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ofmanydevices (ofmanydevices) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-08-03 15:03:00

Entry tags:

misaki, tom

Who: Tom and Misaki
What: Tom melts down
Where: Rooftops of the dorm
When: Monday evening
Why: Because he should have known

Tom stood on the roof of the dorms, looking out at the setting sun. He could almost feel his heart beat, and anger surged through him so much that his body was shaking, but the anger was undirected, and mixed with profound sadness and disappointment.
He'd known. It would have been one thing if he hadn't been there, or if he hadn't noticed it, but Tom had followed them on the school trip expecting the killer to strike. He knew, or at least he was relatively sure that people's shadows were coming out of Paradise while they were trapped inside. He'd watched that camp all night looking for suspicious behavior, and he'd seen Aomori acting odd, he'd noted it and done nothing. He shut his eyes and dropped his head trying to control the powerful emotions that tore at him.

Another person was dead, and it was his fault.

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ofmanydevices
2009-08-05 06:17 pm UTC (link)

"I have been relying on myself since I was six years old! On top of that, the way I do things doesn't get in the way of me working with the others. I still provide the information I have, I still go with them, there is absolutely nothing that says I need to be friends with everyone else.

And if you really think we should all be friends, you should probably sit down with Satou and Akuba first, or Shirai and Ito."

Tom finally stopped walking and turned toward Misaki.

"You know what? Now that you mention it. You want to prove me wrong about people? You think I should be on the team? You think it's important? Ask Ikeda. Ask Ito, or hey ask Satou, since you brought him up.
Do you think they *want* me around? Do you think they, for a second care about what happens to me? Or do they tolerate me because of how useful I ae, or because I have a persona.

You're wrong about the world Aoi. You're the one with a skewered perception. You care, but no one else does. You're actually friendly, no one else is. This isn't a volunteer sport, or a game like Satou's soccer team. It's a bunch of people doign what needs to be done, so that it can be over with."

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pinksunbeam
2009-08-05 06:38 pm UTC (link)

Six? He's been on his own since he was six? How is that possible? What sort of life has Sagaki-san been living?

Misaki was shaking and snapped, "You think I have a skewed vision of the world, well your wrong! I try to make friends because at least then I know people care about me. It's not like walking into a house where your mother is never home and your father is always in his office! You just never give them the chance because you act so sure of yourself Sagaki-san."

Misaki rubbed the spot where he had grabbed her, "You're very wrong about them. They would give you the chance if you stop acting like you know everything. This isn't some sort of game we're playing. Things don't always go according to some master plan. Have it over with? You're acting like this is a manga, a...a comic book. But this isn't. People have died here. People that had loved ones, who cared about them."

"Do you know why people are scared of you Sagaki-san? It's because they think you act like a know it all. They think that you think you're so utterly perfect. But you know what...you're not. You're a teenage boy living in a dorm! Even Detective Shirow doesn't act like that and she's a detective. She's got to work with her team to figure things out, if she went off like you did, nothing would be done!"

" It's not about what you can bring or about the personas. We're the only ones that know the truth about that. If we go to the police they're going to think we did it or that we're all insane. They would want you around if you stopped acting so presumptious and start acting like someone who cared about the situation. You say you prepared yourself to stop someone from dying, then start acting like it, and stop acting like the whole world is out to hate you, because it's not! It's only the way you see it Sagaki-san."

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ofmanydevices
2009-08-05 06:56 pm UTC (link)

Tom was shaking, just a bit. He realized that the more he argued with Aoi, the worse the two would get. He worried he might do something he didn't want to, or say something he would regret. Through it, he heard her express some disdain for his methods and attitude. That was good, he latched on to that in the hopes that Aoi would actually believe this was a game to him, that he didn't know the stakes.

He took a breath, and the walls were back up.

"Think whatever you want about me. I'm done talking to you."

He turned away, for, what he believed was the last time, and began walking away.

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pinksunbeam
2009-08-05 07:03 pm UTC (link)

"We're not done yet!" Misaki shouted and followed him. "I know what I saw on the roof Sagaki-san! That wasn't a lie, you didn't fake that reaction. You were really upset by what happened."

"Why are you acting like this? Don't you see, if you show that you actually care, then people will be more understanding of what you're doing, maybe even like you. Or are you afraid that if you cared someone would reject you. Well that scares me too, but I at least try to deal with it."

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ofmanydevices
2009-08-05 07:24 pm UTC (link)

Tom didn't respond, he forced himself not to, and kept walking. Finally he walked around a corner to a window on the first floor. Tom pushed it up, and climbed inside.

In Tom's room Misaki could see lines on the walls leading to various pieces of paper, and a bed. There was also a small white and tan puppy who seemed to greet Tom with a wagging tail.

Before she would be able to spy anything else though, Tom pushed the window shut, and with a click, locked it. Then the blinds dropped.

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