alchemenace | week 6, saturday w/ nico

[He doesn't know what he wants either?? But he comes back and he kind of feels pathetic because he has...a sandwich...in his hand. He's going to put that down in front of the cell given it's for Varian and he seats himself on the ground to face him.]

...I'm sorry for all of this.

[ Varian spares a glance at the sandwich before staying right where he is, thanks. ]

I'm only sorry I got caught.

[ this is believable considering how much he cried but ]

[Uh huh. Sure. He lifts an eyebrow slightly.]

Given the fact you actually didn't kill him, I suppose that's fair. [...] Why Akechi?

[ ... he sighs. ]

He offered. And ... he was going to do it anyway. Drowning someone? That was his objective. I just needed a corpse.

...you needed the wish. [Just. A minor correction to see if he's right.]

[ ..... there's no point in denying it, so. ]

That too.

Yeah, I get it. I've done things to get wishes, too. [He's not even mad, he's just...] Sometimes I wish accomplices didn't count. Doesn't seem too fair in this case.

...what exactly was the wish for?

I wanted to save my dad. To make sure he stayed saved, too, no matter what happened to me.

[ gestures at. the jail cell ]

Good thing I did, right?

[ it's not funny. ]

[It sure is not. Give him a second to think about that.] And you made that wish before today, right?

[Just in case. There's a sigh before he shakes his head.] I hate to say it but sometimes I think being on the Other Side is a safer option at this rate.

Last night. I had a dream about it.

[ varian doesn't ... have... prophetic dreams, but. he'll take that one. ]

It's not like I wasn't guilty.

[ technically. ]

[Yeah, prophetic dreams are a bitch. Nevertheless that's interesting to him and he nods. He can believe that much.]

True. Can I ask why Evan though?

It wasn't personal. It had to be a Hero, and it had to be someone neither Akechi nor I ... strongly objected to. Evan was the only one that fit of the people we knew the title of for sure.

[ so. y'know. bad luck for evan. ]

So that means you know the factions of everybody left, too? Wait what am I saying, of course you do. Akechi's a Historian and you were delivering messages.

...I get it even if I disagree with it. You needed an objective but I don't know if I can feel badly about the fact that he's been caught.

I knew before Akechi. I know who all the roles are, too. The Historians are really... really bad at their jobs.

[ he is. tired. ]

Yeah, well... Fane wasn't going to kill Akechi out of a grudge. There's a reason they both happened the same night.

[ which implies ... something. ]

Given the two I spoke to, I can't disagree. [Ya dumb fucks. But...he's just. Pausing.]

...what exactly happened that night, Varian? If you can tell me.

[ you know what, he's gonna out the rest because he's out of fucks to give: ]

Sousei, Akechi, Natsuo, Rebecca and El-Melloi.

[ anyway! story time! except he's not telling details much, stopping and going and. bland. he doesn't really want to recount it thanks ]

We lured Evan out. Akechi drowned him. We went to burn his body at the pumpkin patch. [ ... ] I told Fane what I was going to do. He was supposed to meet us near the castle so we could take care of Akechi. ... He never showed up. I guess he was stopped by Eichi instead.

Waver and Akechi I knew about, but the others are news to me. [He doesn't seem to mind bland storytime because timelines are helpful for reasons.]

If Eichi's shield role was activated and working on Akechi I imagine that's what happened. [He's pondering.] A lot of our murders took place outside. I'm surprised nobody really did run into each other.

I don't know about everyone else, but we did ours early.

[ he stares at his raccoon ]

Though Eichi supposedly "saw" me. [ sarcastic-- he knows akechi told him. ]

He shouldn't have, otherwise I probably would have seen him, too.

[...so yeah, about that...]

El-Melloi. [ the dog was a literal clue. incredible. ] It was for Reyna, right? Who were you working with, then? Kyouka?

[ six killers, and sanji doesn't count as an editor. nico had to be working with someone ]

Yes. [Partially, but also.] He killed her. There's no other reason what happened last weekend should have happened even if he won't admit it. And it wasn't just my idea, my partner agreed. We were doing what you and Akechi were thinking as well...taking out a hero.

I've known Waver was a Historian for a few weeks. He's wasn't doing that great of a job though. [...] And it wasn't Kyouka, though I told her. She had my back in this trial and it's why we completed her first objective on Friday night.

I figured. [ that el-melloi killed her, he means, once the truth about how many of the victims died came out. the rest of it ... ] Honestly? None of the Historians are doing a good job.

[ the salt... ]

Her objective was sewing his mouth shut, then?

[ it makes more sense considering her title (oops). ]

Given one of them is Akechi, I figured. [Idiots. All of them!! But...]

No. That was mine. Kyouka's was to stab someone so I had her stab me yesterday. I've been asking her to for weeks.

Oh. Alright. [ wait. ] Just ... stab?

[ at this point varian is like "what that's it" ]

With a fork specifically. [...] She hasn't wanted to hurt anyone all game and refused to do it to me until I needed an alibi.

[ ... that seems really tame honestly but he's not about to say it. ]

I'm glad it worked. [ he doesn't sound glad, but he also doesn't sound like he's lying. he wouldn't have wanted nico here. besides, he gets revenge. ]

And I'm glad your wish worked. The rest will be taken care of. [It has to be.] ...I know it doesn't mean much, but...[Varian, even if it had been because of Reyna, still made an offer to Nico after last week's trial. It means a lot to him.] What can I do for you in the meantime? Anything?

... I don't, I don't think so.

[ the only thing he wants is to turn back time so he doesn't end up in a cell waiting to die, or-- or his dad. which is why he croaks out: ]

Unless you feel like throwing something at Eichi for me.

That could be arranged. [A half-hearted shrug.] It's very well deserved by now.

[...but he nods anyway.] If that changes before tomorrow...let me know.

Well. If you get the opportunity. Go for it.

[ he's not gonna say no. still. ]

I doubt it will, but... thanks, Nico.

week 6, saturday w/ nico

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