purrtagonist | [Week 2, Friday: Undine]

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[Week 2, Friday: Undine]

Undine.

[hey sup Undine, it's Akira, leaning his shoulder against the side of a buliding. it's late, the sun having set for the day, and the streets are empty]

. . . how are you feeling?

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I...I can't really believe in myself right now.

[Self-esteem issues being magnified by the stress and all.]

But I'll believe in you.

[that. . . well. that's enough. and he grasps her hand tightly with both of his, his smile widening]

And I'll believe in you in return, okay?

We're partners. Have been since the beginning, and will be from this point going forward.

[Partners...something about that word worries her.]

You know, the last two times I tried to group up with people, it didn't go so well.

[One group died horribly from fall damage, the other got eaten alive.]

But maybe the third time's the charm, right?

[this group isn't going so well either, is it. . .? with four out of six of them dead already. . .]

We'll make it work. [he says firmly, with confidence] You, and I. We'll unravel the secrets of this Game, if it's the last thing we do.

Yeah. We can at least help the players with that.

Just...don't die before me.

[She's not even asking him to not die at all, because that's asking a lot here. But she won't make it through watching someone she genuinely cares about dying again. She knows she won't.]

[she might not be asking it, but. . .]

I won't die at all.

[. . . he's promising it. it's. . . an empty promise, because there isn't any way he can make sure that he doesn't die. and despite his ferocity? he's aware of that. but still]

[he doesn't intend to die. he doesn't plan on trying to die. he will fight to survive, for all the reasons he came around to back when he was still struggling with his role]