BYLETH, CLAUDE, DIMITRI

[divineimpulse]

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[shaft]

I think I know what an owl feather does.

[ He just hands it back to Dimitri. ]

I've rather gotten used to the pens they have here.

[repress]

Please just listen.

[ he's not accepting it back! he sideeyes byleth briefly before continuing. ]

...I won Viola's auction. That item is what I received—so long as you are holding it, you cannot be targeted for death on Thursday. It only works once, after which it will break, but will remain in effect until someone decides to go after your life.

[shaft]

[ ... ]

Wouldn't it be better to give it to Byleth in that case?

[repress]

Not an option. And I do not want to keep it for myself.

[divineimpulse]

[she frowns at him, but nods.]

I'm not taking it. The deaths have been targeting adult males, not the infirm.

[shaft]

[ Just closes his eyes. ]

Perhaps we ought to break it three ways, and we can all win.

[repress]

[ not amused! ]

Will both of you please stop being difficult?

[shaft]

Also the theory that only adult men are being targeted isn't true. Both Lan Wangji and Sieghart were injured.

There's no reason why people won't continue to target the weak.

[divineimpulse]

Even more reason for Dimitri to take it, then.

[repress]

Claude was a suspect last trial, while neither of us were even considered. Someone could easily decide that's enough to warrant his death.

[ also, claude is being bullied. ]

[shaft]

Ah, so that's why you chose me? Not because you think I'm self-centred enough not to question it?

[repress]

That's not what I—

[ he stops, looking a little unsteady on his feet for a moment before he catches himself and continues. ]

I think that you are reasonable enough to accept it. [ ... ] And I would not see harm befall either of you.

[shaft]

I understand that you two have a habit of making foreplay out of who can be more self-sacrificial, but I'd rather not be made an unwilling participant.

[ Dramatically throws the feather back at Dimitri. It probably just floats in the air.

Anyway, he's yeeting out of here bye. ]

[repress]

[ he catches it, of course, but... ]

Claude, wait—

[ anyway he's going to go after him so i can have separate memshare threads with you guys. thanks for having the dumbest pc with me ever. ]