[ canonmates who don't trust each other for shit babey ]

[usogi]

time to solve some MURDERS, taka


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[usogi]

Right before we went home?

[he's pissy but he's just

going to put all of his weight on taka instead as his revenge]

[bakaomi]

[ kfsjgsdlk he's being crushed ]

Does it matter as long as it gets fixed?

[usogi]

Apparently it does. I wanted to play it today....

[and he buries his face in taka's neck]

[bakaomi]

[ it's fine he'll just

pepper the side of senri's face in kisses ]

[usogi]

[sdflkjsdf

okay but he can't help but laugh at that - ]

Ahahaha, just apologize like a normal person!

[bakaomi]

Sorry [ kiss ] about [ kiss ] Muffins. [ kiss ]

[usogi]

[goddammit

that's so fucking stupid and endearing that senri ends up just giggling up until he turns his face to press his lips against Taka's properly]

... you have to beat the next boss on the hardest difficulty - that's your penance.

[bakaomi]

[ ah... he smiles against senri's lips. ]

Fine. It's a deal.

[usogi]

[ . . . and senri just huffs out a little laugh before kissing taka's cheek.

please go back to plot talk]

.... Hector-san was with Ruin - but I think I told you that already, right? I don't know Blackfire or Julius-san's alignments....

Oh - I did learn a new one though. Sieg-kun is with Love, so that means I know five out of the six Love followers....

[bakaomi]

Mm.

[ his smile falls. ]

Ishikirimaru saw Piety and Ambition leaving Fortune's house.

[usogi]

[ . . . . ]

Piety wouldn't do that.

And I don't think Bambi would either - especially if Piety was with her.

.... I told Bambi to take Piety with her to the carnival, so that they could get along better, and maybe she could learn how to be better friends with the other gods. That's why Cunning and Dizzy went out too - so that people stop thinking they're just completely evil. I told her a little vulnerability can go a long way.

[that said senri is uhhhh a fucking liar so,]

There has to be another reason.

[bakaomi]

Mm. We're going to talk to Merriment later to try to figure things out, and Ishikirimaru's going to speak to Piety so he can get the story from him. If anything, that might help us with a timeline so we'll know if she was still alive at that point in time, since it would have been when I saw...

[ anyway ]

Last week, I saw two people fall into the ice, but this time it was just one person who fell. So the killer might still be alive then.

[usogi]

Okay.... [senri frowns] I can chat with Bambi if you want, but I think Piety would be more forthcoming anyway.

[also it's late and dana's not going to be at trial anyway please don't make me do this]

.... but there's the others too. Three people...

[bakaomi]

... mm. It seems like three of the deaths were connected. Except Julius, I guess?

[ he sighs ]

They're not going to tell us if all of the killers are alive or not, and the loophole that saved Ishikirimaru most likely won't work again.

[usogi]

You don't think so...? Why wouldn't it?

[WHO CHANGED THE RULES,,]

We could ask that too.... but I don't know. [they were on that rollercoaster recently? he actually doesn't like thinking about it being so dangerous] We know so little...

[bakaomi]

I spoke to Ambition about it. She said that allowing it to happen in the first place was bending the rules by a lot, so we shouldn't count on it happening it again.

[ or, at the very least, they should proceed with the assumption that it won't work again. if they just assume there will always be a safety net they'd probably get screwed over. ]

[usogi]

[senri groans]

Bambiiiii. Getting around the rules is your specialty!

[HE'S SO TIRED]

[bakaomi]

Yeah, which implies that it's even tricky for her, so...

[ PROCEED ASSUMING IT WON'T WORK ]

[usogi]

Ugh...

[he makes a face and just clings tighter onto taka]

... fine.... I mean - we should find out who did it anyway....

[bakaomi]

[ his frown deepens ]

... yeah. We should.

[usogi]

[ . . . he pauses for a second to give taka a brief kiss]

We will.

[bakaomi]

I already let her down, so I'd rather not do it twice...

[usogi]

[and senri winces quietly at that before reaching up to brush taka's bangs aside so he can look him in the eye]

.... we both let her down. I thought - no one would try anything before trial, so I...

[ . . . ]

If you're going to try to carry this, let's carry it together, okay?

[bakaomi]

[ the urge to argue is still there, but he manages to ignore it

instead, he takes senri's hand into his and squeezes it lightly. ]

Partners, right?

[usogi]

[senri will just smile softly at that, interlacing their fingers as he presses their lips together again]

Partners. And don't you forget it.