[ vax is quiet for a moment longer, thinking. he's not - this is percy's area, or even vex'ahlia's. it's frustrating, because he's not stupid, but figuring things out like this feels far out of his reach.
still. ] I guess when you put the pieces together, it comes into a pretty fucked up story. Someone lost it, killed someone else by clocking 'em with that pipe, and felt guilty about it afterwards.
[ it doesn't explain everything, either. either way, it's playing around with death, and there's something that's just raising his metaphorical hackles about it all. ] 's like you said. This place isn't trying to hurt us, or - whatever. But, if I'd attacked Garou or Buzen, it would'nt have been the prism. Would've just been me doing it.
[ just... under an influence of some kind of weird echo, under a charm. ]
If you'd attacked Garou or Buzen, it would have been an accident.
[they say it firmly.]
It makes sense you feel responsible. [marine...] But my job was to be there to prevent accidents from happening, so I'm the one who should feel responsible for it. I feel like I should have worried a bit more when you all piled in that secret passageway. It seemed like part of the game to me.
I still think it was part of the game. Bass was saying, you know, the prism seems to have added some extra things. All in the spirit of a murder mystery in an old mansion, but a different spirit than we wanted.
So, yes, it bothers me that it got that way when you three were in my care. I'm just less convinced than you are that it was about to turn violent. Didn't it go away right when Buzen was about to hurt you? And the gun - it was a type that wouldn't have hurt anybody, right? The pipe...wasn't that also a thing from the game?
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still. ] I guess when you put the pieces together, it comes into a pretty fucked up story. Someone lost it, killed someone else by clocking 'em with that pipe, and felt guilty about it afterwards.
[ it doesn't explain everything, either. either way, it's playing around with death, and there's something that's just raising his metaphorical hackles about it all. ] 's like you said. This place isn't trying to hurt us, or - whatever. But, if I'd attacked Garou or Buzen, it would'nt have been the prism. Would've just been me doing it.
[ just... under an influence of some kind of weird echo, under a charm. ]
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[they say it firmly.]
It makes sense you feel responsible. [marine...] But my job was to be there to prevent accidents from happening, so I'm the one who should feel responsible for it. I feel like I should have worried a bit more when you all piled in that secret passageway. It seemed like part of the game to me.
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Still would've done it. [ (vax voice) oops! all self loathing! though, he raises an eyebrow at the last part. ]
...That doesn't freak you out at all?
[ shale! ]
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So, yes, it bothers me that it got that way when you three were in my care. I'm just less convinced than you are that it was about to turn violent. Didn't it go away right when Buzen was about to hurt you? And the gun - it was a type that wouldn't have hurt anybody, right? The pipe...wasn't that also a thing from the game?
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[ death!! death! death! ]
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