mineo.

[enfangs]

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[enfangs]

[figuring that he's gotten about as much slime as he can pre-laundry, white steps out of the tub and sits on the edge.]

Putting those detective skills to work, huh? So what's the verdict so far?

[sengokus]

[he

bristles]

.... I'm not—

[ . . . .

he lets it go.]

Not the Rec Room, the Simulation Room, the Planetarium, or Common Room.

Are you asking me just to ask, or do you wanna find out what happened to him?

[enfangs]

Hey, if we're getting shanked around here, it's in my best interests to know who did it.

[sengokus]

And then what?

You stab them back before they can get you?

[enfangs]

If they're still a threat? Yeah. Sorry we don't all live in societies where you can just lock up your enemies and forget about 'em.

[sengokus]

Hey.

[he snaps - quick and irritated.]

Don't just assume you know what my response is gonna be.

[enfangs]

Yeah?

[he snaps back, sounding just as irritated.]

Then what was it gonna be?

[sengokus]

Not some bullshit!

[well maybe some bullshit]

You think I'd just let people get hurt for the sake of some ideal in a place that doesn't even have laws? I'm not trying to die here either, you know!

[enfangs]

[a scoff]

And what right do you have to be mad at me? You're the one who immediately decided I'd kill them—and sure, you weren't wrong, but it looks like I'm not the only who makes assumptions about people.

[sengokus]

I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at—

[fucking everything.]

I didn't decide. I asked.

[enfangs]

Sure sounded like a question that already expected a specific answer.

[he shrugs.]

... Well, whatever.

[not like he doesn't have it coming, anyway.]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . fuck.

mineo backs off but - there's a frown set on his lips. like he knows that he said something rude, something that probably set white off but.

does he even have room to make someone else feel better right now, or will he only make it worse?]

I don't think you're wrong - to have that reaction, and think the way you do.

I just -

... I'd rather know, than not see something coming.

[enfangs]

[he knows it's hypocritical of him. he's the one who paints himself as violent, unforgiving. anything less is a kneejerk insult. he has no right to feel bitter whenever people buy into that image.

"is it even possible for things like demans to not harm humans? hm?"

he glances at mineo, before looking away again.]

... I'm not looking for understanding or whatever. That just makes you sound fucking patronizing.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just huffs.]

Even if you're not looking for it, it doesn't change that I'm trying, alright? And maybe I'm fucking that up today, too.

[if he's coming off as patronizing]

But it's not like -

[ . . . . ]

I don't assume you're evil. [that he's a monster] I'm just tired of feeling like I'm blind to people. [because he thinks too well of them.] I'm not trying to see you as a saint either.

[enfangs]

[...

white manages to bite back his first response, though less because of its cruelty and more because he's afraid of how things would change if he said it. maybe don't call people your friend if you don't think you understand them.]

Don't think I've been anything but pretty straightforward.

[sengokus]

... you probably have been.

[but mineo doesn't get to make that call. only white gets to really say if he's being honest. but he'll reach out anyway, roughly mussing up white's hair in a gesture that's both a little aggro and -

well, maybe it's peacemaking. it's how he tries to make peace.]

I'm the one who's messed up today.

[he's angry - which makes him more likely to pick fights and say reckless things]

Sorry.

[enfangs]

Hey...!

[reflexively, he tries to bat mineo's hand away, though there's no real force behind it.]

... You're an idiot. Don't apologize.

[sengokus]

[ . . . don't apologize? it's a weird statement to him - he's used to disappointing people, and saying sorry.]

... just 'cause I'm in a bad mood doesn't mean I gotta put you in one too.

I can apologize for that.

[especially since he thinks he's gonna be pretty pissed the rest of the day - so he's not sure if he'll say something else that'll be wrong]

[enfangs]

Whatever. I'm always in a bad mood anyway. Thought that much was obvious.

[sengokus]

You're really not that bad.

[takeru exists. endorsi is actually also probably meaner to mineo. but he'll wander off now, going back to looking around the common room and - checking out the floor]

... you don't see broken glass here or anything, right?

[enfangs]

Nope.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just

crouches on the floor and sighs again]

Megara-san said her feet were cut up because of the broken shards, and Sheila-san said that she saw the same.

So how come where you spent the night makes a difference on what you can see? It doesn't make any sense.

[he hates magic suddenly]

[enfangs]

Who knows? This place operates on weirdass logic.

[sengokus]

Well it's stupid, especially since our lives are on the line now apparently.

[they were before but

wow explicit fear of death has been put on the table]

And now they're not even answering our messages. What the hell?

[enfangs]

There was always going to be a catch. This is it, apparently.