we'll find out who did this. saber was killing people in daylight. he got what he deserved. but if wolves got set and koby, then they know as much as we do. they're not themselves when they do it.
we have to find out if this was calculated or if they got roped into this shitty game.
[ judge vinsmoke fills his head, turns him back into that weak, defenseless little kid who would have died if not for the leniency reiju showed him, despite everything. ]
what if it's one of us?
[ it's not nami. it could never be nami. but it could be him, as flawed and unstable as his genetic makeup is. ]
( for a moment, it seems like a ridiculous question. why would shanks think that? of course he would never hurt them. they're luffy's crew. that makes them, by extension, under his care. )
Then the accusation falls to me. At my strongest I'm more than capable of any of these killings. And I have a history of deception, from the last game. Whatever argument must be made. My reputation has suffered worse. You're family, Sanji. I protect my own.
we protect our own too, you old bastard. you're not taking the fall for anything.
[ a beat. ]
paul. his murder was done by someone who knows butchery. and if we're assuming the targets are people close to the killers, then he and i were close. even if it was for only a month. alina wouldn't do it. and his sister was one of them during the last games. that doesn't leave many options.
( he has plenty of allies who would be willing to make the case for him, if push comes to shove. )
Or it could easily be a setup. Doesn't it seem a bit too convenient? If you'd really done it, don't you think they would have found traces of cigarettes at the scene?
( be so fr sanji u wouldn't even stop smoking during a murder )
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we'll find out who did this.
saber was killing people in daylight. he got what he deserved.
but if wolves got set and koby, then they know as much as we do. they're not themselves when they do it.
we have to find out if this was calculated or if they got roped into this shitty game.
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( the reason is murder. you kill his people, you die. no exceptions. )
Leniency isn't a consideration.
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what if it's one of us?
[ it's not nami. it could never be nami. but it could be him, as flawed and unstable as his genetic makeup is. ]
no subject
Then the accusation falls to me.
At my strongest I'm more than capable of any of these killings.
And I have a history of deception, from the last game.
Whatever argument must be made. My reputation has suffered worse.
You're family, Sanji. I protect my own.
( still, he has to ask: )
Do you have reason to believe it is one of us?
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you're not taking the fall for anything.
[ a beat. ]
paul. his murder was done by someone who knows butchery.
and if we're assuming the targets are people close to the killers, then he and i were close. even if it was for only a month.
alina wouldn't do it. and his sister was one of them during the last games.
that doesn't leave many options.
no subject
( he has plenty of allies who would be willing to make the case for him, if push comes to shove. )
Or it could easily be a setup.
Doesn't it seem a bit too convenient?
If you'd really done it, don't you think they would have found traces of cigarettes at the scene?
( be so fr sanji u wouldn't even stop smoking during a murder )