[open] because i can only be me

[simulatio]

Who: Goro Akechi and YOU
What: catch-all for august
Where: heavenly blanc, wall market; others tbd
When: yes
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[forethinking]

A curse.

(Seen that, you know. There are things happening at home, that he has no idea how they are, doesn't know how his friends are...

The lack of hunger, which would soon be fixed to everyone's surprise and dismay, along with the lack of sleep is also a huge problem for Ren. Sleep is fundamental to rest a thinking brain, so. His mind hasn't stopped racing since he got here.)

[simulatio]

Undoubtedly a curse, [Akechi agrees. He'd guess he and Ren are thinking about similar things, even if Ren doesn't fully know the importance of the passage of time right now.

He rotates his wrist, flicks his sword as if testing that it still slices through the air without bits of cloth trailing behind it.]

Not to mention places and items from home are reappearing as if in an attempt to mollify us. In a famous experiment, rats in a cage given an enriching environment were shown to live happier, healthier lives than their companions locked in solitary confinement with nothing to occupy themselves. So it could be that to whomever saw fit to bring us here, we are their experimental group in an enriched environment.

If it can bring in a person, why not a sword? Why not a gun?

[He flourishes the sword again as if that helps make his point.]

[bachagain]

... I don't like being compared to a rat, so I wandered a little halfway into that heavy metaphor! All I really got was that you guys sure are lined up as always.

[ just stab him now

despite that, though, he maybe got the basic outline of akechi's words? the reality of it may be a bit... eh, but there's no denying that they're akin to something like rats in a cage... that he can agree with. it's just how it is.

not knowing the passage of time being a curse? maybe not so much. his gaze focuses on the swinging of akechi's sword, expression thoughtful, curious, and just a hint of frustrated now. ]

If that's how it is, then... [ looking up at the. the sky? upwards, whatever it is: ] How come I didn't get anything? C'mon, God, I'm not feeling like an enriched test subject right now! I thought I was your favorite! Or, um... You're a different one then the one I'm used to, so I can't say that, can I?

[ just kidding he's fully capable of enrichment on his own but like

thinking about it in grim terms like that just makes him want to make fun of it, so. ]

[forethinking]

(And that's not going to help Leo one bit, Akechi. His frown can easily indicate the concern he is feeling towards Leo - he knows it's tough being here, specially when this is one's first encounter with something less than ordinary.

Unfortunately, he has to agree with Akechi, so he gives a confirmation in a hum.)

I don't think being God's favorite is a good thing, anyways.

(Considering that, well. He is.)