MAYA;

[goalsides]

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[goalsides]

[...that's fair, considering.]

...for you I would have. [so yeah. he would ignore messages if they weren't as close as they are.] Any time you need me, I would answer.

[feytality]

[ gay ]

[ what comes through their emo share is straight up, sappy affection ]

That goes for you, too.

[goalsides]

[this is very gay you're right.]

...are you okay after today? We kind of went through a lot in the last hour.

[understatement.]

[feytality]

[ if only taichi was this gay at yamato ]

I think... I'm okay. [ or at least as close as she can get. ] It.. was awful, really awful, but... I think... I don't know. I feel like I'm finally starting to understand what's happening.

Are you okay?

[goalsides]

...most of what I'm understanding is that this place is bullshit that's designed to keep hurting people for one reason or another.

[this does not answer the question, exactly.]

[feytality]

Yeah.... it's basically like a cycle of bloodshed.

[ hm! bad! and something she's familiar with!!! ]

[ also she's giving him a look. answer the question, binch (affectionate) ]

[goalsides]

At this point, it almost feels like none of us are innocent. Even if we don't actually kill someone with our own hands, we're still voting for people every week and sentencing them to death. You're right. It's a cycle.

[he sees that look and he settles for a slight shrug.]

I don't really know, Maya. I'm a lot of things.

[feytality]

[ maya knows about that it's the fey specialty ]

... Yeah. I don't know. It's just the same thing, over and over again. It's not justice. It's just... torture.

[ nudges him gently ]

And I'm listening.

[goalsides]

Maybe torture is exactly the point. I'd believe it by now. [there's a sigh that follows that though, a gentle nudge back.]

...we should have been more careful with the questions we asked Otome-san. That's the main thing.

[feytality]

Probably. I mean, it just keeps getting worse and worse.

[ cycle of murder... ]

... You know something about all of this, don't you, Taichi? Something.... you probably can't say, like her?

[ otome said "ask taichi" so this isn't a big revelation or something. ]

[goalsides]

...no, I don't. I don't know anything at all right now. I only have guesses for what's happening and even then...it's not guaranteed.

[feytality]

[ otome be like taichi has the plot ]

I think.... guesses will have to do for now. I have some of my own, too.

[ ... ]

I don't know the right questions to ask. I asked the Professor what I should focus on, and she just told me that I'm doing fine.

[goalsides]

We just have to be more careful with our guesses going forward. No more mistakes.

...that's what Byleth told me though, too. So maybe it really is as simple as that?

[feytality]

Y-Yeah... and we can't, um, push people for answers, I don't think...

[ .... ]

I hope so. I don't really know what to do.

[goalsides]

...we have to be smarter about how we ask questions. That's the first thing.

[thinking...]

How does Nick do it in court?

[feytality]

Well, he mostly just presses and presses until he gets an answer.

... So that advice might not work the best.

[goalsides]

...hm...probably not. If we press too much we might have a repeat of what just happened and I don't think anybody wants that.

[feytality]

Yeah... so I guess we gotta think outside the box.

[ .... ]

Taichi, you don't.... do you feel responsible?

[goalsides]

[......]

...I'm the one who told Beau to ask. I'm not gonna run from taking responsibility.

[feytality]

[ that's what she thought ]

I don't know if it's really your responsibility.. when this place is the reason all of that happened.

[goalsides]

We could have left everything alone, Maya. That was our fault.

[feytality]

I know.

But, Taichi... to be honest, as horrible as all of that was.... I think that was something we needed to hear. To try to figure out what's happening.