UN: G.Akechi

[foolishjustice]

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.

Comments

[nor_iron_bars]

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.

[foolishjustice]

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

[nor_iron_bars]

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.

[foolishjustice]

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.

[nor_iron_bars]

...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.]

[foolishjustice]

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.

[nor_iron_bars]

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.