Week 5, Wednesday - Akechi

[fragileprophet]

[Akechi will find Ion staring at a suit of armor. It's pretty clear what he's looking at: in place of its normal visor, a sharply-pointed red and gold one has been put in its place. For some reason, Ion looks...unsettled.]

...do you see that?

[It's just his imagination, isn't it? This isn't here. It can't be.]

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[doublecrows]

[god damn it]

. . . yes.

[Kurusu had always been nothing but an obstacle. his brand of justice clashed so brilliantly with Akechi's that he had to be removed from the equation. he knew that long before Shido made the call to take him out]

[and yet. . .]

I don't kill because I enjoy it.

[ah. going back on what he said earlier, it seems. something more honest. only because it's Ion]

I never have.

[fragileprophet]

[A tense breath escapes, and Ion closes his eyes. Thank Goodness.]

Thank you. I know that was probably hard for you to admit.

[But it's a good thing. It's a good thing.]

I'm sure that it hurts, to live with the actions you aren't proud of.

[doublecrows]

[they're talking about Akechi again. despite what he saw, despite how Ion had to watch one of his replicas plummet to his death, they're talking about Akechi]

[he clenches his hands into fists and loosens them again]

I've stopped feeling anything remotely resembling guilt.

[there are some crimes he doesn't feel bad for. people he's killed that he believed deserved it. and he still doesn't feel torn up about Soo-Won. . . sacrifices had to be made in this game, right?]

I'm detached. [ah] I simply do what I must do, in order to achieve what it is I need to achieve.