pc catchall with north and axel (televised, leaberator)

[foodbin]

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week six, wednesday.

[televised]

[Leaning against the wall. Arms crossed. The complete bouncer look while she stands next to Emma, probably.

Anyway--]

Hey.

[It's fine.]

[leaberator]

[ hm. ]

... Hi? Something you guys wanted?

[ he looks confused but unfortunately completely not intimidated sorry north ]

[foodbin]

[She looks much nicer than North does, so it's probably fine.]

So we were wondering, um...

[Hm.]

You know how you told me you have another one of those tops...? How attached are you to using that this trial?

[televised]

[yeah, still looming. quietly.

she'll let emma handle her fire twink until she has to step in. okay.]

[leaberator]

[ hm ]

Exactly what are you guys planning on doing this week?

[foodbin]

[A sigh.]

Why do you think we would be asking you this?

[televised]

[... Sighs.]

I'll cut to the chase. We're taking care of last week's corrupted. Use that top, and you'll out both of us immediately.

[leaberator]

... Yeah, that's what I figured.

[ jeez. he's grimacing a bit. ]

Only way we've got, huh?

[foodbin]

Trust me, if there was a purification item that appeared out of nowhere today, I’d love it. But... I don’t really want to wait and give him the opportunity to attack someone else on Thursday night before we get to him.

[televised]

[Mood, Lea?]

We wouldn't be doing this if we had a better alternative. But the next batch of items will be delivered on Friday. That's way too late to stop him from killing anyone else.

[leaberator]

There's no way we could like... [ he gestures vaguely ] Tie him up or something?

[ there isn't because it's wednesday and murder proposals are closed, axel, wow. though he sounds like he already knows the answer to that even if it's not meta ]

He's not gonna go down easy if he's corrupted.

[foodbin]

We're going to try to knock him out as quickly as we can. I'm not exactly interested in making it more painful than it has to be.

[Ugh.]

[televised]

[She shakes her head. Binch, she wishes they could just tie him up...]

We know. We're prepared for that.

[Maybe.]

... Anyway, that's not what's important. What are you going to do now that you know?

[leaberator]

Are you? The kid's a professional.

[ he looks unimpressed ]

I'm not going to out you, if that's what you're getting at.

[foodbin]

Which is exactly why we have to do something before he goes after someone else.

[She sighs.]

I knew you wouldn't.

[Even if North trusts no Axel.]

[televised]

Do you want to take care of him?

[It's fine? They're fine. North stares at him for a moment longer, before dropping her hands to the side.]

... Thanks. If we get through this, I'll owe you one. [... Pauses. Glances at Emma expectantly, before looking back at Lea.] There's something else you should know.

[leaberator]

Want to? No. But I can if that's what it takes.

[ AGAIN UNFORTUNATELY ITS WEDNESDAY AXEL MURDERS DONE OOC anyway he's. frowning now ]

What else is there?

[foodbin]

No, it's... fine. We'll handle it.

[She looks towards North with a small frown.]

I don't think it's that important... [But anyways.] Shess knows, too. He said he wouldn't go out of his way to tell anyone, but he didn't say he absolutely wouldn't, either.

[televised]

[GIVES EMMA THE MOST DUBIOUS LOOK.]

He said he wouldn't out of his way to lie for us. Which means he's perfectly willing to rat us out if it suits him. [This Shess slander.] We shouldn't have told him anything.

[leaberator]

You told Shess, huh.

[ it's directed more at Emma and he sounds... tired. he lets out a sigh and shrugs, blank faced ]

I wouldn't say he'd be "perfectly willing", but he's not gonna cover for anyone if someone else might suffer for it. You guys do realize the possibility's there that you'll be the only ones who'll have killed this week, right?

[ it's low for him, but ]

[foodbin]

...I wanted to tell you, too. It wasn’t entirely up to me, though.

[Her murder partner is paranoid, and all that.]

Of course I’ve realized that. We’ll deal with it if it comes up.

[televised]

Someone has to die, anyway.

[... From how tense she looks and sounds, it's pretty clear she expects it to be her if push comes to shove.]

[leaberator]

...And people call me reckless.

[ it's wry. ]

We'll see what your situation's like after Thursday. Shess won't out you unless there's a need for it. If someone else did get corrupted, that's always supposed to be the priority.

[foodbin]

[To North:]

...I’ll try my best not to let that happen.

[A small sigh.]

It feels weird to hope someone else is corrupted, but...

[televised]

But it's the only way to save ourselves. [Bluntly.] People will be more willing to overlook his death if there's someone else that's been corrupted.

[...]

Except for Akane, that is.

[leaberator]

[ he looks at Emma before looking back at North ]

She's definitely gonna be the one looking into him the most, no matter what.

[foodbin]

...I’m probably going to use Undertow on her if she’s still alive.