IC Contact Post

[riderfist]

IC contact post for Makoto! Leave your letters, birds, PMs, telepathic signals and in person comments here. Though she has no bird yet to return that ...

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around when new arrivals get her

[purrtagonist]

[she knows what this about]

Got a moment, Queen?

[riderfist]

[she does indeed]

I know, Joker.

[purrtagonist]

[a pause, and then a huff. of course]

You spoke to him, then.

[no need for names. they're on the same page]

[riderfist]

[please look who you're talking to. she knows. she is down.]

I felt I had to.

[purrtagonist]

[this is why she is number two]

So did I.

[although it went a little beyond just "talking." they had coffee together]

He doesn't remember our fight. He doesn't remember what happened in the hull of that ship.

[riderfist]

Nor does he remember any part of his stay here, though that's much less surprising.

[that's better than just ... hissing like angry cats in the street]

What does he remember, if not that?

[purrtagonist]

[like Futaba and Yusuke will probably do]

He knows we faked my suicide, and he confronted us in the hull of the ship. But that's it.

[aka, he has yet to release a bunch of pent up bitterness and resentment in our fight so he's still really dangerous]

[riderfist]

... In other words, his hair trigger temperament could snap?

[purrtagonist]

Iiiit's on the verge.

[he really, really doesn't want to label Akechi as "dangerous" or "a killer," but. . .]

I'm telling you guys because I want you to be careful, okay?

[riderfist]

[but Akechi is both dangerous AND a killer, and the whole team knows it]

I'm not going to purposefully seek him out just to needle him.

[purrtagonist]

[TRUE. he's less worried about the team and more worried about strangers, though. what good would it be for him to be ostracized and labeled in an entirely new world, when labels were what got him back home?]

I didn't think you would. You're not that type of person.

Neither are Yusuke and-- well, Futaba is.

[we should probably get her a leash]

[riderfist]

[ignoring the fact that the one thing she did upon meeting him was needle. but look, he started it]

Futaba ... won't take his return well. At all.

[it's time for Understatement Of The Century]

[purrtagonist]

[DON'T GIVE IN, QUEEN]

. . . no. She won't.

I'll talk to her.

[riderfist]

[HE IS A BAD PERSON WHO DID BAD THINGS AND DIDN'T DESERVE HIS BAD END]

I should as well, but ...

[is it awkward to say "Don't kill a man" t your girlfriend and have to mean it]

[purrtagonist]

[ON THIS THEY AGREE]

But?

[riderfist]

You may get through better.

[purrtagonist]

[he pauses to consider this, before nodding]

I'll try to convince her to keep her distance.

{and to not poke the angry bear]

[riderfist]

Thanks. I'm not sure how much I can distract her from this.

[purrtagonist]

Do you your best, all right? I'll do mine.

In the interim, I'm thinking we should all do something funr. All four of us-- and Richard, of course.

[this is not the sudden subject change it seems to be]

[riderfist]

Of course.

So the five of us. What do you have in mind?

[purrtagonist]

Taking Yusuke out to eat, of course.

[best way to celebrate his birthday]

His birthday was during Selenium. Did you know?

[riderfist]

I didn't. He never said anything ...

[or maybe he was too distracted by what they saw in the mirrors?]

[purrtagonist]

I didn't know, either. I think he avoided saying anything because of Selenium.

[IN OTHER WORDS, YES]

We need to make up for it.

[riderfist]

Definitely. I wonder what would be an appropriate gift?

[purrtagonist]

[ART SUPPLIES, DUH]

Something that matches his aesthetic.