[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[selfimmolates]

Sure. I'll have to pick up the schematics for Ishikirimaru's hand whenever Justice is done with those, anyway.

[usogi]

Sounds good to me.

I'll let you know if I make any progress on everything else this week.

[ALIGNMENT HUNT]

i hate this so much

[usogi]

[SEVERAL HOURS LATER]

I realize you didn't technically lie - but you could just tell me you decided on something else instead of going back to Love.

slkjsdf

[selfimmolates]

[he sighs.]

Takaomi?

[usogi]

No, but now I'm extra offended you told Taka before me.

Did you join the Merriment team?

[selfimmolates]

Yeah. Congrats on figuring it out.

[usogi]

Why keep it from me?

[selfimmolates]

[...]

Because I didn't need you worrying or trying to look out for me.

[usogi]

Even though you're trying to look out for the rest of us?

You know if you told me earlier, I could've convinced Jude-kun to switch to Battle Armor so he could use it on you - all it would've taken was a half-truth about how you probably painted a target on your back after last trial.

[selfimmolates]

He's already using Shelter on me this week for that reason.

[ray won't mention that he tried really hard to convince him to use it on senri instead...]

Anyway, how'd you find out?

[usogi]

How many people did you tell besides me?!

[ughhh]

Are you going to be mad at the person who told me?

[selfimmolates]

I didn't. Yu was already concerned for me after the trial and convinced him. I didn't even want it.

No.

[usogi]

[ . . . ]

He really goes off and does his own thing.

... anyway, it was Sieg-kun. Don't be mad, I just asked him to keep me updated before you told him.

I'm not mad at you for lying either. You could've just told me. I was able to guess where you were going and why you did it anyway.

[selfimmolates]

[...

he just sighs.]

[usogi]

[senri just offers up a smile and tilts his head]

He only told me because he knows that we're close.

I was mad for like a second before that - but then I realized that yeah, we are. So I trust that you were just trying to keep me out of it.

... you don't have to do that, though.

[selfimmolates]

... There was no reason you needed to know either.

[usogi]

Please don't make me waste my time looking for alignments that we're already aware of. I have other things to do.

[selfimmolates]

I figured you weren't going to find them all this week anyway.

[usogi]

Not all, but I solved one mystery that was bothering me and it hasn't even been a day yet, so I'm not doing terribly.

[selfimmolates]

[he sighs again.]

Well, keep it up, I guess.

[usogi]

I'd appreciate it if you refrained from trying to mislead me in the future. I get why you did, but it's just annoying...

[selfimmolates]

I'm a liar by nature. And if I hadn't told Sieg, you never would've known.

[usogi]

[it's not like he doesn't understand the liar by nature thing but,]

Probably not, if Taka didn't tell me.

[he doesn't sound too happy about that]

... still, I think for once I can say that I would've preferred the truth.

[selfimmolates]

What difference does it make?

[usogi]

If you're looking for a logic answer, Ray-kun, you're not going to get one.

I just feel better knowing the truth now.