mineo.

[enfangs]

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[sengokus]

Satoru..... your luck......

[enfangs]

Yeah, it's pretty bad. He didn't seem to mind, though.

[sengokus]

He'd just say something like "I'm okay, I'm okay! I've nearly been eaten alive or something equally horrific!" or whatever.

[there is so much exhaustion. but also a tiny bit of fondness. that said it really is like 95% exhaustion and 5% fondness]

Ah, jeeze... Sorry you had to deal with that - Takeru was being annoying about something so I wanted to stick with him this week. Next time I'll just go with you.

[enfangs]

Yeah, I think his exact words were "as long as it doesn't kill me, it's not a big deal" or something.

[... he shrugs.]

You're allowed to go with whoever you want.

[sengokus]

Satoru...

[just kinda growly but it's fine, he'll beat up gojou later]

Ah... I know - but this sounds like a pain. At least when we go somewhere together, it's not as stupid...

[enfangs]

[dryly,]

Did hear a lot of gossip about you when you weren't around, though. [was it worth everything else? no.] How was the garden?

[sengokus]

Gossip? About me?

[he's so curious bUT WHY DO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM, GODDAMN]

Ah, it was okay... Roses were bleeding last night, but it was just me, Vira-san, Sheila-san, Harrow-san, Molly, and Takeru. Nothing all that eventful happened, mostly just weird reminiscing....

Harrow-san knows what 'goth' means now though.

[enfangs]

Gojou says you're ticklish?

[he tilts his head.]

Good for her...? I'm surprised it took this long.

[sengokus]

[



sorry he takes like. a step back at the mention]

Satoru's a liar.

[but the feeling of nervousness now suggests otherwise]

Yeah - but it totally describes her aesthetic, right?

[enfangs]

Calm down, I'm not gonna just start tickling you out of nowhere. For starters, that sounds like a disaster when you feel like you've been stabbed.

[he nods.]

Yeah, definitely. That's why I'm surprised she didn't learn about it earlier.

[sengokus]

It's really not that bad - I've been stabbed before, this just feels like... a lot.

[a whole lot. anyway he just sighs]

Yeah. Just seems like her aesthetic, right? But... well. It was a pretty quiet night for us otherwise. Even though I kinda hate that someone had to die at all...

[ . . . at least it was just childe? though even that thought inspires a little bit of guilt in him for thinking it]

[enfangs]

... Mm. Guess we'll see what happened tomorrow. [a beat.] Or fail to figure anything out. Could go either way.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . and then quietly - ]

... I don't think I'm going to vote.

[enfangs]

[he shrugs.]

Honestly, I've never bothered to vote aside from putting in Douman's name one time.

[sengokus]

... I voted for the robot - and for Childe last week, just to make sure that Satoru wouldn't be in trouble.

[he was so fucking terrified someone would throw in enough votes for gojou]

But... I don't really want to lose anybody, if we can help it.

[enfangs]

All the people throwing in random votes makes things a bigger pain than they need to be, huh? [...] Well, the entire system is annoying, really.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he just closes his eyes at that]

... yeah. It is. It's wrong to begin with. But... at least if you take wildcards like Mahito and Childe out....

I'd hope that this time people would refrain from sending their votes out.

[enfangs]

... Too bad there's no way of knowing for sure.

[sengokus]

.... we can try tomorrow. Or... well...

[there's - a sort of pain in his chest. a sad desperation to cling onto what he still has.]

I want to try. I don't really want to lose anyone else.

[enfangs]

Mm.

[with a flicker of concern coming from him, he claps mineo's shoulder—lightly. because pseudo-stabs.]

Don't know if it'll help at all, but I've still got my ability from Wrath.

[sengokus]

[ - hah. there's a little burst of fondness from him at that]

To force a truth from someone?

[enfangs]

[he nods, doing his best to ignore that fondness.]

Yup, that's the one.

[sengokus]

.... guess we'll see.

[he runs a hand through his hair]

I don't really know how to handle this sort of thing... but if it were up to me there wouldn't have been any murder here in the first place.

[enfangs]

If it were up to you, a lot of things would probably be better around here. Unfortunately, it's usually pieces of crap who run the show.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . well. he can't deny that. there's another torn feeling in his chest, but at least this one rings with a little familiarity]

... yeah.

It's weird to think that it's almost over, and we still have so much to do.