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[dereban]

► open post ♫ for inaba himeko from kokoro connect

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[dereban]

. . .

[ There's a bit of hesitance and then, she manages, her voice shakes a bit: ]

Why?

[moonlightbeast]

This Dazai-san seems like a kinder person.

[He's starting to figure out that his Dazai was not a good person.]

[dereban]

Yeah, the one you knew was definitely not that nice.

[ Although she honestly shouldn't have phrased it like that, she doesn't notice her mistake. ]

[moonlightbeast]

[It's okay, he can guess why that is.]

I...have to believe he had his reasons. If I'm not that different from this other Atsushi, then he can't be that different from that Dazai-san. S-So he must have had a reason for everything he did. Probably to protect'Oda'.

[dereban]

That's-

[ She balls her hand into a tight fist, frustrated. ]

It's too cruel, even if it's for one person.

[moonlightbeast]

It's...complicated.

[Too bad Inaba didn't read far enough to know why Atsushi keeps defending that choice.]

But it's not just about 'kind' or 'asshole'.

[dereban]

You know you can. . .

[ Okay, yeah, pausing the video since this topic is a little more important. ]

You can always talk to me about it, right? Even if it is complicated. I'll always listen and give my honest opinion.

[ Ironic to say "honest opinion" when she's been lying, huh. ]

[moonlightbeast]

...

[He's hesitating, but not for the reason Inaba might be expecting.]

I...

...

If this thing- this show- if it mentions a book, then okay.

[dereban]

[ She can see that hesitation in his eyes and she finds herself chewing on her lower lip. ]

If it doesn't show up in these episodes... Am I allowed to look it up?

[moonlightbeast]

Yeah. If- if it's already known about, because of this show or something, then I'll talk about it.

[dereban]

. . . I'll look through the rest of it later, then. If it doesn't show up in the anime.

[moonlightbeast]

Alright.

[Luckily it does show up! Since Fitzgerald and all. God that man is so tacky though, and Atsushi is grimacing.]

We should find out if he wants to capture me in this world too, and take him for all he's worth.

[dereban]

Are you saying that if he's in this world that we should swindle him?

[moonlightbeast]

If he can afford literal millions of dollars to capture me, then he can afford it here too.

[dereban]

Okay, I'd do it but we're not letting him actually capture you. Or at least I'm not.

[moonlightbeast]

Well of course he wouldn't capture me, we're tricking him.

We get Cinque-San to help.

[dereban]

[ She places a hand on Atsushi's shoulder, grinning like an evil villain. ]

I like the way you think, Atsushi. Maybe we can even put a tracking device on her too if we did that.

[moonlightbeast]

Exactly. And once we have the money, she can turn into something small, like a bird, and escape.

[dereban]

He would never see it coming. But that's enough of evil scheming for now.

[moonlightbeast]

Alright, alright. I should probably be wondering how he heard about the book in the first place.

[Since that sure got mentioned.]

[dereban]

[ Inaba hums a little, contemplatively as she mulls it over in her head. ]

Do you think it's possible that someone could have told him?

[moonlightbeast]

Maybe? But at least in my version of the world, only two people know about it. And before that, only one person knew. I doubt Dazai-san would just go around telling people about it.

[dereban]

If he didn't tell someone about it, then go with the simple possibility: someone found out about it through other means and then he was told about it.

[moonlightbeast]

Ah.

[Welp. That's certainly possible.

And, since anyone who has seen this series would know about the book...]

...he told us not to breathe a word of it to anyone, not even each other. That the world was only safe as long as nobody knew it existed.

[dereban]

I think I understand that feeling, to a lesser extent.

[ Inaba finds herself curling in on herself a little bit, pulling her legs close to her chest, even as she watches the episode. Even so, she's only half paying attention now, Atsushi's voice drowning out the sounds of the television. ]

If you told someone that sort of thing. . . other people might be in trouble, right?