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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:29 AM
Hey... Are you possibly in need of a roommate?
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:31 AM
eh? where's this comin from?
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:31 AM
I need somewhere to stay for a while.
12:32 AM
I cook and clean pretty well, and I make good money.
12:33 AM
I just need a futon and a little closet space... And a filing cabinet... And maybe a desk...
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:34 AM
...so does this mean you and yosuke went through with splittin up?
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:35 AM
We aren't breaking up. It's just... We decided that it would be best if one of us moved out for a bit.
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:38 AM
yeah, guess that makes sense
12:39 AM
alright, i'll come over n help you move stuff
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:39 AM
Thanks, little bro.
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:41 AM
don't sweat it!
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:43 AM
Why would I sweat...?
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:50 AM
i dunno!
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:52 AM
Oh, it's a saying.
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:54 AM
so, just outta curiosity, is yosuke just livin alone now or...?
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:55 AM
...He said he was going to ask Teddie and Hikaru to move in with him. I want to keep an eye out to make sure he actually goes through with it.
12:56 AM
If that doesn't work out, I'm not sure what to do... Not that he can't take care of himself, I just... Don't want him to be alone.
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 12:58 AM
yeah, that's about what i was thinkin too
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 2/10/2023 12:59 AM
... It's going to be okay. We'll work this out. acPleased
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waffle | himbo collector 2/10/2023 1:01 AM
yeah! course we will
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:19 AM
pssst! hey! you lookin for sho minazuki?? that's me. @Phea: full-time twink bullier (for Ryuji)
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hey! you're the one that went looking for us first!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:22 AM
ohhhh! so mishima was legit after all! that's great! uh, first off, sorry bout how i had to reach out to ya, i know that's not exactly polite or nothin, but i wasn't sure how to get ahold of you guys and i felt i had to make sure the phan-site's admin would be a reliable source. i wasn't sure if you guys had gotten the app yet either, sooo... yeah. that's why i went about it the way i did. so, mishima told you everything, right??
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i really don't think you gave him much to tell...
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:27 AM
yeaaah, that's true. a lot of it's stuff that would probably fry a normal person's brain. lot of shadow and persona stuff.
12:28 AM
had to be a liiittle vague about stuff because of that.
12:29 AM
but with you and the rest of your group, i don't gotta worry about that. so, if you got any questions, lay em on me!
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mind if i add one of the other members?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:30 AM
go for it!! add as many of them as ya gotta
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Phea: full-time twink bullier 4/28/2023 12:32 AM
[ @pinky: la creatura 47 ] hey! text chat with that weird dude!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:33 AM
yo! weird dude here!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:34 AM
Oh so now Iโ€™m in the chat with the weird dude-
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we're already in one weird chat with the weird dude. what's another one to the count?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:37 AM
The amount of pennies Iโ€™m adding up for every time Iโ€™m in one
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:39 AM
then you must be really rich at this rate!
12:40 AM
there's a lot of weird stuff happening, and i ain't the only weirdo you're gonna run into in chat
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it's about time you learned about money management!
12:40 AM
vague and creepy
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:40 AM
...sheesh, i really gotta work on my delivery, huh...
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:40 AM
Funny thing enough iโ€™d have three pennies and youโ€™re not the one to tell me about money management, Captain.
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if you had as much money as me you'd be even worse!
12:41 AM
i've seen your closet! you can't tell me my spendin' habits are worse!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:42 AM
JUST BECAUSE I MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONABLE HABBIT I DONโ€™T NEED TO BE CALLED OUT!!!
12:42 AM
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DON'T PLAY THE CRYING EMOJI CARD ON ME!!!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:44 AM
uhhh... guys?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:44 AM
nooo
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๐Ÿ˜ 
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:46 AM
hello?? did i lose service or somethin?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:47 AM
Right weโ€™re getting off track, sorry!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:49 AM
no big, i do it all the time
12:49 AM
aaanyway, if you guys got any questions which i'm sure you got a whole lot, i got answers
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...now that im put on the spot, i got nothin'
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:51 AM
โ€ฆyeah can you give us a minute to brainstorm real quick?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:51 AM
sure! i got nothin but time
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we gotta ask about his shady ass group right
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:53 AM
we have to ask about so much and itโ€™s insane how i canโ€™t think of anything
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maybe we just ask him to explain what he wants so we don't gotta decide
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:55 AM
yeah and then we can deduct questions from there
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 12:55 AM
alright alright, i'll just start from the top and lay all my cards on the table. sound good??
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he read our minds!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:57 AM
i mean we did say it outloud-
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maybe if we keep talkin' in italics he won't be able to hear us
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 12:58 AM
i donโ€™t think that makes out texts invisible or does it?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 1:03 AM
the group i'm with, is basically everyone in that chat. we're ALL persona-users, and i got good reason to believe you guys are too. what we're fightin is pretty much a big evil god named hi-no-kagutsuchi. kiiiinda like the robot-lookin fucker you guys squared off with a few years back, which, yeah, i saw that go down. it was pretty sweet! good job handling that, seriously! i reached out to you because we need your help; right now, we got no way of getting to the heart of the realm that hi-no-kagutsuchi lives in. place called phlegethon. but i got a theory; if the cognition of the general public gets rattled enough, the path's gonna open for us, and then we can go take his ass down! as far as i can think, that's our only shot at ending it as soon as possible. because as it is, we're sitting ducks. it seems like all we could do is just... wait until he's fucked everything up as thoroughly as possible! and me personally, i'm not down for that! so my thought process with all this is, if the phantom thieves can make a comeback and rock tokyo's shit just like a few years back, change a few corrupt hearts, all that good shit... we'll be able to avoid a hell of a lot more damage being done.
