Akechi-- [reaching for the peroxide again. . . there's a flash of frustrated anger, of helplessness, of fierce protectiveness, of-- of. . . of guilt??]
For once in your goddamned life can you let me help you?!
Except, hm. He does stop. Or, perhaps, it would be more accurate to say that he freezes up as those emotions hit him like a truck. There's a flash of shock, confusion... and anger, which rapidly overtakes everything else. Because what the fuck is he supposed to do with that?
Again, he tries to push himself up despite the pain, vitriol all over his face.]
Shut up. [GRITTING HIS TEETH.] Shut up, shut up! I don't need your damn pity!
[HOW IS LUNA SLEEPING THROUGH ALL OF THIS?? there's a flare of rejection at the idea of what he feels being pity, and the guilt, the frustrated helplessness, it all intensifies]
[he grabs Akechi's shoulders to push him down again]
And don't try to pretend like it is because you know that it's not!
[SIT OUR ASS ON THIS GROUND AND DRINK YOUR GODDAMN TEA LET LEADER HEAL YOU, GOD DAMN IT]
[Any answer Akechi might have fizzles, the entirety of his mental landscape suddenly taken up by a piercing headache and a powerful, suffocating N O I S E coming from nowhere and everywhere at once, like someone shuddering for breath in the depths of a tarry pit, rough and labored and metallic.
It hurts.
From the doorway, Luna shudders, slowly flickering back to life.]
Akira's guilt and frustration intensifies, and so does Akechi's anger. A certain sense of revulsion and disdain start to set in, like he doesn't want to be here. He doesn't want to know about any of this. He wants to get the fuck out of Akira's head! So he opens his mouth. Gets ready to pour more gasoline over whatever the hell they are, because Akira fails to understand that Akechi should just be left alone.
But the words never make it out of his mouth. The migraine and the noise and the pain and the nausea make their triumphant return, and everything is consumed by the need to just make it stop. Once again, he clutches at his head with one hand, eyes squeezing shut as a choked groan forces its way out through gritted teeth. Akira won't even have to force him back down; Akechi will do that all on his own, his already battered legs giving out.
[Akira has had minor links with other mansion residents throughout the week, but his link with Akechi has been-- consistently-- the strongest. the migraine and the noise and the pain and the nausea don't take long to filter from Akechi to Akira, and the mixture of unpleasant sensations strike him like a damn truck, sending his whole world reeling in a dizzy blurr]
Fuck.
[Akira curses as he rocks back, hands shooting to either side of his head, eyes slipping shut so the room stops spinning, so his gut stops churning, so his temples stop aching. somewhere in the back of his mind, he hears Luna shuddering, processes that this pain may be coming from her. somehow, he manages to choke out her name, hoarse and strained--]
[The noise comes to a halt, and so does the pain. It ebbs and fades away, his stomach still churning from the impact of it, but it's... fine. His head doesn't feel like it's going to explode anymore and he isn't in any danger of passing the fuck out from it. That allows him regain is bearings, inhaling. Exhaling. Dropping his hand to the side.
And snapping his gaze to Luna.]
You.
[He feels that terror. And unfortunately for everyone in this sad little hallway-slash-room, all it does is make him feel irritated. Stop that. Stop feeling things. Stop saying "oh no," ffs.]
What [SLOWLY,] did you do to me?
[He is absolutely trying to stand up again, sorry.]
[as soon as it begins. . . it ends, and Akira lets out out another choked breath as the phantom pains begin to fade. he opens his eyes, lifts his gaze to see Akechi look up and stare at Luna as though trying to bear holes through her form]
Akechi--
[he doesn't know what happened. but Akira has seen that expression before. the last time was. . .]
[. . .]
[he reaches out, hand once again putting pressure on Akechi's shoulder to keep him down]
[She's frozen where she sits, her hands clenched with whitened knuckles pressing to her mouth.
Her eyes flick to Akira, then to that horrific look Akechi shoots at her, a wave of overwhelming guilt at the irritation of her simply speaking.
...]
I... I-I didn't mean to... to do anything b-but try to startle him... He was furious, and I... [Was frightened, and betrayed, and her emotions fill in the unspoken words for Akechi.
This hasn't answered Akechi's question but SHE IS VERY AWARE.]
[Haha, no. He slaps Akira's hand away, anger and irritation and resentment flaring. Stop it.]
—You didn't mean to?
[Incredulous. He's tired and in pain and today has been a fucking awful day, and he is so done with having to deal with other people's emotions rattling around in his skull. Luna's emotions fill in the blank for him... and all that really does is make him resent her even more. If you're going to do something, own it, you coward.]
All you had to do was go away. [Akira is right and Akechi needs to sit down and collect himself, but. Nah. Fuck them both.] But you didn't mean to mess with my head, right? You feel so guilty about it, you should be forgiven. Is that it?
[Akira jerks his hand back with a hiss, and already he is doing his best to meet that anger and resentment and fury with a wave of calm. please stop. I don't know what happened but you're hurt; please stop]
That's not what she's saying.
