catch-all: jin ling

[miscakes]

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week three, friday.

[miscakes]

[Catching him in the library! Akechi approaches him as soon as he sees him.]

Pardon me, but do you have a moment? I have a few questions I'd like to ask before tomorrow's trial.

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[goldpeony]

[For now, he does not have the white dog plush under an arm; instead, it's perched on one of the shelves like a guardian.]

...Fine. [He peers at Akechi skeptically.] What do you want to ask?

[miscakes]

[It's fine? It's fine. Despite Jin Ling's attitude, Akechi remains perfectly polite.]

We both fell asleep in the infirmary. First of all, I wish to confirm that we both woke up to the same effects.

[goldpeony]

[He looks a tad surprised, and then his eyes narrow slightly.]

You first.

[miscakes]

[He raises an eyebrow at him.]

It's impolite to answer a question with a question, you know. Furthermore, I have already spoken to some of the others who slept in the same room as us. I only wish to confirm the effect is the same for all seven of us.

[goldpeony]

I don't care about that. [About being polite really.] What did you feel then? How am I meant to know you aren't lying about that?

[miscakes]

That's a question I could ask you, as well. Is there a reason you refuse to answer? Like I said, I have already spoken to the others and confirmed they are experiencing the same effects.

[goldpeony]

If they told you first, they're stupid. You could just have an alibi if you did something...

[He makes a face, though, realizing this pegs him as suspicious.]

It feels like I've... been hit in the back? Stabbed.

[miscakes]

[He smiles, pleasantly.]

Thank you. That confirms you are experiencing the same effects as the rest of us... How curious. [Did Subete get literally stabbed in the back? A mystery.] Was there anything else you noticed elsewhere in the house?

w5, monday

[goldpeony]

[Where is Akechi (i keep typing akeichi bc of chat) at!! Jin Ling isn't a hunter as a peacock, but he's hunting down the Great Value Light Yagami.

He has a small box under his arm.]

[miscakes]

[He will find him in the kitchen sometime in the late afternoon! Looks like he's in the middle of rummaging through the cabinets for a quick snack, though he will glance Jin Ling's way once he hears him.]

Oh, it's you. Good afternoon.

[Giving the box a curious glance? No, don't ask what kind of monster he's transforming into. I don't know yet.]

[goldpeony]

[This is fine. Jin Ling is still only a stupid, proud peacock, but the tail isn't thrown up behind him right now. It's dragging like a wedding train after him, bunched together.

He does not explain the box even though Akechi looks at it.]

What happened to Senior Phoenix's things?

[miscakes]

From what I was told, Hunter gave them away.

[So, boo. Still staring at the box, though? Explain???]

[goldpeony]

[His proud expression drops into something flat. Hunter. Great.]

Do you know to who he gave them?

[Wow, he is really not explaining the box though he can clearly see Akechi looking at it! But it does look like the one he had at the trial.]

[miscakes]

[Hm. Belatedly, please know Akechi is a haunted ball jointed doll. Enjoy the fact that he's staring at Jin Ling with glassy eyes and permanently dilated pupils. At least his skin looks airbrushed and flawless now? If you ignored the similarly airbrushed bruises on his face, anyway.

He raises an eyebrow at him.]

I'm sorry, but why are interested in Phoenix-san's belongings?

[goldpeony]

[Kyuu? KYUU? i have the murder proposal page open and prepared to kill akechi because of this it's AWFUL]

Because no one talked about how they would be divided at the trial. Instead, they're being hoarded and divided up between people secretly. Which is stupid when people keep barking about "working together."

[miscakes]

[It's fine? It's fine. Gosh.]

... I see.

[Hm! He gestures at the box. Be thankful he's bundled up and wearing gloves so the only disconcerning part is his face, smh.]

And the box?

week five, friday.

[miscakes]

[FINDING HIM SOMEWHERE... SOMEPLACE... Akechi will approach Jin Ling as soon as he spots him.]

Do you have a moment?

[goldpeony]

[He looks about as bad as Akechi did the other day with Akira and Luna. His brows are together and his face his grim, but he's also trying not to nod off which is why his head jerks up.]

What...?

[miscakes]

[... Oh. Don't like that.]

... Is something wrong? Where did you sleep last night?

[goldpeony]

[He rubs a hand over his face for a moment.]

The room that... lets you see what you want... I was trying... to find the heart.

[miscakes]

... You can't be serious. Did you not see the warning on the door?

[goldpeony]

I didn't care... The heart is in there! I know it is... [He pauses to rest his eyes, managing not to fall asleep thankfully.] I wanted to see... what happened if I slept there on the night someone was cursed.

If it would show me something different.

[miscakes]

The heart isn't there. I could have told you that if you had asked... The only thing you achieved was losing a part of your soul, as well.

[Jin Ling, you're making him age.]

Is the exhaustion the only thing wrong?

[goldpeony]

[The exhaustion is good. He's too tired to be angry.]

What...? How do you know that... for sure? [He shakes his head wearily.] I can... hear something. A noise.