[He seems surprised! But it's probably a really good idea to just tell him what's up instead of letting his ample imagination run away with everything. Who knows where that would lead.]
Ahaha, I didn't expect to guess right at all, but sometimes an apple really is just an apple. So what type of vampire is it? What kind of blood do you drink?
[ Laying back down now, he stares stubbornly ahead at the night sky. ]
Pick one question, or I'll pick for you. I never met anyone other than humans before the SCP. [ So maybe that means just human blood? But he's never tried to drink any other kind so... ]
I only care about myself.I don't care about anyone else's sense of justice, morality, or feelings. [ 2/3 questions ain't bad. ]
[He gives a little laugh, but doesn't seem put out.
It's all Natsuno's business, after all, and he is totally sticking his nose all the way into it.]
So, kind of a normal sort of vampire that way. Did the SCP have you try other kinds? How strong are you, anyway?
[It looks like he didn't quite learn his lesson about rapidfiring questions, but at least he's just keeping to two at a time instead of giving the guy the third degree. The chapel's got that covered.
Natsuno's conclusion at least gets a delighted grin.]
Ah! So you're just a normal guy in that way! I think that's a good way to do things -- everyone else is looking out for their own interests, so of course you're the only one who can look out for yours.
[ He groans—how did he find his way into another conversation where he's being dragged along and not putting up much resistance? His nostalgia has to be to blame. ]
No, they didn't. Jinrou are stronger when we drink blood, but we don't have to. [ More sighing from his canopy bed. Right now it means he's pretty weak. ]
Mhmm. Or pretending to look out for everyone else.
[Anon continues breezily as though he's not hearing the sighing and the groaning -- he'll assume that either Natsuno is being gently murdered by his friendly leaves, or that he's just being grouchy because he's hungry-tired.
Either way, it's his own fault.]
Hey, so do you think that was the SCP's way of containing you? It's such a drag when they won't let people use their powers properly. There's so much blood on this island, I'm sure you could have enough to get by!
[Anon is here for everyone to live up to their full potential??]
Mmm, there are always a lot of people like that, I think, because they're too weak on their own. So they have to all stick together. But it's still the same thing, in the end.
[ This is how Natsuno doesn't make it to week two, murdered by poison oak. ]
They're not stopping me from drinking blood and the witches aren't either. [ He doesn't have much to say to the other part because yeah he agrees, but more importantly his focus has kind of wandered again. He really should have went to the afterparty just to grab some food, even if it wouldn't really have done much. ]
'm not. [ But despite his protests to the contrary, he does sound drowsy. Jinrou aren't like other shiki where they have a forced sleep at dawn, but the hour is probably getting late (or early), and today's been a day. The good news is that being so sleepy means he can't be bothered to sidestep questions he normally would.]
Yeah. [ Some rustling as he makes himself more comfortable, resting his arms behind his head. Definitely going to pay for this tomorrow. ]
That's it, really. I could say they came into the village and started killing people left and right but—I just don't like them. I don't like humans either.
So jinrou would usually just kill people all the time, huh? Since they're a food source, or a source of power.
[He sounds vaguely thoughtful about it, as though they're discussing the next door neighbor's somewhat unruly Chihuahua. Granted, he would probably actually sound more excited if they were talking about a Chihuahua, but it's the principle of the analogy.
There's a brief chortle as he considers the rest.]
[ Unlike the silence before, his response here is immediate. Laughing, short but bitter, it seems like he might just roll off the tree branch. Then just as abruptly he stops. ]
I never said I wanted to die. I just don't need to keep living after I get what I want.
Mhmm. To eradicate everyone who thinks they can use me. [ There's no flourish here, no righteous anger or heartfelt declaration. But there is a crispness to his tone, one that carries a razor sharp edge. ]
[There's something almost like delight in there, nearly as sharp as Natsuno's edge, brighter than a blade.]
I think that's a pretty good goal. That means you'll have to go after Feathers eventually, won't you? But it seems like kind of a waste to just eradicate everyone and then stop. You're not even going to enjoy the peace?
Yeah, of course. [ Jostling a little in his increasingly itchy leaf bed, he angles his head better to get a clearer look at Anon. That wasn't the answer he expected, but then again he hadn't really planned on saying this much. ]
I'll deal with that after. But I guess I could.
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We definitely need to deal with whichever Witch might be left at the end.
[It's debatable who 'we' is referring to here, tossed out as casually as it is.
As for Anon, he's peering up with one bright red eye, the smile on his face a touch conspiratorial. Maybe mischievous? It's the type of smile that might be saying let's raise hell if they weren't sitting around a poison oak tree being layabouts.]
I'm sure the world would be different if you could be free. If you could shake off everyone. It would be worth seeing.
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[He seems surprised! But it's probably a really good idea to just tell him what's up instead of letting his ample imagination run away with everything. Who knows where that would lead.]
