HIGEKIRI;

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Please don't get in trouble. [Like. Please???]

--who the fuck has been calling me suspicious? [He's just. Tired. But he sighs. Alright, alright fine...] People with special abilities have been finding me, actually. I'm just asking the right questions and finding the answers myself.

[banzais]

[higekiri just

laughs

he's not giving names but people have definitely been calling junpei suspicious]

Mm, lucky! Does that mean you don't have one then? Or shall I formally accuse you first, and then you'll be able to tell me if you do?

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[Fuck those people :(]

I'll ask you the same question I've asked others who've approached me about this. What's your basis for thinking and does it really matter if I do or don't? [He mostly sounds curious.] It was the information that you brought back from the arcade that started helping me put the pieces together.

[banzais]

A friend asked me to find the thirteen, and so that's why it matters to me if you do.

[otherwise he actually doesn't care much? it also sort of just gives him something to do]

I admit, I also think I'd better be able to help you, if you opened up to me. I don't have any special rules, so I can say whatever I want and move how I please. [it's been. big danger,,]

As for the basis - you seem rather familiar with the special rules that I've heard people need to obey. Even though you could've gotten your information secondhand, there's also the chance that you knew it already. The second is that both of your roommates possessed additional abilities - and so I wouldn't be surprised if all three of you did.

[he also knows that junpei and dick are close so he's pretty sure he's not doxxing, and also thinks dick would forgive him anyway if he was,,]

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[...well. He shrugs with both hands. His hands are tied, my guy.]

Dick told me you were helping him, so maybe I'm not too surprised. [There's a half-grin.] But you're familiar enough with the rules, too. You know what that means.

[banzais]

[there's just a happy little nod. yeah. dick was the friend.

he opens his arms into a shrug]

Then please consider this my formal accusation that you possess a role.

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[...a full grin this time.]

I'd appreciate it if you don't spread it around, suspicious though I may be, apparently.

[banzais]

[if he's going to be honest]

I'll probably tell my brother - but mostly in the event that something happens to me, then he will be able to act in my place. I trust you understand...?

[hiza's memory good, and also reliable bro. ... though given that hige asked junpei on his own, there's also a chance that he might, in fact, listen if junpei tells him no.]

May I ask about the nature of your role? Do you gather information? Or are you the one who is able to stay awake past the curfew on Thursdays?

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I do. I started to ask Hizamaru myself, but I wanted to be sure things were in place before approaching both of you. You're allowed to tell him but same rules apply. Keep your heads down until we really know what's going on.

[There's a shrug.] I can't outright answer things without basis because I don't want to get in trouble, but...let's say I'm curious which people you already know about. I believe we have some friends in common.

[banzais]

Mm, understood. He does not possess a role either - or I probably would've known sooner.

[just by nature of

genjis

anyway higekiri will just hum thoughtfully at that]

I've been meaning to ask... Are you able to reveal anything about the identities of the others with roles?

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I know. I'm glad neither of you do. [It's safer. But...he nods.]

Pretty sure I can if I choose to as long as it doesn't do anything to out myself. It's why I've been careful who I'm checking with and talking about. There are some I won't be able to confirm because of promises I made, but...it's possible. Why?

[banzais]

[he blinks a little bit at that]

Oh? I would think that having additional abilities would make it easier to assist others...

[he tilts his head]

Can you tell me if Kagachi has a role, or if he was simply being mean to me by being so stubborn?

[like sure he wants to check on the others bUT KAGACHI IS SO MEAN TO HIM, HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL WEEK]

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It's more complicated than that from what I've heard from the others. [It's. A time.]

What did Kagachi tell you? [He looks surprised, but also, Kagachi being stubborn is probably valid.]

[banzais]

Mm, all the limitations and such... [bad!] It's true, I do rather like not having to care about what I say.

[he

never cares about what he says

anyway,]

He wouldn't confirm for me, even though I asked many questions and gave my reasoning! And when I tried to guess, he said 'I don't think you've earned the answer yet'. What do I have left to earn...?

[HIM UPSETTI]

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[...yeah that sounds like Kagachi and he shrugs lightly.]

I think for something like that, if you still suspect him, give him time. If he does know something he might be worried about the consequences of sharing. Some of the questions I've asked other people haven't been answered because they're bordering on being too much.

Do you guys trust each other?

[banzais]

We're friends.

[he says this certainly, because him and kagachi being friends is really important to him actually]

But I cannot help to protect him, if I do not know the ways he is in danger.

[which is another reason why he wants to know so badly]

Even so... I suppose I understand. I simply do not like being teased.

[he teases everyone so much but bully him even a little bit back and he's just :/ about it]

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You have that in common with some other people, it seems. [Teasing everyone but being a baby when it's in reverse.] I think you're doing the right thing wanting to protect him. But I also think when he's ready, he'll say whatever it is he needs to say. I've gotten the impression Kagachi's also used to doing plenty on his own. It might be hard for him to think of it in terms of letting people help.

[banzais]

[it's just rare to actually tease hige.... but regardless he'll just shrug]

There are times when he is still young, I suppose.

[humans!!!]

Mm, aside from that... I know of Nightclaw, Escha, Kanesan-san-chan - ah, he doesn't think you have a role... How funny. Then there is Nikori, Her Lordship, yourself, and...

[ . . . ]

I trust you, but there is one more who you have not found. When you find them, I will be able to speak more openly, but for now... I would like to keep their secret safe.

So if I may... how many of those were you already aware of, and how many others do you know that I do not?

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You do remember he's older than me? [A grin.]

...that's quite a few. [But he's nodding along, these are all ones that make sense.] I knew about all of those. And I know about five others. Is the one you don't want to tell me about the one who stays awake at night?

[banzais]

You are even younger.

[HE SAYS THAT SO FAST]

Mm, well, I'm happy to be about halfway since I learned on Saturday... [he's also been throwing himself into learning today as a way to stave off the sads, but it's fine]

But no, I am still looking for that person, if they exist, as well as the one who harmed Dimitri.

Could you tell me any of the other five... or are they all ones you've promised to?

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[A FROWN.] I'm twenty-two. [Like that makes a huge difference.]

You've been doing a good job. I'm impressed. [And proud of this sword.] I'm still looking, too. I don't want something like this to happen again.

[There's a huff.] Some are promises, some are people I'm keeping an eye on and one is someone I have a meeting with next week. When the time is right, I promise I'll tell you what I can. But...I trust the ones I know so far. Even if only slightly.

[banzais]

Ah, I forgot that humans come in such small years... [that's a weird way to say age]

I am glad that we are in agreement then.

[though he pauses, thinking about that...]

Hm... Do you have the ability to determine who else may have roles, without accusing them and having them confirm for you?

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Sorry we can't all live to be thousands of years old. [...that question's harder to get around, and he figures...eh.]

Yes. I do. Though I've only found two people that way, and one of them was more out of confirmation than a randomized guess. Everyone else I found out about on my own, and most of them didn't know about me. You can see why I haven't been confirming that much.

Some I also haven't actually received confirmations for, but new evidence means I have a way to go back to them and ask some things. Think of it as "an almost absolute but not completely positive" sort of thing.

[banzais]

I was merely curious how you could be meeting with someone next week.

[he sounds amused]

But that's fine, I won't make it widely known. Who else knows?

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Oh. Yeah that was me asking someone if they had a role and being told to talk to them Monday. So I have to wait. [Annoying...]

Who else knows about me, you mean?