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day 73

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

Hello, Akame. It's Zuko. We met during your arrival.

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

I thought I'd check in. Are you unharmed?

[consignity]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

ah, yes. hello. and i meant to tell you before---i wouldn't mind sparring with you sometime, in light of my nearly kicking you.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i appreciate the gesture; on a positive note, i'm doing well. just making some preliminary preparations for the upcoming hunt.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

and yourself? are you doing alright?

day 74!

[tunayoshi]

FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org

akame-san?? i heard those things are starting to show up!!
are you okay??

laaaate D74....post-hunt

[consignity]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

sorry for the delay in replying, tsuna. i was busy hunting the cats down---seems like they cut off communications. you've been somewhere safe in the meantime, i hope? i heard that blue team was setting up a safe zone.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i'm alright, however. thank you for asking. the cat we wound up with escaped, and it roughed me up a bit in the process, but i'll live. worse things could have happened.

but it's alarming how we were on the right track earlier, about its speed.

Day 77 (hr 48:20)

[righthanded]

[he'll be brief.]

FROM: trip@cdc.org
which zone are you reporting to?

[consignity]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i'll be heading to the observation deck. i feel like the med bay and common rooms would be stressful environments.

yourself?

[well, she might as well return the gesture. though, she gets the feeling he'd get a kick out of said stressful zones.]

DAY 79 | MISFIRE CHAIN

[glorifiedtrash]

FROM: wilder.zelos@cdc.org
TO: cecil.guy@cdc.org

look im not saying its wrong but. the things you do with your cdc equipment are kind of acts against nature. you should probably give nature a big old apology

[consignity]

[hinata.shouyou@cdc.org, you poor soul.]

d79 ; misfire

[hahahorsejokes]

FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
TO: braus.sasha@cdc.org
actually don't answer that
what you think looks good without clothes is shit i don't want to hear about

......several misfires later

[consignity]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

......now i'm beginning to wonder if the bugs also affected people's romantic urges. somehow, i'm relieved i wasn't affected too much by the outbreak.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

just don't do anything rash, jean. i'm certain it was a compliment.

[bitches, huh.]

d79 misfire back at u

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org
TO: braus.sasha@cdc.org

I'm not feeding you by hand again! Or letting you stuff things down my throat!

several misfires later tbh

[consignity]

[zuko imma let you finish but

isn't this kind of ironic considering your reaction to jean's slip of the inbox?]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i think food's a rather risky choice for an indecent act, considering your...impassioned reaction to jean's dilemma over naked people.

are you feeling alright? you're not sick, are you, zuko?

Day 79

[righthanded]

FROM: trip@cdc.org
TO: virus@cdc.org
it'll be taken care of soon. they won't last forever, never mind another two days.

just wait until the sickness has run its course.

after a misfire or two...

[consignity]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i'm perfectly fine with torture techniques.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

but if what you've involved yourself in is anything like everything else i've managed to hear about, try to be a little more discreet. i would've thought you of all people knew better.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

and that's just unsettling, even for you.

[Trip, pls. keep your strange urges to a minimum, god.]

day 90/91

[hahahorsejokes]

[ he wouldn't say their meetings have ended on high notes as of late, but still—when it comes time to check in on people, her name comes to mind. and he isn't the type to wonder too long on whether or not that's a good idea. ]

FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
you make it out of all that mess okay?

[consignity]

[she doesn't hold it against him. he...hasn't exactly seen her at her best and brightest recently, and when you're being a debbie downer, you drag other people with you, too. and admittedly, his realism is refreshing. it drives her to do better.

still, it's nice to see that he's decided to check up on her. odd, but still much appreciated. she smiles a little at her blackglass when she spots his name.]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i'm doing fine, thank you. it's good to see you're alright, too, jean. you didn't come across those butterflies, did you? i'd hate to think you'd gotten poisoned at some point, and i wasn't there to help.

their venom had some very nasty effects.

[like puking, for one.]

Day 91

[nomoneystillproblems]

FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org

are you alive? how was your drop thing? Mine was terrible, lots of shots fired.

also Mom took me off the cheese diet hallelujah

[consignity]

[akame breathes a sigh of relief once peter's message blips into her blackglass. because after she encountered Thing 2 having a hell of time with the jekhes' venom, she was starting to freak out.

since it appears parkers can't catch a break.]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

alive and well. i'm glad to hear that you are, too. and as for my drop...it was scenic at best, full of poisonous butterflies at worst. your doppleganger in particular took a number of bad hits.

but...shots? did you meet sentient life already. or did you have to fight something that required a ranged assault?

