AUDIENCE FOR: Butt Strife

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[skyagain]

[ first off, i hate you and your animal crossing junpei room

second off he raises an eyebrow at the skull and bones ]

... Should I ask?

[resumed]

[teehee.

anyway...a glance at the bones.]

...my father doesn't listen to me very often, but it still felt a little off not having a shrine to him. Just in case.

[skyagain]

... Your dad happen to be related to Harrow?

[ it's a joke that leaves it open for nico to say more or not about it, mostly ]

[resumed]

More like I wouldn't be surprised if Harrow were related to my father somehow. [but. there should maybe be an explanation.]

The lord of the underworld and the god of the dead.

[skyagain]

[ i hate that the only hades cloud knows is the one sora mentioned. anyway he doesn't have a base for this so he just kind of raises an eyebrow and looks over at the shrine again ]

... That kind of explains it. [ the bones and needing a shrine both ] Guessing he didn't answer you at all while you were here?

[resumed]

[terrible. extremely terrible.]

He wouldn't answer me most of the time back home either, so it's not that surprising. [...] My cabin back there has a similar shrine, and this room doesn't really suit me that much otherwise.

[skyagain]

[ he looks around at all of it, frowning a little at the big blue bird. has he seen this before... in some kind of memory...

oh well not important ]

It's at least got your color scheme.

[ goth. ]

[resumed]

Close, yeah. [he can admit that he's a goth it's fine.] I think Junpei's similar. The whole closet's pretty much nothing but dark t-shirts and leather jackets.

[skyagain]

No wedding suit yet?

[ this is the only thing he knows about junpei. ]

[resumed]

[making a face.]

He has a few picked out, apparently. But don't remind me. I try not to think about having to pose as an engaged man.

[skyagain]

Tried not to think of it myself, either. [ everyone was so convinced. it was terrible. ] He agreed to all this, yeah?

[ gestures. vaguely. by habit. ]

[resumed]

[everyone is weird and yet it means that he did his job well.]

You saw the contract, right? He agreed in the same way you guys agreed, just different conditions.

[skyagain]

Yeah, I know that part. I meant [ gestures at nico, gestures at the room ] The whole switch thing. I know a couple of them probably weren't on board with it.

[resumed]

Oh. Yes. The ones who would've been more troublesome were dealt with and stowed away for later. Mr. Edgeworth was stowed away more for his own good than ours. And the original Aquarius and Aquila helped us with the swap and then left. I think Aquarius has a way to tapping in to check on stuff.

[he says this in a way that indicates he unfortunately knows Enough about junpei and does not want to.]

[skyagain]

It's what I figured, but good to have it confirmed anyway. [ not the aquarius being able to tap in stuff. that one he is just. Okay. ] There's one thing I'm wondering. If you guys got here before us with a glitch, did you get a contract?

[resumed]

[he shakes his head.]

We got here really, really early. Like..."before we even had a chance to have contracts drafted for us" early.

[skyagain]

[ he actually seems to relax a little at that, nodding ]

... Good. So you've been totally out of his radar this whole time.

[resumed]

Makes a little more sense why we were so insistent to stay hidden in our veils, doesn't it? We were probably meant to be players just like you guys, but we changed the story.

[...he frowns a little.]

It'd be a different game if a lot of us had hostages, I think. [never mind how shinnosuke already does.]

[skyagain]

We've got enough hostages as is. Don't need to add any more. [ he is glad they don't for many reasons!! including that!!! ]

[resumed]

The only good thing is that it's too late for him to write contracts for us or anything like that. [...] Aerith's going to be okay, at least.

[skyagain]

... Yeah. Not planning to trip at the finish line.

[ he will make sure she is okay because he owes her that! haha!!!! ha ]

[resumed]

Good. I think a lot of people would be very disappointed in you. [slightly teasing.]

...you've gone through a lot during your stay here.

[skyagain]

[ he was fine with the tease but the rest makes him uncomfortable ]

... Wouldn't say it's been more than anyone else. [ he's fine!!! he got better every time so its fine!! ]

[resumed]

[just a dead-eyed stare.]

Cloud. I'm the son of Hades. I think I am aware of just how messy death and revival actually are.

[AMONGST? OTHER THINGS? SCREAMS.]

[skyagain]

It's not like I'm the only one who's been through that.

[ n...now ]