[ Lea lets go when it's obvious Hisoka won't be moved-- he knows when he's outclassed in brute strength. (Often, truth be told.) He stays splayed on the bed, his tone dismissive. ]
I'm not gonna play house with you, partner or not.
[ he doesn't want to address the rest of it-- hadn't even wanted to think about any of it-- but he doesn't have a lot of choice when it's hanging over his head. Like a clown.
He is going to do it anyway, because denial is his middle name. ]
You this touchy feely with all your partners, or am I special?
Oh, you're very special. It's because... you're still alive. ♦
[He puts both hands on the bed above Lea's shoulders right by the wild red head.]
I'm sure we both have things we want. Dying gets in the way of that. Which means we have to help each other hang around, hm? You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
I'll even be nice. I'll tell you my element. It's water. We go so well together, don't we? Fire and water.
[ There's a long pause as he stares back at Hisoka above him, contemplative. That first half... it's weird to think something similar to that could've come from himself not that long ago.
He does not really want to know what scratching Hisoka's back would entail, though, so really, everything about this is bad and getting worse by the minute! ]
You know they don't go well together, right? That's kind of the point of opposites.
[Lea is the first person to make the clown chuckle. Congratulations. Lea is doing so great this very first partner meeting.]
Oh, don't be so dreary. It only means it's very easy for me to "put you out." Don't forget.
[Very slowly and languidly, he finally draws back and up off the bed. Lea is freed of the purgatory of being pinned beneath a sociopathic clown fighter.]
What do you plan to do? About what they've asked of us. Fixing the core and all.
[ hate it. what i hate even more is that he sits up but doesn't make a move to get away because he's an absolute fucking tool who's about to react to clown threats with bravado ]
Sorry, Hisoka, but no one's put me out before, and I'm not about to let it start now.
[ i can't wait until he's the week 1 victim. but he does decide to answer hisoka's question. one out of a million, yay. ]
Fix it. [ this wasn't actually much of an answer and more of a duh, but does he care? no. no he doesn't. ]
I'd like to fix it, too. We'll have to work together. I've been told things may not go as planned if what happened to Mary gets out of hand. What do you say?
If you could help make all of this stable for something in return--would you?
he doesn't need something in return-- but agreeing to work with Hisoka feels a bit like making a deal with the devil. It wouldn't be his first, but... that didn't exactly wind up fine, either. ]
[Come on. Hisoka is a great person to make a deal with.]
Nothing at all. Only curious whether or not we get anything in return for helping them. Compensation, right? Like our partnership. If we help them, they should help us.
[ there is no compensation in this partnership, hisoka. ]
... I don't need compensation for this thing. I've kinda got personal beef, an' all that. [ he can't pretend otherwise, after all. ] But I won't stop you from asking for some.
Ahh. [It doesn’t quite sound like recognition. It’s too sarcastic.] The girl.
She still means that much to you? Even if she would have done bad things? Oh, that’s right... Your scroll. You’ve done a lot of bad things yourself. I guess the two of you did get along.
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I'm not gonna play house with you, partner or not.
[ he doesn't want to address the rest of it-- hadn't even wanted to think about any of it-- but he doesn't have a lot of choice when it's hanging over his head. Like a clown.
He is going to do it anyway, because denial is his middle name. ]
You this touchy feely with all your partners, or am I special?
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[He puts both hands on the bed above Lea's shoulders right by the wild red head.]
I'm sure we both have things we want. Dying gets in the way of that. Which means we have to help each other hang around, hm? You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
I'll even be nice. I'll tell you my element. It's water. We go so well together, don't we? Fire and water.
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He does not really want to know what scratching Hisoka's back would entail, though, so really, everything about this is bad and getting worse by the minute! ]
You know they don't go well together, right? That's kind of the point of opposites.
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Oh, don't be so dreary. It only means it's very easy for me to "put you out." Don't forget.
[Very slowly and languidly, he finally draws back and up off the bed. Lea is freed of the purgatory of being pinned beneath a sociopathic clown fighter.]
What do you plan to do? About what they've asked of us. Fixing the core and all.
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Sorry, Hisoka, but no one's put me out before, and I'm not about to let it start now.
[ i can't wait until he's the week 1 victim. but he does decide to answer hisoka's question. one out of a million, yay. ]
Fix it. [ this wasn't actually much of an answer and more of a duh, but does he care? no. no he doesn't. ]
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[someone please help lea]
I'd like to fix it, too. We'll have to work together. I've been told things may not go as planned if what happened to Mary gets out of hand. What do you say?
If you could help make all of this stable for something in return--would you?
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he doesn't need something in return-- but agreeing to work with Hisoka feels a bit like making a deal with the devil. It wouldn't be his first, but... that didn't exactly wind up fine, either. ]
...What do you know?
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Nothing at all. Only curious whether or not we get anything in return for helping them. Compensation, right? Like our partnership. If we help them, they should help us.
Right?
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... I don't need compensation for this thing. I've kinda got personal beef, an' all that. [ he can't pretend otherwise, after all. ] But I won't stop you from asking for some.
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[But his lips curve into a smirk.]
“Personal beef”?
[He’s curious.]
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Are you playing dumb?
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She still means that much to you? Even if she would have done bad things? Oh, that’s right... Your scroll. You’ve done a lot of bad things yourself. I guess the two of you did get along.
But she’s dead. She isn’t of much use to us now.
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There's no "us".
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You may never see her again, even when all of this is over. Sometimes, disappearing tricks are forever.
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[ just. nah. ]
I'm bringing her back. You can't change my mind about it.
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Why did Shess show you that letter, anyway?
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I can be very convincing.
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We were playing a game. It was a mutual business exchange.
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[ do NOT fucking say a blowjob ]
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My. It's like you think we're partners or something. Shess had to wait an entire week to hear what I had to say. Quite a lot of stamina.
Can you last that long, too, I wonder?
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[ haha wow he is not offering anything in exchange for that info ]
Guess I'll wait. I wouldn't wanna be beaten by Shess.
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Then shall we sleep? ♦
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yeah he's not doing that. ]
I'm gonna get some air. I'm feelin' claustrophobic.
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