FROM: akame@cdc.org

ah...now there's some more good news. did you win her over somehow? she seems...rather stern.

but how about a celebratory meal, if you haven't taken one already?

day 98.

[jounce]

[as the camp settles (or not, new recruits confused and old recruits mourning losses), the morning light spilling down chilly and still.]

[also still: an exhausted ginger, laying face-down in the mud in front of a rover.]

[those last five steps really get a person, you know. feel free to join him, shake your head at him, kick him, yell at him or any combination of the above. or, sure, another, kinder option. he's definitely out cold.]

[consignity]

[Ever since she watched yet another person die before her very eyes, Akame's been wandering aimlessly throughout the camp, trying to find something to do to make herself stop thinking about endless scenarios in which she could've done something to avert that outcome. But the camp's trashed, there are too few trees left standing, and there's literally nothing to do.

Except she sees one Shoyou Hinata flopping onto the mud, and Akame's listless stare abruptly shifts into one of panic.

(oh, no.)

(she doesn't see any blood, but---)

(not again. please not again---)]

Hinata?

[And in an instant, she's crouched next to him, looking him over. Yep, no blood. Still, though---]

Please, don't be hurt...

[Said in a murmur as. Yes. She's actually lifting up his shirt to check for injuries. Hey, if she could do it to Tatsumi, she can do it to Hinata.

Her intentions are pure.

But, of course, not everyone will see it that way.]

day 102

[tunayoshi]

FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org

akame?
are you ok?

[consignity]

[it takes her a little bit to respond. granted, she's not in the best emotional state, having taken to either going off on her own or staring at the books nic left her with, after two very harrowing incidents.

but she sees that name, and she knows she has to say something.

even if it's partially a lie.]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

....i'm managing, tsuna. i can't say it's been an easy few days, but.....i'm managing. keeping myself busy.

i'm glad to know you're alright. is there...something wrong?

[sadly, it's what she's come to expect, considering.

what fresh hell now? is he in trouble? is someone else dead?

even worse, she won't even be surprised if the answer's yes.]

DAY 119, shortly after Dagger's announcement

[dearkafka]

FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org

Akame. Are you alright?

[He'd seen her name on the list, and it was never a good sign when Dagger was speaking cryptically. He's worried.]

duck laughter ensues

[consignity]

[It takes her a couple of hours to get back to him, if only because she's been unconscious, no thanks to those fateful 30 seconds of her life that she'd lost. She made an attempt to get to the medical rover by herself. She lost consciousness only a quarter of the way there, coming to lie in the underbrush in trying to avoid people.

Looks like she can't anymore. Especially---especially not Kaneki.

Painfully, she barely manages to type out---she can hardly move at the moment, either---]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

im
alive

somehow

went
rather
quickly

FROM:akame@cdc.org

on way
to medical

hard to
move

give me a
few moments

[She wills herself to rise to her feet.

She can't let him see her like this, not after she made that promise to him. She succeeds for about two minutes before crumpling to her knees and nearly falling on her face.

She lets out a pained growl.

She's such a fool.]

d119;

[spideys]

FROM: parker.pb@cdc.org

hey akame? please let me know if you're okay

[consignity]

[It'll be near the end of the afternoon when Akame finally manages to get back to the other Peter. She was just in the midst of waking up from her third nap when her blackglass goes off.

She exhales at the sight of his name. She recalls seeing Peter the First's name on that list, too.

But she should at least let this Peter know she is indeed alive, even if she feels like she's failed him, too.]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

amazingly, yes, and still recovering, really. thank you...for asking. i'm glad to see you're alright, too. trying to play nice with the Neraki alone was like walking on a bed of hot coals.

FROM: akame@cdc.org

but it's not as if you can blame them. especially... the koleska.

day 119; early

[gottacatch]

[ It doesn't matter how the conversation on day 111 goes- ]

FROM: red@cdc.org

be near medical. dont be alone

sweet summer child why this

[consignity]

[If anything, she's been feeling awful about that conversation ever since, and even more so, because now she's become one to be talking.

