Audience: Gojou Satoru

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That was a completely different circumstance. [there's a sudden flare of something...protective, maybe, when he mentions medb.]

But you're right, it was completely idiotic to go about that approach. But you still have a handful of murders that have gone unsolved and at least four other murderers walking amongst you. [there's another pause.]

I still advise against attacking it, but I've come to learn I can't stop any of you from doing anything you want to do.

[mukagen]

Oh, no. I do think Medb is justified to kill Childe again. I just think the notion of saying Childe will come back again so easily is what I have issue with. Imagining someone telling me that, yeah, you can kill Douman if he comes back... You can be with Omi if he comes back. As a joke—those opportunities were robbed from me, you know?

Maybe I'm overexplaining.

[ He hopes that this makes sense? Usually, he wouldn't be easily aggravated by jokes... But wow. This week. Gojou is quite fond of Medb throughout, so his annoyance isn't at all to her. ]

Nope, only monster slaying. Who cares about murderers walking among us right now?

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No, I think you're explaining just enough. Regardless of how anyone feels about the people involved, the word I would use for a majority of today's trial is "insensitive" to multiple people.

[normally greed doesn't care much about being delicate, but...these things are much different.]

And yet people fail to see that some of the biggest monsters are the people around us.

[mukagen]

It'd be more palatable if everyone was upfront about murder being what it is, motive or not. I don't have a strong moral compass, but the inconsistency—I'm sick of hearing from a group of people barking about what's right and what's justified.

[ Gojou goes quiet because for a bit since his emotions went strange. They're a strange swirl of wonder, frustration, thoughts about death, dipping into something more dangerous... He closes his eyes and dispels it because it's ugly. ]

You said at the very least four walking?

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[there's a pause before he says anything further.] Does that include myself?

[given his whole justice motif and the fact that he's the one who started these trials. there's also a sudden wave of alarm like he realized he said something he maybe should not have said, fuck.]

...something close to that, I believe. Though I can't say if they've confessed to anyone or not.

[mukagen]

I guess this is more because you're an Avatar, but you haven't yelled into my ear about which kill is justified and ranked them based on your personal bias. [ Greed impression: ] "Everyone deserves a chance to learn the truth about things."

[ ............... there's just silence before his emotions are loud like his laughing???? GREED? ]

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I do not sound like that. [he ignores the part where he said literally that statement word for word not even a week ago. also! he ignores the part where he would like the ground to open up and swallow him. noooooooo.

at least the dolphin isn't laughing at him.]

That. Was an oversight on my part.

[mukagen]

[ Greed impression again, even straightens up his posture: ]

"This isn't the justice I had in mind."

[ Leans against the wall, crosses his arms. ]

"Finding a culprit, yes, but having one of you kill them yourselves was never supposed to happen."

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[the way i had to search my inbox because i don't even remember anything i write. but greed is half amused and half embarrassed which means he's still crouched by the dolphin pool and just sputtering a little.]

Alright, alright. Enough of that. [:|]

[mukagen]

[ I'M SORRRY... Gojou continues to impersonate, but something he has read recently instead. He even tries to mimic the emotions—mild amusement, curiosity... Vague fondness. ]

I continue to be curious about you.

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[never mind tomorrow there will be an execution after all and it's going to be greed's. he's half-tempted to splash some of the dolphin's water at gojou to get him to stop talking but simultaneously it's hard to pretend to be completely annoyed. he's like 70% annoyed because wow, rude.]

That hasn't changed, you realize.

[mukagen]

[ why doesn't greed choose violence, how long has it been? choose violence, Greed. ]

I know. [ He stops and his demeanor has returned to normal. ] Thanks for the not-hint!

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[no :unamused:]

It's the least I could do. [truthfully he's not sure which not-hint gojou means but his answer remains the same.]

[mukagen]

The least you can do, huh... I personally don’t have much stake in the old cases, but I hope people that are can find the truth.

... or they can throw a dart. Almost a 1/3 chance is pretty high?

[ He laughs and the dolphin also laughs this time. ]

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Considering today, I highly doubt anyone will care about the old cases. It's as you've said. Their focus will now shift to the monster they can identify.

[which is troublesome, but he doesn't say that.]

[mukagen]

... Then the dead will be a prize? Is that what it is? As if nothing that has happened truly mattered.

[ And now he’s wondering if he should care so much about current attitudes. He has played the role of the bystander—he has chosen inaction many times.

Maybe it shouldn’t matter? There’s confusion. ]

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[there's a frown.]

You'd have to ask them. The dead are gone, as you know. We've never guaranteed they can come back, though we can't say it's entirely impossible either. We've never seen the wish mechanic actually work. So to completely discount that seems foolish, but it's equally foolish to put all of your hope into it.

In a sense...to help them, sure, figuring out what to do about this thing is a priority. But the dead shouldn't be an afterthought either. It becomes complicated given their relationship with it.

[mukagen]

I believe we can do what we set out to do.

[ In full confidence, Gojou understands the chances are nebulous, but it doesn’t deter him. ]

But these people... [ He doesn’t care for most of them. Dark emotions rise, peak, but is snuffed just as quickly. ] Eh, whatever.

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[...hm, no, wait go back to that. greed pauses long enough to watch him curiously, interested in pressing that statement but cautiously all the same.]

You disagree with their methods?

[mukagen]

Hard to say I disagree when I chose not to say anything most of the time.

[ Gojou is well aware his choice in inaction is the same as condoning, but he can say if things are distasteful or not? ]

But, yeah, not really impressed with what I’ve seen.

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[...he is getting tired of crouching so he just sits on the floor, letting his hand stay in this pool of water to pet the dolphin.]

Your thoughts? [for as often as gojou wants greed to explode and vent, it's the same in reverse especially now knowing there's definitely more there.]

[mukagen]

[ Aw yes Greed is a floor gremlin like dolphin now. Dolphin will wiggle its flipper in happiness. ]

I’m worried if I dwell in it too much I might entertain killing almost everyone.

[ Yeah. There’s some concern over that. ]

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[at least someone in the room is no thoughts head empty happy.]

Almost everyone. [odd.] And thus the reason you don't dwell at all, or even give much attention to it. Understandably so.

Though I have to wonder if that will be enough going forward. [he doesn't have an opinion either way, but it's more curiosity.]

[mukagen]

Some people I like enough, whether I trust them fully or not. It's personal bias and I won't lie about that.

[ He shrugs. ]

I could spin that killing them all would make my bundle safer since I'm sure all their hands are dirty in some way... But logically there wouldn't be meaning in so many deaths. It doesn't guarantee safety at all. Indulgence points for my wish isn't a good incentive, either.

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In a game like this, it would be far more surprising if all of you didn't have biases. It isn't as though we don't have some biases ourselves.

[thoughtful, though.] You're correct about both of those things. It would hardly be beneficial and in the end it still wouldn't be enough. But simultaneously...[...he doesn't quite know what to say, actually, so he just lets it lie after that.]

It's difficult to say what the right answer is.