[Day 12, afternoon: Futayo]

[purrtagonist]

[well, whenever they make it somewhere not public. . .]

Do you know something, Futayo?

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[cluelesscavewoman]

[Assuming he talked her out of carrying him up the stairs, and took the elevator instead?

But she crosses her arms once they're somewhere private.]

Everyone has been acting odd since they started this one.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . yes we are absolutely assuming that]

Yeah.

I think. . . people are starting to be afraid.

[cluelesscavewoman]

Did you see Erika-dono? She did not want to explore and she said thank you even though I could not get the things she asked for...

[It's a very healthy friendship here.]

[purrtagonist]

[that. . .]

[does not sound like Erika at all]

Are you worried about her?

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge...[She does not emote enough to handle this.]

The rules have changed as well.

[purrtagonist]

[he's taking that as a yes]

Two potential corpses, two potential killers, one trial. They're really trying to make it easier for people to kill.

. . . who do you think is most likely to take the raccoons up on that offer?

[cluelesscavewoman]

... [She tilts her head.]

I do not know. I was ordered not to think.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . okay, well]

You're allowed to think if you want, Futayo. You don't have to take orders like that from anyone.

[cluelesscavewoman]

No. The others told me it is better for everyone, and that if I am a samurai I should follow my master's orders above all else after last time.

... Thinking is difficult anyway. I only make mistakes when I do it.

[purrtagonist]

[shakes his head]

Everyone makes mistakes when they think. That's a part of being human.

Don't let people order you around. Not even your "master." Maintain your own sense of agency, okay?

[cluelesscavewoman]

Hm...Judge, okay thinking time.

[She briefly makes a 'time out' motion with her arms, and falls to sit cross legged on the floor to think... At least it wasn't in the middle of a fight this time.

...Then she lifts her head again to peer over.]

I had already decided that I would follow my master's orders, and make more friends other than Masazumi...

You are saying that I should think even if I am unable to make the correct choice?

[purrtagonist]

What defines whether a choice is "correct" or not Futayo? I think you should ask yourself that, too.

[cluelesscavewoman]

...Last time the others hit me and told me I was useless and should not do it again...

Does that mean that if no one does that, it is correct?

[purrtagonist]

. . . no. That's not how it works. Why are they hitting you? They shouldn't be doing that.

[cluelesscavewoman]

Because I arrested Horizon-sama and handed her over to the Testament Union for execution. I thought that it was best if we avoided war. But the people wished to fight and it was not my decision to make...

[purrtagonist]

[okay, well. . . her friends were probably right on that one. but that is not!! the point!!]

Sometimes, there are circumstances where certain things are not your decision to make. But that doesn't mean you have to stop thinking entirely.

Maybe you were wrong in one instance, but unless you continue to think for yourself, you'll never be able to make decisions between something that is right and wrong.

[cluelesscavewoman]

[You say that but the choice was, 'hand over robot girl whose soul was turned into a weapon and given out' or 'be seen as a threat by all other countries and go to war'. But that doesn't really matter people are already dead now.

And Futayo just silently takes it in. Then shots up again, dipping her head to bow.]

Judgement. Everyone keeps saying that and it is difficult... But I will try to do what is best.

[purrtagonist]

[he gives a small smile]

That's the spirit, Futayo.

[cluelesscavewoman]

[He gets one back.]

Jud. I will try.

[She's just going to run off... Oh wait she's back cause of the wheelchair. You need help with that?]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . YES HE DOES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH]

Don't just leave me here. . .

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Rushes back to the back of the wheelchair and now to the stairs?]

[purrtagonist]

[WHAT THE FUCK WHY]

I can't go down the stairs. . .!

[cluelesscavewoman]

...We have to go the slow way again?

[purrtagonist]

Yes, unless it's your aim to kill me.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I cannot do that. You are Ichigo-dono's boyfriend.

[She might not really understand that, but backs up and around they go.]

[purrtagonist]

[THANKS FUTAYO]

I'm glad you consider that a good enough reason to keep me alive.

[somewhat dry]

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge. Ichigo-dono is a friend, and father said that friends are important. I do not want to upset them.

[purrtagonist]

. . . in general, one should avoid upsetting their friends, yeah.

[at least in this manner. upsetting them by being blunt about their stupidity is another matter entirely, but that is neither here nor there]

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Nods. But she's been reassured enough that she might have lost the point of what she originally wanted to talk about as she pushes him back.]

[purrtagonist]

[well it's okay, he'll bring it up again]

Is that all you really wanted to talk about, Futayo?

[cluelesscavewoman]

Something is going to happen tonight...

[purrtagonist]

[yes that is why he started this conversation!!]

Do you know what that "something" is?

[cluelesscavewoman]

People are going to die?

[Blunt]

[purrtagonist]

. . .

[yeah]

I was hoping you'd have a more specific idea than that. . .

[cluelesscavewoman]

More people?

[That was pretty much it.]

[purrtagonist]

[HE TRIED]

Nevermind.

Take me back to the infirmary.

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge!

[Akira awaaaaaaay]