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There have been a lot of strange incidents over the past months, where people abruptly lost control of themselves and acted on repressed desires, without regard for consequences. I'd like to provide an explanation for them.

When I arrived here, it was at the behest of a powerful and dangerous mage by the name of Masayoshi Shido. He wanted me to sabotage the school, and undermine the faith of both the students and the larger magical community in Daybreak's ability to manage and protect Candles. He wanted to weaken the school's image, in order to take over as the one in charge of overseeing the development of Flames.

He ordered this in complete awareness that such an upset would only hurt humanity's chances of overcoming Nightfall. His only priority was that he, and the people he deemed significant, survived and were able to continue leading their privileged lives. He believed himself to be a destined savior, but thought only a select few were worth saving, even if it meant turning his back on the masses.

I'm coming forward with this now because his conspiracy is finally undone. I told Daybreak's faculty of his schemes in October, and we were finally able to mount a covert counterattack at the end of last month. He wasn't alone in these plans, but his accomplices should be in too much disarray for a while to react effectively. I think I owe this explanation to everyone who's been affected by my actions, so I decided to say something now, while I have the breathing room.

This isn't a plea for forgiveness or mercy, I know everyone this matters to has every right to hate me. But I do hope you sleep a little better, knowing what happened and that there's no further chance of it happening again.

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[She's not normally a praying woman... but Carrie Fisher, if you're out there, give her the strength to deal with this bullshit, she's begging you.]

we said you're not getting executed.
that was like the first thing we said about it.
stop suggesting your own execution.

Honestly, spending the rest of my life cooped up in a cell except when you need me sounds worse.
But I guess I don't have much right to hope for the more merciful option.

Akechi you're one of my best friends and I adore you with all my heart but
Please stop making assumptions like this

It's not an assumption, it's what would probably happen if I was tried in Japan.
I'd most likely share Shido's sentence as an accomplice.

This isn't Japan though. So whatever punishment Shido's going to get is irrelevant in your case here.

True.
I don't know what the courts are like here, either.
Maybe they aren't as bad about favoring the prosecution.

yeah that's also a major human rights violation, btw.
and not what we're doing either.
smart money's on an ankle monitor and mandatory therapy, we're still talking it over.
but also the school isn't super into actual child abuse.

Not if the person being imprisoned was convicted of terrorism.
And that is what my actions here boil down to, isn't it?

convicted?????
...oh you think we have to actually follow laws.
that's adorable.
hahahahaha no.

...actually i think that might still legally be a human rights violation even for terrorism, solitary confinement is legit classified as torture in, like, a fuckmillion countries.
not my department, tho.
better off asking atchison about that one.

but yeah, none of the legal systems whose jurisdiction you did crimes in know shit about fuck, magic-wise, so it's pretty much up to daybreak.
which, again, not big on child abuse like as an organization.
at least not in this century, things were kind of weird back in the 1800s.

I never even considered that this might not go to legal channels at all.
I always figured I'd at least end up confessing to mundane equivalents for the sake of exposing Shido's crimes.
But I guess with his confession, that's not as necessary.

...you are so bad at plans.

[You're killing her, Akechi. You are killing your professor.]

short version is that the supernatural world tends to be pretty self-governing.
sometimes that's good, sometimes that's a fucking nightmare, sometimes it makes for hilarious slapfights about monetary compensation, but it is what it is.
major supernatural involvement automatically overrides anything else.
basically you wanna think of daybreak academy as a country unto itself in this case.
you turned yourself in here, you're getting sentenced by our ~~dictator for until retirement~~ headmistress.

[Morally, it's kind of fucked up, but that's not really the point.]

I didn't exactly have many resources, I was working with what a fifteen year old could manage on his own.
Fuck, I didn't even know about the greater magical world until Shido decided I would be more useful if I did.

I'm still not exactly eager to trust authority, but I guess it's a good sign that they let me be involved in this.
I'm still not entirely confident that wasn't just because I knew the Palace, though.

not saying you should trust authority- or me.
just saying you might wanna take a deep breath and not make assumptions, ok?
your life is already way weirder than you thought it was gonna be, this might as well happen.

For real, man. If you feel bad for what happened, start working toward making the world a better place. That's a better repentance for someone like you than jail or death anyway.

You've already started by stopping Shido. Make further good by putting in the time to help others and earn your redemption instead of wallowing in what punishment you think you deserve.

Edited 2020-02-08 01:21 (UTC)

If I can, I'll do my best.
I already have a list of names to release to help bring down the rest of the conspiracy.
I've actually put a lot of effort over the years into making sure I could tear the entire thing to the ground.

But I guess I don't have a lot of faith in authority figures to be merciful.

That's a good way to keep the ball rolling. Just never forget what happened to you, and do your best to protect others from the same fate. And if you can do it without hurting others, so much the better.

Can't blame you in not trusting authority figures anymore either. But the good ones know that Lady Justice is blind, but not deaf. Circumstance and context matter. Daybreak's been pretty reasonable with all of us, when it gets down to it, and I think they get it more than you might think.

My powers have always been more of a wrecking ball than a scalpel, but Daybreak does have more contexts where a wrecking ball is appropriate than the criminal justice system.
Not to mention more mundane resources.

The idea of reasonable authority is pretty strange, though.
I did just get out of a conspiracy involving a shit ton of corrupt authority figures.

Hey, learning to adapt what you have is an important skill. You may not be able to become a scalpel, but... going from a wrecking ball to a more precise demolition might even be a start.

I'm not great with metaphors. Sorry.

And... yeah, that'd do it. But they do exist, sometimes. But they're not as common as they should be.

Not having to keep this power secret might make a difference.
It can increase the power of its target, so it's not strictly a destructive ability.
Its tactical uses are just pretty limited when nobody is expecting someone to lose restraint.

They're not. The list of names I have is way too damn long.

Bound to be a time that it could come in handy. Never know when someone might need a bit of a push, so to speak. If you have a way to turn it off, anyway.

Wish I could say I was surprised about that list, though.

[There's a few moments between messages as Gunvolt stops to think. Shido really had his hands in a lot of things, from what he managed to pick up, and.... well, there was something that was bothering him.]

...Hey, Akechi. Did Shido have any business with the Sumeragi Group? The big energy and electronics corporation over there?

They've been big on running a clandestine Candle exploitation ring... sounds like something he probably would've interested in.

I can cancel the effect at will, if I'm close enough. That's difficult if I'm trying to hide, but would be a lot easier if I'm open about what I'm doing.

He did have clients in the Sumeragi Group, yes. Do you want their names?

...I would. Given the kinds of dangers Sumeragi's programs might represent to Candles going forward, getting a chance to investigate them further is a lead I can't pass up.

It's possible Shido's connections aren't part of what I'm looking to stop, so I'll have to be thorough before I jump to any conclusions.

[Though odds are, whoever they were probably weren't innocent, but he's not about to forego doing due diligence.]

I can promise they're not blameless. I've met their Shadows, though of course I wouldn't have known what to directly question them about.

[And attached is a list of names of those affiliated with both the Sumeragi Group and the Rising Sun Coalition.]

Thanks, Akechi. I appreciate it. Taking down Sumeragi after what they've done... and are continuing to do, will go a long way to making the world better.

[....Part of him realized that in so doing would probably make Asimov rest in peace more easily. Not something he really wanted to think about, but would probably be for the best; even a broken clock could be right twice a day.]

...There are more names here than I expected. Guess I'll be busy. ...Can I count on you for help, if I need it?

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