Ahaha, I didn't expect to guess right at all, but sometimes an apple really is just an apple. So what type of vampire is it? What kind of blood do you drink?
Also, what does being here for yourself mean?
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Pick one question, or I'll pick for you. I never met anyone other than humans before the SCP. [ So maybe that means just human blood? But he's never tried to drink any other kind so... ]
I only care about myself.I don't care about anyone else's sense of justice, morality, or feelings. [ 2/3 questions ain't bad. ]
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[He gives a little laugh, but doesn't seem put out.
It's all Natsuno's business, after all, and he is totally sticking his nose all the way into it.]
So, kind of a normal sort of vampire that way. Did the SCP have you try other kinds? How strong are you, anyway?
[It looks like he didn't quite learn his lesson about rapidfiring questions, but at least he's just keeping to two at a time instead of giving the guy the third degree. The chapel's got that covered.
Natsuno's conclusion at least gets a delighted grin.]
Ah! So you're just a normal guy in that way! I think that's a good way to do things -- everyone else is looking out for their own interests, so of course you're the only one who can look out for yours.
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No, they didn't. Jinrou are stronger when we drink blood, but we don't have to. [ More sighing from his canopy bed. Right now it means he's pretty weak. ]
Mhmm. Or pretending to look out for everyone else.
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Either way, it's his own fault.]
Hey, so do you think that was the SCP's way of containing you? It's such a drag when they won't let people use their powers properly. There's so much blood on this island, I'm sure you could have enough to get by!
[Anon is here for everyone to live up to their full potential??]
Mmm, there are always a lot of people like that, I think, because they're too weak on their own. So they have to all stick together. But it's still the same thing, in the end.
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They're not stopping me from drinking blood and the witches aren't either. [ He doesn't have much to say to the other part because yeah he agrees, but more importantly his focus has kind of wandered again. He really should have went to the afterparty just to grab some food, even if it wouldn't really have done much. ]
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So what's stopping you, anyway?
[It's almost a rhetorical question at this point, because y'know, vampires.
After a moment where Natsuno is wandering off into his own world, presumably--]
Hellooo? Koideee.
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Me.
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[It's a bit teasing, because that whole exchange with Shadow about sleeping in the rafters was kind of hilarious.
He is totally going to be unsurprised if Natsuno straight up falls out of the trees or the top of the library one of these days.]
What's the point of just stopping yourself when it's right there and can make you stronger?
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I hate jinrou, and I don't make exceptions.
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[Of course, he could keep prodding at that, but it's much more interesting to prod in the other direction.
He can smell weakness, after all. That's how he's made!]
So you're one of the people holding yourself back, huh? What did jinrou do to you, anyway? Besides turn you into one.
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That's it, really. I could say they came into the village and started killing people left and right but—I just don't like them. I don't like humans either.
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[He sounds vaguely thoughtful about it, as though they're discussing the next door neighbor's somewhat unruly Chihuahua. Granted, he would probably actually sound more excited if they were talking about a Chihuahua, but it's the principle of the analogy.
There's a brief chortle as he considers the rest.]
Is there anything you do like?
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[ There's a long silence here which is probably telling on its own. ]
I used to. But I never intended to live long enough to have to figure it out again.
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[That's even more thoughtful, and halfway to himself.
He's busy listening to Natsuno think, after all. Rather loudly, since silences can be loud. Anon doesn't bother to interrupt.]
Hmm. I guess we'll see how you do under the Witch, but I don't think the Foundation's real good at letting people do things they want to, even dying.
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I never said I wanted to die. I just don't need to keep living after I get what I want.
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So basically, instead of dying for something, you're living for something!
[Who knows how he got that out of it.]
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That sounds lame when you put it that way. [ ...even if its correct! let him continue to be edgy. ]
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Hahaha, it does sound a little lame, but I guess it depends on what it is you want.
[He can still redeem his edgy license...?]
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The same thing I wanted last time. [ Yawning, the comment is said rather offhandedly.]
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[He gets dragged into a yawn himself, despite still being kind of wired. Maybe he's just a night owl.....]
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[There's something almost like delight in there, nearly as sharp as Natsuno's edge, brighter than a blade.]
I think that's a pretty good goal. That means you'll have to go after Feathers eventually, won't you? But it seems like kind of a waste to just eradicate everyone and then stop. You're not even going to enjoy the peace?
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I'll deal with that after. But I guess I could.
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[It's debatable who 'we' is referring to here, tossed out as casually as it is.
As for Anon, he's peering up with one bright red eye, the smile on his face a touch conspiratorial. Maybe mischievous? It's the type of smile that might be saying let's raise hell if they weren't sitting around a poison oak tree being layabouts.]
I'm sure the world would be different if you could be free. If you could shake off everyone. It would be worth seeing.
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