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 1:43 AM
uhh... also, little bit off-topic, but i don't think your buddy mishima likes me very much. which, y'know, that's on me, and i'm real sorry about that.
1:47 AM
just wanna reiterate, i'm not out to try and trick you guys or whatever. i probably coulda gone about all this better, but at the time, i kinda felt like it was my only option to ensure things went right. i ain't good at it at all, as you can see, but i'm just askin for your help. and you guys don't even have to help me if ya don't wanna, you can forget this whole conversation happened and go about your stuff as normal if ya want. i know it's all a lot to take in, so... yeah.
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 1:55 AM
Oh no it's completely fine we're sorry if we're taking a lot to reply
1:56 AM
It is... A lot to take in and even a lot more to remember but it's understandable why that's the case
1:57 AM
And- Again, knowing the situation and the way we have approached things before, it was more like a jab on the wrong rib but it's ok!! Alright, i'll start asking you things then if that's ok
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 1:58 AM
yeah, go for it
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:00 AM
I'll go down asking things paragraph by paragraph since it's easier but- Firstly, by the 'robot-lookin fucker' you meant a huge dude with several arms that looked kinda like an angel but not really? I can only remember one arm held a gun
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:00 AM
that's the one! really loved to yell about how he was god and humanity would destroy itself and all that
2:01 AM
aaaand i think one of you guys summoned a huge persona and shot him in the head??
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:02 AM
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YALDABAOTH- HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE THAT?!?! Oh god It was such a tense moment but the image hasn't left my head all this time
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:03 AM
well, i'm pretty sure everybody was lookin up at it at the time... i'm just one of the only people who remembers. probably only because i'm a persona user too
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:05 AM
No but it was so high up in the sky that- Actually you know what, it probably does have to do with that and i'm already busy keeping my mind focused on this so that conversation can wait later, moving on!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:08 AM
i mean, they were like, kaiju-sized...
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:08 AM
and i was focused on not dying, not seeing the scale of that thing!! (edited)
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:08 AM
heh, that's fair
2:09 AM
anyway, what else ya got?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:10 AM
Asides from that, I have to agree on the way you're thinking >:)
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:12 AM
great!! i was really hopin you would :D
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:19 AM
BUT! There are a couple of factors I'm keeping in mind and a few i'm not properly remembering, I'm not the smartest cookie in the group believe me but the events that happened back then are some of the most vivid ones I have. I'm sure that utilizing the cognition of the mass can work but there have to be more steps before we can see how
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:20 AM
anythin specific in mind?
2:22 AM
i can say i know a good bit about how the other world works, but i've never changed a heart before, so you got a hell of a lot more expertise on that subject than i do
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:22 AM
Sadly not right now... But I can explain the way a change of heart works to see if we can brainstorm something!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:22 AM
lay it on me!
2:25 AM
whatever you got is definitely gonna help us a whole lot in gettin to the heart of the problem
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:25 AM
nice pun
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:25 AM
thanks!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:34 AM
Ok so! Basically the way a change of hearts work is by stealing someone's 'desire' and having them basically open their eyes to a reality they've been ignoring, like opening a person's eyes
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:36 AM
huh... so that's why all those geezers confessed their crimes, huh? so how exactly do ya go about stealing a desire?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:36 AM
Now there are two ways to do that and that usually depended on the person
2:37 AM
One side, small, we could take care of it in mementos (funky place ridded with shadows) the other, it was enough to distort an entire place to the way the person viewed it, aka, a palace
2:38 AM
And... It usually materialized into a physical object, like the reason that desired existed and got messed up
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:39 AM
so take that away, and they're suddenly forced to wake up and face all their shit?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:40 AM
Basically yeah, but it wasn't an immediate thing, sometimes it'd take days, other times weeks-
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:41 AM
all depending on the target, i'd guess?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:41 AM
I'm guessing that too, it's a part I never really understood from how random it seemed...
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:42 AM
there's always an unpredictable side to this kinda stuff that we can't really figure out
2:42 AM
in a way, all this sounds pretty similar to what my friends did twelve years back (edited)
2:43 AM
except instead of taking an object tied to the person's desire, what they had to do was pretty much face their shadows themselves
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:43 AM
Oh! We kinda did that too
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:44 AM
yeah?? is that how you guys got your personas? or was it somethin else?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:45 AM
I think one of us got their persona that way The rest of did by 'breaking our chains and freeing our wings of rebellion' aka, telling the shitty adults that plagued our life and made it hell to fuck off!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:46 AM
hey, that's badass, actually!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:48 AM
It was!! Ripping the mask of our faces was a bit painfull tho...
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:48 AM
masks... oh, you guys got cool outfits too, huh?!
2:49 AM
didn't know the mask was that important, but i guess it makes a lotta sense
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:49 AM
So the outfit part is also a universal persona user experience...?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:50 AM
i guess so! maybe it all depends on where ya are... when we went inside phlegethon, even though we all got our personas differently, we ended up getting them too
2:50 AM
i wonder if it's because of the app...
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:51 AM
Hm... Maybe that part can also be related to cognition now that I think about it
2:52 AM
Or well at least the reason why it happened to us was because it was our rebellious spirit showing in the way we saw ourselves, maybe the same applied then but you had no context due to why
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:53 AM
ohh! that's neat...
