[there is a smile there - though it lacks mikazuki's usual levity]
Yes - we had been able to determine some who might be corrupted prior to Thursday night, and the two were tasked to handle them when we were made unavailable on Thursday.
I had said that I would tell you more if I could - though I wonder what you would have done if I was able to say someone close to you would be next. Even Miki chose to hesitate...
Lili and I talked about it before - if I had to choose, I would have killed her myself.
[ kara's eyes linger on the flower, thinking about how they'd both agreed they wouldn't want to remain corrupted, no matter what it meant... but he forces himself to look away. ]
Is there a way to replace Miki and Four? Can someone else do it, in their place?
... whoever desires to take upon the role will likely not receive the same protections as Four and Miki were allotted. However the information that the young one and I receive persists.
[so they are able to tell, at least to some degree, who might be corrupted]
I would not see a reason to keep it from someone who would be willing to carry out the task and remove the corrupted.
Though discretion would be rather vital - else we end up in a similar position where the one who volunteers to complete the task is removed again.
Perhaps... Though the corruption still inhabits someone in the village - if they were able to discern the person who is designated to eliminate it, would that not put that person in all the more danger?
Four... [his voice grows a bit fonder as he speaks of her - ] She was a child who was frequently worried about harm coming to her. I cannot blame her for her choice.
As for that...
For this week, the young one and I could not discern who might be corrupted on Thursday - though perhaps if we are able to find something in the coming week, it may be fortuitous if someone would take up the mantle.
[ kara listens silently, considering. it's true that being open about something like this would paint a target on the person's back, but at the same time - wouldn't it prevent what happened with four from happening again, if everyone knew?
it's hard to say how the people in this village will react, at this point. ]
...Then I'll ask again next week.
[ he has other questions to consider anyway. ]
The top that Minato had - will it continue to work, after being used last week?
[ cinnabar did say they would ask, but he wants to know for himself. ]
It varies based on the request - we are not allowed to interfere with matters that might entirely protect someone from the consequences of their actions, after all.
The young one and I are able to set our prices within a designated range as well.
Not that it matters now - but perhaps it would do all of you well to be more thorough in your searches, rather than simply finding those who are outright uncooperative.
...I know there are some we missed, but it's a little late to check now. There are three people in particular I'll have my eye on, at the next trial - none of them did the injury check at the last one, unless I missed it, or the test with Minato's top.
[ which he will admit is entirely possible since he went out a second time, but. ]
I don't think there's much else any of us can do about it for now.
You said before that you wouldn't mind so much if Axel were the last one among us, but how can you trust him with that when he mishandles things that badly?
[ if he'd told them about four earlier, maybe they could have moved on to find the corrupted. if he'd waited a little longer, they might not know who killed lili and miki, but they'd still have that asset on their side. now they have neither.
I do not always trust him to tell the truth, to dispense what he knows effectively, or to make popular decisions.
However, I will always trust him to lead with his heart, to protect the people that he can, and carry with him an uncanny amount of luck in a great number of his choices.
If the universe were to be left in his hands, I think that he would be fair and kind. You may not agree with his choices, but his intentions have always been good, and his goal is ultimately the same as yours.
[he just makes a few missteps along the way, and mikazuki isn't really in the habit of blaming others for the choices that they make in good faith. some things just don't work out the way that you plan. he understands that too.]
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[ he's going to try every option before he gives up. kara never did know when to quit ]
Four and Miki - she said their job was to find the corrupted and deal with them. We needed them, didn't we?
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... I was wondering when one of you might ask.
[there is a smile there - though it lacks mikazuki's usual levity]
Yes - we had been able to determine some who might be corrupted prior to Thursday night, and the two were tasked to handle them when we were made unavailable on Thursday.
I had said that I would tell you more if I could - though I wonder what you would have done if I was able to say someone close to you would be next. Even Miki chose to hesitate...
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[ kara's eyes linger on the flower, thinking about how they'd both agreed they wouldn't want to remain corrupted, no matter what it meant... but he forces himself to look away. ]
Is there a way to replace Miki and Four? Can someone else do it, in their place?
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lune will lift the flower into his hands, looking over it before glancing back up at ookurikara]
Do you so eagerly wish to return to a life of assignments and missions to provide you structure?