It takes about a half-hour for Akame to get back to him, having just woken up after receiving treatment from Medical.

Honestly, she's surprised he's even making contact with her. She knows she upset him by saying all of those cruel, but truthful things.

It just goes to show how kind this boy really is---]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

i'm...already there, red. i'm resting, so...don't worry.

you don't have to come if you don't want to. i know i said a lot of upsetting things the last time we spoke.

[---And how saddening it will be to see him have to shed that, or at least reserve it for those who matter.

But she doesn't want to impose upon him, either. She hasn't the right.]

DAY 121

[daggertype]

FROM: dagger@cdc.org

d124, post-announcement!

[bffs]

[ As the only remaining member of their unit that hasn't been Grayed and isn't Magneto, Loki feels like he should probably check in on her, despite having little contact with her prior to this. ]

FROM: laufeyson.loki@cdc.org
Hello! Concerning the recent announcement, I thought I'd take a moment to check in with you.

[consignity]

[Ah...Kaiken has become a bit cozier (or...lonelier, depending on how you look at it), hasn't it? Akame at first frowns at the otherwise unfamiliar name, but figures this message ought to be of some importance, considering the person seems to be addressing her in particular...]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

ah, hello. you're one of our team leads, aren't you? then i suppose i should say, 'nice to meet you.'

but, i'm...doing better. i can talk properly again, and i...won't let the team down another time, either. it goes without saying that i apologize for...my poor performance.

[Look, she takes these things seriously, alright...]

in the meantime, though, i guess you could say i'm just preparing myself for what's next. training.

i don't want to let dagger down either, even if...well. i don't think i need to say it.

d126: middle. haunted maze.

[jounce]

[well this was... a classic.]

[he's not entirely sure he wants to go in. supposed to be exploring the upper crust, looking for anything with a heart beat (after Macha, the dust was dead) or a shine. plenty of wrecks in the streets, abandoned and rusted over; plenty more shops with lights running, which was creepier than the run-down ones. whatever this place was, it sent chills up a person's spine.]

[like this corn maze.]

[this corn maze sent chills up his spine.]

[had a duffel bag on his back and his durable Harpy uniform on, but the corn rose high and he was only five foot three on a good day, anyway. hm. this didn't seem like the time to venture in wildly, or without anyone else...]

haunted maze with complementary starbucks gomen for my lateness

[consignity]

[He'll hear a clink from a few paces behind him. It's not terribly light out, and the various abandoned buildings, in various stages of decay, cast odd shadows from equally weird angles, making it slightly difficult even for Akame to discern just what's actually there and what's not a trick of the eyes.

Hinata is no exception, as the maze is positioned in the midst of surrounding residential houses, some of them lopsided and dilapidated from time and disuse, and his slight form amidst the shadows give him an almost-spectral appearance, prompting Akame to nearly draw Kiri-Ichimonji---a nasty-looking katana---until her vision adjusts and she realizes...it's. Well. It's Hinata. He looks well (aside from the fact that she may have startled him), which is a relief. She relaxes slightly, and proceeds to look a little guilty.]

...Ah, hello, Hinata---I'm sorry if I scared you; I...I mistook you...for something else. [While she lets the sword fall back into its sheath, her grip on it does not relent. After that foray into the underground, she's leaving nothing to chance, although she now appears surprised rather than vigilant. She straightens, looking from him to the sprawling corn maze before them. A couple of (admittedly eerie-looking, due to their decaying appearances) mannequins, dressed as zombie husband-and-wife farmers, are stationed at the maze's entrance in greeting.] Is this...some kind of attraction?

later part of day 141

[gottacatch]

FROM: red@cdc.org

okay?

[consignity]

[Her response comes along about a couple of hours later---]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

somehow in one piece, but in hiding.

i trust you're doing better than i am so far?

DAY 144, after Honey's announcement

[dearkafka]

FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org

Hey, Akame.

You saw the news, right?

[consignity]

[oh, she did.

and she's not sure how to feel about it.]

FROM: akame@cdc.org

...yes, kaneki.

it's like i told shinobu: i just hope honey knows what she's doing.

[but it doesn't mean that she's happy about the changes, nor that she trusts their new instructor.]