15 strangers r7 | Week 3, Late Thursday (Kaito)

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[The stage was set.

If no one came into the casino tonight, then that, as they say, was that. Moriarty would remove the wedges from the slot machine, and leave - hoping that someone else had done the deed to spare the lives of innocents.

But, the Casino itself was a place for someone to forget the world around them - in here, nothing more than a game room, but still holding the allure of having everything be stress free, for a time. And he had decided to also allow what would happen tonight up to luck, as it seemed...fitting.

He would not attempt to win this - he knew he was walking towards his death of his own volition...and merely wondered why it felt so familiar.

So when someone actually steps through the door, he steels himself -

- and sees someone he absolutely did not want to be chosen for his plans.]

K-Kaito?

[His voice trembles for a moment, before he quickly masters his emotions, putting on a genial smile like always.]

...Haha, I must confess, I didn't think I'd see you tonight. What are you doing up here, and so late?

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[hatesdeerstalkers]

...Aoi definitely needs discipline, that much is for certain.

[Said exactly like the old man he is, though there's a fondness to it.]

Or by giving them a reason to hate, and thus pushing them towards determination. We are both well-liked enough that either of our deaths should make them take it seriously.

Call.

If I survive...I intend to be such a villain, as I said before. Hatred and spite is one of the great motivators, and if they can solve it...

....Well. Perhaps I'm merely being arrogant, but I wish to believe it would give them a greater chance against our captor himself, having already faced down one embodiment of Evil.

[unpossibilities]

If I survive, there's-- [there's something familiar about this entire conversation. Kaito can't put his finger on it, but it's hauntingly familiar in some way.] ...There's no way I'd go down easy. I won't ever be able to be a capable villain. That's not in my style. But...a fallen hero? Maybe.

["Give yourself some credit. You could be a great villain if you wanted to." That's what Kokichi would probably say, anyway.

He sighs.]

But we'll have to see. I want them to beat this captor, too. I want them to just...be the hero that I probably can't be now.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

A fallen hero...

[He laughs, though it's a bit sad.]

I have no doubt you would fall without a fight, Kaito. And that in of itself would be good enough.

[Unlike Kaito's friend, he can't say that. All he can do is offer assurance in his own way, as he lifts his cards.]

Well. I believe I've recovered enough at this point - let's make this the final hand, shall we?

Show your cards!

[And when he reveals his hand - It's basically garbage. A measly pair - fitting for that there was no way for him to win, regardless of the outcome.]