[What had he planned to do after he was done with Shido? Akechi said a lot of things he'd like to do in interviews: travel around the world, do schooling somewhere else. Live his life. They were vapid responses from a person who never thought he'd have any of it. He never saw them as things he'd do, but the things that someone should say.
Her response jars him in making him recognize it again, just as the version of him formed by the metaverse had dangled his lack of freedom in his face. He was nothing but a puppet for Shido, one in denial of how he would be tossed away.
He considers her response. His goal with Shido was personally motivated, but would he do that with most? Dressing it up the right way could lead to him having further opportunities based on it.]
I'd say it depends.
If you need to be rid of that person, then there are ways to make that happen. But otherwise, you can find a means of working it so that you can cut ties cleanly. Too many messy ... disconnections start to stand out, and the goal is to never have their eyes on you in a suspicious way.
[Something he also failed at, too caught up in what he believed.
This is an approach learned from many mistakes.]
There's always something to value in letting them think you need them, especially when you can find a way to make it more equal. Sometimes removing that is just as good as getting rid of them. Incompetence follows.
I know it all sounds rather convoluted, but I've seen more simplistic takes. I've learned that you need to be more thoughtful.
[Akechi does not add that his take was the simplistic one.]
[In her current emotional state, she'd rather just strong-arm someone into doing what she needed, but that's probably only going to make things worse for her.]
usually when i'm about to lose it, i would either turn into a werewolf and run wild through the forest, or i'd use magic to expend my energy. i can't do either of those things anymore.
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Date: 2019-10-04 08:21 pm (UTC)Her response jars him in making him recognize it again, just as the version of him formed by the metaverse had dangled his lack of freedom in his face. He was nothing but a puppet for Shido, one in denial of how he would be tossed away.
He considers her response. His goal with Shido was personally motivated, but would he do that with most? Dressing it up the right way could lead to him having further opportunities based on it.]
I'd say it depends.
If you need to be rid of that person, then there are ways to make that happen. But otherwise, you can find a means of working it so that you can cut ties cleanly. Too many messy ... disconnections start to stand out, and the goal is to never have their eyes on you in a suspicious way.
[Something he also failed at, too caught up in what he believed.
This is an approach learned from many mistakes.]
There's always something to value in letting them think you need them, especially when you can find a way to make it more equal. Sometimes removing that is just as good as getting rid of them. Incompetence follows.
I know it all sounds rather convoluted, but I've seen more simplistic takes. I've learned that you need to be more thoughtful.
[Akechi does not add that his take was the simplistic one.]
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Date: 2019-10-10 04:27 am (UTC)[Messy disconnections being murder. You kill someone, and someone else tends to end up pissed, after all.]
It sounds like I would have to learn to be okay with people underestimating me so that I could take advantage of it.
It makes sense, though.
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Date: 2019-10-11 03:19 am (UTC)[Understatement of the century. Akechi doesn't even know it.]
I am, however, of the belief that you can seem harmless and completely for someone's cause. Loyal. There is a way to sell that.
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Date: 2019-10-21 10:03 pm (UTC)[In her current emotional state, she'd rather just strong-arm someone into doing what she needed, but that's probably only going to make things worse for her.]
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Date: 2019-10-23 03:10 am (UTC)[Akechi believes that. The bigger issue is that it doesn't come with the comforts of Japan, of what he always knew best.]
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Date: 2019-11-06 03:10 pm (UTC)or are you going to claim you're actually worried about me?
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Date: 2019-11-22 09:12 pm (UTC)thanks for checking in on me.
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Date: 2019-11-23 10:37 pm (UTC)But he doesn't have that particular claim to fame.]
Goodbye, then.