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[pubertytwice]

Stopping the apocalypse.
_{[ specifically, protecting his family but heaven forbid he says something like that. ]}

[onerous]

[Right, hadn't he mentioned something like that before?]

But what about after you do that?

[pubertytwice]

Guess I'll just continue to live until death takes it course. I mean, I've lived a long and good _{[ questionably good ]} life, so death doesn't make me scared. Our purpose that Reginald gave us was to stop the apocalypse, so I guess I can rest in peace knowing I wasn't an absolute failure.

_{[ But right now in his mind, he's pretty certain he's an absolute failure until they prevent the end of everything. ]}

Not to say I want to die, but if it happened, guess there's worse that could happen.

_{[ Somehow. ]}

[onerous]

[She considers all of that for a moment, and it's really things like this that'll fuel her to ask a similar thing to the network in more 'normal person' hours.]

If you could choose, how would you want to go?

[pubertytwice]

Preferably protecting another person.
_{[ Fine, you got him. ]}

But I guess a shot through the brain wouldn't be so bad, just kind of messy.
_{[ He picks this cause he's done it plenty of times to other innocent people; he deserves a taste of his own medicine. Not like Yuri needs to know that. ]}

cw: mention of suicide.....

[onerous]

[That's sweet, but maybe she shouldn't say that. Not just because it might embarrass him, but because that's not really something 'normal' to compliment.]

But it'd be painless. [She's quiet for a long moment on her end, to the point it might seem like she's fallen asleep.] I tried jumping. A cliff.

[She's not sure why she mentioned it, but maybe it's because it's easier to talk through text than in actual words, and because Five for whatever reason is easy for her to talk to. She's not sure how to follow up with that either.]

But protecting someone seems the better answer. I think, if it came to it, I'd like that more myself.

1/2

[pubertytwice]

_{[ this is the look of a worried 58 year old man inside a tiny body... ]}

[pubertytwice]

Are you alright?
I mean, presently. This is such a shit hour to talk about a shit subject.
_{[ Something could have spurred her to be thinking like this? ]}

[onerous]

I'm sorry. It is, isn't it? But I should be asking you that too. Why are you up? this late?

[SHe furrows her brow a little, but figures she should actually answer him correctly.]

Kitagawa-san opened an exhibit at an art gallery and asked if I wanted to showcase some of my photos. The ones I have are from home, and most include various spirits from around my home. Spirits I knew.

It's going well, honestly. I'm glad that I did it. I've met a lot of interesting people and heard a lot of interesting things. But there was someone I met who talked about it differently than the others.

He was strange, but we talked about death and living. He asked if I wanted to die.

It's a strange topic to think about, because I don't know how to answer. [She debates saying more, but--] He offered to help me find out. I didn't really feel scared or worried, but in retrospect perhaps I should've. Or maybe that's indicative of something too?

I suppose it just got me thinking.

I'm alright though, really.

[pubertytwice]

Don't do shit like that.
_{[ nice and blunt. ]}

It's fine to not feel worried or scared over death, but it's pointless to get too curious about it. Even in a world like this that claims it isn't permanent. Who knows when that won't happen and you don't wake back up?

[onerous]

That's true. [She'd have a very upset ghost-wife if that happened.]

I think it's rather in my nature to be curious about death, however. I can't really avoid that. [Given her abilities and all. Still, she feels a bit bad she made him worry.] But I shouldn't go seeking it out either, I suppose. So you're still right.

You didn't answer my question, by the way. What are you doing up still? Can't sleep?

[pubertytwice]

I don't know how people get a decent night's sleep in a place like this.
There's too many unanswered questions.

[onerous]

[Hmm.] I think some people are just able to turn the questioning side of their brain off.

Do you want coffee?

[pubertytwice]

Who doesn't want coffee at this hour?
_{[ NORMAL PEOPLE?? PROBABLY?? ]}

[onerous]

Of course. Silly question.

[She'll send him her address. Fresh coffee, coming up!!]

( TEXT → PERMA ACTION. )

[pubertytwice]

Be there in a moment.

_{[ It does take him a good 10-15 minutes, but he doesn't bother to knock on her door or anything. He just spatial jumps into her apartment, ending up right in her living room. ]}

Yuri. It's me.

jesus christ five

[onerous]

[You know, Yuri's had spirits literally pop up out of nowhere before, but it's nothing she's ever gotten used to. Five showing off his ability like this is absolutely no exception. The good thing is that she's not holding anything valuable when he does, and also that screaming in surprise has been all but completely trained out of her.

She does fumble with the mug in her hands, though she manages to avoid shattering it on the floor, inhaling sharply before she realizes what's happened.]

...Most people use the door.

SURPRISE

[pubertytwice]

Well, I'm not like most people. I'm better than most people.

_{[ oof.. he's making a beeline to that coffee in her hand, though. ]}

What. Did I scare you?

[onerous]

[She holds it out for him to take.]

I was... startled.

[Not scared!! There's a DIFFERENCE.]

I'm glad despite everything your self-confidence hasn't suffered. [And by self-confidence she means arrogance, but she's more amused than actually accusing him of anything.]

[pubertytwice]

You think my self-confidence hasn't suffered? Tch.
_{[ this is more of a sound of amused laughter. ]}

I say that I'm better than most people. It's an actual fact, but I'm not better than the person I strive to be.

[onerous]

[She laughs a little under her breath and goes to grab herself some coffee too.]

Who's the person you strive to be?

[pubertytwice]

_{[ The answer comes easy to him. For whatever reason, he feels at ease when opening up to Yuri. Five doesn't look from the coffee he hasn't tasted yet. ]}

Someone who can protect instead of destroy.

_{[ He's done more destroying than rescuing in his life, but maybe in due time he can do something to redeem himself. ]}

[onerous]

[She hums in acknowledgement]

I think... That's a good first step. If you're already thinking that, then you're nearly there. You'll be able to do it, since I hardly think you're one to shy away from hard work, right? [Which it just might be!]

[pubertytwice]

It’s hard to re-wire yourself with what you’ve been strictly taught. I keep telling myself that I had no choice in the matter— that they made me a killer.

But when you really think about it, I did have a choice. It was my own arrogance that got me stuck in the wrong timeline and it was my decision to accept their invitation into the corrections department.

_{[ A sip of coffee. And after all of that: ]}

Hey, this isn’t half bad.

[onerous]

Hmm... Perhaps. [Well she's not going to sugarcoat that.] But if you hadn't, you never would have known about what happens to go back and try to save everyone, right?

Maybe you did make the wrong choice initially, but... You can't go back and change it. You can only keep moving forward.

[Well, he probably already knows that, but sometimes it's nice to have your own mindset validated out loud by someone else.

She looks pleased at the compliment though.] Is it? I'm glad. Aside from Hisoka-san back home, you're the first person I've made coffee for.