Audience: Gojou Satoru

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Comments

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No.

[they say, standing up after a moment.]

He doesn't deserve one for rolling over like a dog.

[mukagen]

[ damn pride ]

Is that how you see it?

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Yes.

He had plenty of options. He chose none of them, and died because he thought he'd be reunited with someone he met here, of all places.

He will not. He is dust. Sentimental dust.

[mukagen]

I don't believe in life after death, unless you become a curse, and I thought it was a stupid move, too.

[ HE IS A DOCTOR. A DOCTOR? HE IS A DOCTOR. THEY HAVE PODS, BUT A DOCTOR. THEY LOST THEIR DOCTOR and Law is a good guy. ]

But! That's what he wanted, Pride. Apparently, this weighed the same as his wish.

[ Gojou shrugs. ]

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He doesn't get one, now. Or anything at all. It was a waste, after everything he did to survive so far.

[they just really don't understand.]

[mukagen]

I don't want to speak for him, but from what I saw? It wasn't a waste. He met that someone, didn't he?

[ And Law seemed to change a bit for them. ]

For some people, that's worth it... Still a bit much to throw chances of living, though.

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What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter if he met someone. He's now dead. Now he can't preserve their memory.

[frustrated:] If I don't get to give in, they don't either.

[... hm.]

[mukagen]

Going to have to be up to everyone else to preserve theirs!

[ Finger guns. Gojou is doing his part for his dead friends and will remember these guys, too. Laugh track. ]

Is something stopping you, Pride?

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Yes. All of you.

[mukagen]

[ OOOOOKAY? Should he ask? ]

I didn't know we were somehow in the way of your options...

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You're just all very slow.

[mukagen]

How are we supposed to go faster? Indulge more?

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Among other things.

[mukagen]

Everyone's trying their best, Pride.

[ or are they he doesn't know who's doing what he doesn't want to know ]

Anyway! You got to see the memorial. If you ever start missing him, you can just... Do what you usually do. Appear.

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[a pause.]

Mm. [they take a step back closer to the shadows in the room, because they're... taking this as a dismissal, because they have the social skills of a toad.]

[mukagen]

[ ........................ pride. GOJOU WANTS TO LAUGH BUT HE HAS FEARs. Just kidding, he will laugh in spite of those fears. ]

If you want, we can hang out? Try to take our mind off of things! It's been a tough day and all...

[ gojou is emotionally stunted too i hate this ]

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[how does one even "hang out"]

If you want to. [they sound baffled as to why he would want to, though]

[mukagen]

... It’s been a tough week for me, so anything to take my mind off of stuff would be good.

[ You hang out via vibing that is all. ]

Do you like movies? Videogames? Books...? Or have any hobbies?

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Not really.

[what's a hobby.]

... Movies are fine.

[mukagen]

[ ... you know what he gets you, pride, but in a different way. he's just good at everything or he's too busy. what are real "hobbies." ]

What kind of movies do you like then?

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[i apologize for how this is going to be like pulling teeth]

Don't know. Any. [they didn't even know what a movie was before this place.]

[mukagen]

[ IT IS OKAY. GOJOU IS USED TO THE SMALLEST CRUMB. Let him think! What would... Pride like? He probably shouldn't show them garbage movies?

He just gestures to Pride to follow him to the tv space. ]

You can't blame me if you hate it.

[ They can watch Spirited Away which is safe and does not feel bad. ]

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[oh, honestly? they actually would really enjoy spirited away! so they follow and sit down with gojou, even though they seem sort of awkward about it. it's mostly that they don't... do this very often, not that they don't want to at all.]

[mukagen]

[ How precious... When the movie ends, Gojou asks: ]

Soooo what do you think?

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[they think about it for a moment.]

Wasn't bad. [...] I liked Haku.