don't work out. It really would be nice if the numbers do, but Shinobu didn't turn herself into poison for over a year because she waited for ideal conditions to come. ]
You know what I felt on the island. It's the same here. Please save Kanroji-san.
[ In general and over her. ]
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but, yeah, he knows how she feels and feels like he understands this part of shinobu. it'd be hard to ignore or be unaware of this part. ]
I will.
[ in general, but not over her. ]
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Until a solution actually comes forth, she will think about the information they've been given as a real possibility. ]
Please prioritize her.
[ They are both alive when she is not. ]
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If what they're all saying is true and how it ends, I'll have three people that I can save.
[ so he could have his cake and eat it too, if he wanted, however he knows what he'll realistically do. rather, he knows what shinobu wants him to do. ]
Kanroji's name will be one of them.
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There are still so many idealistic left, and even if it's unrealistic, she does want to support them. Hasn't she always wanted to try to preserve the happiness of others?
However much she fails to, time and again. ]
Thank you, Tomioka-san. That's all I ask, if your team wins and no one can change the rules.