Re: In spite of terror,
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:46 pm
Kaede Tsurumi... That wasn't a name Lily was intimately familiar with.
Kaede was part of Dani's crowd, right? She'd seen them together a fair bit, but other than that Kaede wasn't someone Lily knew all that well. Well, that and the fact that her slate was clean, her name never coming up once on any of the announcements. That didn't exactly guarantee that she was harmless, but so far she hadn't done anything to warrant concern. She was more likely an innocent than Evie was at any rate, or herself for that matter.
That, however, was an issue. Because now that meant she couldn't walk away anymore, knowing that Kaede was in danger. It was one thing to avoid confrontation over a mutual threat, another to leave someone else's fate in the hands of a player. Besides, if she prioritised hunting Kitty down over protecting her former classmates... Well, then she'd be no better than Matthew fucking Bell.
She peeked her head out of cover, trying to suss out Evie's current position. She could just about glimpse Evie through the window, her body flat up against the wall, and a tacky golden magnum in her hands. Taking a shot at her would be tricky, if not outright impossible from this angle. If she wanted to pull this off with one bullet, she'd have to move out of cover, put herself out in the open.
It'd be a risky, especially with Kitty still on the prowl... But fortunately, she didn't have to take that risk just yet. Not when there was still a chance for everyone to walk away with their lives intact. Much as she wanted to warn Kaede directly, she suspected that she couldn't hear her all that well. Lily could barely make out what Kaede was saying herself, only clued in by Evie's response. So unless she started yelling, she only had one option to diffuse this situation quietly.
"Evie..." she whispered, gritting her teeth. "Tell her to get away from here... Now."
Kaede was part of Dani's crowd, right? She'd seen them together a fair bit, but other than that Kaede wasn't someone Lily knew all that well. Well, that and the fact that her slate was clean, her name never coming up once on any of the announcements. That didn't exactly guarantee that she was harmless, but so far she hadn't done anything to warrant concern. She was more likely an innocent than Evie was at any rate, or herself for that matter.
That, however, was an issue. Because now that meant she couldn't walk away anymore, knowing that Kaede was in danger. It was one thing to avoid confrontation over a mutual threat, another to leave someone else's fate in the hands of a player. Besides, if she prioritised hunting Kitty down over protecting her former classmates... Well, then she'd be no better than Matthew fucking Bell.
She peeked her head out of cover, trying to suss out Evie's current position. She could just about glimpse Evie through the window, her body flat up against the wall, and a tacky golden magnum in her hands. Taking a shot at her would be tricky, if not outright impossible from this angle. If she wanted to pull this off with one bullet, she'd have to move out of cover, put herself out in the open.
It'd be a risky, especially with Kitty still on the prowl... But fortunately, she didn't have to take that risk just yet. Not when there was still a chance for everyone to walk away with their lives intact. Much as she wanted to warn Kaede directly, she suspected that she couldn't hear her all that well. Lily could barely make out what Kaede was saying herself, only clued in by Evie's response. So unless she started yelling, she only had one option to diffuse this situation quietly.
"Evie..." she whispered, gritting her teeth. "Tell her to get away from here... Now."