#GAH. anyway yeah i've gone on etc etc you already know it's Complicated. it's complicated.

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jou not only wanting to conceal sara’s name near the start for their safety, but also a chance to get further confirmation that kai knew sara before the death game ever began...? he had seen kai, presumably, but if kai ever slipped up then he’d have more reason to be suspicious and it’d be likely that he’d have other witnesses to really drag kai down.

#but unfortunately in every run sara launches herself toward jou and punches him directly in the gut #<- in my heart. i do go this route every run though i think it's funny and also fits their dynamic very well (teasing - #particularly in the whole ''i don't care'' manner when you know they do this is just your humor with each other... #making jokes doing stupid silly stuff....wahhh they're just kids ;_;) #i got off track. anyway jou is smart and people like to underplay his skill just bc he's fairly social and tries to be upbeat #jestersvaguely #yttdposting #like if there was anyway to ensure that suspicion was thrown onto kai if sara couldn't say it (which she wouldn't - #because even once she does remember. she doesn't tell jou for fear of how he'll react to the situation. believing direct confrontation #will be his first thought when it's really one of his later plans...) then this was the only route he could take. try to gaud kai into #slipping up without sara ever having to be more vulnerable than need be in front of these strangers #bc like. stalking is traumatizing lmao like she shouldn't have to admit that to strangers who could take advantage of it to destabilize her #COUGHS. sou ''asshole'' tsukimi . . . #GAH. anyway yeah i've gone on etc etc you already know it's Complicated. it's complicated.