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psychedelica) wrote2018-07-27 09:17 pm
psychedelica) wrote2018-07-27 09:17 pm
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-- Belph!!
[ literally as soon as he leaves the tailor and hears the news from the Dragon and Tiger, he's going to find Belph and run up to him, his expression a mixture of alarm and relief.
He was worried - truly. And he still is - especially knowing his partner is dead. There's a sour feeling unraveling in the pit of his stomach like a black snack, but for the moment, he keeps it down. ]
You're still alive... Good.
[ literally as soon as he leaves the tailor and hears the news from the Dragon and Tiger, he's going to find Belph and run up to him, his expression a mixture of alarm and relief.
He was worried - truly. And he still is - especially knowing his partner is dead. There's a sour feeling unraveling in the pit of his stomach like a black snack, but for the moment, he keeps it down. ]
You're still alive... Good.
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[ HUFF. ]
I'll probably never see you again, so the least you can do is be straightforward with me.
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[ugh.]
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It's so strange to be cared about. But it's good. ]
... It's too late to save me like that.
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... Yeah, well. I'm selfish, remember?
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[ but he feels something soft and protective fold around his heart. maybe he should try a little bit... if it's what Belph wants. Hikage wants to be the person his friends think he could be, even if he doesn't think he's that person, himself. He opens his mouth again, to say something, but closes it soon after. There are so many things he wants to say, but he's terrible with words, even now. ]
... If I'd had a friend like you while I was alive, I'm sure I would have been a better person, [ he decides on, eventually. But he keeps going. ] I want you to live... I want you to be happy. If I have to dirty my hands again for that, then you'll just have to let me.
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he's quiet for a while, before—]
Your ring—I think I know what it does.
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[ that was obviously not the direction he was expecting this to take. By this point, he actually could have taken it off - but he gave up on trying a while ago, so it's still there. ]
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[a pause.]
In my defence, I didn't specify the item or that it couldn't be removed. That's all on the well.
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[ to be honest, he'd thought it was a weird prank, or maybe someone's role that he hadn't learned about. He didn't think that much about it at all. With everything else going on, how could he focus on a silly ring that said "bitches" on it?
He certainly didn't imagine it was Belph trying to save his life (or what's left of it.) No one has ever done that for him. Of that, he's certain. Emotion wells up in him, hot and unfamiliar, and he stares at his feet, overcome. ]
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... Anyway, yeah. There's your explanation! I have to admit, though, it was pretty funny.
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[ that reaction... Belph is as bad as he is at being honest - he just expresses it in a different way. He'd laugh if he wasn't feeling so moved. That's what this feeling is, isn't it? It's one he's been feeling too much lately.
Hikage doesn't know how to convey what he's feeling in the least. Thank you isn't enough - Belph used a wish to protect his worthless existence, because he apparently sees something in him worth protecting, something in him worth keeping from further harm and further sin. Timidly, he reaches out, pinching a bit of Belph's sleeve between his fingers; it's an awkward gesture, and he can't think of anything to say that will go along with it. In the end, he has to go with the insufficient. ]
... Thank you.
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Don't worry about it, man. Besides, you're probably the only person who'd be thankful for a reward used from murdering someone.