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newlydead r2 - day 13 - kyrie

[ 11:45 pm. Ticking down. It's near time for the night to roll over and near time for everything to change. The votes will click into place soon. Santa is huffing and puffing in his bed, arms crossed and staring down at his tablet. He'd be biting down on his lip if it wasn't stitched together from being split. His nose is wrinkled and his face blotched from anger. He doesn't know what to do.

He can't sleep. Who could? ]

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[Like a good mom, Kyrie comes in to check on him, bringing some tea along.]

How's it going?

[ His eyes flash as he looks up at her, greeting her with a growl of a voice rather than his usual smile. ]

Show me your tablet.

...What for?

[And what's with that greeting and tone?]

I want proof that you're voting for June! I want to know, so you can stay alive!

[ ...what? ]

You won't be able to see my votes anyway, remember? Why are you suddenly worried about that?

Because you said you don't trust me. Because you said not to trust anyone. It was a fucking clue to what you really think.

[ He glances away and drops his arm, letting his poor broken arm have a break from holding it. That's a little better from the pain. ]

I changed my votes. I'm not voting for you unless you fucking prove you're voting for June.

...Aoi. I didn't mean it like that. I'm just...always prepared to be betrayed. With everything I've told you, you must understand why. I haven't been able to trust many people in my life.

[She sighs.]

I'm not sure how I can prove anything to you. But I love you, and I love Akane. I really do think of you two as my children, and I'm extremely protective of my children.

[ He frowns and looks up at her silently for a long, long moment. ]

Let's try a story.

A story where you're mad at Akane for thinking of the stabbing, and for arranging it, so you arrange your trades like you were before, and still let Akane die. Because you assume that Junpei or me have prizes that are going to save her. So why not give her a little taste of revenge before she gets her happiness?

How's this sounding so far?

[ He watches her eyes as he talks, for any flickers of emotions. ]

Honestly? I don't really care that she arranged that. It's awful, but who am I to judge that? I think you're right that she's dangerous to you, to herself, and to anyone else, but I don't have any desire for some kind of revenge.

[That much is true, at least. Even if he's right about her not voting for June when she says she is, and that she assumes those prizes will save her. But she isn't angry with June. Her brow furrows a bit, but she just looks disappointed and sad he would make these accusations, rather than angry at him either.]

Honestly? I don't know how I'm going to trust a damn thing you say here.

[ He's upset that she looks disappointed and sad but suspicious of even that. He doesn't know what to do or think at all. ]

I can't take a risk with her. I've found another way to send her to the hotel. But that way comes with a cost, and that cost is another life.

Whose life will it be, Mom?

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Then why even ask me? If you're not going to trust me because of one comment, what can I do but take it?

Obviously I'm going to say not my life. If you can send her to the hotel, that's great, that's where I think she should be! ...But I can't die now. Besides, you're probably going to need me next round, with the state you're in? My guess is it will be something dangerous. If I'm around, I'll protect you, and I'll make sure you make it to the end. So, do you want me to propose someone else who should die instead of me, or what?

It's you, Rohan, or the person you're voting for instead of her. Be careful what you pick, because depending on how this goes down, I'll be able to tell who you were going to fuck her over with.

[ It's not one comment. It's multiple things stacked together that he should have realized all in a heap... things about her he never should have ignored. But he's not going to say that, he's punishing her enough. He's punishing himself
enough, and he clutches at the blanket so tightly his fingers pale white. ]

...Then Rohan, of course.

[Really she knows it's more than the comment. She was amazed he could still want her for a mother after the things he's seen and heard. But if he's still calling her mom now, there's still a chance this can be resolved...]

...

Of course.

[ He takes out his tablet, hits a few buttons very carefully, then sets it down. ]

...I'm sorry, Aoi. I'm sorry I've made you feel like you can't trust me, but I'm really trying to make this all work. I'm selfish and I don't care about trampling other people to get what I want, it's true. If anything it gives me pleasure for others to have to suffer.

