wcb r5; day 1; Moriarty

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[Akane is perfectly calm, and perfectly willing to be carried wherever Moriarty sees fit to take her. Why shouldn't she be? She knows him, even if he doesn't know her. He wouldn't kill her without a good reason, not this early. Not even if he doesn't know her.

And if he has a good enough reason for that...?

Well, maybe that would be fair too. But for now she's perfectly relaxed.]

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[She lets out a small, half broken sound like a sob and her arms go around him in turn when he reaches out and hugs her and she clings, and there's a release of tension as he doesn't hate her, doesn't blame her for where they are now, doesn't....]

I'm glad I get to meet you again. I'm glad I met you the first time. I love you, Daddy.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[He smiles, continuing to hold her. To just...be there.]

And I you, my dear. Though you'll have to be a bit understanding if there are things I miss! I'll have to learn you once more.

[And then...Moriarty laughs, lightly.]

Then again, I suppose this is merely my comeuppance for normally being the one in your situation!

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[She laughs in turn, just a little, and there's a tangled mess of relief and sorrow and joy and pain and far too many conflicting emotions in it. But still.]

That's okay. I told you, I know that you aren't, well.... That you aren't the you I knew before. It's only understandable that it will take time for all of this again.

[And then he makes her laugh again, almost giggle, and this time there's relief more prominently than anything else in it.]

Maybe there is. If it helps, I do know some of what you're dealing with, I think.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[He nods, softly.]'

Ah? Yes, I assume you would, given...

[He trails off, before gesturing.]

...Well. I needn't say it fully, hm?

[There's a pause again, before-]

...Ah. Should I go into a bit of detail about myself, given what you've kindly told me about yourself? While I am certain the core of the two of us remains the same, I have gone through certain...events my other has not, I'm sure.

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If you want to. I'm still kind of a stranger to you, right?

[This part... it can never really be rushed, no matter what the need is. What a shame.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Well, consider it tit for tat with the trust you showed me earlier.

[He smiles at her, then-]

Truthfully, I was never taken to the world I was in before like most involved in this game for the purpose of playing in these sorts of games - no, I was instead summoned to the middle of one to play a certain bit part.

[He sighs, dramatically.]

It was supposed to be a simple thing - one and done! Yet, just because I led them all on a small, inconsequential chase, one of them forced a contract with me.

[He shrugs, though it's with a bit of chagrin.]

...Well, I suppose I had another reason in accepting it, and it wasn't completely forced. Still!