Canonpoints and confusion @ towerofanimus

[pitythefool]

H-hey, hang on a second. Let's just see if I've got this straight.

[Adachi awkwardly scratches the back of his head, piecing it all together.]

So... you're telling me that they know. You know that they know. But I won't know that they know until they get back from who-knows-where?

[He sighs in frustration.]

Well, you and I sure are off to a great start, aren't we? That's just fantastic.

((Spoilers for Persona 4 are more than likely to show up in comments.))

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[pitiedthefool]

[What is the phrase he's looking for... Oh, right. Deal with it. At least you aren't losing your- wait, you wanted certain things to happen to everyone.

...Welp.]

There are worse ways to start off, Adachi-san.

[H-haha...]

[pitythefool]

You think so, huh?

[Adachi seriously doubts it.]

Like what?

[chaos_that_crawls]

It has been said that "the truth will set you free".

[His smirk widens a little.]

And I agree. It's liberating. It's liberating that you don't have to lie or hide your "true self", isn't it? And that's what they want too.

[pitiedthefool]

We could have been from before you were...

[> You begin to list the many possible ways things could be worse for any of them...]







THIRTY MINUTES LATER...]

-or before any of this ever happened and you're still completely innocent.

[He has a lot of time to think in a cell of his own, thanks.]

Not here.

[deathboss]

GET OUT.

But I can see you.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Can't get outer than an outer god.

[pitythefool]

...Since when are you such a blabbermouth?

[Don't take it too personally, Silent Protag. This is the reigning champion of saying way too much talking here.]

[pitythefool]

[Getting locked away in a massive prison? Having all your secrets laid bare? That's liberating?]

...Y'know, I think I'm still having a bit of a hard time trying to see things from your perspective.

[pitiedthefool]

Things change when you get locked up and tortured for over a week straight.

[Please don't notice the dead look in his eyes please don't notice it-]

[chaos_that_crawls]

[For a god bent on dragging humanity down to hell, he's surprisingly optimistic.]

You have nothing left to lose if everything you ever called yours was exhausted from you. Other opportunities will rise. I can personally guarantee that from past experiences.

[1/2]

[pitythefool]

What? [Oh, Yu, you kidder.] Don't tell me they still found a way to drag you brats off to school while we're---

[pitythefool]

[...Wait.]

You're serious.

[pitiedthefool]

[See this face, Adachi-san? Does this look like the face of someone who is kidding? He's already had to sit back and watch three people die in front of him, hear the screams of their loved ones as it happened in an even more gruesome manner than the TV... Hell, he even heard his own team members wishing they had one right about now. It's that bad.

He sighs.]

Like I said, things could be worse.

[pitythefool]

[For an average joe sick of his average world, Adachi's gotta admit this guy's got a point.]

For now, though, I'm still stuck in the dark playing the waiting game. No thanks to this dumbass.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Humor me here. If you were given the chance to redo the series of incidents you've started, would you decline? Or would you try again and win?

[He's expecting a certain answer, but who knows, maybe he'll be surprised.]

[pitythefool]

[Adachi regards Narukami in silence for a moment before leering down his nose at him.]

Guess so.

[Why would the detective bother apologizing when he isn't sorry to hear that at all? Adachi's suffered plenty when he was younger, it's only fair that Mr. Perfect gets a taste of how bad life can truly be in return.]

[pitythefool]

Do you really need to ask? [An indignant snarl that gives way to a smirk. Having yet to lose, Adachi has yet to really regret any of his poor life decisions at this point.] Of course I'd do it again.

[pitiedthefool]

[...Suffer. Do you really know what true suffering is? How he's almost snapped two or three times in the course of being here? No, no you don't. Much like he doesn't know what you went through because of someone's temper tantrum getting in the way of good communication skills. So in a sense? ...Nope. Not going to waste the energy in nearly doing the same. Just look rather bored.]

How's it going, keeping control of your powers in the main part of the tower?

[Please, he's far from perfect. He just knows when to shut up and when to speak. Also when to show some pity or remorse, and he... can't be as harsh as he was back home... Dammit, partial loss of free will.]

[pitythefool]

[Well, that puts a smirk back on his face. Adachi, you asshole.]

Can't complain too much. [Two seconds later...] I mean, electricity would be nice. Buuuut it'll be back soon enough.

[Hopefully before the Brat Pack comes back.]

[pitiedthefool]

...You have a lot to learn, Adachi-san.

[With his luck, one or two may come back early... if the fragment of Death itself in their pod has anything to say about it.]

Nothing is ever that easy unless Dax is in charge for the month, and he's busy with this [stupid] competition.

[foggiestidea]

Good luck with that.

[pitythefool]

[Awesome, someone out there who understands just how tough he's got it. Only figures that nobody else would understand Adachi as well as he does.]

...Thanks.

[pitythefool]

Yeah? We'll see.

[He's been abducted, sure, but he's still pretty damn powerful. Best prepare yourself, Narukami.]

And what's wrong with a little competition?

[hispalette]

That's a lot of knows.

[pitythefool]

I kn---

[No. Catching himself.]

I'm aware.