W5 CYOA - Zhongli, Akihiko, Laurence, Ali Zoph

[holyspirits]

aaaaaaaaaaaa

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[holyspirits]

Could always lie. Pretend you were forced to do it. But you chose to.

[ziosar]

[Uf, this girl isn't holding back. She has thrown back to his face everything that happened, and upon hearing that, Akihiko's arm lowers down from aiming at the projection of Lucas. He really had been lying, he knows that now. True, at the time it had been fueled by a lot of denial he had sunk that low, but that didn't change the fact he lied a whole lot, both to himself and to so many.

The reminder is very unwelcome]

I don't have to lie. Proust will understand no matter what, I'm sure of it.

[holyspirits]

[ The projections of Ali and Zhongli cut out. The only one left is Laurence and Iris, who are only just now starting to shoot at each other.

Neither of them seem very good at it. ]

[ziosar]

[Those fights being gone, and only the baby fight being left, catches Akihiko's attention. Huh.

What made them disappear? True, Akihiko hadn't been watching attentively, but...last he checked, nobody on the screens got killed. It'd have been really noticeable if anyone did. In that case, did the connection just get interrupted?

--oh, wait, what if breaking the connection will inform the others where he is? Akihiko's gaze goes to the projector, then to the girl]

...and I'll say it to him next time I see him.

[Well, no harm in trying. Part of him feels like this is, in a way, still playing along because it could be interpreted in him trying to ignore the plight his friends are in, but inaction is the one thing guaranteed to not work. Fight, act, and then later see if anything works out.

Time to try to shoot at the projector, see what happens]

[holyspirits]

[ Ali did shoot someone dead, however Zhongli did not. Akihiko isn't sure what made Zhongli's feed cut out...

But as Akihiko shoots the projector, he sees one final glimpse of Laurence and Iris, teaming up to shoot Hu Tao until she falls off the edge of the ship.

Then the projection fades and he is with the others. Back on the 'normal' daytime ship, surrounded by guests brushing by without a care. The announcer is gone, and the theater screen is off. ]