[Week 1, Monday: TOP TEN ANIME BETRAYALS]

[purrtagonist]

[I don't know where Conductor Maya hangs out when she isn't in Ikea but Akira is lookin' for her]

You're one heck of a Conductor, you know that?

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[feytality]

..... Let's just say I know a thing or two about being accused for crimes I haven't committed. No politicians, but there was an information broker type blackmailer creep that was blackmailing politicians and stuff.

[ she huffs, though. ]

But it's so messed up that you went through all that when you were just trying to help that lady!

[purrtagonist]

[a soft snort, because. yeah. it was pretty messed up]

Yeah. But I was one of hundreds. And there were many lives he ruined both before and after mine. Lives that couldn't be rebuilt, like mine was.

. . . I think about it sometimes. [tilting his head up to look at her, expression pensive] If I had never been arrested, I don't think I ever would have become a Phantom Thief. So maybe, in a way?

I should be thanking him.

[feytality]

I dunno, Akira, you've got such a burning spirit -- you might have ended up doing it anyway.

[ is this a compliment, it's hard to tell. ]

But it's funny how it works out, huh? Here's this bald jerk, trampling on lives like they're nothing --- and then one of the people he tries to trample rises up to knock him off his feet. Like a superhero origin story!

[purrtagonist]

[he'll consider it one!!]

Now you just sound like Ryuji.

[he says with faint amusement. a deep exhale, and his eyes slip shut]

It's the reason why. . . I can't just accept this game for what it is.

I can't forgive anyone who takes advantage of the weak for their own selfishness.

[feytality]

Hey, hey, I'm more subtle than Ryuji. It's not like I go around yelling I'm the Conductor!

[ why was that in Akira's file. oh well, it was. ]

.... You think that's what the Composer's doing?

[purrtagonist]

Why was that-- [okay, you know what, nevermind]

[also, Akira stays quiet for a moment, before he shakes his head]

I don't know what the Composer's doing, Maya. I don't have much information to work from, here.

[feytality]

Well, I said think, didn't I? But fair point.