[ you are not allowed to put yin yu in the father zone he is literally 10 times your age
I MEAN. it's. fine. he feels that tightening, and he recognizes that guy is reacting back to his own emotions. for a moment, it all disappears again. sanji. minako, zenitsu. he didn't know about the first two either, but, sanji was a surprise--yasusada must have been inconsolable. that means lili probably knew he killed yin yu from thursday night. that's...good. his trap worked, after all.
...as he starts to talk, a little drips through. some relief on his own end. small, faint. a little resolve. ]
...I was hoping they would have found more than one. I knew that Yasusada would not be difficult to catch...especially not with Lady Lili being the one to seek him out. [ he attacked yin yu with his sword, after all. ] I thought... if they were able to connect the two of us, then they could leave my death be and focus on the others.
[ to the end, he is someone who does not matter. if yin yu's last moments were helpful to others, then... then maybe, maybe it was worth something. ] Were they able to clear the effects of the power on Lady Lili?
[HE'S A MOM OKAY THIS IS JUST HOW HE IS EVEN IF HE'S LIKE 1/30TH OF YOUR AGE.....]
I wouldn't say it worked entirely like that. Lili did immediately connect that she and Yasusada had been linked for a reason, and that she believed he was a killer involved with your death. It was getting others to take that at face value that seemed to be the real struggle, especially when the trial went on and more evidence was found.
They were able to clear the connection though, yes. And when they discovered enough that you'd been cleanly decapitated after a decent struggle, I think that in itself sealed what happened for enough people. [there's another flicker of sorrow, of regret. he's sorry there wasn't anything more he could have done. He's sorry Yin Yu had to end up here, like this.
...]
Magnus was suspected in the case of Sanji. Taako actually admitted as much, as well as admitting his own involvement, as he believed Magnus acted in self-defense. It wasn't proven, though. And...
...
[There's hesitation - his face says he's merely thinking, but there's a tension in his feelings, a trepidation muffled back down before he can dwell on it further. Put it aside, let what was necessary come up to take its place. Right now? That was something firm, concerned, compassionate. Nothing fake. Nothing forced. Just choosing one over the other.]
Taako was punished. But it looks like our host had a firmer message to get across to us about sharing secrets this time.
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[ this is good, useful information. in a way, he's not surprised that his power wasn't immediately taken at face value - and reassured, too. he'd told lili once that he wanted to be suspected as much as anyone else, if things had gone wrong, so to know that she wasn't trying to protect him and was just trying to seek the truth with the others is... it's good. it's reassuring. a part of him feels unbearably guilty for leaving her behind. what kind of a retainer (even if he wasn't) was he?
at least they were able to kill the power before execution. otherwise, he would have been displeased to maybe find lady lili right here.
at the mention of the cause of his death, and the flicker of guy's emotions, yin yu shakes his head. ] ...it's alright. We fought to the end. He had wounded me - [ briefly, he lifts his other hand to go over the wound he no longer has, the diagonal slash ] - I knew that I was going to bleed out, even if I won. I thought it would be best that they had someone to question.
[ there's a lot unsaid there, but it's fairly clear. yin yu made the choice to die without wounding yasusada. his last act could've been a stab to his heart - instead, he'd chosen to tie him to lili to help them seek out answers.
as guy continues his story, surprise flickers across his expression, before he nods. so they did find out something. ] ...So, in the end, they were able to find two. [ three. good. good, hopefully that helped them get somewhere.
immediately, he thinks of giyuu and his poor arm. ] -He was punished for confessing? If he was punished, then it must have been as close to confirmed as could be. [ the fact that they're only allowed to catch one person at a time is... something. ] What happened?
It was a risk on Taako's part, but they revealed that there are certain people tasked with additional rules in this game. Winter clarified it for me yesterday - they're specialized roles, and they can be punished for breaking their silence. We have a couple of them here, but their limitations haven't changed.
...
[He tightens his hand against Yin Yu's. There's a sudden flair of anger, a bubbling up from that emotional sea that turns the stomach with an icy grip, before he shoves it right back, leaving as blank a slate as he can.]
"Loose lips sink ships" is what the voice said, right before execution. The dice made to choose weapons had all of the higher numbers blurred out.
[ and for this first time, guy's going to feel a rush of clear, unblocked emotion.
he's going to feel fear. it is so bone deep and dark that it rattles intensely, like a monster lurking in the depth. his heart stops, because there is nothing more terrifying than those six words.
yin yu had prepared himself for worst case scenarios when he'd woken up. when he remembered everything - when he didn't see lili an standing here - he thought that perhaps they had been successful. whether they had chosen to catch yasusada and execute him or someone else hadn't mattered; just as long as they were able to use the trap he laid to get some information, it was worth it. he knew logically lili would have a way out. he knew, logically, it would be okay.
he never once thought of the idea that it would be flayn to be the one to execute him.
the fear spirals off into anxiety, into guilt. he wasn't there to protect her. he wasn't there to keep her safe. yin yu had made flayn a promise (and he'd broken it) and he'd made himself one (he'd broken that too). he'd do everything in his power to keep her safe, and the minute he disappeared, it -
he inhales. sharp, surprised. loose lips sink ships: was it his fault? what did she say? what did she do? what did yasusada do - was she hurt, was she suffering? the anxiety takes over for the guilt, again, the terror. he knows she's not here but-
but if flayn was here, that meant that yasusada could have caused her such tremendous pain. that she could be hurt, badly, that she had to mentally deal with it (and flayn is so strong but she didn't deserve that, she didn't deserve this place)
how cruel he was to not only leave her be, but to make her be the one to play executioner for a killer that took out him?
his voice doesn't shake, but there's no question mark at the end of his statement, either. ] What happened. Tell me everything. [ the tiniest pause, and then, with a hint more desperation, which is a lot, for someone like him. ] Please.
