[ THE YAMATO THERAPY METHOD: he is going to try tackling the poor thing to the ground since he's close and fast enough (yay. cat hybrid.), wrenching his hand away from his throat with the knife and grabbing his wrists so he can't stab himself? i hope he rolls a one and the kid stabs himself before he gets there ]
Yamato successfully tackles him before he can do anything! He's not a kid, for the record; he looks like he's in his twenties. Admittedly, the levels of distress probably make him look more child-like at the moment, as he trembles beneath Yamato's grip.]
I... You should never wish death on someone else, and yet I—I'm happy that he's dead. Why...? I'm scared of myself. I'm scared of feeling this way...!
So please, while I still have enough of a conscience to be afraid—you should let me die.
[This guy really be having a moral crisis in front of two assholes who just mcmurdered a bunch of scientists. My god.
Ichinose just keeps staring at him, baffled... before she starts laughing.]
... Ahaha, that's it? [This is not funny. Stop laughing. You both need therapy. Gently, placidly:] It's alright. This man was hurting you. Isn't it the heart's nature to want to run away from all the pain? All the suffering? It's every living being's ultimate desire. You don't have to kill yourself over something that's just in your nature.
[Can she yoink the knife while Yamato pins him down? Noooo stabby.]
Anyhow, we're the ones who killed him. Can you really wish death on someone who's already gone?
[ don't laugh when he's having a real crisis, but. yamato also won't let go of him, ears pinned back and tail lashing out. on the other hand... he might not agree with how she's saying it at all, but it's not like he disagrees with the fact that there's nothing wrong with wanting that dude dead! oops. ]
... It's not about running away. There are times where there are people who need to be taken down. There's no redeeming them. If he'd stayed alive, how many more people would have died and suffered under him? His life isn't worth all of those. [ he shakes his head a little, staring at this poor subject seriously ] Not mourning him and being glad he's gone doesn't make you a monster.
[ wow jan i didn't say yamato let him go. no i'm kidding, he would've, and he stands up and kind of throws ichinose a confused look right back. imagine if him being ignored in favor of ichinose is just another microaggression. he stands up himself, though, picking up the hat that he lost in the war to bring it back to ichinose. suffer and keep wearing it ]
We met a deer, and she told us what was happening here. We're mercenaries.
[ ...kind of. are they? they are mercenaries currently and that's what matters. ]
Of course! I'll do anything to help, especially after you saved me.
[And so he does! Rae helps with freeing the remaining experiment subjects, as well as using his power on them—as he'll tell Ichinose and Yamato, he has the superpower of purification. In this case, it allows him to cure subjects of any poison or decay. (It also conveniently removes bloodstains.)
Ichinose and Yamato can also set the place on fire before they leave. Rae won't stop them.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[ THE YAMATO THERAPY METHOD: he is going to try tackling the poor thing to the ground since he's close and fast enough (yay. cat hybrid.), wrenching his hand away from his throat with the knife and grabbing his wrists so he can't stab himself? i hope he rolls a one and the kid stabs himself before he gets there ]
no subject
Yamato successfully tackles him before he can do anything! He's not a kid, for the record; he looks like he's in his twenties. Admittedly, the levels of distress probably make him look more child-like at the moment, as he trembles beneath Yamato's grip.]
I... You should never wish death on someone else, and yet I—I'm happy that he's dead. Why...? I'm scared of myself. I'm scared of feeling this way...!
So please, while I still have enough of a conscience to be afraid—you should let me die.
no subject
Ichinose just keeps staring at him, baffled... before she starts laughing.]
... Ahaha, that's it? [This is not funny. Stop laughing. You both need therapy. Gently, placidly:] It's alright. This man was hurting you. Isn't it the heart's nature to want to run away from all the pain? All the suffering? It's every living being's ultimate desire. You don't have to kill yourself over something that's just in your nature.
[Can she yoink the knife while Yamato pins him down? Noooo stabby.]
Anyhow, we're the ones who killed him. Can you really wish death on someone who's already gone?
no subject
[ don't laugh when he's having a real crisis, but. yamato also won't let go of him, ears pinned back and tail lashing out. on the other hand... he might not agree with how she's saying it at all, but it's not like he disagrees with the fact that there's nothing wrong with wanting that dude dead! oops. ]
... It's not about running away. There are times where there are people who need to be taken down. There's no redeeming them. If he'd stayed alive, how many more people would have died and suffered under him? His life isn't worth all of those. [ he shakes his head a little, staring at this poor subject seriously ] Not mourning him and being glad he's gone doesn't make you a monster.
no subject
The man stares at them for a while... before it seems as though a revelation shines upon him, and he nods slowly.]
... Ah. I think... I think I get it.
[Shakily, he rises to his feet. He glances at Yamato, before he turns to Ichinose, adoration in his eyes.]
What's your name? I'm Rae.
no subject
But he introduces himself, and she gasps as she pockets the knife. For now.]
—Oh, you're Rae-san? [CLAPS HER HANDS.] Hello, I'm Kuon Ichinose. It's so nice to meet you! Someone told us you could lend us a hand.
no subject
We met a deer, and she told us what was happening here. We're mercenaries.
[ ...kind of. are they? they are mercenaries currently and that's what matters. ]
no subject
[And so he does! Rae helps with freeing the remaining experiment subjects, as well as using his power on them—as he'll tell Ichinose and Yamato, he has the superpower of purification. In this case, it allows him to cure subjects of any poison or decay. (It also conveniently removes bloodstains.)
Ichinose and Yamato can also set the place on fire before they leave. Rae won't stop them.
But once they finish up... time passes.]