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James Moriarty ([personal profile] hatesdeerstalkers) wrote2023-06-27 09:09 pm

15 strangers r7 | Week 3, Late Thursday and Friday (Aoi)

[He had killed. Kaito didn't deserve what had happened, not at all - but he had left his plan up to the whims of fate, and fate had answered by bringing him someone who understood what the consequences would have been...and more importantly, he was fine with dying or standing trial.

The end of it had been...not what he was expecting, but in the end...well, such things happened, and he had made the death quick. The stinging pain in his torso where the chlorine irritated his wound was able to be ignored, as he made his way back to the Lounge.

Seeing his book there was one step - but the one thing he hadn't planned on was that Aoi was still in there, and had been there for the entire time. If it had been anyone else, then perhaps he would have just read and went back to his room, but...

Aoi was someone he had a good feeling for, and he had already once given his plans to luck. Why not chance it again?

After all, at worst, he would merely be found out at trial sooner, in a trial he had no intention of winning.

So after placing his book back in the bookshelf, he makes his way over to Aoi with a smile.]


I hadn't expected to see you still here, my boy! Everything has been quiet in here, I presume?
jinglebros: SERIOUSLY DON'T TAKE (lost in this reason)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi looks over at him with a tired smile, which turns into a frown. He's not sure why, but something seems off about Moriarty. And he's not going to hesitate to ask about it. ]

What's going on?
jinglebros: (beats til the song disappears)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi instantly slams his mask up. This is serious, and they need to talk about it alone. They can't address it here. Now he understands. ]

Hey, so why don't you go to my room? I'll bring by some food from the kitchen. That way you can rest - you seem tired.
jinglebros: (tired mechanical heart)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi is heavily sleep deprived. It's been maybe fifty hours without more sleep than fitful naps, and the days before that weren't great sleep either. But he can still catch when he's being stupid... eventually. ]

Okay, sure.

Sleep well, alright?

[ He says nothing about what he's planning to do next. ]
jinglebros: (somebody make me feel alive)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At this point, Aoi is wearing Hubert's gloves, which he has borrowed on and off for the last few days. He looks at Moriarty with a sigh. ]

Yeah but I'm kind of cold. Could I - borrow something to warm up?

I tried these gloves but they're not helping today.

[ Hint hint he's hiding something and wants to communicate that. ]
jinglebros: (We need someone to lean on)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not the Fabricator, but I know who is. No, I can't tell you.

[ He exhales slowly. ]

I did mess with the scene. To try to make you look less suspicious.
jinglebros: (i see things nobody else sees)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Because you care about me. Because you take care of me.

Nobody....

Nobody does that.
jinglebros: (if i break the glass)

cw: suicide

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean. If my mother cared, would she have hung herself and left the body for me to find?

You're better than her by far.
jinglebros: (tried to stand the test)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi pauses. It's clear the 'everyone dies' bit hadn't occurred to him.

And now he's panicking. ]
jinglebros: (Will you be there by my side)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
...


...


...

[ Aoi takes off his gloves, revealing pink stained fingertips and a cut on his left hand. ]

So you see.
jinglebros: (We need someone to lean on)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
The sword.

I wanted to be blamed, you see.
jinglebros: (Will you be there by my side)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Akane - she has her husband. I'm there until then. She's drifted away from me. She doesn't need me anymore.

It's okay. She's better off without me.
jinglebros: (tried to stand the test)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Then don't do the same to yourself!

[ Aoi raises his voice a little, but he doesn't intend to. It just... happens. He looks apologetic, but doesn't make effort to lower it. ]

You're important!
jinglebros: (shatter me)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-06-28 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi is silent for a period of time, before his shoulders sag. ]

So how do we fix this?