username: senpai [this is the PSA that no one asked for]

[drugsnotclubs]

here's your damn homework, council













[The Google slides link can also be found here!

FOR THOSE UNAWARE: Minato, Akechi, Rolo, and Shinjiro all received a group sentencing. It was to educate the chosen on why murder is unforgiveable. Please enjoy the fruits of their dubious labor.]

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[melnik]

[ Right... The question just sort of came out out of his own bafflement, but now that it's been said, it figures that Minato wouldn't know. Though it doesn't strike him that the man at least going by Nikolai Gogol is particularly easy to find.

So, he'll keep that question in his back pocket for now. But more importantly, ]

They are lying! Undoubtedly!

[ There's no hesitation in that response. Zero. Nevertheless, by how he goes on to explain that, it's clear he does care a great deal about it... ]

Even by their own logic, it doesn't make sense. You were not brought here because you're a fucking murderer. [ Even without knowing why Minato was supposedly brought here, he says that much with confidence. ] So, what, the goal is to dutifully complete these meaningless tasks for them and eventually they'll decide we were well-behaved enough slaves and let us go?

Did they say anything else? If this is step one, then what is supposed to come next? If it's not an empty promise, then why hold that over our heads without a single shred of evidence to support it?

[memori3s]

[ Oh wow. Minato's never seen Miller this agitated before. It's a stark contrast from the measured man he'd come to know, even if he'd always figured the man could get pretty grouchy in the right circumstances. ]

...no, they didn't say anything else.

[ He really does wish he had more information for Miller. ]

I don't know. ...I'm sorry. Everything I've already told you is all that I know.

[ Maybe he shouldn't have shared that information with Miller? Oops. ]

[melnik]

[ The subdued response from Minato gives him pause, allows him to realize he got a little too heated. All of it was true, of course... but shooting the messenger was not his intention nor is it really helpful. ]

...Right. Of course. Sorry for shouting at you.

[ After all, part of the reason it upsets him is because he hates the thought of the Council trying to manipulate Minato like that. ]

I really hope this message of yours will be sufficient for them.

[memori3s]

...it's okay.

[ It must be frustrating to someone who desperately wants to return home, to receive an iota of information that might not even be true at all. ]

I promised to share any information with you, so...

[ Even now, Minato hasn't forgotten that promise he'd made with Miller. If he happened to uncover any additional information, he'd relay it immediately to the man. There's a thought that does dawn on him though. ]

I wonder if they'll share more information if we fail.

[ It might be a risk he's willing to take. ]