[Week 4, Monday: Undine]

[purrtagonist]

[and late Monday, when there's no one else around, Akira approaches. he drops a hand on Undine's shoulder and squeezes, touch light]

They got my note.

And they responded.

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[alchemicalwater]

[OH BOY HERE WE GO]

How did they take it?

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

I don't know.

[i. . . inspiring?]

It was just Ichigo and Alex, though Orihara tagged along invisibly. They don't know I was aware of that, though.

[alchemicalwater]

How did you even know he was there? Invisibility powers?

[purrtagonist]

[a soft snort]

No. Ichigo gave me a heads up beforehand, so I knew to. . . "act natural," I suppose.

[alchemicalwater]

...ah. Of course he did.

[Those two.]

So how did it go?

[purrtagonist]

Mmm. Alex listened. I think she's a lot more jaded than she held herself out to be, though. That's why I never even suspected she was. . .

[a small shrug]

Anyway, they're going to think about it. And they're not going to kill me just yet. Unless any of the Players decide to come after me on Thursday night, I should have at least one more week.

[and since him getting killed by Players is a real possibility, they super can't let their guard down come Thursday]

[alchemicalwater]

Mmm, one more week is good at least. We can try out our plan this week and see if we can find effective hiding spots. Even if the location changes every week, we can get good at noticing things and using that to our advantage.

[purrtagonist]

Yeah. I still have my invisibility psych.

[he taps his glasses, for emphasis]

The feather should give us a few boosts, too. Maybe. . . that will also come in handy for keeping us both alive should someone try to kill us.

[alchemicalwater]

Not a bad idea. We...after I take care of things, we can go up high and hide for the night.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . his expression softens, and the look he gives her is a mixture of something pained, and something fond. one hand comes to rest on her shoulder]

Hey. . .

[he knows. he knows it's going to be hard. but he's here]

There are some buildings that should be pretty easy to scale on Spain Hill. We can hang out there for the entire night.

[alchemicalwater]

[Aira don't look at her like that. You're a good boy, you shouldn't be hurting.]

That's good. I can't go quite as far up as I used to with my water.

[purrtagonist]

[it's too late for that]

I'm a great climber.

[phantom thief, and all]

I'll help you up.