Minato really should've been anticipating that, but... he wasn't. Cut him some slack, Shadows have never appeared as spiders for some mysterious reason.
He does manage to half-turn, working off of instinct--
But it's too little too late, and he hits the ground hard, pinned beneath Rean with a grimace.]
W-why are you... doing this? [He's scrambling, trying to grab his Evoker, but it wasn't very secure in his pajama pants, and skittered away across the floor when he hit the ground.]
[Surprisingly effective?! There's a certain degree of elation of having this attempt... more or less successful, but he pauses at doing anything else when he hears Minato speak up.]
...I know. But if we don't keep playing this game, then both of us will get punished, and I'm not about to find out what they'll do to us if we don't kill this week.
[At this point, he's pretty used to murdernight conversations whenever he kills someone, so he's not in any particular rush; might as well get all the questions out of the way. One leg does push the evoker some extra distance away just in case, but he doesn't do much else otherwise.]
Yeah, I mean Cinque. Or... well, maybe I should call her Doppelling. [He scratches the back of his head a little before he focuses back on Minato.] Anyways, if it isn't me, then it'd have to be her. And it's not as if she has a reason to kill you guys, so...
[Rude. He was definitely inching towards the Evoker, but now it is thoroughly out of reach... he just sighs, slumping to the ground for a moment, frowning as he looks at the Jorogumo as best he can.]
So that's how it is...thank you for protecting her.
[He'd feel bad about being rude but he also prefers not to get Messiah'd out of nowhere, so something somewhere cancels out. Probably??]
It's... nothing. Besides, it's not like I don't have my own reasons for this anyways... I haven't eaten in two weeks, so it sort of works out.
[Also: right, Minato wasn't there during #tigergate, so.]
That woman we call The Lady. When we damaged some of the property last week on Saturday, she dropped by and shot a couple of us. With the Cleaner role gone, I'm assuming she'll be the one in charge of performing any punishments from now on.
I guess that makes sense? [He's not sure, how do roles work in mafia... He sighs.] Thanks again for the warning, but I'll take my chances. It doesn't really make a difference at this point anyways.
[He shifts his position a little bit so that it's easier for him to lower his head to bite down, but. Oh yeah, one more thing.]
...Do you have any last requests? I figure I should ask, just in case.
No, not really, to be honest... good luck with everything, I guess.
[THANKS, MINATO.
But really, his Evoker is way over there, he's pinned down by spider-Rean... he does spare a thought for Akira, and hopes he doesn't do anything stupid after this, but...well.
Minato got to live an extra couple of weeks more than he initially was given.
That's a miracle, isn't it? It's one he intends to feel grateful for. So...do your worst, Jorogumo.]
[Minato did his absolute best but in the end, this murdertrain has to get rolling, so Rean simply nods.]
Okay. I'll make it quick.
[And he bites down, doing the usual thing; the venom works fast, especially with the amount he's using, so even if the death probably isn't completely painless, he makes good on that promise.]
Compared to the first time Minato died, this is definitely quick and relatively painless. Relatively, anyway. Minato...doesn't want to die again, more than anything, but he's never been afraid of death. He can't be afraid of death now, either.
His eyes flutter shut as the poison does its work, his lips pressing together tightly...and, well.
His heart stops.
That's it--that's the last trigger. Minato Arisato is dead... and the bomb in his body?
[Minato had hinted that something unpleasant would happen if he died, and while it was clear that something had to do with a role, knowing all of this is useless to him as it is. Because short of telling him exactly what was to come, there's no possible way he would have predicted that there would be a bomb planted inside Minato's body.
And at point blank? He doesn't stand a damn chance when the thing goes off.
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Minato really should've been anticipating that, but... he wasn't. Cut him some slack, Shadows have never appeared as spiders for some mysterious reason.
He does manage to half-turn, working off of instinct--
But it's too little too late, and he hits the ground hard, pinned beneath Rean with a grimace.]
W-why are you... doing this? [He's scrambling, trying to grab his Evoker, but it wasn't very secure in his pajama pants, and skittered away across the floor when he hit the ground.]
Everyone knows who you are now.
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...I know. But if we don't keep playing this game, then both of us will get punished, and I'm not about to find out what they'll do to us if we don't kill this week.
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Minato frowns at that, trying and failing to push himself up because... yeah... Rean is heavy.]
What do you mean? Both of us? Cinque-san too, or-- [Rean and the Jorogumo?]
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Yeah, I mean Cinque. Or... well, maybe I should call her Doppelling. [He scratches the back of his head a little before he focuses back on Minato.] Anyways, if it isn't me, then it'd have to be her. And it's not as if she has a reason to kill you guys, so...
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So that's how it is...thank you for protecting her.
... Who would you even be punished by?
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It's... nothing. Besides, it's not like I don't have my own reasons for this anyways... I haven't eaten in two weeks, so it sort of works out.
[Also: right, Minato wasn't there during #tigergate, so.]
That woman we call The Lady. When we damaged some of the property last week on Saturday, she dropped by and shot a couple of us. With the Cleaner role gone, I'm assuming she'll be the one in charge of performing any punishments from now on.
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[She's trouble!!
Minato frowns tightly, but there's not a lot he can do here, is there...?
Though he really does feel like he has to plaintively offer up a sincere:]
I...really think you'll regret killing me, though. Maybe...don't do that?
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[He cants his head a little at Minato's... warning? Is this like some way of begging for his life or something, this is kind of a first for him here.]
...What makes you say that? If it's because of what'll happen in trial tomorrow... then trust me, I already know how things are gonna go.
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He can't say anything, really.
He supposes he could, but triggering the bomb on his own is not at all what he wants to do--he has too much to live for right now, ironically.
So he frowns a little.]
It's just... not going to be great? I guess that's the best way to put it. [ELOQUENT.]
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Uh. I mean, that's not exactly the most persuasive argument...
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I guess not... it's really all I can say, so it's the best argument I've got.
I just figured it was worth warning you first, you know...?
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[He guesses?? He looks thoughtful for a moment there though.]
Does this have something to do with what happened at the end of that trial? You know, the one where Akira was trying to save you.
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Um... Yes, that's right.
[...A shrug.]
I can't say anything else, though.
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[He shifts his position a little bit so that it's easier for him to lower his head to bite down, but. Oh yeah, one more thing.]
...Do you have any last requests? I figure I should ask, just in case.
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Um...
No, not really, to be honest... good luck with everything, I guess.
[THANKS, MINATO.
But really, his Evoker is way over there, he's pinned down by spider-Rean... he does spare a thought for Akira, and hopes he doesn't do anything stupid after this, but...well.
Minato got to live an extra couple of weeks more than he initially was given.
That's a miracle, isn't it? It's one he intends to feel grateful for. So...do your worst, Jorogumo.]
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Okay. I'll make it quick.
[And he bites down, doing the usual thing; the venom works fast, especially with the amount he's using, so even if the death probably isn't completely painless, he makes good on that promise.]
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Compared to the first time Minato died, this is definitely quick and relatively painless. Relatively, anyway. Minato...doesn't want to die again, more than anything, but he's never been afraid of death. He can't be afraid of death now, either.
His eyes flutter shut as the poison does its work, his lips pressing together tightly...and, well.
His heart stops.
That's it--that's the last trigger. Minato Arisato is dead... and the bomb in his body?
That's when it explodes.]
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And at point blank? He doesn't stand a damn chance when the thing goes off.
Rean Schwarzer, the Jorogumo, is dead.]