[nope] - date 3, Tatsuya

[afailedmurder]

[The aquarium tunnel is a romantic spot for a date, though Akechi seems a little wary of the water overhead.]

Shall we take a seat?

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[afailedmurder]

[while Tatsuya is doing that, Akechi zones out and thinks about the existential horror of the universe]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya has no idea of what he's done to poor Akechi. Does this phone have solitaire? ]

[afailedmurder]

[Nope, but he has some puzzle and strategy games, maybe a gatcha you can't actually play due to lack of internet]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya is gonna pass on by the gacha game and go for one of the puzzle ones, playing it with some fascination. He's not bad, though probably not on Akechi's level.  ]

[afailedmurder]

[Watching the fish, thinking a whole lot about how much the apocalypse has been thwarted twice in the past two decades, these only being the apocalypses that we know of.]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Just imagine how much fun he'd be having if there were other Personas around to talk about apocalypses. Apocali? What's the plural of apocalypse.

He looks up after he finishes a round— there's no way he's beating Akechi's top scores, but it's sure been fun trying. ]

Sorry... I'm probably not being a fun date right now.

[afailedmurder]

I don't mind. As long as you leave me some battery life left, anyway.

[motorcycle_noises]

How long does the battery usually last?

[ Even ask he's asking, he's shifting the phone around in his hand, trying to figure out where the battery even... is.... ]

[afailedmurder]

[distantly:]

There's an indicator on the top of the screen. It's in airplane mode, so the drain shouldn't be too bad.

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya glances at the screen— there's still plenty of battery, then. Once he's done that, he lowers the phone to rest with his hands in his lap. ]

Hey, are you alright?

[afailedmurder]

I'm fine. Simply pondering the boundless cruelty of the universe.

[motorcycle_noises]

That doesn't sound fine to me.

[afailedmurder]

It'll be fine. As long as Saihara-kun and I make it to the end, we'll have our escape route.

...I'm in more danger of elimination than he is. I'll have to step up my dating game.

[shoots a sly smile in Tatsuya's direction]

Would you like to kiss?

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya turns a shade of red nearly as vibrant as his jacket. ]

N-no, that's alright!

[afailedmurder]

[heh]

Of course, you'd rather kiss Kitagawa.

[motorcycle_noises]

[ God, that's so complicated but— ]

....Yeah.

[ Tatsuya flicks his zippo open and shut. ]

It's not like you're not good-looking. I think if I were looking, then I might've taken you up on that.

[afailedmurder]

[Akechi is quiet for a moment; eyes sharp, wheels turning. But eventually he settles back in to watch the fish.]

Of course, I understand. I'm not here to wreck homes.

[motorcycle_noises]

I— wouldn't call it that.

[afailedmurder]

Whatever you want to call it, I don't intend to complicate things for Kitagawa-kun any more than they already are.