2:54 AM
so i guess in the other places we were before, our cognition didn't really apply like that
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 2:57 AM
It could be! I'm also sorry if I make things more convoluted I'm not the expert in the field but I hope with the little I have it can do something
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 2:58 AM
nono, you're doin good!
3:00 AM
i got one question, though. this mementos place... was it just like, the palace for the general public? how did it react when you guys changed the hearts of somebody with a lotta presence, like that shido guy?
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:06 AM
I know that another one of the members always referred to mementos as the 'collective unconscious' and it took form in Tokyo's subway, you could only go deeper and deeper into it and Shido... Triggering that caused the entire mess with Yaldabaoth and caused that eventually he'd want to merge mementos with the real world
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:07 AM
huh... i see...
3:07 AM
sooooo... if yaldabaoth was in charge there... maybe we really could do the same thing with kagutsuchi!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:09 AM
Wh- Make it so angry that it pulls that off too?!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:10 AM
nah, not exactly. more like make enough waves in cognition that phlegethon opens up and we can get to him at the center
3:11 AM
but... fusing it with the real world... that's something the bastard could probably do if we don't stop him
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:11 AM
ohhh im not going through that againโ€ฆ in-in the sense of experiencing that not as in avoiding it, i mean- you get the point
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:13 AM
yeah! the hunch i'm working off of is if we cause enough chaos and pandemonium, which kagutsuchi kinda thrives off of, and which you guys caused a lot of a while back, we won't have to wait for him to do even worse shit and destroy everything entirely
3:14 AM
we tried to go all in once, and... well, puttin it plainly, we got our asses kicked, and he shut us out from progressing any further. from that point, it kinda seemed like all we could do was wait for things to get worse
3:15 AM
but if we just play the waiting game, we're at his mercy and he can mess with all of us as much as he wants. and when the time comes, no one will be in any shape to fight back because the stress of it all wore down on them so much
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:18 AM
Alright. Believe me when I say I definitely do not wish to see what happened again and sitting idly will do no help and I am on board with helping but I would have to discuss it with the rest as well
3:19 AM
As a team we all have a say and we all have to agree before moving forward with any plan or then, any heist we planned. (edited)
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:20 AM
good policy to have! you do what you gotta do, just lemme know what the verdict is when ya come to it
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:20 AM
Will keep you updated on it! ^^ And hey, it was a nice talk after all, and I hope I was able to at least give a bit more information from our side
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:22 AM
yeah!! you were a big help, trust me. this... gives us a fighting chance, when we almost all thought there wasn't one
3:23 AM
that really means a lot, y'know?
3:24 AM
more than anything else, i fuckin hate feeling helpless
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:25 AM
Yeahโ€ฆ I understand how you feel. To feel small and vulnerable isnโ€™t the funniest of feelings (edited)
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:27 AM
seriously. think we've all been feelin that way too much, lately
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 3:29 AM
Itโ€™s like feeling your back is pressed against the wall all the time butโ€ฆ Hopefully thatโ€™ll change soon!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 3:30 AM
yeah!! with any luck, this could be some peace of mind for the others too
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what the hell!? i have like... a hundred new messages!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 9:02 AM
oh, hey! sorry, we got a lil carried away, but your friend explained a lotta the stuff to me!
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this whole hi-no-whatever shit really does sound way too grossly familiar...
9:11 AM
can weird god-type guys stop trying to take over weird phone app worlds?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 9:11 AM
yeah, for fuckin real
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oh, i totally forgot, we should prolly give our pt names, right?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:39 PM
if ya want! i guess it's only right if i call ya by those
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then you can call me skull! pretty badass, right?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:42 PM
oooo, nice! bet you got a dope-ass skull mask, huh??
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hell yeah i do!
11:42 PM
what about you? dont you got some sort of fancy outfit?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:45 PM
yeah! it's pretty damn cool, if i do say so myself.
11:51 PM
oh, and i go by crescent in the metaverse!
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like a moon...?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:52 PM
yeah!
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why not somethin' a little cooler...?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:52 PM
well, my persona's a moon god, sooo...
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why not somethin' a little cooler...?
pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 11:52 PM
,,,side eye
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hey, what's that for!? (edited)
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 11:55 PM
No nothing, Skull
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that totally means it somethin'!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:55 PM
that, and y'know, crescent moons are curved, my swords are kinda curved... ehh, maybe that's a bit of a reach, but it works for me! (edited)
11:56 PM
i thought about goin with "blade" at first, but that sounded waaaayy too tryhardy.
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i think it sounds awesome!
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/28/2023 11:57 PM
Cresent sounds cool! And if we're going by our thieves names you can call me Panther!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/28/2023 11:57 PM
neat! skull n panther! damn, you guys really are the real deal...!
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waffle | himbo collector 4/29/2023 7:18 PM
yo, skull, panther. can i ask you guys somethin?
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uh... sure?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/29/2023 7:22 PM
if/when you guys reach a decision, i wanna introduce you guys to my friends. probably for the best if we all work together, yeah?
7:23 PM
ya probably saw already, but they're generally real good people! damn good at what they do, too
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didn't we already sorta introduce ourselves? (edited)
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waffle | himbo collector 4/29/2023 8:09 PM
weeell, yeah, but i meant as, y'know... phantom thieves. that way, everybody's in on the plan and all
8:10 PM
or well, most of em. not everybody. i should warn you both, kagutsuchi does have access to that chat and has appeared in there before. shit, actually, should warn mishima too, he's even more at risk here
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pinky: la creatura 47 4/29/2023 9:02 PM
Jeez so asides from having to plan all this we have to do it under that guys nose huh?