...But right now, I want you to succeed as much as I want it for myself. So I'll kill everyone here if I have to.

I guess that's why I've frightened Rudolf, and now you too. But even if it makes you hate me, I don't mind. It's still what I have to do to help you.

[ He gapes at her for a long moment. ]

You, Akane... You're both... you're like this. Hurting to move forward, because it's what you 'have to do'... you're just cruel in different ways. How are you the same?

[ He covers his eyes as tears well up, and repeats it. ]

You're the same.

[She gives a little nod, speaking barely above a whisper as her fingers curl in. It's too difficult to look him in the eye, but she ends up much the same, with her shoulders shaking while she fights back tears.]

I'm sorry - I'm so sorry. But I, I won't let my daughter end up like me, and I won't let you be this way either. I'm trusting you not to let me die, but if I do, please ask Rosa and Eva to keep Ange safe, not to tell her that the mom she loves is like this. You have to promise me that because I couldn't stand for her to be me!

[ But he can't ask Eva, can he? She's either - she's sending Eva to the hotel, or killing her, or something. Whatever it is, there's no time. But he won't point that out. He can't point that out. The fact she's in tears makes the tears fall. His shoulders shake as he cries. ]

I'm sorry. [ He repeats it over and over. ] I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[Plans have changed, if Junpei votes for her, then she's staying. If not, let it be known it was not Kyrie's fault! Mostly, sorta. She did piss off Junpei after all.]

Please don't let me die- Aoi, I need to stay, you know I have to!

[Finally she drops to her knees and hides her face against his stomach, wrapping her arms around him despite the injuries.]

[ He's overwhelmed and emotional and he settles his good hand on top of her head, completely unsure of what to do. He has no idea what to say or do, except to confess the truth. It just happens that the truth won't comfort anyone at all. ]

I can't vote for you, Mom. I lied. I covered Rohan before with a hotel pass, but now the hotel pass covers June. Now I have to vote for Rohan. It's up to Akane now, it's - it's up to Akane whether you live or die. It's up to Akane.

[ He sounds utterly terrified of this fact. ]

You could have given me enough time to talk to Rosa...!

I don't want to die, I don't want to go to the hotel, I have to win...!!!

[That silent sobbing turns into a wail, shrill and drawn out, but muffled against him.]

Do we kill Rohan? Do we kill our reputations? We'll have to explain it. We'll have to tell the truth about everything. I'm not going down without taking you down with me.

[ He's honest here, at least. Even through both their tears, he's honest. ]

That's fine, I don't care what any of these people think of me, why would I ever give a flying fuck?! If I leave or die you can tell everyone it was all me, it doesn't matter as long as Ange never knows!!

[She's just...maybe too emotional now. If she takes a deep breath she can think rationally and reasonably as she normally does.]

I'll - I was going to vote for Simon. You're right, I was going to let June die, but you're wrong about my reason, it wasn't revenge at all, just that it wouldn't matter in the end. I would have been upset to watch it too, but it...seemed like a worthwhile sacrifice. I was going to try to send Simon to the hotel. I'll vote for Rohan instead.

[ He cries a little harder at the fact she admitted it and then forces in a deep breath, tries to square his breathing and thinks. ]

Does Simon still have a vote? If you drop your vote for him, does he still have a vote? I'd rather let Rohan die before I kill Simon.

As far as I know? Isn't Zelda or someone like that voting for him? That's the only reason I chose him in the first place, I didn't want to save someone else, I wanted to get rid of them.

[She chews her lip but finally looks up at him.]

Aoi... Whatever you two do, I love you.

[ He answers with only a sob for a moment, then presses a kiss against her forehead. ]

I love you too.

[Her fingers curl, gripping the sheets and twisting them. Hearing that probably hurts more than being betrayed and killed.]

You're a good kid, you know. You can still stop all this, after this game. I liked you at first because I thought you were like me, but you're not, you can still make yourself happy without being a demon, you know? It's hell, every moment. You can't even be sure if the people you love most are there because they love you too, or if they're just afraid. Don't let that happen...

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