Audience: Mahito

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Something like that. [is that to the statement about greed or about home? sure.] I suppose your sense of time and our sense of time are different now, aren't they?

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Probably! My sense of time is different from most people's, I think.

[He is, after all, an ageless funky curse who appeared fully formed with all this weird knowledge.]

So what's up with the symbol and all the justice talk?

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So it seems. [sir, your funk.]

I'm sure the others have told you that we did not choose our own symbols. They were just here, so we used them. [mahito can't see their face, but he can get the sense they're raising an eyebrow.] Are you asking why I've mentioned justice, or what justice is?

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[his funk holds a pinky out

Anyway, he looks like he's going to say something about the symbols first, but immediately gets distracted WHY IS THAT DIG SO RUDE.]

I know what it is! [He actively chooses violence every day anyway!!] But yeah, they said all the justice talk was from you, probably - or sounded like you, or something like that. Why?

[Why, Greed! Why do you like justice!!]

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[IT WAS JUST A QUESTION DAMN.]

Fair's fair, isn't it? If something is taken away from you, it's only fair to fight back and claim the truth for your own.

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[HE'LL FIGHT.

No he won't he's not wrathcore.

He also seems to be giving that some actual, serious thought. He knows no god or land and is just in a constant state of smacking people around for shits and giggles without ever really having anything taken from him, so the concept of "fair" is a very nebulous one...]

...I guess? It's boring if there's no fighting back, anyway.

[This is not the takeaway to have.]

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Precisely. [no. no that's pretty much almost exactly the takeaway to have.] Justice is meant to allow people the opportunity to receive closure and in some cases deliver retribution for wrongs that have occurred. But it isn't simply handed out. It must be fought for and earned.

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[This is terrible.]

When you put it like that, it sounds a little boring. [Things like "receiving closure" and "earning justice"... Awful.] But fighting for things is always nice.

[There's a little tiny potentially thoughtful in a one-braincelled way pause, and then:] So, are you an eye for an eye justice type, then? Give as good as you take?

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[no comment on that, but they do take a long sip of their wine.]

You must fight with everything you have, every bit of leverage you can take, and every trick you can pull off. There's only one way things will end. That's what I believe.

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Ah! [That's something he can understand! His smile is bright.] Okay! I can do that.

[This is true just by virtue of him not knowing how to live his weird, cursed existence in any way other than "absolutely 110% at absolutely all times, even if what he's doing has literally no meaning". A beat, considering, and then:]

Hey - some of the others were talking about this earlier. You all picked us, right? D'you have a reason for picking me?

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[well this is fine and won't end in a bunch of people getting killed probably.]

I do, but I imagine you won't be impressed with the reasoning. [also they may be reeling from the fact it's been three days and mahito has trashed the base and also got shoved in a dryer.]

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[reaches for your mysterious mod hands solemnly and whispers i am very sorry

Also Mahito will continue to trash the base and possibly get shoved into dryers until the day Gojou inevitably kills him or he gets caught with his little red murder hands, whatever comes first.]

It's fine, it's fine! I'm just curious. Will you tell me?

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[glad mahito's just here to have a good time.]

You appear to be somewhat brilliant in the most unusual ways. I was interested in what you would do under an aspect such as mine.

[they did not expect such chaos.]

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[He really, truly is.

Anyway he just laughs about it. SOMEWHAT BRILLIANT IN THE MOST UNUSUAL WAYS IS SUCH A WEIRD BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT... He doesn't seem, like, unimpressed, though. Just amused... But he is often amused.]

Haha—! You're probably one of the only people who'd say something like that to a curse! Ah, you're really all a lot of fun, huh?

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[greed has never given a compliment in their life, so this is as good as it's gonna get.]

I...guess so? [hm. not sure how to interpret that, so they let that linger for a bit.] I wasn't aware we were that amusing.

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[i read that as greed has never gotten one before and i was like HOW SAD......]

Yeah! You're not boring at all. [It's a compliment!! Probably. Unlike SOMEONE HERE, Mahito actually does give them out freely, even if they are as meaningless as little bits of pocket lint.]

And you get it - doing the most you can with whatever you do. It's a good thing to hear, you know?

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Thank you? [it's entirely possible greed has also never gotten one before, we just don't know. but they straighten up a little as if to correct themselves and resume authority here.]

I would be incredibly disappointed if those of you participating didn't do the most with what you've been given. After all, why should you be rewarded for minimal effort?

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Mmhm!

[YEAH!! He will compliment Greed it's fine. Their attempts at resuming authority are also very funny, bad. He sits up a little from his chair arm so he can prop his chin up in his hands, humming.]

Well, we agree on that, at least. Things always taste better when you earn it. [TASTE??] So! We just do as much as we can with what we have, yeah? The limits are, like... our creativity and what we can actually accomplish? [AND THEN, perhaps concerningly but probably not surprisingly, like an afterthought:]

--And you're sure people are dead dead if they die here?

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[TASTE?]

Erm. Well. Yes. The dead are dead if they die. [c...cannibal?] Those are, in fact, our only limits. While some of us have preferences, ultimately the choice is yours and how you plan to participate. All that we ask is that you do participate. That's why we're here.

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[STOP HE'S NOT A CANNIBAL HE'S NOT THE ONE WITH VORE POWERS.]

Good, good! There are a lot of tricky rules about it where I come from. [Binch he never thought he'd be rid of Gojou but he would love it if this was his golden opportunity. PERISH FOREVER AND NEVER RETURN AS A CURSE, SATORU GOJOU!!]

Hey, just out of curiosity, do you have any preferences?

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So I've noticed. [they did research about this! also wow, weird.] Our rules are fairly straightforward.

Everyone has a preference. [...they do not specify what their preference is.]

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Ah, that's a relief.

[Which he says very genuinely... Thank god for straightforward rules. Mahito may be a lot of things, but complex scheming chessmaster extraordinaire is not one of them. Anyway despite this punkish answer, Mahito just presses on curiously.]

Hah, I guess. So? What's yours?

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[they set the wine glass down on a nearby surface, folding their arms over their chest as one of their claws taps against their elbow in thought.]

While killing people off isn't my first priority, or an option I necessarily condone...do what you must in order to sufficiently indulge and get what you want.

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Haha...

[HE JUST "HAHA"s because he knows Greed likely knows that murder is a great way for Mahito Mahitoson to indulge.]

That was a pretty careful answer. [BUT THEN HE'S seemingly immediately distracted by something else, holding his hands!! Out!!] Hey! Can I see your hand?

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[yes. ha ha. they sure do know!!! but also like...sure. that is just how that's going to go.

also, they don't reply to that because they're very aware it's a carefully crafted answer and mahito doesn't get to know why. regardless!]

Your powers won't activate by touching me. [it's said flatly, but they do hold out one hand. it's cracking in several places, veins thick and dark while black pointed claws are at the tip of each finger. go ahead. do whatever.]