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waffle | himbo collector 4/29/2023 9:10 PM
yyyep... and the people he's forcin to work under him
9:11 PM
sorry, i know all this shit's a lotta pressure
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 9:34 PM
hey, kid, god knows if youre in this stupid game of telephone, but i should prolly let you in on it if ya aint already
9:37 PM
apparently, kagu threatened nana-chan in yu-kuns dms, then he told makoto-kun whos deicidin to drag people back to tokyo cuz that dog smelt danger, or somethin, which is prolly connected
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 9:38 PM
...kagutsuchi did what
9:39 PM
and he told yuki but not either of us???
9:39 PM
...guess i get why though because suddenly i ain't hungry anymore
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 9:41 PM
prolly didnt want to worry us
9:42 PM
besides, makoto-kuns our boss. were basically obligated to tell him anythin like that
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 9:42 PM
yeah, i getcha
9:43 PM
shit...
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 9:48 PM
shes as stubborn as her father and brother combined, ill give her that
9:48 PM
no matter how much we told her not to come to tokyo, nana-chan refused to listen. pretty impressive honestly
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 9:56 PM
not like i can talk, but...goddammit
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 9:57 PM
its the dojima curse ig
9:57 PM
sure as hell am glad im not related to that trainwreck
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 9:58 PM
like we're not our own trainwrecks as is
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 9:59 PM
im perfectly fine
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 10:00 PM
and i'm fuckin santa claus
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 10:02 PM
ho ho ho
10:03 PM
at least im not willin to throw my whole life away cus of somethin i stupidly put all the blame on myself for
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 10:17 PM
oh wow, we're playin limbo now, huh?
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 10:19 PM
aint sure i can go much lower than that
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 10:21 PM
...riskin my life doesn't mean i'm throwin it away. i just gotta make sure nobody goes through what i did or makes the same mistake
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 10:22 PM
whatever ya say
10:23 PM
ya should prolly leave all the "riskin" to the older folks, anyway
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waffle | himbo collector 5/6/2023 10:23 PM
ya know i'm not the type to do what i should by now
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/6/2023 10:24 PM
yeah, cuz youre a fuckin idiot (edited)
10:26 PM
seriously, ya give me a headache...
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/7/2023 9:36 PM
on a scale of one to ten, howd ya feel about leavin tokyo for a bit with yu-kun?
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waffle | himbo collector 5/7/2023 9:37 PM
hah???
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/7/2023 9:39 PM
makoto-kuns talkin about how itd be best to take yu-kun off the case. i get where hes comin from, and even if im not completely sure on it, hes still the boss, and his orders final
9:40 PM
just dont want the kid bein alone, since makoto-kun wants to transfer him somewhere else, and makoto-kun needs a second-in-command, so ill prolly stay back here in tokyo
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waffle | himbo collector 5/7/2023 9:45 PM
eesh... i mean, i guess i get it...
9:46 PM
i dunno if i can go and leave right now, though. i mean, i still got that thing goin with the thieves and all, and i gotta help with shit here too, right??
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/7/2023 9:50 PM
ugh, guess ya got a point...
9:51 PM
dammit, whyd ya have to decide to start doin shit now? now i gotta talk to one of the it kids...
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waffle | himbo collector 5/7/2023 9:53 PM
you sure you can't go with him?? yuki seems like he can handle shit for a while
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/7/2023 9:53 PM
makoto-kun said himself that hes anxious over shit
9:53 PM
would be a pretty dick move to just leave him with that
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waffle | himbo collector 5/7/2023 9:55 PM
that guy's anxious? shit. we really are knee deep in it...
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/7/2023 9:57 PM
so someones gotta stay with him too
9:57 PM
and im just about the only person who can do that rn
9:59 PM
guess ill hit up tatsumi-kun, and if that dont work, then... well, i aint really got any other ideas
10:00 PM
maybe teddie-chan and his weird kid could use a vacation somewhere far away
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waffle | himbo collector 5/7/2023 10:02 PM
i mean, naoya-san IS a shadow operative
10:02 PM
buuut he works for a different branch of em, so i guess ya can't exactly make that a package deal
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Phea 2: Aloof Man Fanatic 5/7/2023 10:06 PM
dont think we could get nanjo-san to agree to that outta nowhere
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hey, kid, ya doin alright?
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well, i gotta get a new punching bag now, so... there's your answer i guess
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/8/2023 10:22 PM
ya want me to grab ya some food?
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i ain't hungry. but... i should probably eat anyway, so yeah, sure
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/8/2023 10:24 PM
ya want anythin in particular?
