HIGEKIRI;

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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?

[crashout]

[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?

[banzais]

[what does that

even mean

higekiri's just trying not to laugh]

How funny... I've been told that you ask suspicious questions, whereas I mostly ask directly. It's very amusing.

[imagine if hige was even slightly chill compared to junpei]

Mm, I would like to know - just so that I know who I may speak freely with, and who I ought to avoid all mention of you to.

[kanesan......]

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I don't know why people are saying that when they're the ones coming to me insisting I have a role just because I said Aizawa and Logy slept together. That doesn't even have anything to do with it, and Escha told me everything. Why wouldn't I assume the people asking also have a role?

I haven't confirmed Izuminokami myself though I've had suspicions for a while and I suspect he's lied to me, but I have proof now. I'm actually going to find him before curfew. [He sounds pretty blase about that.] Nikkari knows. Her Lordship. And obviously Dick and Escha.

[banzais]

[higekiri shrugs...]

Wukiri doesn't have a role, but he said that you were asking him questions like he knew something. He gave me the same treatment, though I was rather pointed about it.

[why is wwx this way]

[as for kanesan:] Well - don't treat him too harshly. I doubt it's from a place of distrust. He actually likes you quite a bit. If he lied to you, it's likely not on purpose. If anything, he would be happier at the prospect of partnering together and having an ally in you. He is someone who places great value in working as a team.

[which hige can't relate to, but oh well]

And do Nikori and Her Lordship know exactly what you are able to do?

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...yeah, I figured. I know he doesn't and I had to make sure because he's. The way he is. [WHY IS WWX THE WAY HE IS?!]

...I like Izuminokami quite a bit, too. I'm not mad, and I can see why he wouldn't tell me. He trusted me enough with some things he received and it's why I figured it out myself. I'll have to ask and see what I can get. I'd rather form an alliance while we can. Especially given...everything that's happening.

Her Lordship does as of, like, yesterday. Nikkari I'm...actually not sure. [...haha.]

[banzais]

[higekiri nods at that. wwx sure is. a certain kind of way.]

Mm - he is the type of person where, if the option to be honest is there, then he will naturally choose it. However if he is bound, then he will do what he thinks is best. [a shrug.] When you say 'everything that is happening'.... do you mean something more than what happened to Dimitri?

[is there other bad shit going on

as for the rest of that, higekiri nods before. laughing.]

Do you find Nikori hard to read?

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There are a few other things that have happened, but Dimitri's fate was the worst. I think it ties into the bigger picture though which is why I'm trying to understand everything I can. But nothing as drastic as that. Yet.

[At that, he...almost looks nostalgic.] ...when I think about it, no. I don't. He reminds me of someone I thought I knew very well. It's easier when I think of it that way.

[banzais]

[his brow furrows and he tilts his head]

May I ask what the 'other things' are...?

[concern!!]

Haha, you must have had some very interesting friends, if you find Nikori to be familiar.

[crashout]

People finding mystery notes, the break-in that happened with Grune, Kanesan-san and Tamamo, and the fact that we're syncing up with their old timeline isn't what I'd call comforting. But there's still time to fix things.

[...he has no way of saying that Nikkari gives off the same bizzare-ass yet calming energy his fiancée does so he just. Nods.] Most people I know are a little weird.

[banzais]

[he nods...]

Is there more notes aside from what my brother received with his reward last week?

[he actually doesn't know what most people got whoops

also i can't believe you won't let hige question junpei's taste]

[crashout]

Just the shoes Escha and Logy got when they broke into the storage room. Something about walking on water. [Shrug.] Plus the journal Izuminokami found from the break-in they did. But prize-wise? I think Hizamaru was the only one to receive something like that. He told me on Saturday.

[Leave his taste alone.]

[banzais]

Oh - are those the shoes that were in the shop?

[that nika now has,,]

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...Nikkari told you, didn't he. [Nika sure does have jesus shoes.]