craven castle: private conversation, week 2, tuesday

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WHO: Nanami & Kuzuryuu.
WHEN: Week 2, Tuesday, 8:30PM.
WHAT: Nanami wants to test a theory and volunteers Kuzuryuu.

[ Around half an hour after dinner ends, there's impatient knocking at Kuzuryuu's door - to the tune of the forest song from Ocarina of Time, because it's Nanami. She has some clothes folded nearly under her arms for some reason. ]

Kuzuryuu-kun? Kuzuryuu-kun, it's me. Open up.

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[ Ah, yes. SHSL detectives, her entire class. GOOD SHOW, EVERYONE. Let her talk more about humans needing to eat in a completely unsuspicious manner!! ]

...I don't think that's the case. About your mind making someone out to be more important. After all...it's clearly worrying you, right? So...probably, that person is also waiting for you, in the place your sister is. You're right that...you can worry about it later.

[ Focus on your sister, basically. NOTHING CAN GO WRONG IF YOU DO THAT. ]

Anyway, you...have friends here, too.

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[Ah yes. Mystery person is definitely waiting with his sister. Definitely not somewhere in this castle at the very moment. No way, that's just crazy to even suggest!]

Tch, I'm not worried. I'm more fuckin' frustrated than anything. [How can he be worried about somebody he can't even remember...he's not sure if they're someone he NEEDS to worry about or not.]

...but I hesitate to use that word here.

[The other f-word...]

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...In a room with just the two of us? I think if you can't say we're friends in a room where no one else is, it might be a little troubling...

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After all, you're...one of the first friends I ever made...?

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No, I...I didn't mean you. I meant...everyone else. You said friends, right? Plural? I dunno it just...doesn't feel right to use that word given the circumstances...

[Since they are...uh...kind of planning to murderize people.]

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...The others in the group, then.

[ he's not...wrong. ]

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Mmm...

[He's not wrong and this is a kind of faking he's not sure how well he'll be able to do. The more he gets attached...]

[...well he already basically promised he wouldn't kill Kougyoku. If this sort of thing keeps up, he might wind up with nobody he's willing to kill.]

I guess...we are, aren't we? Just the seven of us... But even that...they're such shitty circumstances...

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...Even so, I don't want...to think these friendships don't mean something. Before I came here...

[ Well, he THINKS SHE'S MISSING HER ENTIRE CHILDHOOD, so he can presume these people are the first friends she's ever had. ]

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[That's basically what he's assuming. Hell, he remembers his childhood and even HE'S not sure he had friends before this. So...it's not so unthinkable.]

...

[He glances over at the clock.]

I should head back. It's definitely been at least thirty minutes now...

[THIS CONVERSATION IS DEPRESSING HIM. HOW DID IT COME TO THIS.]

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[ IT IS REALLY DEPRESSING...

Impulsively, Nanami will stand up and go to hug him before he leaves. ]

Yeah. Thanks for testing this out with me, Kuzuryuu-kun. Even though it hurt your pride.

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[Kuzuryuu stiffens as she wraps her arms around him. HE WAS NOT EXPECTING A HUG. AND HE'S NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. So he just stands there awkwardly and waits for her to stop. Offers one (1) pat on the head.]

[Sorry, Nanami. Maybe some day later on he'll actually hug you back. But it's just not happening yet.]

Yeah, yeah...don't mention it. At least if it works, this is one less thing we have to worry about...

[Nothing can stop them from secretly plotting murder. Nothing.]

[Who are we kidding, they'll probably use this information to do something stupid like play cards all night.]