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[suchselfishness]

So much for 'survival of the smartest,' or whatever. This city is run by absolute idiots, but I suppose that's fitting enough since all the citizens are morons, too.

As if I care, either way. Pastries at Deadly Pretty are better than anywhere else's, anyhow. And we've got tea.

[ Filtered to Mukuro ]

I want to have Allen over for dinner soon, but I don't want his silly nanny from the Order or anyone else following him. You can find some way to get him home without all the bothers, can't you? I told him what a good cook you are, and how clever you are, so you simply can't disappoint him. 

... Oh, and he eats enough food for a lot of people. So perhaps making enough for... a dozen, or so? That would probably be enough. 

[ added a few minutes later; ]

He likes pastries, too, so you should go to Death by Pastry and get as many pineapple tarts as you possibly can.

[ and a few minutes after that. ]

And soda pop, perhaps? Lots of soda pop. The really sugary sort.

[ sugar withdrawal? absolutely not. never. ]


[ Filtered to Enma ]

I hope I left a permanent bald spot on your empty head, you useless little idiot. You'd best start shopping for a hat and start sleeping with your hand on your damned red button.

007 | { VIDEO } Late Morning

[socialinking.livejournal.com]

[Here is the face of someone who is so tired, but still amazed he's back. Iza-chan can be heard mewling at times in the background.]

This place hasn't changed much. Not that I expected it too, but I was gone for months. [He shakes his head.]

I'm sorry for worrying anyone, if I did. I didn't have much of a choice in leaving, and while I didn't have a choice in coming back, I'm glad that I did.

[Smiles faintly.]

Is everyone still here? How is everyone in SEES; last time I saw you guys you were doing great during that attack. IS everyone okay?

[He stops for a moment, putting the communicator down so that it's dark as he looks around the apartment he shares with Yosuke; who is suspiciously absent. He moves the communicator and frowns, looking tired.]

...Maybe not everyone is still here. [He reaches down to pick up a pair of headphones. He wouldn't leave these behind willingly. He swallows, and then looks back into the video feed.]

I'm at the apartment, if anyone needs me.

[Filtered to SEES Members]

It looks like Yosuke may be gone. [That's hard to say. His jaw tightens.] I'd like a sound off if you're still here. Please.

[Filtered to Dojima Family; Dojima, Nanako, Jules, Mustang]

I'm back. I'm sorry if I worried you. It wasn't intentional. [Pauses.]

Looks like Yosuke is gone, now. [Frowns.] I hope you are all okay; I'm going to be at the apartment for a little bit, but would it be okay if I came over later? I'd like to see you guys.

NINTH BULLET // TEXT

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[Filtered to Date]

[Being in the clinic and not being able to do anything gives Dante a lot of free time. While a large portion of that was used thinking up elaborate escape plans, he'd more or less given up on it by now. Along the way he'd ended up thinking about all of his conversations with the various people who came to visit him. He eventually reached the conclusion that he probably could have handled things a lot better.

The rest of this is all live. If Date so wished he could see the whole thing if he picked up his communicator quickly enough. This is all text for obvious reasons. Dante avoids heart to heart conversations like the plague.]

i ned 2 tlk 2 u [This is examined and deemed unsatisfactory and deleted.

10 minutes later.]

im srry [This part is very slowly typed in, with pauses between each letter. But it's deletion is almost instantaneous. Apologising means admitting he cares how the other feels and it's not something he's admitted to himself yet.

The next part comes easier and is a steady stream of text.]

i dun liek it wen u keep sining us up 4 things wihtut askng me. i wud liek 2 nuw b4 bcuz we r patners so we shud b decdeng 2 do thngs 2geter. and dunt tell me 2 sck it up i dun curr if u had wrse ur just beng a dick. ur also a chting bitch sum1 tld me dat patners shud only resunete 2geder and u kep gng wit uther ppl.

[He feels much better now for having gotten that out and he reads it over again and then notices how whiny he sounds and proceeds to delete it all. Dante can whine about anything other than the things that truly bug him. Watson getting him to admit that things bugged him was a good step and allowed him to reach this point, even if he did end up retracting it.]

i ddnt men it wen i sad u wer a cowrd

[Yep that's good enough and it only took him over an hour to get this all out. It's not an outright apology while still allowing the intention to be conveyed and it doesn't address any of his own problems.]

[Voice] [16]

[terra-inflexus.livejournal.com]

So--and this is only important if I know you, but there's too many people I know to filter this thing--with Gray gone, my apartment's kind of...empty. I've got the other bedroom and a really nice sofa, if someone wanted to, I dunno, move in with me.

[Aka she's kind of lonely and misses her partner.]

It's one of the free ones, so no rent. At this rate, though, I'm gonna be able to afford one of the really big, fancy ones, with my paycheck.

\\four - voice//

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[Hello, Death City, its time to interrupt your day with YELLING.]

Hey! Somebody needs to tell that brewery thing that you can't just juggle people around like action figures! Souji left, Rise disappeared, Souji came back, and now Yosuke is gone, and that's just the people I know! It's a big huge mess, and that's not fair! Can't it just make up its stupid mind? Or do I have to go around busting things up?

I'll do it, too. I'm not scared.

[And silence. It lasts for a few long, awkward seconds, until broken by a long, somewhat shaky sigh.]

I'm gonna...go. Would anybody happen to have a punching bag, by any chance...?