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[Souji rises early and gets a bottle of red ink and a brush from the closet before heading down to the entrance hall. He sets his camera down a little ways away on a table and turns on the feed to broadcast what he's about to do.

On a large mirror there, he paints the following message:]

To the Queen of Hearts—
I'd like to speak to you.
It's about your sword.
—瀬多総司

[He steps aside and lets that stay on the network for a few seconds, then retrieves his camera and shuts it off.]

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Why? She's already a horrid double-crosser. She'd probably just take any information you've got, get the sword back, and then not kill the Jabberwocky out of spite.

[He seriously wouldn't put it past her.]

She wouldn't do that.

[Souji chews on his thumbnail.]

Besides, the future you thought this was a good idea.

Really?

[That's...surprising. And it doesn't sound like him at all as far as he knows. He's actually left stumped for a minute, trying to think of any conceivable scenario where he would advocate allying with the Queen of Hearts for anything and he's not coming up with anything.]

Err. ...I mean, I suppose he would know better, but...

[It's clearly not processing as something he would do.]

[Souji's fine with having to walk James through it.]

If she doesn't get her sword back, he said, it does missing. Nothing else can kill the Jabberwocky.

Right, right. I just don't see why she has to be the one to hold onto it when she's been such a tyrant. I mean, anyone could swing it, right?

[Couldn't one of them find her sword? Or maybe even one of the other locals would be a better owner than the Queen of Hearts or the Duchess.]

Edited 2014-01-09 21:13 (UTC)

What if it doesn't work that way?

She's got the personality to go up against it, anyway.

[He looks sort of frustrated at that first question. He wants to protest really badly, and it's obvious, but...Souji's also obviously right. They can't risk it.]

Well, she's got personality alright...

[It's not a good personality, but it's there.]

She isn't afraid of the Jabberwocky [At least as long as she's armed] and she'll go after it to keep it from taking her place.

[Well, even James can't argue that.]

Fair enough, I suppose. We can always worry about what she'll do with it later, once the Jabberwocky's gone, but for now...

[Ugh. He doesn't like this.] For now, I guess we haven't got much of a choice.

I won't get in over my head.

[It's not really a good thing to hear from Souji, because 1) his head is kind of high up, so he can get into a lot before it's over his head, and 2) Souji is a bad judge of when something is over his head.]

[These are qualities that also describe James, so he's a little wary at first. ...But, ultimately, he trusts Souji. And he will usually listen to that trust blindly instead of taking in the obvious facts.]

Mm. You'd better not! If you do, I'll have to come rescue your arse, and I will be absolutely sure to say "I told you so" at least a dozen times.

[Even so, he would definitely come to his rescue in a heartbeat if he needed it.]

[Souji holds up his fist, sticking out his to the camera.]

I promise.

[At first, he's unsure what Souji's trying to do - it's a little hard to tell over video. But then it clicks and he grins wide and does the same, holding his fist out to "meet" Souji's.]

Good! I'll hold you to it, then.

I'll let yo know how it goes.

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