Goro "that motherfucker, what a tool" Akechi (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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tabularasa_rp2020-08-09 06:36 pm
simulatio) wrote in tabularasa_rp2020-08-09 06:36 pm
[open] because i can only be me
Who: Goro Akechi and YOU
What: catch-all for august
Where: heavenly blanc, wall market; others tbd
When: yes
Content Warnings: threads with p5r spoilers will be tagged as such! please toss a comment on my spoiler opt-out post if you'd like me to avoid mentioning any p5/p5r spoilers in tags with your character.
What: catch-all for august
Where: heavenly blanc, wall market; others tbd
When: yes
Content Warnings: threads with p5r spoilers will be tagged as such! please toss a comment on my spoiler opt-out post if you'd like me to avoid mentioning any p5/p5r spoilers in tags with your character.
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[It's Akechi's turn to stare back at Ren. What does he mean, "gone?" Surely he doesn't mean Morgana was dead. That's pertinent information that the other boy hadn't shared with him at the time, and that kind of pisses him off.]
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Morgana is a product of the Metaverse. The Hope of Humanity personified. We destroyed the Metaverse, Morgana was taken along.
(Oh, look, another thing he has not yet processed.)
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[Don't mind his sour expression. Like, he knows it's not Ren's fault (yet), but he's still a little annoyed that something that important somehow didn't make the summary cut. Ren's always been a man of few words, but sometimes more words are important!]
In any case, yes. He was perfectly fine once he broke himself out of Maruki's false world, even if it meant returning to his cat form.
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(It's sincere from this Ren, at least. He doesn't know how things are at home and what prompted him to keep that to himself, but alas. Over here, he had made a point to not hide things from Akechi anymore.)
... How are the others?
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Able to fight.
[He knows that's not what Ren's worried about, but that's Akechi's assessment. He doesn't really care how upset they are with the breaking of their false worlds and their collective betrayal of Ren. They came back to fight beside them when things were at their most difficult. In a way, he owes them.
More than that, he owes Ren a better answer than that. He sighs impatiently and shakes his head.]
I can't speak for all of them, but I can tell you that Okumura-san's perfect world had her father by her side, and Futaba-chan her mother.
[Another careful sip of water. It's dangerous, letting Ren think about the people who did come back from the dead, so he adds with a note of finality,] Once they broke themselves free of that wretched man's influence, they once again returned to their proper states. The fact that they were able to do so is either a testament to them, or to what you said to them. I wasn't privy to that myself.
[Two people Akechi had killed, literally come back to life. He stares into his water glass, then forces himself to meet Ren's eyes, searching for a hint of condemnation or anger.]
cw drug mention, trauma, persona 5 royal spoilers????
Akechi knows that's not what he was looking for in an answer, but he is patient somehow, the sigh indicating more information comes once Akechi is able to clear his thoughts. With his fingers intertwined and his forearms resting on his legs, Ren listened.
Possibly the one thing that bothers him the most in the void is this. How come Akechi can attest to all of this, when the last thing Ren remembers is talking to Sae, not a sign of Akechi, and then there's this bomb of information he can't even seem to recall, not even one bit. It wasn't like his memory blocking Shido's out to protect itself from trauma, or the drugs running through his veins, leaving him groggy and weak... No, a never-ending blank space, white noise, nothing. He takes a deep breath to give Akechi space to talk, calm even when these thoughts came to mind.
Knowing his friends, he can easily imagine what their perfect life would be like. He will admit that he is very proud to know his friends chose reality, as harsh and painful as it is for all of them, than to live a lie. The things that have happened were all terrible, but they shaped the Phantom Thieves members to be who they are today, and in turn, they shaped Ren into who he is.
Of course, Ren can easily catch the eyes, staring right back into his own, scanning... For something he will not find. Surely it pains Ren that his friends had what Akechi had taken from then, and then not anymore... But it has been done, and while Akechi certainly pulled the trigger, Ren doesn't think he is solely to blame. As they have said to Akechi himself, any of them could have fallen into that rabbit hole hadn't it been for their circumstances and strong bond with one another.
Their past seems to drag them even here, doesn't it? Finally, Ren sighs, only due to the heaviness of the subject and speaks.)
Kasumi-chan?
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[There's no hatred. Not even a trace of resentment. Honestly, Akechi will never understand him. He'd understand him better if he hated him for what he'd done. How the hell does Ren get away with being such a font of goodness and perfection, after everything that had happened to him?
The mention of Kasumi, specifically, is like Ren had taken that glass of water Akechi had been drinking and tossed it directly in his face. His expression goes still, and there's a very tangible silence that hangs between them then, the sound of Akechi choosing his words extremely carefully.]
I'm surprised you mention Yoshizawa-san, considering she was very adamant in saying she wasn't part of your group, [he says finally, still reluctant to mention the Phantom Thieves by name when context makes it obvious Ren's a part of that infamous group.] But yes, she too fought against Maruki. She was instrumental in finding his Palace in the first place.
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(Similarly to how Akechi would not ever be a Phantom Thief, but it never stopped Ren from caring about him, thinking about him and feeling for him all the same.
If only he knew that he mourned. Would he believe it in the first place?)
I see. I imagine she did well.
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[And there's an odd note of pride in his voice at the assessment. Was she weak and a liability, and stumbled more often than not? Of course. But even when she was fighting against them, she was fighting with her full belief, willing to embrace even Maruki's power in an attempt to make herself stronger and win at any cost.
It didn't make her any less wrong, or any less weak. But there's a part of that Akechi can understand. Her ability to move past that and start striving to be herself and stand on her own is something he'll wholeheartedly support.]
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Just the confirmation that, overall, things were as "okay" as they could be given the circumstances.
After all this picking at Akechi's brain, it feels only fair to give Akechi the same courtesy.)
Anything to ask me?
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Eventually, he sighs and pulls the towel away from his neck, looking Ren over carefully.]
For all you know about me and my story, you've always played your cards quite close to your chest, [he says finally.] Shall I consider this a "blank check," of a sort, to ask you any question I so desire?
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(They have made a deal that if they don't want to answer something, it should be respected, so Ren is not exactly worried about being trapped in any form with the question to come.
After all, Ren is quite curious to hear what is the One Thing Akechi would ask him, after all this time and so much in the open as it is now.)
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[He keeps his eyes on Ren's for a few seconds later as if to gauge his sincerity, then finally shakes his head as the corners of his lips twitch up into a smirk.]
I'll remember that.
[He'll save it for when it becomes more important. For now, he just cracks his neck and sets the towel aside.]
Shall we go again?
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For now, he stands up, nodding and taking Baselard into his hands.)
We shall.