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I MEAN. it's. fine. he feels that tightening, and he recognizes that guy is reacting back to his own emotions. for a moment, it all disappears again. sanji. minako, zenitsu. he didn't know about the first two either, but, sanji was a surprise--yasusada must have been inconsolable. that means lili probably knew he killed yin yu from thursday night. that's...good. his trap worked, after all.
...as he starts to talk, a little drips through. some relief on his own end. small, faint. a little resolve. ]
...I was hoping they would have found more than one. I knew that Yasusada would not be difficult to catch...especially not with Lady Lili being the one to seek him out. [ he attacked yin yu with his sword, after all. ] I thought... if they were able to connect the two of us, then they could leave my death be and focus on the others.
[ to the end, he is someone who does not matter. if yin yu's last moments were helpful to others, then... then maybe, maybe it was worth something. ] Were they able to clear the effects of the power on Lady Lili?
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I wouldn't say it worked entirely like that. Lili did immediately connect that she and Yasusada had been linked for a reason, and that she believed he was a killer involved with your death. It was getting others to take that at face value that seemed to be the real struggle, especially when the trial went on and more evidence was found.
They were able to clear the connection though, yes. And when they discovered enough that you'd been cleanly decapitated after a decent struggle, I think that in itself sealed what happened for enough people. [there's another flicker of sorrow, of regret. he's sorry there wasn't anything more he could have done. He's sorry Yin Yu had to end up here, like this.
...]
Magnus was suspected in the case of Sanji. Taako actually admitted as much, as well as admitting his own involvement, as he believed Magnus acted in self-defense. It wasn't proven, though. And...
...
[There's hesitation - his face says he's merely thinking, but there's a tension in his feelings, a trepidation muffled back down before he can dwell on it further. Put it aside, let what was necessary come up to take its place. Right now? That was something firm, concerned, compassionate. Nothing fake. Nothing forced. Just choosing one over the other.]
Taako was punished. But it looks like our host had a firmer message to get across to us about sharing secrets this time.
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at least they were able to kill the power before execution. otherwise, he would have been displeased to maybe find lady lili right here.
at the mention of the cause of his death, and the flicker of guy's emotions, yin yu shakes his head. ] ...it's alright. We fought to the end. He had wounded me - [ briefly, he lifts his other hand to go over the wound he no longer has, the diagonal slash ] - I knew that I was going to bleed out, even if I won. I thought it would be best that they had someone to question.
[ there's a lot unsaid there, but it's fairly clear. yin yu made the choice to die without wounding yasusada. his last act could've been a stab to his heart - instead, he'd chosen to tie him to lili to help them seek out answers.
as guy continues his story, surprise flickers across his expression, before he nods. so they did find out something. ] ...So, in the end, they were able to find two. [ three. good. good, hopefully that helped them get somewhere.
immediately, he thinks of giyuu and his poor arm. ] -He was punished for confessing? If he was punished, then it must have been as close to confirmed as could be. [ the fact that they're only allowed to catch one person at a time is... something. ] What happened?
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...
[He tightens his hand against Yin Yu's. There's a sudden flair of anger, a bubbling up from that emotional sea that turns the stomach with an icy grip, before he shoves it right back, leaving as blank a slate as he can.]
"Loose lips sink ships" is what the voice said, right before execution. The dice made to choose weapons had all of the higher numbers blurred out.
And Yasusada had to fight Flayn.
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he's going to feel fear. it is so bone deep and dark that it rattles intensely, like a monster lurking in the depth. his heart stops, because there is nothing more terrifying than those six words.
yin yu had prepared himself for worst case scenarios when he'd woken up. when he remembered everything - when he didn't see lili an standing here - he thought that perhaps they had been successful. whether they had chosen to catch yasusada and execute him or someone else hadn't mattered; just as long as they were able to use the trap he laid to get some information, it was worth it. he knew logically lili would have a way out. he knew, logically, it would be okay.
he never once thought of the idea that it would be flayn to be the one to execute him.
the fear spirals off into anxiety, into guilt. he wasn't there to protect her. he wasn't there to keep her safe. yin yu had made flayn a promise (and he'd broken it) and he'd made himself one (he'd broken that too). he'd do everything in his power to keep her safe, and the minute he disappeared, it -
he inhales. sharp, surprised. loose lips sink ships: was it his fault? what did she say? what did she do? what did yasusada do - was she hurt, was she suffering? the anxiety takes over for the guilt, again, the terror. he knows she's not here but-
but if flayn was here, that meant that yasusada could have caused her such tremendous pain. that she could be hurt, badly, that she had to mentally deal with it (and flayn is so strong but she didn't deserve that, she didn't deserve this place)
how cruel he was to not only leave her be, but to make her be the one to play executioner for a killer that took out him?
his voice doesn't shake, but there's no question mark at the end of his statement, either. ] What happened. Tell me everything. [ the tiniest pause, and then, with a hint more desperation, which is a lot, for someone like him. ] Please.