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[he nods.]

I was thinking in the morning, in maybe the Game Room.

That's fine, [ he'll breathe. ] Earlier will be better. Maybe I can let her sleep.

... Sleeping's probably one of the better things she could be doing now.

[i.e. not having to deal with the bullshit of life.]

What would you do for her right now?

[ Said so softly. ]

All I can do is try to distract her, but we both know what's coming. She'll be forced to walk knowingly into her own death on Monday morning, all for an accident she didn't mean to happen.

I'm not a good person to ask that question.

[please do not ask him on his feelings about watching people walk to their deaths, it's bad.]

... You're her friend. Whatever you do will most likely be the kindest thing for her.

... I'll try my hardest for her. She deserves that from someone. Someone to be on her side.

... I suppose so, yeah.

[...]

Who do you think killed Fortune?

[ he's just honest and tired when he says: ]

I don't know. We never did settle on the other two culprits, did we?

No. Just that Blackfire or Hector killed the either, since Ambition implied Fortune's is still alive—well, that or Julius somehow managed to get a kill in before dying of poison.

[ ... ]

Blackfire's god... was Cunning, right?

Yeah.

Cunning wasn't a suspect. Meaning Blackfire didn't kill anyone. Neither did Julius.

... Right. Guess it was Hector, then.

Hector. Hector was certainly a culprit.

But we voted for Ambition, and now she'll lose Rachel, leaving no one to protect Cunning.

[ he's just kind of stating all this? he sounds tired. ]

Depends on if anyone wants to switch to Cunning.

Which reminds me: one of Love's followers has to switch, since they forgot to talk to another god this week, though they plan on switching back. I wanted to know if you were okay with them still being at the meeting, or if you'd rather they stay out. They'll understand if that's the case.

[ --Ray may not expect Yu's reaction, which is outright shock. He looks rocked, and he'll actually grasp Ray's shoulders. ]

This person -- would they willingly switch to Cunning?

[well okay then]

Huh? Um, I don't think so... They're not his biggest fan.

Though if you're okay with them being at the meeting tomorrow, you can try and convince them yourself... though I know one other person who is thinking about it.

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... Ray.

You need to tell me who this person is.

[ His jaw works. ]

I was going to make a deal with Love and Ambition to switch to Cunning. Tomorrow, after the meeting. I have to know sooner rather than later if that's still going to be necessary.

[ WELL. ]

[...]

It's Madoka.

Shit.

[ This is said with great feeling, and he'll let Ray go, shaking his head and moving away. ]

... I have to speak with her. Both of us switching--

[ From different gods, no less. ]

Has she already spoken to Sincerity?

She didn't say. Though she'd been planning on a different god before it was made clear that Cunning's in a bad position, so I wouldn't be surprised if she hasn't had time to discuss it with Sincerity yet.

[ A hard breath out. ]

Alright. I'll speak to her. ... thank you, Ray. [ very softly ] Maybe we can't fix everything that happened tonight, but maybe between Kaname-san and I, we can save Cunning.

... No problem. I'd rather not see Cunning go out either.

... not like this.

[ A slow breath out. ]

This will start happening to them eventually, the same way it's happening to us. We can't stave this off forever. [ Even in his relief for this solution, he still knows that. ] But we can give them time.

Well, it's already past the point of "will start".

[because. fortune.]

But time can be worth a lot.

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