Audience: Gojou Satoru

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[mukagen]

[ looks at all the friends Dead. ]

If this place is supposed to cultivate my desire to kill for what I want, it's not like I don't have that already.

[ maybe??? he guesses that's impactful. People, by default, don't want to kill and learning that sometimes they have to is one of the biggest hurdles. ]

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[there's another shrug.]

Given your profession I would be more surprised to hear you didn't have that to begin with. [it's just a fact of life for some people.]

[mukagen]

That's right.

[ He squints. ]

... I guess some people can come out of this more open-minded?

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Some. Though some have grown more stubborn with time, it seems. Enomoto for one thing. Miss Nonagesimus for another.

[and greed doesn't even dislike them but sometimes people are tiring to argue with.]

[mukagen]

I'd say that Mineo has changed since he came here, in his own way.

[ Gojou is fond of that one among others. ]

You don't think it's comforting that some things don't change?

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Perhaps he has. That doesn't change that his focus is drifting when it shouldn't be.

[mineo needs to focus on himself more.]

It depends on the things. If a bad thing doesn't change at all, then I would hardly call that comforting. Though, of course, if there's something stable and good...most people would find that helpful.

[mukagen]

Is he really straying that bad?

[ MINEO GOTTA SMOOCH MORE??? Hm. Gojou keeps this in mind. ]

All right, Greed. Tell me something that gives you comfort.

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You would have to ask him yourself, but I can only tell him to focus on his wish and not on us so many times.

[gojou can absolutely go smooch mineo more, that's fine. this question feels like a trap though because greed pauses.]

...Maus, actually.

[...naming their dog is a cop-out but it's also true.]

[mukagen]

He does worry too much about other people.

[ NO, HE ISN'T GOING TO SMOOCH MINEO MORE. To the answer, though... Gojou stops cleaning to stare at Greed. Doesn't blink. Kind of like a cat with pale blue eyes—you can see the sky in them, etc.

Point is, that's a fucking cop-out, motherfucker. ]

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Precisely. It's going to get him in trouble if he isn't careful.

[that's fine. gojou can stare and see a purple glow from under greed's hood where they seem to be staring back? what.]

You asked. I merely provided an appropriate answer. [which is true, they do love that dog very much.]

[mukagen]

What about an answer I don't already know? Maus is super cute, though.

[ What good dog... Precious. Nothing like Pom Gets Wi-Fi. ]

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[perfect dog...also greed continues to stare blankly while they think.]

The library, I suppose. Tea, though not always the tea room. Chess, because the game is familiar but consistently a different outcome with each move.

[and they give him another look as if to say "will that work?"]

[mukagen]

[ hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Okay, pass. ]

Wowww, we seem to have a lot in common. [ He laughs a bit. ] I've been playing chess a bit more while I'm here. Stopped playing it since I had so much work to do before.

[ Another: ]

Do you miss home?

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I had a set in my office. [a wry tone.] I haven't had much time to play myself, but simply having it is nice.

[that's another harder question and for whatever reason it's complicated to answer.]

In a sense. But there's still work to be completed here before we can think about finding a way back.

[mukagen]

When you do have time, we can play a couple of games. Protect your king with your infinite lives, Greed.

[ But back to cleaning and not staring at them. ]

In a sense. How much more work after our batch? I remember asking Envy and he had no clue.

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...I would like that, sure. [they would be more than fine with that. gojou goes back to cleaning and greed continues to watch.]

Envy doesn't seem to have a clue about much of anything. [envy is no longer dead and dying so greed doesn't have to feel bad about being rude.] Though the true answer is that it's hard to quantify until we see what's been done with your group.

[mukagen]

[ Snorts... Nooooo, Envy, well that's true. Gojou doesn't feel bad hearing that since Envy is alive. ]

I see, that makes sense. [ ... ] So, why Gluttony?

[ NOT THE SEX LIFE OR LOVE LIFE, BUT WHY PICK THAT ONE ]

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[gOJOU.

for a moment greed pauses. and tenses. and it's clear they are very thrown off by this question and also probably mortified and they are going to kill gluttony with their bare hands.

but that's all in a very quick succession of responses before they cooly raise a hand and begin ticking off points on their fingers.]

It was simply for instructional purposes. It was the least likely option to form any sort of attachment, physical or emotional. And Gluttony is easy on the eyes.

[literally none of these are good reasons please end them.]

[mukagen]

That makes sense, too.

[ Gojou doesn't see them as bad reasons. He is the worst type of company, really. Anyway, he has no opinion on that. If Greed wanted to write notes on the experience, then power to them. ]

You couldn't have chosen from any of us instead? There are some lookers here, too. Despite how we can be obnoxious, not many of us have loose lips.

[ LEGIT DOXXED AT A PICNIC ]

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[staring at the sky...]

I suppose I should have chosen you instead? [dryly. but then, immediately moving on:] It was before all of you arrived. I can only presume Gluttony never thought they would be in a situation it would become relevant to bring up.

[mukagen]

Gluttony gave us old details?!

[ .................. why is he so scandalized. it's not like Mineo detailed that it has to be recently. ]

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[ffs.]

You're making us sound ancient.

[mukagen]

No! I, for some reason, thought it was during our stay. I kind of thought about a ship name, too.

[ Stooooooooooooooooooooppppppppppp. He's stupid, he knows!! ]

Anyway, do you think I'm a looker?

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Please don't. It was a one-time thing and never again. [urgh.]

...I find the answer to that to be irrelevant at the moment, Gojou.

[mukagen]

[ okay... no greed/gluttony ship name. gruttony. ]

Okay, what about when I'm not in this getup with balloons for buttcheeks.

[ SINCE THIS HAS TO BE A THING. HM. ]