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i'd split a bill for some unagi
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finally ya got some taste
10:27 PM
but im fine coverin it
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*What was Sho's apartment number again...? 306...? 307...? Hell if Adachi knew, and hell if he cared, knocking at the number he thought was right and hoping for the best.* Hey, Sho, got your food. Now open the door before my ass freezes off out here. *Charming as always.*
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*Almost immediately, the door swung open, and behind it was who else but the red-haired wildcard, sporting prominent bags under his eyes and an expression more blank than usual.* Took ya long enough. C'mon in. *His voice was as upbeat as he could will it to be as he stepped aside for Adachi, which... turned out to be not very upbeat at all. Which, hey, could anybody blame him under the circumstances?*
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/8/2023 11:57 PM
*Shit, he knew Sho was doing bad, but it really hadn't hit him just how terrible it actually was until he caught a glimpse at the kid... Not that he looked much better, but, unlike Sho, he always appeared like some sort of zombie. It was hardly noticeable the sort of impact this shit had on him as he pushed himself inside.* You're way too damn impatient sometimes. Ya shouldn't be complainin' 'bout the time it takes to get free fancy food. *Wasn't like he treated it like it was fancy, practically tossing the bag with their food containers up on the kitchen island as soon as he spotted it, lazily taking a seat at one of the stools. No back support, but he'd make do, as much as his whole body ached.*
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*Much as he tried not to let it show through in chat, his state of mind was practically on full display through the way his apartment looked right now. Granted, Sho was never the tidiest guy around, that award probably went to Kanji, but he wasn't typically the kind of guy to leave a noticeably torn punching bag slumped against the wall with the contents spilling out in the middle of his living room.* *No escaping Adachi's questions now. Sho could only be the more stable of the two between himself and Yu for so long, he guessed. Internally, he'd felt like a ticking time bomb ever since Hell Night, and it seemed like he was just seconds away from exploding now that everything seemed to just be falling apart, piece by piece.* *After taking a seat at the stool right next to Adachi's, Sho wasted no time in grabbing his share of the food and digging in like a starving stray dog. God, how long had it even been since he had unagi...?* ...thanks. *He spoke in between bites, glancing toward Adachi.*
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/9/2023 12:46 AM
*Taking a look around the room was really all he needed to understand the place the punk was in. Yu-kun wasn't one to let shit build upโ€”sure, he could have a little mess here and there, but he wouldn't let shit fall into complete fucking disarray, even in the worst state. How Sho did this in a matter of days was beyond him... He had to practically hold himself back from letting his clean freak nature get the better of him and start trying to pick up every single little thing until the place was spotless again.* Hey, no problem. Not like I'm spendin' all my cash on much else. *...Wasn't like he'd eat much, either, picking half-heartedly at his food with little more than a few bites before pushing his container over to Sho. Wasn't worth wasting all that good food on himโ€”he'd likely just throw it all up, anyway.* ...Time to rip the band-aid off, right? *He let out a soft, empty laugh as he turned his tired amber eyes to meet with the other's, making sure that the other wouldn't be able to avoid this conversation any longer.* Talk to me, kid.
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*At the sound of Adachi's laugh, Sho froze in the middle of scarfing down the last of his unagi for a solid two seconds before swallowing hard. After that, he set down his chopsticks with an inhale.* *After the exhale, he faced Adachi, eyelids half-open and lips forming a thin line. The food container the older man slid towards him suddenly felt a million miles away, right along with his appetite.* ...I always had nightmares about this, y'know. *He'd forced the words out kicking and screaming, and they'd weakened into a strangled, tired sigh.*
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*...Jeez, watching the kid go from a hundred to zero in what felt like moments really didn't help the mood, his chest tightening slightly as he struggled to maintain his sight on Sho. As much as he hated to admit it, he'd gotten a little softer with age, and seeing the way all life had been sucked out of the kid stabbed at him worse than any sort of shadow ever could.* ...What kind of nightmares? *A pretty general question, but now was the time he had to watch his mouthโ€”and doing that generally meant saying as little as possible.*
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*Whenever Sho thought about those dreams these days, it took everything him not to break his hands trying to smash something like the kitchen island he was currently sitting at. With the lack of a punching bag, the urge didn't get any easier to quell, but he knew that he had to, because throwing a goddamn tantrum didn't fix anything.* *Right now, nothing did. Sho wasn't even sure he had a damn lick of confidence in trying to track down the Phantom Thieves-- even if he acted otherwise, he knew just how half-assed and stupid his plan actually was. But he was grasping at straws, and anything was better than nothing, right? Apparently fucking not.* ...it's always Hi-No-Kagutsuchi comin' back, somehow. Always with that smug goddamn look in his stupid fake Teddie getup. Hurting everyone. Lettin' me think I finally got past that bullshit, only to pull the fucking rug out from under me. And every time, all I can do is watch. It don't matter how hard I fight. How much I think I changed. I'm still goddamn powerless. *Even his anger sounded watered-down. Like a fire in the process of dying out. He would've slammed his fist on the counter if he'd even had the energy for that.* ...guess it finally came true.
