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Afterparty IV: The Isle of Repeaching Mistakes

[Another week, and another series of disasters and deceptions leading to the verdict; this time the web is wider and deeper and darker, as they're all slowly ensnared, as the fine points each of them make up in this cloud of connections is pulled ever tighter. Is it a noose, tightening around their neck, or is it a string wrapped around their finger to pull them forward?
Here on Onigashima under cover of night, no one can perhaps tell, and ever fewer people are asking.
For the first time in a little while Jack's throwing himself wholeheartedly into gathering people -- he's not forcing anyone to be there, but he drops words and written directions and cajoles at the tree slide if he must, mostly to make sure the little get-together is actually staffed. The island itself is a chore to get to, but may be the lake around it can provide respite for those who enjoy the boats and can ignore the possible body (bodies?) floating down there.
Festival food and regular drink is a-plentiful, though so much of it is still so foreign to many of them (Jack is pretty sure most of it is good, but); it'll do, because they've also brought like half the bar with them? Or at least enough to supply the guests and their two bartenders. Marcus and Makoto are here to provide drink and drink with you, whichever comes first, and honestly who can blame them?
Otherwise, there are always the festival games and fashion, so perhaps that too is a good distraction. Just don't fall in the lake, y'all.]
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Anyway, Suga is... here. He's mostly sipping fruit juice and keeping to himself - today hasn't been a good one for anyone, but definitely not any of the members of the sleepover. If he notices anyone looking at him he'll give them a tiny wave.
Later in the evening after someone's ferried him back to the other side, you can find him at the fountain, writing a letter.]
Fountain
What're you writing, Suga?
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Since this is the first place we found their letters
I thought this would be a good place to send one if there's any way
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[ smart enough to know hes sending a personal message, but... ]
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[You can judge him for his bad taste in men, it's fine.]
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I think you can ask him to take care of himself, or if he's doing okay wherever he is...?
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[ Considering his breakdown... Yeah. ]
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Besides
He needs somebody to keep an eye on him
So he doesn't freak out like that again
[He will leash the yandere.]
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fountain
He sits next to him in silence for a moment, then: ]
...I'm sorry, Suga-san.
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You didn't do anything to apologize for
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[ He hangs his head a little, before he glances towards the letter. ]
Are you writing something?
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Why would I be writing something
[It says 'For C-ta' on the outside.]
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You don't need to hide how you feel about him.
[ He shakes his head. ]
It's been difficult to get here. But... I don't hate him anymore.
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He's not a good person
I know that
And I didn't want to make you uncomfortable or upset
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[ The look in his eyes still holds bitterness and hurt over what happened, but he shakes his head yet again. ]
What he did -- well. You don't need to hear my thoughts on it.
[ Because he has words about that, but...he and Rika were in similar situations, weren't they? That's why they understood each other. ]
But I'm tired of hanging on to that anger. The hatred I felt towards him, Yor-san -- it's exhausting. Back home, it was much easier. Here...things are different.
I don't want to live like that anymore.
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I understand
[He presses his hand against his own chest.]
If we manage to save the dead
I was writing to tell him that he can come back to my home with me
He needs someone to keep an eye on him
And I don't want whatever is at his home to kill him either
So I'll make sure he never has reason to hurt anyone again
I promise
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Are you doing all right?
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Thank you, for earlier
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—Ah, for pointing out that you had friends, you mean? I'm not the only person who's told you that, though.
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But it's still hard to remember sometimes
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[ And the "going" part has been his fault more than once. ]
Marcus is a special case, obviously, and we have plenty of allies, but...
[ Mileena would still call him a friend, he thinks. She never had any problem calling him Phil, just like old times. ...Well. Like Gefion.
Ix... he doesn't know if he'd go that far at this point, and he certainly couldn't blame him if he didn't. ]
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The last time I had a friend was when I was 8
And it's my fault she had to leave
[Phil and Suga continue to be the Same Character.]
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Shii-chan
[Now that he's had time to calm down, he isn't quite as paranoid about Shiori somehow finding out about all this when she's not even here.]
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