[WEEK 3: Tuesday evening, the library; Jay, Yukina]

[nowyouseeit]

[he can still feel it. the sting from yesterday's sacrifice lingers in his index finger, a tiny ghost that can't be exorcised. the memory of his stomach dropping and turning inside out at the news of Dave's death is as fresh as the memory he's making now, as he walks up to the locked library with Yukina and Jay in tow. but even clearer than any of that, and what Kaito had decided to hold onto, because fuck it if he would ever let this place get to him, are Craftly's words]

["The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. That... that is what you must contend with. Your contract is binding and thus, until the very end... you must face the unknown."]

[he never thought this job would be easy. not from the very beginning, when it was obvious he was going to have the point a gun at a living being and pull the trigger in order to end this farce of a game with as many survivors as possible. so even with the pain from yesterday-- physical, and emotional-- still lingering in his mind, Kaito manages to hold his head up high. he promised he would, and he is if nothing a man of his word]

All right.

[a head that he tilts towards Jay and Yukina once they're standing in front of their target building, of course]

According to Jay's map, this is the library. Are you guys ready?

Comments

[ninjay]

[ finding out about dave was definitely not the best way to end last night, especially after having to regrow a finger. dirk has more or less moved into jay and jake's room, so it's been... a thing. until now, everyone who died didn't know anyone from back home, so you didn't really see true grief over a death.

it's also a little unnerving that dave probably died at the same time they were talking about him. ]

Of course. Oh, and Yukina. [ he pulls out the knife he promised her, holding it out for her to take. he's making sure that the way he's gripping the knife isn't in a position you can really stab someone with, just so yukina won't feel like he won't suddenly shank her. ]