[PCs] team trust no bitch aka team hat aka chuuya & caren

[doublesmall]

[but is it really team hat if only caren has one, though? that's the real question here.

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(there is age difference ship content here but nothing nsfw)]

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[doublesmall]

[that sounds almost lewd, lord

but she's right. chuuya does grin over at her, a hint of laughter in his tone.]

Takes one to know one, isn't that what they say...? But you might be right. The question's what we want to do about it-- 'wait and see' isn't always the best choice, in a game like this.

... and you heard what our host said about needing to trim our numbers, anyway.

[sexorcism]

I know what you're proposing, Chuuya Nakahara. [She's looking away from him now. Ostensibly that could be to track any popcorn-crunching noises around them, but maybe she needs the moment to think about it without meeting his eyes.]

Would you propose it for the sake of keeping the Reapers at bay or for the sake of winning alone?

[doublesmall]

Both?

[he shrugs a shoulder, waves a hand.]

Listen, even if we're wrong about this-- Edogawa is a threat. He's the one who would probably have the best shot at trying to frame me, and he could cast suspicion on me by bringing up my life. His partner's less of a problem, but I don't like him anyway, and besides... if we took both, we'd technically be sparing him a public erasure, if he couldn't get a new partner, plus eliminating the competition.

[whether she meets his eyes or not, he's watching her.]

You wouldn't have to participate. I don't want you to have to do it when I don't mind getting more blood on my hands. But if we don't make some kind of move, we're getting nowhere.

[sexorcism]

You'll kill two other people on your own with no support? With a healer's skill set? Sometimes I forget how brash you are.

[She can't shake the uncertain feeling she has about those two; with no other spiritual means to guide her opinion, Caren only has her gut to go by. And they could easily be hiding darkness under those smiles.]

You were the one who said it made no difference if I planned to kill as a Reaper or not. As far as I am concerned, the circumstances should be no different for a player trying to safeguard his position in the game.

[It's earnest, and maybe that's why she can't quite look at him yet. Finally, expression unreadable, she turns back to face him.]

And if you make a mistake it'll be my neck on the block, too.

[doublesmall]

I've taken out more than two at a time before, you know...

[but in much different circumstances, and with a more powerful ability on his side. the reminder stings, a bit, and he has to glance away for the moment, only looking back when he catches her turning to face him again out of the corner of his eye.]

--I meant what I said about not wanting to force your hand, alright? If you're willing to help, I'll accept it, but I won't make you harm anyone. There's enough to do besides that.

[sexorcism]

That was a different time. You cannot confuse life in another place with your existence here. None of us are playing with the same rules anymore.

[Even within their first few days here, Anthy Himemiya had understood it. Caren has tried to understand it, too. Maybe that's the only way she can deal with the wound of her loss, the fact that so many of her actions in life have no meaning for her.

She moves closer to him, head high on her shoulders and determination keeping her tall.]

You would not be forcing my hand. This is something I must ultimately see through for myself, to hopefully know more with certainty.