HOMOPHONIC 🌺 MIZUKI OKIURA

[piteous]

it's a baby

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[adorabrawler]

Why're you asking?

[ Kind of muffled because her head is still down. ]

Gonna go around telling everyone what I said?

[piteous]

That's against the spirit of the game, you know.

[ Not that he likes this game very much. ]

No... I just—want to know what happened to Wenzhou. [ ... ] I don't think he was purposely brutalized like what Eiden thinks.

No reason for me to tell everyone. I'd like less bloodshed.

[adorabrawler]

[ A long moment of silence follows; Mizuki pauses, considering, before she shakes her head. ]

... Don't. Please. I just—if I knew it was going to end up that bad, I never would've used it.

[piteous]

I won't. [ He gently pats her head. ] And I know you wouldn't do that to anyone.

[ Just... Exploding a whole man. ]

You can stand behind me or Livio, if Eiden somehow finds out and comes at you.

[adorabrawler]

[ that man was so soupy ]

... I don't know if I deserve that. But thank you.

[piteous]

What I learned is that even if you think that, other people might not.

[ Tough crowd. ]

I'm not going to take away your responsibility for what you or anyone else has done, but... You are all people. You all have your own struggles. Everyone here deserves to be treated like they're a person. [ ... ] And, again, you didn't mean to leave Wenzhou in the state he was in.

Was there a reason this happened?

[ Why she out there chunking people. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ ... The real deal really is just as kind hearted.

Mizuki slips out a long exhale. ]

We'd... been talking about doing this for a couple weeks now. I know Froggystyle and Justice are ahead of everyone else, but we didn't feel it was right for us to do nothing, and—if something happened to either of those teams...

[piteous]

If anything happened, their points would be gone, then the winning team might not have enough to revive anyone at all.

[ This game really is awful. ]

That makes sense...

[adorabrawler]

... I mean, it's not like we know if we have enough either. But if we never did anything at all, then we definitely wouldn't for sure.

[piteous]

Some is better than none! That's how math works.

[adorabrawler]

Yeah. So... that's why. That's it, really. I didn't have anything against Sweet Theory. Honest.

[piteous]

I think you might get more points because you team wipe, too... So I get it.

[ I'm sick hearing about points. ]

[adorabrawler]

That's what I heard, but, uh... she's also being voted out?

[ how does. that work. ]

[piteous]

... Kyoko?

[ Honestly, dread. ]

[adorabrawler]

Mmhm. So I don't know if it counts anymore. Though, it's kind of insensitive for me to care.

[piteous]

I think that's something you can ask the reapers later, but it should count? I think... All of this is so complicated. I don't think games should be this... Complicated.

Or like this at all.

[adorabrawler]

Well, games are usually supposed to be... fun, not cause agonizing depression.

[piteous]

... The idea that this is fun to someone makes me pretty mad.

[adorabrawler]

I'm going to take a guess and assume that's... probably the ones in charge of this crap.