[How did this get so goddamn hard? Two random kids come into his life and they go from completely unrelated to one another to guns at each other's heads. And Iwai loves one, but he's not just leading the other to the slaughter.]
He witnessed a fight between me and Tsuda And I'm not kidding, the next fuckin day Tsuda backed down on the whole deal I've known this guy since we were teens and his mindset's gone back 15 years overnight
Hey listen to me I didn't want him to die and still don't And I'm glad this is over, yeah, of course But it's I dunno how to put this into words It's fuckin spooky
Maybe I don't like who my old brother turned into but he made his choices He did all that shit for a reason I can't say I know those reasons cause I decided to leave and Amamiya sure as hell can't say he knows em so What gave him the right to undo all that time and rewrite who Tsuda's become? What if he wouldn't have taken any of it back?
Hurting people is hurting people but who gets to say what's a mistake that's gotta be fixed?
I dunno if I'm making sense, I've been fucked up about it
ngl he pays more attention to akechi so sounds legit c:
[That's interesting. He needs to think about it for a moment, how it feels to hear the cautious words he'd given in interviews spoken back to him. That someone feels this way genuinely... it's interesting, and similar enough to the truth of his own heart that it makes him smile.]
The truth is, I would rather die than lose my identity.
I have to believe that the choices I make matter, even if they're the wrong ones.
My public feud with the Thieves is a front to benefit Shido's organization, but it's not entirely a lie. It's better to let someone die being the person they are, than to force them to live a life they didn't choose... I do believe that.
But don't take this as me pretending to be some kind of purehearted vigilante. I know I'm not ideologically in the right either. I just disagree with their presumption of justice.
[It's more significant than it sounds. In that is an implicit choice, evidence that Iwai chooses him over Ren.
It's all he's really wanted. Iwai has told him as much, but this is cold, hard proof.]
I think this is it, Iwai.
After this, there will be no opposition in the election. And when he's elected, on that night that he feels the ultimate victory - I'm going to make sure that he knows who got him there.
A hard lump forms in Iwai's throat. If only he could turn informant for the Phantom Thieves just to save Akechi's life... but that would still mean losing him, and the least he can do is respect Akechi's powerful desire to live and die by his own choices.
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yaaaaas the ogs
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It's not because of you.
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For Shido?
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It has nothing to do with you or - what happened. I wanted you to know.
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He's involved with the Phantom Thieves isn't he
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[Which is a confirmation in itself.]
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[How did this get so goddamn hard? Two random kids come into his life and they go from completely unrelated to one another to guns at each other's heads. And Iwai loves one, but he's not just leading the other to the slaughter.]
He witnessed a fight between me and Tsuda
And I'm not kidding, the next fuckin day Tsuda backed down on the whole deal
I've known this guy since we were teens and his mindset's gone back 15 years overnight
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I didn't help you because you begged me not to.
Don't feel like you owe him because he did. I could have fixed this for you instead.
i will be accepting feedback if this seems too far off iwai's canon take btw
I didn't want him to die and still don't
And I'm glad this is over, yeah, of course
But it's
I dunno how to put this into words
It's fuckin spooky
Maybe I don't like who my old brother turned into but he made his choices
He did all that shit for a reason
I can't say I know those reasons cause I decided to leave and Amamiya sure as hell can't say he knows em so
What gave him the right to undo all that time and rewrite who Tsuda's become?
What if he wouldn't have taken any of it back?
Hurting people is hurting people but who gets to say what's a mistake that's gotta be fixed?
I dunno if I'm making sense, I've been fucked up about it
ngl he pays more attention to akechi so sounds legit c:
The truth is, I would rather die than lose my identity.
I have to believe that the choices I make matter, even if they're the wrong ones.
My public feud with the Thieves is a front to benefit Shido's organization, but it's not entirely a lie. It's better to let someone die being the person they are, than to force them to live a life they didn't choose... I do believe that.
But don't take this as me pretending to be some kind of purehearted vigilante. I know I'm not ideologically in the right either. I just disagree with their presumption of justice.
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You're too complicated for a pure heart
We got that much in common
Thing is, I've been supplying em with
I mean I don't know how they use em, they're all just models and knock offs
But I've been arming em for awhile
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Is this your way of warning me?
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It's all he's really wanted. Iwai has told him as much, but this is cold, hard proof.]
I think this is it, Iwai.
After this, there will be no opposition in the election. And when he's elected, on that night that he feels the ultimate victory - I'm going to make sure that he knows who got him there.
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A hard lump forms in Iwai's throat. If only he could turn informant for the Phantom Thieves just to save Akechi's life... but that would still mean losing him, and the least he can do is respect Akechi's powerful desire to live and die by his own choices.
This is it.]
I hope you get everything you want from it
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I know you disagree. I promised not to involve you and I still won't.
I just felt like you deserved to know. Since you know him.
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[Busy being a Phantom Thief...]
Tomorrow?
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[If he doesn't sound as festive about it as usual, it's because he's bracing himself to say goodbye.]
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[And a short pause before he sends a quick followup.]
❤️
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