🍭 voice / action for shehui roommates

[pigii]

[ unfortunately, this wholly accidental broadcast of thoughts isn't a very pleasant one. around midday, while the interrogations are still taking place, the sounds of a young girl's sobs are transmitted through the signet's telepathy. those who have interacted with ruby are likely to recognize her voice, but you don't need to know that much to understand that something bad has happened. ]

I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to tell...
 
[ the apology is repeated intermittently between her sobs. she doesn't seem to be very consolable... with what's been going on today, it might be obvious as to what she's talking about. for roommates, the door to the room that she's being interrogated in bursts open as her outward sobs can be heard, but only the monitor seems to be visibly there.  ]

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[secondadvent]

You didn't do anything wrong. [ well, she kind of did but he doesn't want to make the poor girl more upset. ]

They manipulated you and took advantage of your fears. Locking us inside our apartments without warning was a tactic to scare people into talking, because people tend to talk when they're stressed - it happens all the time during police interrogations.

how did i miss an entire letter of his name jesus christ

[pigii]

It does?

[ she knows absolutely nothing about police interrogations, but akechi sure seems like he knows what he's talking about. still, that doesn't excuse what she did. ]

Still... I panicked really really badly. What should we do?

talent, probably

[secondadvent]

Yes. I'm a detective, so I know a few things about what happens in the interrogation rooms.

[ he pauses for a monent, thinking. ]

For now, we keep calm and stay on our best behavior. It's possible that they won't harass us further after this as long as there isn't any trouble. [ he seriously doubts this will be the case, though. ] And if anything happens, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it; there's no point in worrying about it now.

i'm just that good

[pigii]

I didn't know that... But aren't you in high school?

[ usually detectives are adults, aren't they? not that she doubts akechi's ability - by all means, she believes him! he's definitely smart and calm and cool enough to her to be a detective. ]

If you think so... [ she really has to learn how to control her magic when she gets emotional. this is becoming dangerous. ] I hope things will be okay.

[secondadvent]

I'm a high schooler, but I'm also a detective. It's rare for someone my age to be able to work in law enforcement, so I'm incredibly lucky.

[ okay, it had nothing to do with being lucky since shido probably used his connections to get akechi the job to make him even more useful. ]

I hope so too. [ ... ] Are you feeling better now?

[ please tell him you're no longer crying. ]

[pigii]

That's amazing...

[ still!!! working in a field of adults when you're in high school is a big deal - ruby is thoroughly impressed. it helps a little as a distraction, even as she sniffles and wipes her tears. ]

I'm still scared, but I feel a little better. [ she even manages a smile, reflected in her tone. ] I'll be good, I promise.