catchall for shess

[leaberator]

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[nonbelligerent]

I'm not surprised. North approached me about it yesterday.

[getting interrogated right after the trial was fun.]

For people who claimed not to get along at first, they seem to be rather close lately.

[leaberator]

Right? Guess they found some common ground after all.

[ he hesitates ]

Do you still have that item that prevents corruption?

[nonbelligerent]

[he nods.]

I lent it to Emma this week, but she's returned it. I'll double-check with Lune to make sure it's still in effect, but I haven't seen any indication that it isn't.

[leaberator]

Hmm. Alright. [ he looks away before he shrugs ] Milla asked Emma and I for preferences on who she should keep alive in case the one person thing winds up our only solution. She said you, an' I agreed, but... I'd rather you know.

[ like. because that is a horrible thing to do to anyone in this place ]

[nonbelligerent]

... Yes, she's informed me.

[leaberator]

Milla?

[ he is. assuming ]

[nonbelligerent]

[he nods.]

[leaberator]

She's a lot more straightforward than the rest of us.

[ an understatement ]

[nonbelligerent]

She is. It's refreshing.

[leaberator]

She might've had the right idea from the start.

[nonbelligerent]

Perhaps. People like her are atypical, though.

[leaberator]

To be honest, I know a few like that.

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles a little.]

Do you now?

Well, I suppose my kind can be very straightforward... but if they were in this situation, we would all be dead by now.

[leaberator]

So... It's a good thing you're the only representative, then?

[nonbelligerent]

Haha, probably. Though I won't claim to be a model of perfect behaviour either.

While I may not always agree with the decisions people like Milla or Ookurikara make, I admire their sincerity.

[leaberator]

[ axel... laughs? ]

... Yeah. The most sincere and open guy I know... I can't say he's the wisest, but I'd be a different person if I hadn't met him.

[nonbelligerent]

People like that do tend to influence others around them.

[leaberator]

Yeah. Kinda makes you wish it was easier to just... be like that, right?

[nonbelligerent]

A little, yes. I suppose we're both twisted in our own ways, aren't we?

[leaberator]

Little bit. We're both kind of a mess in that sense, I guess. [ there's a beat ] Speaking of messes-- you ever actually get your wounds looked at?

[ his chest was the mess ]

[nonbelligerent]

Valvatorez came to me. Don't worry.

[leaberator]

Oh, good. If you died of debris two days into our partnership, I'd have had no choice but to let Ookurikara slay me.

[nonbelligerent]

I'm hoping to break your streak of dying partners.

[jan isn't but unfortunately shess has a sense of self-preservation]

[leaberator]

[ deadpan: ]

You and me both.

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles wryly.]

Just don't accept any gifts from me. Apparently, that's a bad omen.