Catch-All for Namine

[specialdog]

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week 2, friday

[whitewalls]

[ it's later in the day, and naminé is looking for someone in particular. she knows that akane was friends with kazuaki, and on top of that minato is now in danger, so

well, they're friends, right?

so she's searching for her and finds her in the shrine. ]

... Akane?

[specialdog]

[ Akane definitely looks down, sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest. She peers up at Namine, startled to see her, but then relaxes again. ]

... Hey, Namine.

[whitewalls]

Do you need anything?

[ she won't ask if she's okay since... that's a little obvious. ]

[specialdog]

I need to know who's in charge of making new partnerships.

[ ... But she knows that's got a slim chance of happening, so just laughs it off. It was just a gripe. ]

... No. I'm alright.

[whitewalls]

... mm.

[ she definitely knows how she feels. ]

I understand.

[specialdog]

It's just frustrating, you know? I was right there, staying the night at Kazuaki-kun's place.

[ Akane would be breaking things if there were things available to break. ]

[whitewalls]

... it's kind of despicable that they'd go for the most harmless person.

[ like logically it makes sense but

it's still terrible. ]

[specialdog]

He wasn't even particularly helpful in trials, so it's not like they were eliminating a threat, either.

[ rude........ ]

[whitewalls]

... hopefully we'll be able to catch who did it.

It's less people than last time.

[specialdog]

But as far as I know, we don't have any trump cards to make more than one new partnership this time.

[whitewalls]

... we do.

But it'll only work if we vote for someone corrupted.

[ ... ]

Try not to tell anyone? You can tell Minato, since he's affected, but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to tell anyone yet.

[specialdog]

[ Akane grabs Namine's hands!!! She's so happy!!!!! Happy enough to ignore that she just hurt herself moving her arm so quickly!!!! ]

So as long as we catch the right culprit...!

[whitewalls]

[ ksgkdsgh oh that's surprising

but she nods ]

It's a one time use item that can remove corruption out of someone without killing them. So, if we just get the right person, only Xion and Minato will be partnerless.

[ instead of three people, so it'll be an easy choice for the person with the partner role ]

[specialdog]

Oh, like the thing with Santa.

[whitewalls]

... is that how you guys saved everyone? With Santa?

[ she knows that a thing happened but

there is obvious confusion here ]

[specialdog]

Mm, well, he was this guy we met in the escape room that was corrupted. But we were able to get rid of it without killing him.

[whitewalls]

Oh...

I wonder if it's something that only works through other worlds?

[specialdog]

That's kind of stupid, isn't it? This is, like, the place that exists so we can combat it, but the cure that doesn't kill people only exists in other places that it's spread to?

[whitewalls]

Yeah. I guess we'll find out if another one appears again?

[ but they don't have much to go on now ]

[specialdog]

We always get something good each time somewhere weird comes up, so we should take advantage of that.

But it's been a different thing each time, so we also can't count on it unless we know exactly what someone got.

[whitewalls]

... and there's a chance that someone who gets it might not use it at all, depending on who it is.

[ hisoka ]

[specialdog]

I could understand someone wanting to make sure they use it at the best time and not wanting to waste it, but...

[ but yeah, she thinks that holding onto items would be pretty bad, probably. ]

[whitewalls]

Me too. But we should be ready for the possibility that someone might sabotage us, like in the case if someone who's corrupted gets something.

[specialdog]

Mm, I didn't think about that.

You think they'd just hoard them? It's hard to figure out a way they might use good items for bad.

[whitewalls]

We can't ignore the possibility.

[ so, it can be a worry for nothing, but they should also be prepared for the possibility of someone being a dick ]