Not Naoto Shirogane. More precisely, I should have said the Second Coming of the Detective Prince.
[For a brief moment, there's a sharp smile. It's brief, though - as much as Akira enjoyed the thrill of it, those are hardly good memories.]
You have? [Oh, interesting.] I've met the real one a couple of times, under different circumstances. Never seen the Velvet Room any different, though. I will say you're right to be wary. You don't want to try going up against him unprepared.
[He can still remember trying the first time, not having any idea what was going to happen, and being erased from existence in a painful way, not knowing if his team were still alive afterwards when he woke up in the Velvet Room... at least the second time, he'd had a small idea of what to expect.]
"A foe than can..." [He's just echoing Akechi at first, and then he looks up.] Not mental shutdowns, or- no, if you're both... it wouldn't be... [can't be rampages without call of chaos, no Loki, no Satanael] then who...
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[For a brief moment, there's a sharp smile. It's brief, though - as much as Akira enjoyed the thrill of it, those are hardly good memories.]
You have? [Oh, interesting.] I've met the real one a couple of times, under different circumstances. Never seen the Velvet Room any different, though. I will say you're right to be wary. You don't want to try going up against him unprepared.
[He can still remember trying the first time, not having any idea what was going to happen, and being erased from existence in a painful way, not knowing if his team were still alive afterwards when he woke up in the Velvet Room... at least the second time, he'd had a small idea of what to expect.]
"A foe than can..." [He's just echoing Akechi at first, and then he looks up.] Not mental shutdowns, or- no, if you're both... it wouldn't be... [can't be rampages without call of chaos, no Loki, no Satanael] then who...
[He has an idea, but he doesn't like it.]