Audience: Mahito

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[IN BOUNDS MAHITO, though he takes care around the flowers and greenery as he'd done before. He has his hands behind his back! Maybe he is here to stab.]

Hi! I have something for you.

[Doesn't even bother saying anything about Law fuckin RIP. He figures all the avatars know how he is!!]

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[it's fine, pride is sick to death of talking about law thanks]

What? [they just. stare. what do you have, is it a knife.]

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[YEAH!! No, unfortunately it isn't. If only Mahito could get his ass killed by an NPC because he decided to try stabbing one for some fucking reason. Or actually had a cool knife to gift...

Instead, he pulls his hands out and he has... what looks like an origami flower settled in his palms!]

Here!

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A flower. [they very... hesitantly take it. like they're pretty sure he's going to snatch it away from them before they actually can.]

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[Wow does he look like a demon!! Pride can take it; Mahito will hold it out until they do, and then fold his hands behind his back again.]

I found an origami book in the library and figured I'd make you something, since I like the flower you gave me so much. [It reminds him of Hanami!! Who he misses more every day as he gets moRE AND MORE TIRED OF DEALING WITH ALL THESE SOFT ASSHOLES.] The rose one was too complicated for me, though.

[But at least this one is red!]

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[he's worse than a demon. but they do take it, and then sort of just hold it like they don't know what to do with it.

does this mean they're married now, like. what. nobody gives them gifts.]

Hm. [say thank you, you asshole.]

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[Yeah congrats on your wedding to a curse, Pride.

Mahito does not do things for thanks, so he doesn't at all seem bothered by this entertainingly lackluster response. God bless. Instead of lingering on the gift, he just sort of nods in the direction of the flowers.]

You must've done a pretty good job of scaring people. No one's done any killing in here.

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People have been more respectful than I thought.

[they say dryly, just... very gently putting the flower in their sleeve? it's theirs now.]

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[Enjoy your cursed gift, Pride. It's not actually cursed, at least.]

A lot of people here like this place. It's nice to have some real greenery, you know? Also, some probably don't wanna get stabbed.

[S...some.]

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Some of them might enjoy it. [exhausting.]

I'm sure the other Avatars would find some way to stop me.

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Knifeplay...

[Said softly....... He can't judge, he had a great time being almost beaten to death once.]

Wouldn't it be better if you guys could just pick us off whenever, though? Better for you, I mean. You can't leave until we're done, right?

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[christ don't talk about knifeplay to pride i'm withering]

No, we can't. It'd be faster if I was allowed to.

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[STOP ALL HE DID WAS SAY IT. i also don't want mahito to discuss knifeplay with anyone]

Yeah. I've heard some of you are super strong? [Gluttony and Despair just singlehandedly wiping out every noodle here.] Too bad, then. I wish we could all fight on a more even playing field; we're running out of good ones, here.

[THEIR FIGHTERS KEEP DYING.]

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You'd think they wouldn't be the first to go.

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Right? But I can kinda get it. Picking off the weak ones isn't always fun.

[A little, sloping shrug. THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE, THOUGH.]

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Picking off the weak ones is easier.

But the weak ones generally have better protection.

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I guess...

[A sigh! Very tiring. He's at the point where he no longer finds this game entertaining and is instead wishing to return to his old ways of just murdering people for funsies and getting away with it. Give him another day or so and he'll be back to finding it interesting! Fickle creature.]

...Hey. Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it's super weird that, like, almost everyone here came to win something and now they won't even kill half the people around.

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You are not.

[they sound SO annoyed.]

The point of this was not to come here and make friends and date each other. There is a very clear goal.

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Oh, good.

[THANK GOD. He was starting to get seriously vibed out by the amount of softness he's witnessing here...]

People are just getting softer and softer every week! They're never gonna get their wishes like that.

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They won't, no.

Nobody is going to get anything, the rate they're going.

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[The look on his face is one that's absolutely just a nonverbal equivalent of the energy a plain "lmfao" has in chat.]

Yeah, I was talking to someone about that earlier. [Childe. He was talking to Childe. Literally no one in this game is as ruthless and willing to kill every single person on this station as the two of them.] What happens to the people who don't get their wish, anyway? They just go back home or whatever? Assuming they're still alive.

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[shrug.]

I would imagine whoever doesn't get their wish is dead.

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Oh. Sad.

[SAD...... After a considering pause:]

Do you think it's possible to run outta people to kill before we indulge enough to get our wishes?

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[is it sad, mahito. is it]

No.

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[Yeah he's crushed!! It's so sad.]

Is that just 'cuz so many people aren't killing...

[THEY STILL REGULARLY HAVE AT LEAST TWO BODIES A WEEK.]