slobjection | [akira catchall]

[it helps, to have that hand on his shoulder. it grounds him. helps him recall the truth instead of an elaborate lie meant to mess with them]

. . . I can't say I'm the biggest fan of their greatest hits list.

[ dadfection.... ]

Don't think anyone is.

[ now continue. ]

[he is!! though a bit reluctantly]

Every time we found a corpse of someone who died in the mansion, our memories were altered. And every time we touched those bodies, they faded away and left a pink-papered note behind.

Each note we found had one of the camp rules written on it, except for the last. All it had was "winner take all" written on it ad nauseam.

[ putting his hand on akira's shoulder :(, and going quiet for a bit ]

I really do wonder what the ultimate message here is.

. . . I don't know.

[he leans into the touch, because while he may not be able to admit to it so readily, he needs the support. he needs something to ground him]

[for. . . a lot of reasons]

[. . .]

Pink trying to get us to play along with their sick game, I'd bet.

[ he will put his arm around akira, then. just like that. ]

What do you think Pink is?

The directors keep telling me they're nothing more than a remnant.

That. . . I don't believe.

[leaning into that .-. dad is warmth and solid and grounding, and he doesn't have to think about all of the fuzzy memories he has trying to compete with the real ones]

But I don't know who they'd be otherwise.

[ dad is solid and real and here for akira!!!! so they can stay like this. ]

Hard to believe when they've taken such an active part of the competition, no? But maybe it's not a who so much as it a what.