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*What was up with the kid? He'd never seen him so... Empty. Looking at him like this, it reminded him a little too much of that reflection he'd become all too accustomed to... Tired of the fight, regretting just about every stupid fucking thing that led him to this point. That wasn't something he ever wanted to see on someone else, and especially not Sho. Kid was already similar enough as is. Seeing this was just sickening...* ...I can relate. *That'd slipped out of him before he could realize, eyes darting away to the table as he cursed himself out for uttering such a stupid fucking thing. Ugh, now he was going to have to explain that... He scavenged through the plastic bag for a water bottle he'd grabbed on his way over, twisting the cap before he got to talking.* You saw everythin', so I don't really gotta explain it to you, but shit like that ain't easy to deal with. Especially not what happened to Nana-chan. *Bringing the bottle to his lips, he gave himself a couple moments to collect his thoughts, put them into words that wouldn't sound absolutely fucking ridiculous.* ...I never wanted her to get hurt. When she did, that's when I realized I really fucked up. Tried to cover it up, but... That shit's been hauntin' me for a long ass time. Fears, nightmares, the whole bit. If I could, I'd have protected her at all costs, but... Can't control fate, I guess. *That got him to glance away again, cringing to himself for letting that be uttered out loud. Seriously, that wasn't shit he should've been telling anyone. It was stupid. But... Sho needed it right now, probably, so, whatever.*
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*Here, in his messy-ass apartment, was the only place that Sho could let himself appear so vulnerable right now. In a twisted sort of way, he guessed it was kind of a step upโ€” Yu had gone and gotten himself trapped in Phlegethon like a dumbass, which meant Sho had the place to himself for the first time in months.* *Months of holding himself together under the weight of one thing after another, constantly telling himself "don't lose your shit, don't lose your shit, don't lose your shit, now's not the time" while trying his goddamn best to make sure Yu didn't fall apart any more than he already was. Yeah, good fucking job with that, Sho. What a prize of a brother you areโ€” He was at least a prize fucking idiot, no doubt. Adachi was always all too eager to remind him of that, so how could he ever forget?* *In fact, speaking of whom... Adachi's confession had at least gotten Sho's eyes to open a little wider. Well, damn... that was really bad news, wasn't it? Pretty damn rare for the two of them to have a conversation without a layer of insults and half-faked contempt over the very real emotions neither of them liked to confront.* ...she doesn't deserve to get dragged into this shit. 'specially not fuckin' twice... *A somewhat shaky sigh left Sho's throat as he wiped his eyes, feeling like he'd never forgive himself if he let Adachi see any tears when he looked back at him.* Guess covering shit up's not workin' for me now, huh? *He laughed, weakly.* Fuck, man... I'm tryin', but... it's just one thing after another. I know I gotta stay strong for Yu's sake, 'n everybody else too, but... it's all catchin' up with me now. (edited)
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*Dammit, why did he say that? Now Sho was looking at him in a way he really didnโ€™t likeโ€ฆ Not that any focus on that lasted long, the kidโ€™s voice shaking and verge of tears not-so-subtly hidden. This guy was a mess in a way he hadnโ€™t even fucking realized to this pointโ€ฆ Of course, he knew to some extent, but with so much focus being put on Yu-kunโ€ฆ Admittedly, what was going on with Sho had kinda fell under his radar. And just about everyone elseโ€™s too, considering no one else seemed to be reaching out to talk to the kid about this shit. What great friends they wereโ€ฆ* All ya guys with those fancy abilities are the same. โ€˜I have to keep it together for everyone elseโ€™s sake.โ€™ โ€˜I canโ€™t let them see me falter.โ€™ โ€˜If I show any hint of emotion, itโ€™s all over.โ€™ Seriously, itโ€™s damn annoyinโ€™. *His impression of Yu-kun wasโ€ฆ Worryingly accurate. Of course, he slipped back into his typical tone and dialect soon enough, letting out a weary breath as his gaze settled on the rest of the room in front of him, uncomfortable with holding eye contact for any longer. That didnโ€™t mean he would stop talkingโ€”Hell, thatโ€™s about the only thing he was good at. Kept him from thinking too much about the embarrassment of opening up whileโ€ฆ Maybe, being helpful.* Youโ€™re allowed to express how this shitโ€™s hittinโ€™ ya. In fact, itโ€™d prolly be better for everyone if ya did. They know this shitโ€™s doinโ€™ a number on you, Yu-kun included. Ya really ainโ€™t hidinโ€™ it, as much as ya wish you were. Prolly just makinโ€™ Yu-kun feel like he canโ€™t say shit โ€˜cus he knows youโ€™re sufferinโ€™ too with Hi-no-Kagutsuchi โ€˜round, and since youโ€™re keepinโ€™ shut, he will too.
8:42 PM
*Ugh, this shit was bothering him way too muchโ€ฆ Without much of a thought, heโ€™d gotten up to start picking up some randomly scattered garbage around the place. Wasnโ€™t much of a shock to see the kid was surviving on nothing but takeout, junk food, and beer with the shit that was going on. Pretty damn gross to see it all lying around, though.* Ya know, they say cleaninโ€™s supposed to improve your mood. Give ya a sense of control in your life and make ya less stressed. Adverse is that all the chaos a messy space fucks with ya more, makes everythinโ€™ feel even more chaotic and uncontrollable. *The rambling had been more to fill the space than anything as he balanced everything in his arms, heading over to the trashcan to dump it all in before bending down and rummaging through the drawers on the island, eventually pulling out a towel and spray to wipe off the counter and tables heโ€™d found most of the garbage.* I ainโ€™t ever really been one to follow that. I just hate seeinโ€™ a fuckinโ€™ mess. *Wasnโ€™t like he really needed to explain the fact heโ€™d meant more than the apartment when he said that, taking a quick, tired look up to Sho as he finished up his sentence before going back to spraying and wiping down the area.* (edited)
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*Well, shit. There Adachi went again, having a point Sho really couldn't refute... except, he wondered just how right the older man really was when it came to Yu. It wasn't like Sho would've known better than him though, was it?* Half the time, feels like I'm screwed either way with 'im. I don't say shit, he won't say shit, but if I do say shit, he still won't 'cuz he thinks he's gotta take care of my shit first. That's... kinda funny, huh. *Dammit, when he said it, it really did sound exactly like his own thought process. No use stewing over that while leaving Adachi to pick up all the mess in his place. So instead of wallowing in his self-loathing, he just stood up from his seat and went to the other side of the room, still plagued by the assortment of garbage he'd left in his wake.* Ain't like I got any better ideas, so cleanin' it is. *The urge to bite back what he was about to say next was as strong as always, but... well, here in front of him was something he could do something about, as opposed to all the other shit. Knowing that, he could muster up the energy to fight back. Little by little.* ...thanks for the help.
