[ he doesn't know the first thing about demons so who is he to judge? ]
Mm, like I said, I don't totally understand her, and I don't know if she really wants anyone to try. There's a reason why she's the way she is, but you'd have to hear that from her, if she wants you to know.
All I can tell you is that she had plenty of reasons to be happy where she was before this, and now she's here instead. If she's angry now, I think that's totally valid, all things considered.
She's probably really unhappy about whoever got taken from her too.
[He could like. Guess that immediately.]
I don't know if I can just leave her there though. Learning to understand people is kinda my thing, yeah? If someone's acting weird or hurting people, it's always for a reason. And I just wanna find that reason and try to stop them from hurting.
I know what you mean. It's the same for me, but every time I've tried, she gets more upset. I think she just needs somewhere to lash out, sometimes. It's just a matter of whether she can do that without hurting someone, or herself.
So... I'm sorry I reacted that way during the trial. I wasn't trying to be rude, I'm just worried about her and Maririn, you know?
[ ...a soft laugh. ]
I don't know if I really have a right to be, but I can't really help it.
It's fine, I get it. Probably better than most people do, actually.
[The demon in his heart is snickering, and Rin is trying his best to ignore him.]
Last time, when people kept dying, the way we stopped it was by coming to understand each other. It was an outside force making most of us kill, and once we banded together as a group everything was...well okay, still a little rocky, but it was better. And we managed to win against the god that was making us kill each other in the first place. I don't know if that'll work here too, but I really wanna believe it will. Everyone wants to be understood, you know? Even someone who's killed someone else.
That's kind of similar to how it was for us, too - like, there wasn't a god or anything involved, but it wasn't like anyone who started refracting was in their right mind, either. Once we figured that out, it got easier to find them and help them.
...Try not to push Maririn too hard though, okay? She should be allowed to rest sometimes, too, even if she or Wicked are really angry.
With us we were on two teams, and this god was trying to use the two sides to solve an argument, but they wanted us to kill the other team to solve the argument. So sometimes people got targeted and forced to kill for it.
[This is how Rin understood the game to be, at least?]
But regardless of if it's a god or 'refracting' or whatever, the point is that most people don't just choose to kill because they want to. And even if someone kills, they deserve to be helped too.
I'll try not to push either of them too hard though. I gotta share a bathroom with them, so I don't wanna make it too weird.
I think so, too. There's always a reason that someone kills in these places, and now... now, there are other people in danger than just us. [ the hostages. ] It's not fair to write someone off because they were trying to help another person that they care about, no matter what happens.
[ a soft laugh. ]
Just be patient with her, okay? She'll let you know if you cross a line, too.
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Week 0, Saturday
So you guys all from the same place as Marie already knew about the other-Marie?
[You could say hi first, Rin.]
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Mm. We call her Wicked. She was my roommate before - one of them, anyway.
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I could feel her through the connection-thingy, but I didn't ever talk to her before. Is she a demon possessing Marie?
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[ of course rin knows, with the emotion link and all. ]
But I don't think Wicked is a demon, just... another side of Maririn. She's kind of unpredictable, but she's not necessarily a bad person.
[ HE JUST
FEELS THE NEED TO DEFEND HER JUST IN CASE ]
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[He's like. One of the most non-judgemental people here.]
She just seems angry a lot, that's all.
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[ he doesn't know the first thing about demons so who is he to judge? ]
Mm, like I said, I don't totally understand her, and I don't know if she really wants anyone to try. There's a reason why she's the way she is, but you'd have to hear that from her, if she wants you to know.
All I can tell you is that she had plenty of reasons to be happy where she was before this, and now she's here instead. If she's angry now, I think that's totally valid, all things considered.
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[He could like. Guess that immediately.]
I don't know if I can just leave her there though. Learning to understand people is kinda my thing, yeah? If someone's acting weird or hurting people, it's always for a reason. And I just wanna find that reason and try to stop them from hurting.
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[ that's true enough for all of them, though. ]
I know what you mean. It's the same for me, but every time I've tried, she gets more upset. I think she just needs somewhere to lash out, sometimes. It's just a matter of whether she can do that without hurting someone, or herself.
So... I'm sorry I reacted that way during the trial. I wasn't trying to be rude, I'm just worried about her and Maririn, you know?
[ ...a soft laugh. ]
I don't know if I really have a right to be, but I can't really help it.
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[The demon in his heart is snickering, and Rin is trying his best to ignore him.]
Last time, when people kept dying, the way we stopped it was by coming to understand each other. It was an outside force making most of us kill, and once we banded together as a group everything was...well okay, still a little rocky, but it was better. And we managed to win against the god that was making us kill each other in the first place. I don't know if that'll work here too, but I really wanna believe it will. Everyone wants to be understood, you know? Even someone who's killed someone else.
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That's kind of similar to how it was for us, too - like, there wasn't a god or anything involved, but it wasn't like anyone who started refracting was in their right mind, either. Once we figured that out, it got easier to find them and help them.
...Try not to push Maririn too hard though, okay? She should be allowed to rest sometimes, too, even if she or Wicked are really angry.
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[This is how Rin understood the game to be, at least?]
But regardless of if it's a god or 'refracting' or whatever, the point is that most people don't just choose to kill because they want to. And even if someone kills, they deserve to be helped too.
I'll try not to push either of them too hard though. I gotta share a bathroom with them, so I don't wanna make it too weird.
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I think so, too. There's always a reason that someone kills in these places, and now... now, there are other people in danger than just us. [ the hostages. ] It's not fair to write someone off because they were trying to help another person that they care about, no matter what happens.
[ a soft laugh. ]
Just be patient with her, okay? She'll let you know if you cross a line, too.
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[Rin is pretty sure his hostage wouldn't want him to kill for them, but.]
I'll be patient. I've had tsuntsun friends before, it's fine. It took forever to get under Hua Cheng's skin.
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well. rin will believe what he will. who is kazunari to tell him otherwise?
better to turn his focus to something else. ]
You two knew each other before...?