[pcs] babo kim

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[oathic]

... Jin Ling is pretty stubborn. He even demanded the flute from me earlier this week.

[unanswering]

Is that why he was aware of what you were doing?

[oathic]

He got the info out of Hunter through... questionable means, and them came running to me about it.

If it'd been my choice, he wouldn't have known.

[unanswering]

Mm. I've tried to speak to him about it, but... we'll see if that changes anything.

[a very heavy sigh.]

I really don't know how Sect Leader Jiang does it.

[oathic]

He's... definitely a handful. He's hurting, and I'm sympathetic to that, but the problem is that he's taking it out on others...

[unanswering]

I can somewhat understand how he feels, given his background, but he's still-- so set on doing things alone. I only hope we can talk him into cooperating more, here, before it really is too late.

[oathic]

I'm pretty worried about him. Ayabe and Zenitsu were both his friends...

[unanswering]

Mm. And Beau was close to Ayabe and young master Isaac. She- wanted to help Ayabe, I know.

[so- that's two of the people nie huaisang's trying to look after who won't be doing well.]

[oathic]

... I'm sorry. It must be hard on you.

[unanswering]

...I did hope Ayabe might live.

[a little shake of his head.]

But it's still hardest on the two of them.

[oathic]

... You're a good friend, Nie. Or whatever you are to Jin Ling. But for the both of them.

[unanswering]

I really don't know what I am to young master Jin either.

[he's not quite a stand-in for either of his uncles, but he considers him his responsibility anyway.]

But I've- tried to be, for her. It's been some time.

[oathic]

... I do think your presence helps a lot.

[unanswering]

...she says that it does.

[that's a little softer.]

I just hope it will turn out to be enough.

[oathic]

.. If it isn't in the end, then it won't be your fault.

[unanswering]

I know. Still...

[he trails off, there, apparently deciding not to finish that sentence-- if he knew how he meant to finish it at all.]

It's nothing to worry about right now. There's still tomorrow to get through, as well as speaking with everyone else... I'm not certain how to expect that to go yet.

[oathic]

... We'll see, I suppose.

[agni is going in with the mentality of "hope for the best, expect the worst".

but it would be at least one bit of good news between failing isaac and ayabe and tanking his friendships.]

The house is getting angry. We're running out of time.

[unanswering]

And as far as I'm aware, the lead you have is all that we know when it comes to potential separation. We don't know who's assisting us, either.

[another huff of a sigh.]

I've had a thought or two, but no confirmation yet, and if anyone I've spoken to knows they're unwilling to admit it... how many have assumed it's you, by the way?

[oathic]

... No one?

[unanswering]

Really? I'm a little surprised. You usually seem to know things... I'd have thought that would lead people to think so.

[oathic]

Does it seem like I know things?

[unanswering]

More than others, in a few cases. But maybe you're just the only one who shares them with me.

[equally possible, let's be totally honest.]

Personally, I've thought miss Luna might be involved, but I haven't tried speaking with her about it yet.

[oathic]

Luna? I could see it. Although if that's the case, then I don't think she's one of the people who checks people—wasn't she cleared in an earlier week? I doubt she would've checked herself.

[unanswering]

She wouldn't, or maybe couldn't. The same wouldn't apply to master Wright, would it? I would want to know, at some point, if the person I worked with was safe... or perhaps he didn't know at the time?

[he shrugs one shoulder.]

She's the one who said she guessed at the likelihood they couldn't speak for themselves, and Akira said she had a theory that master Wright had some form of privileges here before we all learned of it. Not impossible assumptions to make, but there's also a much easier reason to have both guesses-- even if it's just that she somehow learned it, rather than being involved herself.

If she did learn, though, I'd like to find out how.

[oathic]

Hm... Well, I'm not really close enough to her that she'd tell me, I think...