[he still doesn't know!! what happened!! but something Luna did poked at the sleeping hornets' nest that is Akechi Goro. . . and right now, that means nothing is going to get through to him, no matter how hard they try]
We're all running on three days of no sleep; can we just take a breath and sit down?
[his voice is still even but firm. still Joker voice!! still trying to mediate]
Akechi, let me make sure you're not bleeding, and then we'll leave. That's what you want, right?
[Mmmm this going bad fast. Something clicks, and there's a cold numbness that passes over Luna, slowly trying to turn off processes to see if it will keep Akechi from getting any more unstable. If everything turns off, eventually her feelings will go away. Right?
...]
No. You don't have to forgive me. I...
I just want to know why you... hate me so much. Even when I came to the door...
[The way he says it, it's almost like he doesn't know what she's referring to. But realization soon dawns on him, and there's a flicker of annoyance. How aggravating, to be so transparent...]
... Don't get ahead of yourself. You're just like everybody else.
[It is absolutely not an answer to Luna's question, but that's all she's getting from him. She's already gotten a glimpse of how unfavorable his personality truly is, anyway. There's no point in trying to mend things by putting up an act.
...]
Get it over with and leave, then.
[... Well, that's a baby step if nothing else. As horrible as it is, Luna's decision to literally shut it down seems to be helping. Unfortunate!]
[THAT'S. . . SO UNFORTUNATE. because when Luna shuts down, when Akira feels the weird three-way link deafen a bit as she turns off her processes, his own heart sinks. he knows that this interaction isn't his fault-- it isn't his responsibility to warn people about Akechi's true nature, and he didn't want Akechi to be labeled or treated like everyone was walking eggshells around him, anyway. but he can't help but wonder. . .]
[. . .]
[well. . . anyway]
Thank you.
[exasperated relief, and he reaches for the peroxide again to finish sterilizing the wounds on Akechi's side]
[The thing about Akechi? It's that he's kind of like a hot air balloon. Sooner or later, he's going to run out of fuel. And now that Luna isn't giving him anything to actively stoke the fire...
Well, he's had enough.
She can go to the bathroom, it's fine. There's nothing there beside whatever his roommate keeps for himself, so Akechi simply watches her move, wary of her every step. He will even sit still as Akira starts to disinfect the injury... Which he will now see is pretty bad, as if someone has tried to stab him and missed, grazing his side instead. His other side is not actively bleeding, but it is pretty scratched up. So, hm. That's a thing.
... Doesn't mean he won't hiss through his teeth because of the peroxide, though. Shit stings.]
[peroxide does sting, and Akira just grits his teeth as Akechi hisses. his eyes do flicker up to watch Luna as she crosses the room, concern edging into his expression as his mouth parts to say something. but he closes it again, because he and Luna will have to talk about this privately, when Akechi isn't in the room]
[for now. . . he has to focus]
These look bad.
[as he disinfects the wounds, he's also wiping them down with the sheet he stole from the bed]
Those bandaids Plum gave us aren't going to be enough.
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[Akira inhales sharply, his breath catching in his throat as his eyes go wide with the sensation. there's a moment of silence, and then]
[SORRY AKECHI IS JUST. . . going to be trying to lift up the shirt to look at the injury on Akechi's side]
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SHOVES HIM
AND IMMEDIATELY REGRETS IT
THAT HURTS!!]
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Akechi-- [reaching for the peroxide again. . . there's a flash of frustrated anger, of helplessness, of fierce protectiveness, of-- of. . . of guilt??]
For once in your goddamned life can you let me help you?!
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Except, hm. He does stop. Or, perhaps, it would be more accurate to say that he freezes up as those emotions hit him like a truck. There's a flash of shock, confusion... and anger, which rapidly overtakes everything else. Because what the fuck is he supposed to do with that?
Again, he tries to push himself up despite the pain, vitriol all over his face.]
Shut up. [GRITTING HIS TEETH.] Shut up, shut up! I don't need your damn pity!
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[HOW IS LUNA SLEEPING THROUGH ALL OF THIS?? there's a flare of rejection at the idea of what he feels being pity, and the guilt, the frustrated helplessness, it all intensifies]
[he grabs Akechi's shoulders to push him down again]
And don't try to pretend like it is because you know that it's not!
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It hurts.
From the doorway, Luna shudders, slowly flickering back to life.]
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Akira's guilt and frustration intensifies, and so does Akechi's anger. A certain sense of revulsion and disdain start to set in, like he doesn't want to be here. He doesn't want to know about any of this. He wants to get the fuck out of Akira's head! So he opens his mouth. Gets ready to pour more gasoline over whatever the hell they are, because Akira fails to understand that Akechi should just be left alone.
But the words never make it out of his mouth. The migraine and the noise and the pain and the nausea make their triumphant return, and everything is consumed by the need to just make it stop. Once again, he clutches at his head with one hand, eyes squeezing shut as a choked groan forces its way out through gritted teeth. Akira won't even have to force him back down; Akechi will do that all on his own, his already battered legs giving out.
This is fine.]
