week 1 - thursday

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craven castle week one



thursday

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9:20

[souredsweet]

[after running around kind of aimlessly for about an hour, Kaoru's finally decided to swallow his fear and go have a look at the body himself. except... the body isn't really alone anymore, and Kaoru can't bring himself to ask to look it over while Kougyoku is there. besides, he's sure other people have already examined it by now.]

...Kougyoku-san?

[his voice is soft, but it carries well. he won't actually go out on the terrace just yet, though.]

[redsea]

Kaoru. [ She is reluctant to face him, if only because she doesn't want him to see how much she cried. ] He said we shared the same brothers.

[ And what that implies... If anything, it's the beginning of an answer. ]

[souredsweet]

[he doesn't seem like he'll be demanding that any time soon, at least. he still doesn't want to encroach on her space - especially not after she says that. he can understand what it means easily enough... or what it could mean, rather.]

...Such a thing - saying that I'm sorry for you isn't enough, but... I don't know what more to say.

1/2

[redsea]

You do not have to say anything. [ Kaoru's presence was enough. ] I cannot believe anyone would do such a thing...

Should I regain my memories, I fear the pain will only be greater. Memories—memories shouldn't be worth a life. They never were.

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku then clenches a fist on her lap. She's seething. ]

The monster who killed my brother... I know you do not condone violence, but if there is one I would like to bring justice to with my own hands... I do not care if it means my own death.

[souredsweet]

I can't, either. To think that someone truly took a life... [his voice drops to an even softer volume, and something in it seems somewhat brittle. he had been voicing his hopes aloud for days, after all, and now this.

but before he can say anything else, she's shocking him out of his stupor with such open recklessness.]

Please don't say such a thing! More than whether or not I condone it, to throw your life away like that... and for a murderer, no less— [he takes a step out onto the terrace then, but it's a careful, measured one.] ...His killer will be brought to justice. But please, you must think of yourself... And Kouha-san - would he want you to die like that?

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku curls up and stays quiet. Even silence can be an answer. ]

I hope you are right. But if his murderer is not found, I do not know if I can stop myself. I might take an innocent's life.

[ Then, she lifts her eyes to look at Kaoru. ]

Before that happens, will you stop me?

[souredsweet]

...I'll do my best. [even though it's not a solid "yes", he does look incredibly determined.]

But it would be better for everyone if that outcome never came to pass. We'll have to ensure that the murderer is found. Even with things as they are now... I believe that we can do it.