[scp r2: justonezero]

[purrtagonist]

STUFF WILL GO HERE ONE DAY

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[purrtagonist]

[THAT. . . SURE IS A SERIES OF MESSAGES]

[Akira doesn't respond in written form, instead sitting up on his bed and speaking--]

Yoshi?

[resortghosts]

[There's a moment of silence before texts resume.]

be careful

[And then, shortly after:]

be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful be careful

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[purrtagonist]

[oh, Yoshi]

[purrtagonist]

. . . did Shirou tell you?

[ah]

[resortghosts]

[There's another thunk on the bed, but this one stays as an imprint, like someone leaning their head against it.

There's also the very soft sound of someone sobbing.]

[purrtagonist]

[that. . . is answer enough to his question]

[quietly, he reaches out to place his hand on where he believes the top of Yoshi's head is]

I'm sorry.

I'm. . . sorry. I don't know what else to do.

[resortghosts]

[He'll be able to feel when Yoshi shakes his head rapidly, raising it again.

He's shaking.]

you have to be careful

i can't kill them for you

v̭͚͙͞d͓s͇̳̙ḁ͚̣̻̟͉́v͉

[Another frustrated thunk. One could probably hazard a guess that the tablet is hitting the mattress.]

[purrtagonist]

I can't kill them either when I don't even know who they are.

[and with Shirou gone? he has absolutely no leads]

[resortghosts]

[More silence, reluctant movement, picking it up and trying again. The only reward is a few more messages of garbled text. By the time any words get through, it's slowed down considerably.]

you have to be careful

that's all i can say

that's all i can do

[purrtagonist]

[this censorship thing is such a pain in the ass]

. . .

[but Akira lifts a hand and places it over his heart, fingers slightly curled]

Ever since I found out about my-- . . . issue, I thought. . . the best thing I could do is take a hit for someone else. That's why I've been so reckless. That's why I've tried to bait the monsters into attacking me.

. . . is that not right?

[resortghosts]

stop

i can't talk about it

but stop that

you have to be careful

[purrtagonist]

[breathes out deeply and drops his hand into his lap. his eyes slip shut for a moment, silence washing over them both. when he opens them again, his brows are furrowed in determination]

Okay.

I'll be more careful.

[resortghosts]

[More useless garbled text!

There's a couple lines of it from attempt after attempt.]

since shirou's gone watch everyone

[Pause. And then:]

i'm sorry about your role too

[purrtagonist]

[well, he already suspected that Yoshi knew. . . but. that's actual, concrete confirmation]

I've come to terms with it.

[he lays his hand flat against his chest]

Shirou was one of three people who knew about it. Atsushi and Minato are the other two.

[resortghosts]

you shouldn't do that either

i don't want to see you here

[And with that, there's the impression on the bed mattress again as Yoshi slumps, resting... probably his arms and head on it. He gives up.]

[purrtagonist]

. . .

[shifts closer to Yoshi, reaching out for his head again]

I shouldn't. . . tell people?

[resortghosts]

[He has to raise his head again to get the tablet and type.]

don't try to die

we can't do anything like this

[purrtagonist]

I won't try to die.

[. . .]

I promise.

[head pats for poor, distressed Yoshi]

[resortghosts]

good

being dead is... really useless

you can't help anyone so all you can do is watch

[His head tips down more and more as he sends the messages.]

but if you're alive you can still help everyone

so... please don't mess up like i did

[purrtagonist]

You didn't mess up. And you're not useless, if that's what you're thinking.

[he may not have used that word, but Akira can sense those feelings]

You found and shared that letter with us. That's something, isn't it?

[resortghosts]

but i can't help save anyone!

that's what i was brought here for...

i trained for this, but i didn't even last two weeks

[He's shaking again.]

[purrtagonist]

You-- [huh??]

What do you mean you trained for this?

[resortghosts]

i was supposed to be training as a thaumiel!

to help contain scps

we were all members of the foundation, so this is probably another mission, right?

so... i was probably supposed to help contain this

i was supposed to help protect this world

i wanted to help protect this world

[purrtagonist]

[. . . regardless of his own feelings on the Foundation?]

Who says that this is the end of that?

[resortghosts]

but i can't do it now

when it's important