[scp r2: diesifkilled]

[purrtagonist]

BOOP

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[diesifkilled]

[He's in the restaurant, leaning his head into his hands. When Akira approaches, he looks up, showing an expression that is equal parts tired and sad.]

...Sure. What is it?

[purrtagonist]

[Akira, meanwhile, looks tense and tightly wound. like he's holding back the boiling anger that threatens to bubble over in his stomach]

Well-- first things are first.

Are you okay?

[diesifkilled]

I'm...

[He's not okay, that's for certain. He failed to protect anyone, just like at the camp. It's the worst thing that could have happened.]

I'm angry, mostly.

[purrtagonist]

[mood, Shirou]

Me too.

[responding in an event tone, and while his hands are currently dipped into his pockets, they curl into white-knuckled fists]

[diesifkilled]

...So much for getting everyone together, huh.

[purrtagonist]

[SCRUBS AT HIS FACE]

Would that have even worked?

[if it's monsters they're dealing with, would the monsters have been able to sneak out on their own even if they were amidst a group? especially considering that weirdly unnatural sleep that hit right at midnight. . .]

[diesifkilled]

I don't know. But we should have tried.

[purrtagonist]

We should've.

[won't even deny that much]

But everyone is so scattered and distrustful.

[not that he can blame them. Akira, too, is holding himself at a distance. he did, after all, only hole up with Minato and Makoto the night before]

[diesifkilled]

And this before anyone has even died.

[He didn't intend to say it like it's an inevitability, but it just slips out. It's not like he can convince himself otherwise.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

Basic human nature and survival instincts. Frame it as a game of "us versus them," and everyone will subconsciously play along.

[diesifkilled]

...I guess that's true. And when you have no way of actually knowing who's "on your side" and who isn't...

[It sucks.]

[purrtagonist]

Paranoia rockets straight through the roof.

[jerks a thumb at the roof as though he's illustrating his point]

Undoubtedly, that's what they want from us.