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Robots Aren’t Built To Lie | Meifen | Trial 5.5 | RE: Akito, Ariadne, ATN: Ariadne, Everyone

“Wait, what?”

“Miss Jiang was planning to end poor Mr. Mikage’s life.” What type of robotic snake bullshit-

Well that had certainly gotten the 17 year old’s attention after her impassioned spiel about her desire for her friends to not throw their lives away.

Then…

“W-What are you going on about? Killing Akito, m-my friend - is literally e-everything I would fight against. That just isn’t true, Ariadne?”

Well this was a surreal experience. The way Meifen balked with the rest of her peers and her exasperated tone sounded remarkably genuine. There was no defensiveness or reclusion in her posture, just pure… confusion. Also some offense, naturally.

Her, killing a friend? Ariadne what are you on today?

“A-As you so graciously revealed to the class, y-you all know someone back home w-who was - s-still is by the way d-due to public impression - has been blackmailing me for t-two t’ three years now. Just here, I-I had someone else who I thought w-was my friend get two innocent people killed. Alastair used me too.”

She’s fixed Ariadne with a questioning, unbelieving stare. Meifen wasn’t buying this, and she wasn’t known to be a particularly good liar. Dismissive of her opinions and feelings in the past, sure, but not great at lying to people’s faces.

If she was, wouldn’t she have spun what Ariadne said back then as something a lot less minor than being the blackmailed daughter of a criminal? Crime is a broad term, after all.

She shakes her head and looks at Akito for guidance.

“I-I told you more in-depth what even happened t’ me before the motive. I-I couldn’t forgive Hyo-rin or Alastair because they killed people who trusted them. M-Me doing that t’ you would go against everything I’ve been standing for.”

Her focus is back on the remainder of the group.

“W-What Ariadne just said is a lie. If it wasn’t, I-I would own up to it - but I can’t. Because it isn’t true. Not even close.”

She calmly pushes a lock of hair behind her face and faces you all with ease. Meifen really was being as honest with everyone as she could be, but she didn’t know if they would believe her. Which… sucked.

“F-For clarification… W-When I said “Yeah, I know what I have t’ do a-and I hate it,”? I was making reference t’ the price o-of protecting my dad. The unfair deal o-of taking a life to keep Papa’s somewhat in tact.“

The girl shakes her head, sighing.

“He’s a strong man a-and smart man. A-As much as I’ve helped protect him with my agreement, he’s not a kid l-like me. We… We would figure it out, e-even if it meant I lost everything again.

Papa’s told me several times since he came clean about his job that h-he never wants me involved with anything criminal. Murder’s pretty criminal? M-Murdering a friend is unforgivable t’ me. I’ve made that very clear…”

She thinks on it and now actually looks guilty.

“I… I considered murdering for this motive, yes. That part is true but… I didn’t act on it. M-Maybe I’m trying t’ convince myself I’m better than a-a coward but…” She sighs and looks down, “I just can’t imagine the pain he would go through, a-and I know I wouldn’t get away with it anyway. It’s suicide.”

A tired look is sent back to the robotic hostess.

“If you’re going t’ lie through y-you’re teeth: Cyprien, Moriko, o-or even Alessandro would’ve been more convincing. I-If I had it my way, I would dismantle you a-and end this. But, that’s just a baseless fantasy - right?”

Oy vey, what an unecessary headache. Taking off her glasses for a moment, Meifen blindly rubs at the bridge of her nose.

“I-I’m still not voting for someone either way in case that’s what that’s all about. You’ll hurt me, fine, b-but I still have some pride left after everything ‘Baekho-kun~’-” she seems to seethe a bit at the mention of this individual, clearly mocking the nickname with her manner of speaking, “H-Has done t’ me at this point.”

Gross. So, so…

“Why would Yoon h-have you lie like that? Y-You don’t otherwise but that surprised me as much as the rest of them. …D-Did he ask you to cause drama a-after their death? They seemed rather hung up on the melodrama a-after each of our secrets were revealed… except Moriko’s of course. He even had a camera out.”

Yeah, Moriko… she didn’t forget that. A challenging look is given to the Hostess. Alright, she’ll play. She likes games.

“Unless you have evidence? I can probably explain it in whatever context that was taken out’ve but those words have never left my mouth, as far as I remember or know at least… Did I say something that sounded like that?”

Y'all she just wants to sleep.

“I hope you all believe me, but? I-If you don’t that’s fine too, I guess. I know myself a-and I know I wouldn’t hurt him or Alma at least.”

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