newlydead r2 - day 13 - kyrie

[jinglebros]

[ 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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[jinglebros]

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Of course.

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

[meatitfeedson]

...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.

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[ 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.

[meatitfeedson]

[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!

[jinglebros]

[ 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.

[meatitfeedson]

[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.]

[jinglebros]

[ 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. ]

[meatitfeedson]

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.]

[jinglebros]

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. ]

[meatitfeedson]

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.

[jinglebros]

[ 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.

[meatitfeedson]

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.

[jinglebros]

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

I love you too.

[meatitfeedson]

[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...