justonezero | CATCH ALL; MAKOTO

[He raises his head a bit at the sound of his name, sitting himself up to look over.]

Oh. Hey, Makoto.

[There's a smile on his face, but it's terribly wan. Practically painted on, not reaching his eyes at all.]

[ah... she just sits next to him.]

We should talk.

[He blinks, and then slowly turns his body, legs over the edge to make space for her. A single nod, and then:]

...Yeah. Probably.

[she looks towards him, her hands balled into fists at her knees. Whatever emotions she has-- the seem to be blanketed under the softest of sadness.]

I'm sorry. I didn't volunteer for as long as I could, but I panicked when Akira stepped forward. It felt like the only solution to stop them from voting for him was to step forward myself...

He'll probably just use his role instead... if he can, anyway.

[The resort shutting down makes him wonder. A lot of things do. The future is so, so uncertain now.]

No matter how it goes, he ends up dying. I thought... if you two were together, you'd be able to keep each other alive for the best ending, but...

[He wasn't strong enough to make it work.]

I won't let him if he tries.

[she says, but she's out of anger. she's just got numbness left. only numbness, which is why she doesn't even bother on commenting about how keeping her alive was an attempt to keep him alive? surely, he'll survive.]

... So don't think that he'll die.

We won't be able to interact with them much longer anyway.

[So. Good luck? He's feeling pretty hopeless on that front. But then again, he's feeling pretty hopeless in general.]

...If you were the one who got left behind, and you had a chance to revive someone...

You wouldn't use it?

... I don't know.

[she glances at him.]

But I can insist he doesn't use it on me, and I'm not sure how he would do it without the Lady.

I guess if all the roles are really tied to her...

[But there's still the mystery of 34 - a lot of mysteries, actually.

He doesn't want to think too hard.]

...I just thought... you two would've been able to support each other. Because if either one of you died, the other one would definitely have a hard time continuing on. But you're stronger together, because you trust each other so much.

[He releases a long breath, pulling up his legs. Wrapping his arms around them.

It doesn't really matter now. It didn't go according to plan. Nothing ever really did.]

That just means he has to save us all now.

[she smiles.]

Which he was already going to do, no matter what.

[He doesn't have a reply for her, head just drooping a bit. He's usually a pretty candid kid; it's kind of a problem, actually.

But right now, he just sees everyone falling apart, no one else well enough to help them pick up the pieces again.]

CATCH ALL; MAKOTO

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