No matter who you might need to end in order to see it through?
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[ ... ]
Does that mean it can be done?
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[so they are able to tell, at least to some degree, who might be corrupted]
I would not see a reason to keep it from someone who would be willing to carry out the task and remove the corrupted.
Though discretion would be rather vital - else we end up in a similar position where the one who volunteers to complete the task is removed again.
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[ that said... ]
...Do you think someone needs to take over for them, now that they're gone?
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Four... [his voice grows a bit fonder as he speaks of her - ] She was a child who was frequently worried about harm coming to her. I cannot blame her for her choice.
As for that...
For this week, the young one and I could not discern who might be corrupted on Thursday - though perhaps if we are able to find something in the coming week, it may be fortuitous if someone would take up the mantle.
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it's hard to say how the people in this village will react, at this point. ]
...Then I'll ask again next week.
[ he has other questions to consider anyway. ]
The top that Minato had - will it continue to work, after being used last week?
[ cinnabar did say they would ask, but he wants to know for himself. ]
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Tuesday, if you could.
[apparently lune sees no reason to not have kara go out as his new executioner?]
Ah - it should not. I believe that it has reached its point of exhaustion in its usefulness.
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I thought so.
[ no more cheating their way into finding suspects, then. oh, well. ]
Sol said there were technically three killers - the that third one is half-alive, half-dead. Did he mean they were corrupted?
[ what the FUCK is this zombie stuff about ]
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[but
doesn't look like ookurikara might get an answer better than that]
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So we still have to find them and the corrupted from last week, then.
[ at least that's how kara is interpreting it? there's not much else to do with this information. so he's moving on again ]
When someone asks you for help with healing someone - does that heal all of their injuries, or only what they originally asked about?
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It varies based on the request - we are not allowed to interfere with matters that might entirely protect someone from the consequences of their actions, after all.
The young one and I are able to set our prices within a designated range as well.
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So if the one being healed has killed someone else, you could heal anything but any injuries they'd have gotten while doing it?
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However it is hardly an easy feat.
Though I wonder - what could you hope to find if not everyone complies with the request to check for injuries?
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[ namely, cinnabar. they didn't seem to have a problem demanding that akane go through with it. ]
But if someone doesn't... All they'll be doing is putting themselves on the suspect list, unless they're proven innocent in some other way.
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Not that it matters now - but perhaps it would do all of you well to be more thorough in your searches, rather than simply finding those who are outright uncooperative.
Some may slip through the cracks.
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[ which he will admit is entirely possible since he went out a second time, but. ]
I don't think there's much else any of us can do about it for now.
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If you had, perhaps you might have found more, to give you less questions than you possess now.
[but that's another riddle]
As is - I can only hope that all of you will continue to learn. You have, at the very least, improved from your first week.
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[ he sighs. ]
Have we, now that we've killed someone who had a better chance of fighting the corruption than the rest of us?
[ even kara can admit that four didn't deserve that :\ ]
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Though it is hard for me to say with certainty - I was rather fond of Four, after all.
[even after she fucking decimated everyone after the trial]
Regardless, it is impossible to take back your choices.
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You said before that you wouldn't mind so much if Axel were the last one among us, but how can you trust him with that when he mishandles things that badly?
[ if he'd told them about four earlier, maybe they could have moved on to find the corrupted. if he'd waited a little longer, they might not know who killed lili and miki, but they'd still have that asset on their side. now they have neither.
not that it matters, now that it's over. ]
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I do not always trust him to tell the truth, to dispense what he knows effectively, or to make popular decisions.
However, I will always trust him to lead with his heart, to protect the people that he can, and carry with him an uncanny amount of luck in a great number of his choices.
If the universe were to be left in his hands, I think that he would be fair and kind. You may not agree with his choices, but his intentions have always been good, and his goal is ultimately the same as yours.
[he just makes a few missteps along the way, and mikazuki isn't really in the habit of blaming others for the choices that they make in good faith. some things just don't work out the way that you plan. he understands that too.]
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[ but kara wants to believe mikazuki, and it's not like he gets a lot of say in who will be left, in the end. it's just another waiting game.
he remains quiet for another moment, before asking: ]
What would I have to do, to heal Shess's wounds?
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