hero pcs: danny + temenos

[doghouse]

old men attempt to save teen from his disaster self and his ex-roommate

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w5 friday

[doghouse]

[ after that newspaper edition comes out... ]

yo, lets meet up in the usual place. i think it's probably time to reevaluate some stuff.

[ and he will be waiting in the tarkea garden section!!! ]

[foreverphantom]

[ he doesn't respond, but the message will show as having been read by Danny

so here he is in the tarkea garden section i guess, why is this our usual place help, looking mildly concerned by whatever this reevaluation is about ]

[inquired]

[ oh boy oh boy! temenos is there a little early - he's got a pen in his hand and is poring over the letter to the editor, making marks occasionally on it even while he's walking.

once he makes it, he gives danny a little smile, and hums. ]

Gemini. Congratulations on surviving the week, mm?

[foreverphantom]

[ huffs a little ] I'm not even a Gemini.

...I guess you two really did come through in terms of keeping anyone from killing me.

[inquired]

It was certainly a team effort, but I agree with Datz.

[ and our writer. ]

[foreverphantom]

...was there anyone gunning for me before you two intervened?

[inquired]

Yes.

[foreverphantom]

...can you tell me who?

[inquired]

No.

[foreverphantom]

Jerk.

[inquired]

Would you like me to break the sanctity of your confessional, too?

[doghouse]

[ sweats ]

[doghouse]

Yeah.

[ a nod at temenos, WE BOTH KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. he's got a copy of the paper himself, opened to the horoscope page, which he's just going to shove at danny. ]

You get a chance to read this yet?

[foreverphantom]

[ he doesn't even have to look at it to know what's being shoved at him ]

Yes. And?

[doghouse]

Well, now that you've gotten through this week alive and everyone's had time to cool down, I agree with him.

It'd be one thing if you were just steering clear of everyone you were afraid of hurting, but if you're gonna be hangin' out with 'em and building treehouses together and everything, it's actually kinda messed up to keep lying to 'em.

[foreverphantom]

They've only cooled down because they don't have a target. The second they do, they'll be out for blood.

...I know I'm selfish for leading them on. But it's all I have. And I don't want to hurt them even more by letting them know I'm the one that did it.

[doghouse]

We know stuff now that we didn't know at the start of the week. That if we play our cards right, the dead are gonna get to come back at the end of this. That means there might be a little more room for them accepting what you did, as long as you do everything in your power to make sure he comes back to 'em.

Also means everyone's probably gonna find out the truth eventually anyway. It'd be better to hear it from you than from someone else or from a poorly timed thought bubble.

[inquired]

[ he nods. ]

Yes, I concur.

But, the newspaper, I believe, makes a point. Honesty can come slowly - a few people at a time. You don't need to announce it to the world, not now, and certainly not tomorrow. Aelfric forbid we don't solve either of these cases.

[ he'll be real here too: that mob rule thing can be real. ]

[doghouse]

Right. I don't think you need to tell everyone, but Nimona, Nico, and Will — they deserve to hear it.

[foreverphantom]

[ he flinches ]

They're the ones who'll be hurt by it most. And who deserve it the least.

[inquired]

Was it easy to build that treehouse with Nimona on Monday, and pretend that nothing was wrong?

[foreverphantom]

[ jesus. cutthroat, huh. ]

Not as easy as all the pretending I've been doing since the minute I got here, but that sure gave me plenty of practice.

[inquired]

[ datz is the nice weird uncle ]

Based on this newspaper, I think it's quite possible that our dearly departed can see us - which means that that may have helped to motivate the stars' advice for you.

[foreverphantom]

I know full well that they can, and that Reigen's the one who wrote the Gemini section. That doesn't mean he's right.

He's treating his murderer like a good person who just needs some advice. So maybe, just maybe, we can assume that he's not exactly the most accurate judge of how good and kind people will be when they hear about this?

[inquired]

Then allow me to present you with the opposite side. How do you think they will feel when they find out that you killed Reigen and you've been lying to them about it and acting like things are normal? Sympathetic?