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[Akira has had minor links with other mansion residents throughout the week, but his link with Akechi has been-- consistently-- the strongest. the migraine and the noise and the pain and the nausea don't take long to filter from Akechi to Akira, and the mixture of unpleasant sensations strike him like a damn truck, sending his whole world reeling in a dizzy blurr]
Fuck.
[Akira curses as he rocks back, hands shooting to either side of his head, eyes slipping shut so the room stops spinning, so his gut stops churning, so his temples stop aching. somewhere in the back of his mind, he hears Luna shuddering, processes that this pain may be coming from her. somehow, he manages to choke out her name, hoarse and strained--]
Luna. . .?
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And just as suddenly as it started, the noise comes to a halt.
Luna startles up with a shuddering gasp, eyes wide and frightened as though waking up from a nightmare.]
A-akechi... where--
[She looks to the side, into the room... and her eyes fall to Akechi on the floor, of Akira next to him, both in pain.
Her expression draws up with a slowly dawning terror.]
No...
Oh no, oh no...
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And snapping his gaze to Luna.]
You.
[He feels that terror. And unfortunately for everyone in this sad little hallway-slash-room, all it does is make him feel irritated. Stop that. Stop feeling things. Stop saying "oh no," ffs.]
What [SLOWLY,] did you do to me?
[He is absolutely trying to stand up again, sorry.]
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Akechi--
[he doesn't know what happened. but Akira has seen that expression before. the last time was. . .]
[. . .]
[he reaches out, hand once again putting pressure on Akechi's shoulder to keep him down]
Stop. Take a moment to collect yourself.
[TIME TO PLAY. . . MEDIATOR]
Luna-- what happened?
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[She's frozen where she sits, her hands clenched with whitened knuckles pressing to her mouth.
Her eyes flick to Akira, then to that horrific look Akechi shoots at her, a wave of overwhelming guilt at the irritation of her simply speaking.
...]
I... I-I didn't mean to... to do anything b-but try to startle him... He was furious, and I... [Was frightened, and betrayed, and her emotions fill in the unspoken words for Akechi.
This hasn't answered Akechi's question but SHE IS VERY AWARE.]
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—You didn't mean to?
[Incredulous. He's tired and in pain and today has been a fucking awful day, and he is so done with having to deal with other people's emotions rattling around in his skull. Luna's emotions fill in the blank for him... and all that really does is make him resent her even more. If you're going to do something, own it, you coward.]
All you had to do was go away. [Akira is right and Akechi needs to sit down and collect himself, but. Nah. Fuck them both.] But you didn't mean to mess with my head, right? You feel so guilty about it, you should be forgiven. Is that it?
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That's not what she's saying.
[he still doesn't know!! what happened!! but something Luna did poked at the sleeping hornets' nest that is Akechi Goro. . . and right now, that means nothing is going to get through to him, no matter how hard they try]
We're all running on three days of no sleep; can we just take a breath and sit down?
[his voice is still even but firm. still Joker voice!! still trying to mediate]
Akechi, let me make sure you're not bleeding, and then we'll leave. That's what you want, right?
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[Mmmm this going bad fast. Something clicks, and there's a cold numbness that passes over Luna, slowly trying to turn off processes to see if it will keep Akechi from getting any more unstable. If everything turns off, eventually her feelings will go away. Right?
...]
No. You don't have to forgive me. I...
I just want to know why you... hate me so much. Even when I came to the door...
What did I do?
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[The way he says it, it's almost like he doesn't know what she's referring to. But realization soon dawns on him, and there's a flicker of annoyance. How aggravating, to be so transparent...]
... Don't get ahead of yourself. You're just like everybody else.
[It is absolutely not an answer to Luna's question, but that's all she's getting from him. She's already gotten a glimpse of how unfavorable his personality truly is, anyway. There's no point in trying to mend things by putting up an act.
...]
Get it over with and leave, then.
[... Well, that's a baby step if nothing else. As horrible as it is, Luna's decision to literally shut it down seems to be helping. Unfortunate!]
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[. . .]
[well. . . anyway]
Thank you.
[exasperated relief, and he reaches for the peroxide again to finish sterilizing the wounds on Akechi's side]
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[No reaction over the link. It's nice and quiet for you, Akechi.
Her expression stays oddly blank as she slowly starts to get to her feet.]
...
[She'll take a few steps forward, intent on moving around Akechi and towards the bathroom. This is probably not a smart idea.]
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Well, he's had enough.
She can go to the bathroom, it's fine. There's nothing there beside whatever his roommate keeps for himself, so Akechi simply watches her move, wary of her every step. He will even sit still as Akira starts to disinfect the injury... Which he will now see is pretty bad, as if someone has tried to stab him and missed, grazing his side instead. His other side is not actively bleeding, but it is pretty scratched up. So, hm. That's a thing.
... Doesn't mean he won't hiss through his teeth because of the peroxide, though. Shit stings.]
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[for now. . . he has to focus]
These look bad.
[as he disinfects the wounds, he's also wiping them down with the sheet he stole from the bed]
Those bandaids Plum gave us aren't going to be enough.