Audience: Gojou Satoru

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[hello?]

I beg your pardon?

[mukagen]

Your heart is soft!

[ Repeats. ]

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Objection! [NO.] I don't think it's soft to try and fix things that are wrong.

[mukagen]

You want to help them.

[ STOP LYING ]

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[seethe....]

...it's complicated. [will you please just fucking admit you have a friend you want to help and a system you need to fix, you asshole.] But yes.

[mukagen]

... Have you considered being honest? Or will you get punished for that, too?

[ IMAGINE FOOLING GOJOU ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM THINK SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN... ]

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[haha about that.]

I'm not sure. Ask me again later.

[mukagen]

[ oh my god??? ]

All right. I’ll text you every day asking, then.

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Definitely not necessary. [there's a faint tone of amusement, a bit of wondering.] I'm sure you'll figure out the right time and questions to ask.

[mukagen]

... You were probably single.

[ Just a small comment made—anyway, he just jumps to another topic before greed pulls his gun on him. ]

You said you were curious about me! Anything you want to know as we enjoy the view? Or maybe you want to tell me I have pretty eyes?

[ HEHE. ]

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[what the fuck actually.

well. even after that very true rude assessment, greed's shoulders straighten.]

They are striking. [wry. it's said in a way that's hard to determine if he's serious or not, but he also isn't looking at him directly. the fields are keeping his attention. wow. stunning.] Did you ever finish the books I gave you?

[he will focus on this line of questions instead of lingering on that.]

[mukagen]

I did! I wrote up my book report, but forgot to give it to you when we were at the dog park.

[ And he has it on him because he was like oh since I’m seeing Greed anyway... He pulls it out! It’s folded into thirds for ease and he hands it over. ]

I ended up having to read some other texts because I was missing some context, but I did it.

[ He is good student, professor. ]

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[this paper is absolutely going to say something else, isn't it. but it's fine because greed's taking it and he's looking between the paper and gojou for a few moments.]

I see. [wow. curiosity gets the better of him and he actually opens this paper to see for himself.]

[mukagen]

[ i know this is what you wanted so, okay. fine.



the first paper. ]

Oh, that's not it.

[ He takes the first one and there is a legitimate report on the books, filled with some citations from the work and also some additional reading because he is a Japanese man with little knowledge of Dickens' birthplace and the social climate he lived in. So, yeah, there are some little notes on Christianity Gojou had to look up, then also about the era Dickens lived in that the works might be inspired by or alluded to. ]

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[christ. greed just...hands over the first paper and takes the second, scanning it over. he's actually impressed? like. oh. wow. gojou really was thorough about this.]

This...is more detailed than I anticipated. [he's still reading.] I'm surprised.

[it's a compliment.]

[mukagen]

[ it was supposed to be a real report but you gave me chaos option. He smiles! ]

Thanks! It's short, but I prefer to be succinct.

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[one of the others provided me with a video and now i understand.]

As do I. [he tilts his head and continues reading before folding it up to slip into his pocket.] It proves you understood what you were doing.

[mukagen]

[ oh, so i wasn't being goaded. you just PERSONALLY HAD DOUBTS. GREED JUST TOOK HIS REPORT? Wow. Well, not like he wanted it back. still... greed took it... ]

Sometimes it doesn't seem like it, but I can do things properly when I want to.

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[I WAS CLEARLY RIGHT TO HAVE DOUBTS? also of course he took it, his name is greed.]

It's all a matter of deciding something is worth doing properly?

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Sure, but it's mostly if I want to.

[ So, yeah, even if it doesn't seem worth it... He'll do it if he wants to do it. They've seen that just earlier. ]

... I'll still do something that I think is right at least, even if it's a pain.

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[odd. understandable, but odd.]

In that regard, sloth makes sense. [that seems to be his only comment even if it isn't his only thought.]

[mukagen]

... You keep saying that when I have other traits?

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Is there a particular trait I should be noting?

[listen. he knows, but everything eventually wraps around to business again.]

[mukagen]

When you talk to me, what trait screams at you?

[ GREEEEEED. ]

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Curious. [because as far as he can tell, gojou really asks questions to satisfy his own whims and questions a lot of the time which is fine.] And pragmatic.