[akira catchall]

[slobjection]

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[slobjection]

[ phoenix is coming along but like... slowly ]

With what?

[survivaltricks]

Breaking into the director's office.

[hm]

[slobjection]

What makes you think it's possible right now?

[ did akira not see people bouncing off of the barrier ]

[survivaltricks]

Absolutely nothing, but I'm going to try anyway.

[because otherwise he has to mull about the camp thinking about the implications of AKECHI'S VOICE ANNOUNCING A DEAD PERSON and that sucks]

[slobjection]

I suppose there are worse things you could be doing.

[ so he will accompany... ]

I'm not exactly a phantom thief myself, you realize. Other than being able to steal hearts.

[survivaltricks]

[immediately, dryly]

I'll have you whipped into shape before you know it.

[slobjection]

I'm counting on my senpai as always.

[ his other senpai (???) is off making murder announcements. ]

[survivaltricks]

[MAYBE?? QUITE POSSIBLY??? DIFFICULT TO TELL???]

Ha ha. . .

[a pause]

. . . so what do you think?

[slobjection]

I think my poor old heart can't take another seven or so weeks of murder.

[ at least he's not joking about dying ]

[survivaltricks]

[that]

[just draws a humorless, breathless laugh out of Akira]

Yeah.

Mine can't, either.

[slobjection]

So young, and already so tired....

[ gosh ]

Do you think this is their doing?

[ the team leaders ]

[survivaltricks]

[immediately]

I don't know.

[. . .]

I really don't.

[slobjection]

That seems to be the popular consensus.

[survivaltricks]

Do you think it's really him?

[or. . . is someone trying to mess with their heads?]

[slobjection]

No.

[ wow a straight answer ]

If it was, he would have made more of attempt to seem respectable.

[survivaltricks]

[haha. . . for some reason, that causes Akira to smile, albeit only slightly]

I hope you're right.

This doesn't seem like something he'd do, does it?

[slobjection]

No. And he wouldn't pass up a chance to show you up, either.

[ it's cognitive akechi ]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . laughs at that, because yeah. it's true]

He wouldn't, though he isn't against playing the long game, either.

But. . . he's still not the type to mass kidnap people and force them to murder each other.

[slobjection]

[ dad is helping maybe ]

Did you know that there was another Goro Akechi in the castle? If it were really him, you'd think the people from it would have recognized him.

[survivaltricks]

[he is helping!! he is a good dad!!]

Yeah. I knew. Belph told me.

[tilting his head to the side]

So why was the mansion crew the only ones who heard Akechi's voice?

[slobjection]

[ don't lie he's not. ]

Maybe because it's based on our memories, and not the actual Goro Akechi.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . hm. that's a thought. Akira stops in his tracks, a thoughtful hum escaping his lips]

The directors did say we tracked in residual effects from the places we were before. I thought they just meant the weekly annoyances, but could they mean memories of people, too?

[slobjection]

It's possible. Thursday nights and Friday mornings have played out the same so far, as well.

[ so that's fun ]

[survivaltricks]

[ugh]

[quietly, but loudly enough for Phoenix to hear]

. . . what is this place?

[slobjection]

That's the question, isn't it?

[ but it's only week 0 ]