[superhell] catchall for ryo

[ontrend]

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[preordain]

Have you spoken to him?

[ scaramouch is

extremely upfront about being violent. ]

[ontrend]

I'm mostly surprised it took so long. Though I guess part of me did wonder if he just like, wouldn't. Out of spite for the whole trial setup, since Satan seems to find it entertaining.

[preordain]

He must have had his reasons. I don't think he would have just for the party.

[ontrend]

Yeah, no way would he just... do a total 180 like that and kill to play along. The question is, why? ...'course, he's uh, not exactly likely to tell me if I go and ask, so...

[preordain]

I get along with him pretty well, but our relationship isn't like that...

[ like

discussing feelings.... ]

[ontrend]

Even if it was, "Don't ask me questions, I won't be answering!" is pretty definitive...

[he sighs]

...there really are a lot of different types of people out there.

[preordain]

Of course. The world, or worlds, is vast. For every person who would never harm another, there's also someone who will.

[ontrend]

...

[he chuckles a little at that]

Yeah... yeah, you're right.

[preordain]

I guess we should be glad we caught anyone at all. It was really looking dicey there for a while.

[ontrend]

Yeah...

[...]

Is Akira gonna be okay? I didn't - I didn't think he was being set up to catch him. I thought Scaramouche was just being finicky about who could check his hair, but when Akira checked him it'd come up as real hair and we'd just have to keep looking for the wig...

[preordain]

He won't be.

[ he says it easily enough. ]

But he's going to have to figure out how to deal with it. There's nothing else he can do.

[ontrend]

...damn it.

[he should've just tackled scaramouche and wrestled some hair out of him. twink on twink violence.]

[preordain]

... don't worry about it.

I'll keep an eye on him.

[ontrend]

[phew]

Good... thanks.

[preordain]

... you really are very concerned.

[ontrend]

Well... yeah. He's a good kid - he shouldn't have to bear stuff like that on his own. So it's good he's got you there to help keep an eye on him.

[preordain]

... it's probably better that he has other people concerned for him. I'm not really the best at situations like this.

[ontrend]

[...]

You don't necessarily have to be, though? You just have to be... yourself. And be there. You're his friend, too, so I'm sure he just appreciates that you're there for him at all.

[preordain]

We'd probably end up fighting, I think.

[ he cannot emphasize how bad he is at comforting. ]

[ontrend]

[...he thinks about the memory of ryo's he saw last week]

I mean... yeah, maybe... but if you're fighting, that at least still means you're there for him to fight with...?

[preordain]

[ huh. ]

... yeah. That's one way to think about it.

[ontrend]

...I might be projecting, though. I hate being alone. So - it's hard to imagine other people wanting to be, when things are rough.

[preordain]

I don't think he really does, he's just punishing himself.

So, please feel free to bother him.

[ontrend]

Oh, I'm gonna! ...but I'm gonna bother you, too.

[preordain]

That's not really needed.