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/14/2023 11:37 AM
It's funny in a pathetic ass way. *Seriously, what was this kid on...? Not that he himself was one to be very open about what he was feeling, but when he was overwhelmed, at least he got it out quick with Magatsu-Izanagi freaking out, rather than the long and tedious shit Sho was putting himself through. Hell, if he continued like this, who knew how long itโ€™d be until he reached whatever point Yu-kun was at. That was really the last headache he needed right now.* *At least the kid was starting to pick up after himselfโ€ฆ Even gave him a thanks that wasn't entirely apprehensive and forced, too. All he could do in response was let out a quiet laugh, the words admittedly making him uncomfortable coming from Sho of all people.* Ain't no problem. Can't have ya livin' in squalor. *Bending down behind the counter to put back the spray, heโ€™d found himself caught in a little coughing fit, holding onto the counter to keep himself balanced as he held the other arm over his mouth. Seemed like heโ€™d been out pushing himself for too longโ€ฆ He was starting to feel a little lightheaded now. Started feeling worse and worse, nowadays, but not that heโ€™d let that show too much, picking himself up soon enough and going in search for a broom and dustpan to start cleaning up after the mess of the punching bag.* โ€ฆWhat are ya gonna do 'bout Yu-kun? Ya really ain't in a place to take him back in, especially since heโ€™s prolly gonna be even worse than before. *If that was even fucking possible...*
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๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ถ | ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ BOT 5/15/2023 5:51 PM
*The sound of Adachi's coughing prompted Sho to turn his head and frown at the sight of him holding onto the counter. Shit, and he was worried about him? Looked about ready to keel over as it was...* Hey, don't worry 'bout that. I got the rest. You sit down for a sec, you're pushin' yourself too damn hard. *The concern in his voice was too quick for him to catch and restrain as he'd stepped ahead of Adachi toward the broom and dustpan. After grabbing it, he got to work on the biggest part of the mess he'd left.* ...I can't go and overthink about that shit right now. We'll figure somethin' out when we drag his and Yosuke's dumb asses outta there. *Fuckin' hell... What a mess their whole little patchwork family was. What chance did they have against Kagutsuchi, really? The two of them hardly managed it on a good day. Great, now Adachi's pessimism was rubbing off on him... Ugh. Couldn't let himself fall into that shit right now. Just focus on the mess, Sho...* (edited)
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/15/2023 6:32 PM
*Hearing the otherโ€™s words of concern left Adachi frozen in place for a few moments, blinking wildly as he tried to process what heโ€™d just heard. Hahโ€ฆ What the hell was that about? Why the hell was Sho talking like that to him of all people?* โ€ฆYa donโ€™t gotta treat me like Iโ€™m useless. *Even muttering that, he couldnโ€™t exactly deny how comfortable that couch looked. So much for trying to seem like he had his shit togetherโ€ฆ Heโ€™d been quick to flop down, kicking his legs up on the coffee table and stretching out a little with a yawn. The cracks of his bones were pretty damn noticeable, but heโ€™d been quick to keep talking.* When we drag them out, youโ€™re still gonna be stressed out as hell, and tired as hell, and overwhelmed as hell with tryinโ€™ to figure out where the hell to throw the kid if ya ainโ€™t in a state to deal with โ€˜im. Donโ€™t think puttin' that off โ€˜til later will do ya any favors. *The kid was funny, thinking of a world heโ€™d be able to deal with that shit in the moment. Adachi was barely able to, and heโ€™d been taking thingsโ€ฆ Well, moderately better than Sho. Thinking that, a short laugh escaped him as he leaned back a little more, watching as the redhead swept away.* My guess is that, given the time heโ€™s been in there, heโ€™s either been knocked out for a while or trapped somewhere. Wouldnโ€™t put it past all of Nana-chanโ€™s talk about us tryinโ€™ to control her life or something like that for her to do somethinโ€™ that keeps Yu-kun restrained while heโ€™s a prime target. Makinโ€™ him feel what she felt, or whatever the hell.
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*Shadows sure were sick, twisted bastards, even from the nicest of people like Nana-chan. When it came to their relationship, Yu-kun was overprotective to a faultโ€”granted, this wasnโ€™t exactly a situation where he thought the โ€œoverprotectiveโ€ label exactly applied, considering the threatโ€”but she had a reason to want to get back, after all that. Dojima-san and Yu-kun always tried to keep so much from her. Keep her away from dating, from their jobs, from the truth of what happened all those years ago. Sheโ€™d have a few damn good reasons for her shadow to be pretty spiteful after all that.* Donโ€™t think youโ€™re exactly equipped to deal with that. Especially since heโ€™ll be pretty pissy too, and Iโ€™d rather not have to come over to one of you in the place of that bag with your shitty ass tempers.
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*Sure, Adachi was probably right. It wasn't like Sho would realistically be able to weather the storm of Yu being a pile of angst and trauma with the state he himself was in right now, but where was the sense in overworrying about it? Shit was gonna get worse whether he liked it or not, and these days, it seemed more and more like having a plan didn't do jackshit in the face of all this.* What other options do we got, huh? You wanna take a turn babysitting? *The redhead uttered a dry half-joke as he emptied the dustpan out into the garbage can, before going back for another sweep. He didn't really expect Adachi to readily agree to be the one watching Yu in this situation, and at this point, hot potato-ing him between friends and colleagues' houses didn't seem like a sustainable solution.* ...looks to me like nobody's in the state to be dealin' with that right now. Not you, not me, not even Yosuke. Hardly makes a difference where he's stayin', at this rate. Even if we try to plan around shit, it's not gonna accomplish anything if he ain't gonna help himself.
