First Investigation; C-ta

[laytorest]

[Sometime in the midst of their investigation when neither Yor nor C-ta are occupied in particular, she'll go find the young man, looking around with a certain amount of urgency until she locates him.]

C-ta- are you okay?

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[mearry]

Ah—

[ c-ta looks… okay? at least, considering the situation. definitely tense, but he’s trying to keep it together. ]

Yor-san… did you come all this way for me? I’m…fine. How about you?

[laytorest]

He only announced one, but...

[She trails off, but it's not hard to guess more or less where she was going with that sentence.]

...Did you... find anything?

[Tentatively put, she had to come all this way to find him, but she can't be sure what he may have seen.]

[mearry]

I…

[ he shakes his head, looking a bit more vulnerable now. like the teenager he is. ]

I tried to avoid the scene entirely, actually. I’m sorry.

[laytorest]

[If anything, she just relaxes a little, looking slightly relieved.]

No... no, that's good. I haven't seen it - her myself either, but...

[Well, she can't help but worry, when it comes to the younger members of their little group.]

Did you talk to her very much...?

[mearry]

…A bit.

[ he sighs, putting his hands on his hips. ]

Not as much as I would’ve liked, though…I can’t believe she’s just—you know…

[ dead. ]

[laytorest]

It really was sudden. I... I had hoped that everyone would be so busy with the party...

[Maybe they wouldn't kill each other.]

[mearry]

That people wouldn’t kill each other…?

[ c-ta nods. ]

Yeah, me too. I didn’t even think anyone would take this seriously. Now…now I’m not sure what to think.

[laytorest]

...

If you want company, I don't mind walking with you. After all of this, it might be better if we really do try to move in groups after all.

[mearry]

[ c-ta looks a bit confused, but nods slowly. ]

If you don’t mind, Yor-san, I’d really like that. [ he smiles sheepishly ] I was with Suga earlier, trying to help him…but I guess I didn’t realize how affected I was by this until now.

[laytorest]

...Suga and I were in the bakery when we heard. It seemed to be hard for him, too.

[mearry]

Mm.

[ … ]

Can I ask you for a favor, Yor-san?

[laytorest]

[-?]

What is it?

[mearry]

I just… I want to try to keep Suga safe.

[ he smiles warmly. ]

He’s a shy guy… you never know if he might be seen as an easy target in the future. And there’s only so much that I can do as a normal teenager, you know?

So if you could help me keep him safe, Yor-san, I’d be glad.

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[laytorest]

[laytorest]

...Of course. I'm only one person, but... I'll try to protect him.

I'll try to protect the both of you, to the best of my ability.