pc: livio

[squirt]

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[crimebaby]

[ mods said you're allowed to tell close cr :( i see how it is ]

... Given me a sign. Anything.

You wanted to be found?

[squirt]

[ we can't because we'd have had 9 people covering for us ]

...No. I didn't. Gerard—he might die tomorrow. Getting caught put him in danger.

So I hid. Sorry.

[crimebaby]

[ rude... ]

I would have helped, if I'd known. What do you mean that he's in danger...?

[squirt]

...I messed up. It was my idea but I didn't do it right. So Gerard had to do it properly.

[ he looks much more scared now than he did at trial ]

I should be erased tomorrow, but...

[crimebaby]

[ can he hug haru? he's gonna hug haru ]

It's not your fault. You're not suited to killing.

[squirt]

[ yeah, he won't be a huge tsun about it or anything. he's just very tense and tired and wants to curl up in a ball and die. ]

...I should be better now. What if Gerard dies? Fei Du was his friend. He just did that for us.

[crimebaby]

[ gonna rock him gently ]

Everyone's just trying to protect what's important to them. Don't blame yourself.

[squirt]

[ he's going to try and like, calm down, but he's an emotional baby so it mostly just becomes him disassociating. ]

...Did Ylfa talk to you already?

[crimebaby]

[ stroking his hair a bit livio is bad at this ]

I know about it all.

[ waves hands in timeywimey ]

[squirt]

[ he's a little embarrassed at being coddled like this, or a lot embarrassed, but also it's not the worst when you've had an absolute disaster of a day. a week. a month and some change. ]

I don't—what we've done can't be for nothing.

[crimebaby]

[ shut up and get big bro'd. this is partially for livio's sake too, he has really been going through it as well. ]

It won't be, Haru. It won't be.

[squirt]

[ FINE he can be protective and feel helpful

after a while, haru calms down a little or at least shuts down enough that he's chilled out. ]

...I hope you're right.

[crimebaby]

[ they can stay in this hug for a while ]

I am. [ because he has to be ]

Can we talk a bit about it? Or...

[ he won't push haru if he doesn't want to ]

[squirt]

[ he's probably used to this conversation by now, and it's kind of his responsibility, so he nods. ]

...What do you want to know?

[crimebaby]

[ livio's not gonna ask too much, but ]

Did ya... get a message, or did ya decide to act? [ no judgment, if that wasn't already obvious by livio just holding haru for however long minutes this pc has been going on for ]

[squirt]

It was our choice.

[ considering how Cute and Fun their team is, he's pretty sure he can get away with lying about this, but it feels pretty insanely wrong. he has a good pokerface, but he's not a good liar. ]

...I don't think there always is a message. It might just be a failsafe. [ in case other people don't act. ]

[crimebaby]

[ nodding, that's what he thought so he wanted the confirmation ]

I think ya might be right about that.

Why Fei Du? Did ya think he was onto ya guys, or was there another reason?

[squirt]

...No. Gerard wouldn't let us target anyone young. And he's friends with Fei Du.

I think that made it... less bad. To him.

[ because gerard is a decent person ]

Fei Du knew we were in first, but we didn't know that until we talked to him.

[crimebaby]

Yeah, it makes sense. Fei Du... must have understood a little, too, right? Since the three of ya drank together.

[ huh. ]

Do you know how he knew that? The Reapers aren't allowed to tell.

[squirt]

I don't really know. He gave a reason, but I don't know if it was a truth.

[ he just kind of assumes there's a 50/50 chance fei du was fucking with them ]

Nahri said as much at trial too. So people do know. We knew it was a possibility.

[crimebaby]

I wonder if it's one of the items.

[ a fair assumption frankly, fei du does seem that type ]

What was his reason?

[squirt]

A one use item or power, I think.

[ he does not really see this as a solid enough answer to believe it, and it's not even that helpful even if it was true. ]

[crimebaby]

Alright. Thanks.

... Haru, can I ask ya something else? It's not about these murders.

[squirt]

[ he doesn't mind answering murder questions, but it's nice to get a break. ]

Sure.

[crimebaby]

[ he might reconsider that when he hears the actual question ]

When Rin died, the hallucinations. Did you do that?