Audience: Mahito

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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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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.]

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[i personally am very tired on greed's behalf

Mahito on the other hand is just here to have a good time and doesn't seem particularly fussed about the fact that he's not getting any straight answers.]

I already know that!

[He's tried so much. He just keeps trying. Probably especially on Tamaki because he thinks it's funny. He probably tried a little on Sloth too, just for the hell of it. Y'all need to stop letting him touch. BUT TOUCH HE DOES, except it really is just out of curiosity this time. He holds their hand between his two, flipping it to examine both sides and then gently tapping one of the cracks.]

Does it hurt?

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[this is why mahito isn't finding himself shoved into another dryer right now. but greed lets mahito examine their hand. i have to mention it's also kind of a large hand. the crack feels a little warm, but greed doesn't seem too fazed.]

Not particularly, no. I've grown used to it.

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[He should be shoved into another dryer.

ALSO WHY ARE SO MANY OF THESE NPCS SO BIG. He is just holding onto their fingies now.]

Yeah? What was it like before this?

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[he can have the fingies! also funny you say that because mahito is actually a little taller than greed.]

Smoother. [very vague.] Less...flawed.

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[yaoi hands..........]

Huh. [He's keeping the fingies.] How'd this happen, then?

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[this is actually uncomfortable but they make no moves to pull their hand back.]

Growing older. Changing. It's the natural progression of things.

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[Please free Greed.]

Oh. Sounds bad. [Being an ageless concept, he can't relate!] Do you miss how it was before?

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What would be the point of missing something unattainable? I've set my sights on other things.

[that is to say greed is more focused on what they can take for themselves rather than something that's already gone.]