Better late than never [Intro/Open]

[mirrorkechi]

His first mistake was loosing sight of Hannei.
Well he’s probably at fault for that one. He did ask her to scout out one of his targets, see they can convince him to back off…

Of course, things can never be that simple. One minute he’s asking Futaba to look into a name, he only stepped away for a minute to collect his thoughts.
And suddenly everything is blue.

…

What the fuck

Okay. Sure. This is happening now. It’s not like he was busy today and doesn’t have the time to schedule in whatever this is. ‘Mandatory team building activity’? Sure, whatever you say weird guy with a big nose.
This is fine.
This is absolutely fine.
No no he can work with this. Deep breathes Akechi, you’re still in control… as much as you can be when suddenly whisked away to some sort of Velvet Room.
Ok, so, tackle this like any other problem. Find out information and then come up with the best course of action.
And would you look at that. There’s some sort of conspiracy board. How helpful. So, attaché case in hand, he’s going to do what he knows best.
Figure out the best way to play his cards.

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[mirrorkechi]

He blinks. Taking in the name and information and.
They know how to steal hearts. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts can steal Hearts. And it sounds like they’re popular too which means there’s definitely an investigation and Shido definitely learns about that and-
Oh
If this is his future then things are going to get really interesting soon.
For a brief moment he forgets to school his expression, and a flash of pure panic sets on his face before he remembers himself and schools it back to something more mildly concerned.

“Aha- well, if those thieves do show up in my world then the next few months are going to be very interesting for me.” Play it as a joke, do not show weakness-

[tricksterviolet]

Briar can't help but pause when she sees what seems to be a flash of panic on Akechi's face... but soon enough it's gone. She can't help but wonder if she imagined it, but...

"If it's like my world, then you might get kind of busy with being on talk shows-- especially 'Good Morning, Japan'. Dad seems really eager to book you for more shows, hehe..."

There's a hint of sheepishness in her chuckle there, though she doesn't mean to insult her father.

"...But if they do show up, I hope they don't cause you too much trouble. They mean well, I'm sure..."

She should know, she leads them in her world!

[mirrorkechi]

Oh good she didn’t notice. Then he better not slip again because that will raise suspicions. So he lets out another soft chuckle.
“Well, that sounds about right with the man I’m acquainted with. I suppose a few more talk show bookings won’t be the worst thing to anticipate.”
Fuuuuuuck shit, ok, no, this is fine. Hearing about the possibility means he can plan ahead.
Damnit, well meaning or not those thieves risk ruining his whole plan.
Ugh!
“Well, regardless, it sounds like they’re enacting vigilante Justice, so we will likely be on opposing ends of the law. But I’ll have to wait and see what happens won’t I?” Maybe if he’s lucky he won’t encounter them back home.
But glancing at the conspiracy board he has a sinking suspicion he won’t be so lucky.