[scp r2: bladeisme]

[purrtagonist]

DOOPITY DOOP

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week 4, sunday

[purrtagonist]

[and sometime after Akira has heard everything from Cinque. . .]

Hey. . .

Ichigo? You there?

[resortghosts]

[It...takes a while. He has to recover from getting slipped a mickey, after all.]

Mm

Yeah, I am. Sorry if I mess up typing a little, i'm still getting over what they did to me.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . . . hold on]

[Akira's jaw tightens almost angrily]

What did they do to you?

[resortghosts]

Think I got slipped sleeping drugs?

It took me a while to come out of it.

I think it was to keep me from helping atsushi.

[purrtagonist]

[and immediately, Akira slams his fist against something hard]

FUCK them! Was it the staff? The Lady? Inaba thought she'd do something to kill more people this week despite the suspension of the game!

week 5, monday

[resortghosts]

[Well.

It doesn't take long for the tablet to ding.]

Akira? How are you doing?

[purrtagonist]

[THERE IS A VERY LONG PAUSE BEFORE AKIRA FINALLY RESPONDS]








I feel kind of like shit and kind of like I want to punch some faceless Foundation CEOs or whatever in the face?

[resortghosts]

...So you remembered the casualty list, huh.

[Yeah....this is one reason Ichigo kept telling him to survive.]

I do too, trust me.

[purrtagonist]

I remembered a specific mission, where another. . . me was killed on the scene of an SCP before I arrived.

[not exactly a casualty list, but. . . the implications are there]

But it wasn't just another me. Someone else from my world died on the scene, too.

[bladeisme]

...Ah. Yeah. That's...really common, actually. Versions of you are thrown on the field all the time - and as you can imagine...the mortality rates are pretty high.

[He's not happy about it, for the record.]

...That's a little unusual, though. I'm - sorry, though. Who was it?

week 5, friday

[purrtagonist]

[Akira is definitely not answering messages from ghosts right now. his tablet is shut off, tossed aside onto his nightstand, and he himself lies sprawled out on his bed with his face buried in his pillow]

[. . . this is fine!1]

[bladeisme]

[KNOCK KNOCK HERE COMES A SHONEN

More seriously, there's a gentle hand going for his shoulder, after seeing that his tablet is off.

He's here, Akira.]

[purrtagonist]

[the pressure startles Akira out of his thoughts, and he bolts upright immediately, gaze flickering across the room]

Who. . .?

[he isn't expecting to see anyone, but he knows someone is there]

[bladeisme]

[A hand gently grabs his wrist, making him have his palm up as a ghostly finger writes on it -]

It's Ichigo.

Your tablet was off, so I couldn't tell you I was here beyond that.

[purrtagonist]

[pauses]

[. . . and then relaxes, sitting up as he scrubs at his face with one hand. he then drops it into his lap and. . . doesn't move to pick up his tablet]

week 5, saturday post-trial

[purrtagonist]

[ping]

I need you.

I need your help.

The Staff is gone, I can't

help me please

[bladeisme]

[....]

....What do you want me to do?

[purrtagonist]

i'm the savior

i can bring someone back

makoto

please

she only volunteered because i broke my pomrise

it's my fault

i don't know how to use it without the lady

[bladeisme]

[....There's no going back, is there?

If he makes this choice, then that's it.

But he'd already made another choice a long time ago.]

....I can bring her back to life.

But you'll have to give something else up in return.

[Ha. Saying that...

It's like he's an actual God of Death.]

[purrtagonist]

[living up to the Shinigami title]

my life, right?

i bring her back in exchange for my own

that's how the role works

i know

the lady explained it very clearly to me







i'm sorry.

[. . . so many people are going to yell at him for this choice]

week 5, sunday

[purrtagonist]

[it isn't long after Makoto ambles off in Akira's body that Akira himself turns to face Ichigo, arms folded]

. . . all right.

Are you going to tell me what bright idea you have planned to buy us some time?

[bladeisme]

...I'm going to get into the brain, and try to reduce the inflammation there. If I can take down some of the White Blood Cells causing the Resort pain, then...We might have some time to make a plan to get to Gabe.

[That being said -]

But I'm not going through the vents. I've been here long enough to know that there's only been a third floor to this place once - and that was before Gabe disappeared.

The way to the brain has to be in the Storage room - and I'm going to find out where it is.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . straightens a little bit, chin tilted up]

Let me go with you.

I can help.

[bladeisme]

No.

[He's firm about that.]

They're floundering on this side - everyone's discouraged. They need a leader like you to lift their spirits up and motivate them.

[And, after a moment -]

...I think, relatively, I'm the strongest and fastest person here. I've been in the vents before, and I got away with just a minor wound - and the immune system in the brain isn't as aggressive as the immune system in the body. If anything goes wrong, I can get out quickly.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . ah. . .]

[a deep breath in, and a slow breath out. so. . . he made the right choice allowing Makoto to use his body and work on the side of the living after all]

I've been in the vents and got away unscathed.

[just. pointing that out]

Even if you are strong and fast, even if the immune system isn't as aggressive near the brain as it is in the vents, it's still stupid to go without backup.