Haru stayed silent as he seemed to struggle with a response to her inquiry. There was no doubt it was a difficult decision for him, it would have been for her as well, so she felt no desire to rush him. The truth was so important to all of them and she probably should have guessed what he'd choose. She gave him a tiny nod and a halfhearted smile.
"To tell everything would be a very long story." And truthfully, she didn't think she was particularly good at recounting stories. However, she was determined to do her best to give a brief summary of the most troubling aspects. "After my father's..." it felt like something was stuck in her throat for a moment as the image of her father's death came into her mind. "A-after his death things got very bad. His...his death was broadcast. He was meant to confess to his crimes, as all others had done before. Instead a mental shut down was induced right then there..." For everyone, including her, to see. "Of course, you all were very distraught and convinced it was a mistake on the part of the Phantom Thieves." And for just a moment she had even entertained that idea. It passed very quickly though. Haru couldn't imagine how it could have gone wrong enough to be their fault.
"The public turned against us so quickly. Everyone was convinced we were nothing more than murderers." Her tone betrayed how appalling she found that to be and she balled her tiny hands up in frustration. "That was the point. We were used as scapegoats for all the mental shut-downs and deaths associated with them. The real culprit, the one you all had been hearing about prior to this incident was Goro Akechi. It seems he was gifted similar abilities to our leader but rather than use them as Ren did, he used them to create and enact a very elaborate revenge plan." Really, it sounded like something out of a movie to think about it now. It had been something of a twisted and overly complicated plan all for the sake of revenge. Despite what he'd done she found a twinge of sympathy plucking at her insides as she recounted that part.
"His father was Masayoshi Shido, the politician running for Prime Minister of Japan. He found out about the other world long before any of us came to our abilities. With Akechi's help he was using it to get rid of competition. Everything we went through, it was all the plot of one individual's quest for rulership of Japan." It disgusted her that her father's death had been about nothing more than Shido's desire for power. All of the lives that were destroyed, including Akechi's, had been because of this despicable adult's selfish wishes. "His palace truly was a reflection of his despicable selfish distortions. He truly thought he was some sort of captain who would be the only person to lead Japan to true glory." There was anger in her tone and she shook her head and let out a breath.
"That's....well, that's most of it." There was more of course, there was the Holy Grail and then the entire alternate reality. But...the plot with Shido was already quite a lot and she was sure it would be a lot for him to take in on it's own. She bowed her head after a moment. "I apologize for the lengthy explanation. I suppose I'm not overly gifted with such things. Perhaps the idea of us being heroes in a novel here is not too far off from our roles back home." Because truly all of that did sound like something out of some complicated noir show she might have watched
"Where were you placed?" It was a bit upsetting to hear he would not be in a building with her. The idea of rooming around others was such a foreign concept to her. "Oh! et me check," she rummaged inside of it and pulled out a gray key. "Gray it seems!"
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"To tell everything would be a very long story." And truthfully, she didn't think she was particularly good at recounting stories. However, she was determined to do her best to give a brief summary of the most troubling aspects. "After my father's..." it felt like something was stuck in her throat for a moment as the image of her father's death came into her mind. "A-after his death things got very bad. His...his death was broadcast. He was meant to confess to his crimes, as all others had done before. Instead a mental shut down was induced right then there..." For everyone, including her, to see. "Of course, you all were very distraught and convinced it was a mistake on the part of the Phantom Thieves." And for just a moment she had even entertained that idea. It passed very quickly though. Haru couldn't imagine how it could have gone wrong enough to be their fault.
"The public turned against us so quickly. Everyone was convinced we were nothing more than murderers." Her tone betrayed how appalling she found that to be and she balled her tiny hands up in frustration. "That was the point. We were used as scapegoats for all the mental shut-downs and deaths associated with them. The real culprit, the one you all had been hearing about prior to this incident was Goro Akechi. It seems he was gifted similar abilities to our leader but rather than use them as Ren did, he used them to create and enact a very elaborate revenge plan." Really, it sounded like something out of a movie to think about it now. It had been something of a twisted and overly complicated plan all for the sake of revenge. Despite what he'd done she found a twinge of sympathy plucking at her insides as she recounted that part.
"His father was Masayoshi Shido, the politician running for Prime Minister of Japan. He found out about the other world long before any of us came to our abilities. With Akechi's help he was using it to get rid of competition. Everything we went through, it was all the plot of one individual's quest for rulership of Japan." It disgusted her that her father's death had been about nothing more than Shido's desire for power. All of the lives that were destroyed, including Akechi's, had been because of this despicable adult's selfish wishes. "His palace truly was a reflection of his despicable selfish distortions. He truly thought he was some sort of captain who would be the only person to lead Japan to true glory." There was anger in her tone and she shook her head and let out a breath.
"That's....well, that's most of it." There was more of course, there was the Holy Grail and then the entire alternate reality. But...the plot with Shido was already quite a lot and she was sure it would be a lot for him to take in on it's own. She bowed her head after a moment. "I apologize for the lengthy explanation. I suppose I'm not overly gifted with such things. Perhaps the idea of us being heroes in a novel here is not too far off from our roles back home." Because truly all of that did sound like something out of some complicated noir show she might have watched
"Where were you placed?" It was a bit upsetting to hear he would not be in a building with her. The idea of rooming around others was such a foreign concept to her. "Oh! et me check," she rummaged inside of it and pulled out a gray key. "Gray it seems!"