week 1, friday, post investigation

[doublesmall]

[they already met in the park once this week so AS TEMPTED AS I AM to do skateboarding, chuuya's going to find shinssin wherever he's grabbing a bite and just. go ahead and take a seat at the same table. I haven't picked a specific outfit but just know he's finally had to succumb to sheep heavenly's Aesthetic after the ikea incident messed up his clothes...

chuuya props his elbow on the table and his chin in his palm, studying him for just a second before he finally comes right out with it.]

Hey. You're not going to do anything stupid this time, right?

[sure did take him a week to say anything about that call-out last saturday, but here we are.]

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[doublesmall]

Listen, I didn't have a choice, alright?! That damn Noise ruined my outfit, it's this or wandering around looking like I lost a fight with a bunch of scissors.

Not all of us are fine walking around without clothes.

[shinssin]

I thought you said you liked it when I was shirtless. You're giving mixed signals here...

[doublesmall]

That wasn't what I meant! What kind of signal did you even think you got, huh?

[shinssin]

[ LAUGHS as he deliberately doesn't answer ]

Anyway, why are you so worried about me? Isn't it better if I die? Less killers to worry about.

[doublesmall]

[chuuya huffs, sipping aggressively and then just. taking a moment to try to chill.]

Maybe, but isn't it better if you know what to expect from the people you're playing against too?

[not that he's actually confident he knows what to expect from him. shinssin is still more of an unknown...

he pauses a moment, then shakes his head.]

It'd be boring if you got erased, is all.

[shinssin]

Ohh... [ Assassin grins, because he knows this is just what pisses Chuuya off. ] You're interested in me!

[doublesmall]

[it sure is what bugs him... chuuya's grip on the cup tightens, eyes narrowed slightly.]

Interested in kicking your ass, sure. But I can't do that if you get yourself taken out.

[shinssin]

[ lol

Honestly, same. The Underground would be boring with no one to fight. Ah, but there's Eleanor... ]

I'm not a Reaper, so I can't do that unless I kill someone. And I won't! Probably.

[doublesmall]

There are other ways to go. I didn't figure you'd do the same thing twice, but... never hurts to make sure, yeah?

[people are unpredictable, after all.]

-honestly, I wouldn't have taken you for the type to abstain in the first place.

[shinssin]

[ They are unpredictable. Assassin, especially. ]

Hehe. I was just feeling a little rebellious.

[ He wanted to keep a promise. To keep Maya's blood off his hands. ]

I don't like this game... that's all.

[doublesmall]

What, so you just wanted to see what would happen...?

[that gets a disbelieving look, a huffed laugh as he shakes his head.]

Well, that's one way to play it, I guess.

What is it you don't like? The whole concept, or?

1/2

[shinssin]

Well, it's not like I hate the format? A normal Grail war is a bit like that.

[shinssin]

[ With a smile on his face, he crushes his empty soda cup in his hands. ]

I just don't like that it killed Maya.

[doublesmall]

That kid...?

[the answer catches him a little off guard. chuuya wouldn't have expected him to care that much-- it sucked that she had to die, but it's how the rules work, right? sometimes bad things just happen to decent people.

sometimes someone's got to be the bad thing.]

Mm. I guess it's pretty close to how things are in life, to have innocent people pulled into this kind of thing-

But it'd probably be better if they weren't here.

[shinssin]

[ chuuya won't understand. assassin doesn't expect him to. bad things happen to decent people and sometimes he's the bad thing but that doesn't mean losing them doesn't hurt.

this is why he didn't want to get too close. ]

Yeah. It's too bad.

But that's why I'll kill the Reapers.