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/15/2023 8:22 PM
*Why did Yu-kun have to make shit so hardโ€ฆ? Didnโ€™t that kid know the effect he had on others? Didnโ€™t he know how much all his actions were fucking with everyone else? It was fucking selfish. Sure, he was suffering, but they all were, and he was tired of dealing with it.* This shit sucksโ€ฆ I think Iโ€™m really starting to agree with Makoto-kun about sending him out on a vacation. Itโ€™d give all of us one less annoying headache to deal with, even if it might not accomplish much with him. Barely feel like I can breathe with all this shit going on how it is. *A puff of air escaped him, hands rubbing at his face as he tried to convince himself not to say anything too stupid. Too telling.* โ€ฆI know Iโ€™m half the reason why this bastard is going after people like Nana-chan. Yu-kunโ€™s an easy target, but at the end of the day, we both brought him down, and he wants to see both of us suffer. Then again, Yu-kunโ€™s always had a much better life than I haveโ€”ainโ€™t like Kagu can do much worse to me than Iโ€™ve done to myself. Nana-chanโ€™s about the only thing heโ€™s got on me. *Well, thatโ€ฆ Wasnโ€™t exactly true. Wasnโ€™t like he took watching Yu-kun, Sho, or any of the rest fall apart well, even if he wasnโ€™t going to admit it. Maybe age and a plethora of new trauma had made him a little more empathetic, or maybe heโ€™d just got worn down, but enough of seeing them start to fall to the pressure just made him feel more stressed and sick. But, unlike the rest, he didnโ€™t have any right to show that. He didnโ€™t have the right to get any pity because he was feeling bad. He didnโ€™t even deserve the life heโ€™d been given, or allowed to continue to live.* You just better not let yourself get thrown in there too, got it? *A brief, undecipherable gaze had been set on Sho momentarily before Adachi brought his arm up to cover his mouth as he found himself in another coughing fit. Ughโ€ฆ This shit really needed to figure itself out before the strain of it all killed him.*
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*A vacation, huh? Seemed like everybody needed one, in Sho's own opinion, but he knew the term was pretty much nonexistent in Yu's vocabulary. Always seemed like he just straight-up didn't know how to take a damn break from working himself to death. It was hard to imagine he'd be fine with just taking it easy and doing nothing, regardless of how shitty he was doing mentally right now.* Yeah... I know the feelin'. *Before he knew it, his last trip to empty the dustpan had come, and there went the only thing keeping him busy for now. Oh, well. Maybe he'd go out on the town when Adachi left. If he was even feeling up to that... which, it really didn't seem like that was the case. Coughing up a storm and being way more open in conversation than what was the norm for either of them. Although, Sho found that he didn't really mind that as much this time around.* Pfft. Hell no. That bastard ain't gettin' a hold of me again, I can promise ya that. *Realistically, he couldn't, but Sho didn't think leaving room for doubt would do much to ease Adachi's anxiety. As much as they got on each other's nerves, they both knew that Sho wasn't the only one aside from Yu who didn't cope well with shit like this happening. He liked to act otherwise, but it wasn't tough to see that it was affecting Adachi too; and even though the guy hated to be worried over more than anything, Sho still walked over to the counter and grabbed the water bottle sitting on top of it, handing it to Adachi afterwards.* ...you better not let 'im get ya, either. *With a small sigh, Sho let himself fall into the couch next to Adachi, wasting no time in reaching for the TV remote on the armrest and pressing the power button. Great; the news was on. Just what the fuck they needed right now, right? More bleak shit involving the recent murders thrown in their faces.* ...real fuckin' petty, ain't he?
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แด›แดสœส€แดœ แด€แด…แด€แด„สœษช BOT 5/16/2023 1:52 AM
*Saying he wouldn't get stuck in some weird dungeon wasn't entirely believable, butโ€ฆ Hey, Adachi had asked for it.* In the middle of rolling his eyes at his own stupidity in posing a question that'd bring no relief, his eyes caught on the bottle being held out in front of him. Jeez, was Sho *really that annoyed by all his coughingโ€ฆ? Bleh, seemed like his internal monologue wasn't even up to snuff right now. Whatever. He'd just taken the bottle to avoid any other sort of argument, quick to uncap it and gulp it down without even a simple thanks, only bringing it down at Sho's own awkward attempt at concern.* Ya forget one of us still has a deity fragment in 'em. He doesn't want to get anywhere near me, or I'll fuck 'im up. Might not be much against him without other's power, but I'm still enough of a pest that he prolly doesn't wanna take the chance. *Course, the bastard could be a pest right back, as the stupid TV program had thrown right in his face. Without a moment of hesitation, he'd snatched the remote out of Sho's hands, unwilling to sit through any of that longer than he had to.* It's fuckin' stupid. I'm tired of the shit he's tryin' to pull. I wish he'd get a life rather than goddamn obsessin' over us. *His grip around the TV remote had tightened slightly, although soon enough eased as he landed on a channel showing some reruns of a shonen anime he'd caught once or twice before. Nothing spectacular, in his mind, but it was a helluva lot better than watching something he knew that asshole of a deity wanted him to see. Wanted to taunt him until he broke, just like Yu-kun.* โ€ฆMaybe I need some sort of vacation, too. Or maybe I could just use a beer or two, even if what ya drink is shit. *Drinking was never a good ideaโ€”most times he'd had more than a beer, it'd end up with him ill throughout the next day, but it'd take the edge off, and, really, he'd do anything for that right now.*
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