livio... my sipp finally

[foxicide]

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[foxicide]

[same metaphors bad

there's a beat as he thinks on the compliment, then he shrugs,]

It's Matsui's worst nightmare. A human killed Buzen, and not only a human, but a child.

[crimebaby]

.... Yeah.

[ .... ]

Is it better for ya both to have closure?

[foxicide]

...I thought it would. I was hoping to see Matsui kill whoever it is, but he was cursed again at the end of trial.

[he says this lightly, but there is a pulse of rage from him,]

I suppose he's not even allowed to have that much, in the end.

[crimebaby]

There's always tomorrow.

[ also i ooc missed it what is happening to matsui ]

But I think ya both seem to forget, if ya get enough points ya can revive your erased teammates.

[foxicide]

[STOP IT"S OKAY MATSUI DIDNT MAKE IT OBVS AT THE END rang only knows bc matsui was cursed not to feel murdery,]

...We spoke about that, in the beginning. Matsui made me promise that if Buzen died, that I'd use the points to revive him.

He never mentioned what he'd do in return. Only that he'd do the same for me, if I was the only one erased at the end.

[crimebaby]

[ stopping aki from midtrialing... gosh ]

Well, if ya spoke about it, then why were ya talking about both of ya giving up and getting erased?

[ gives rang an extremely light punch, one that isn't painful at all. more like a tap ]

[foxicide]

[he sways a little at the tap, then looks at Livio, and the emotion here is grief -- wounded in a way he doesn't know how to admit it hurts.]

He never said what he'd do if Buzen was dead, only what I should do. He made a deal so that I would be burdened with the responsibility.

[he looks away,]

Livio. He can't survive without Buzen.

[crimebaby]

[ livio steadies him briefly... but doesn't keep his hands on him ]

But there's no savin' Buzen if either one of you gets erased. You both know that, right?

[ he's sure they do, but he just wants to impress that ]

[foxicide]

...You know how I feel about living.

Do you think I, of all people, can convince him to stay?

[it's bitter, but the emotion here is just regret and guilt,]

[crimebaby]

I dunno, Mister Rang, I think you still have time to turn it around. Yer making some friends here, aren't you?

[ some regret, guilt, and........ true empathy? leaks through. hm. livio clamps down quick ]

Ya can try. I'll try, too. That's all we can do.

[foxicide]

[empathy, huh?

rang eyes livio, his own emotions flickering,]

...If we stay, then we'll keep being betrayed.

[and here the we means more than just him and masui, it might mean livio too, standing here now]

[crimebaby]

[ no there's nothing here. it's fine ]

Yes. And it'll be be painful. [ nooot disagreeing ] But there'll be good things, too. There'll be a chance for Buzen. [ and for d, but livio still has big mixed feelings about him. doesn't even know how much rang cares for d, actually. ]

Plus.... [ a bit of a wry grin, this is half a joke ] Ya can spite everyone by stickin' around.

[foxicide]

I can't say that's not appealing.

[to spite everyone. he's kept living on spite alone, rage, and the desperate desire.... well, thinking of that now isn't productive either,]

...I can't make a decision now. I hate too many of the people here right now, for so many different reasons.

[though they all boil down to one, the hurt they've caused rang -- even if these people weren't aware of it,]

[crimebaby]

[ ah, rang.... well. at least he's consistent ]

It's not really about them, though. It's about you two.

[ the people here are the people here. but ]

I can't force ya to do anything. But I think you and Matsui should stick around. And you were a force to be reckoned with today at trial. [ he means that positively ]

[foxicide]

['it's about you two'.

if only livio's words weren't only heard by him. if only matsui was in a condition to receive kindness. maybe not from all, but from a few. he thinks it's crazy how he has to be here instead of him,]

I barely knew what I was doing. I blamed the rest of you all, but it's not like I forcibly stripped people to get them to comply.

[thanks for understanding ur mistakes RANG]

[crimebaby]

[ don't you worry, rang. livio is also going after matsui. points at eyes points at aki ]

... Ya did do too much licking and snapping. [ livio says wryly. thankfully he doesn't know about haru licking the floor ] But yer pretty sharp. Acid to break a sword isn't somethin' most people would think of. [ for example ] Plus, you made that deal with Alex, right?

[ to help... ]

[foxicide]

[RANG GETTING BLAMED FOR LICKING WHEN HARU WAS OUT THER LICKING THE FLOOR,]

Ah, right. [he almost forgot] We didn't decide on the terms yet, so the deal's still invalid.

[RANG IS SO ANNOYING AND LIVIO HAS TO REALLY STAND HERE WITH HIM!!!]

And Gyuhyuk is lucky I didn't break his neck. Why he didn't change his clothes before trial is beyond me -- humans continue to amaze with their idiocy.

[crimebaby]

I'll make a deal with ya, if yer gonna be stubborn about it.

[ rang still licked, but haru licked in secret.... ]

[ anyway it's fine ] I guess he thought it'd be suspicious. [ livio is a bit exacerbated at rang complaining about humans again but he can share the sentiment of annoyance on gyuhyuk specifically ] Idiot.

[foxicide]

[:3c yeah see!!! livio agrees that all humans are stupid!!!! teehee]

What will you offer me?

[crimebaby]

[ livio is a human hello??? ]

[ but he does not, in fact the vibes are basically 'you're stupid' but he doesn't say it out loud. ]

What do ya want?

[foxicide]

[is he.... human..........]

$100.

[shut up rang]

[crimebaby]

[ yes. ]

[ flicks rang's forehead ]

[ still very gently ]

[foxicide]

[his emotions hiss up like a cat who's been gently sprinkled and is still deeply offended,]

If you can't accept it, then there's no deal.

[HMPH]

[crimebaby]

[ is rang also the type of cat who will get deeply offended if you stop paying attention to him for 2 seconds ]

Try asking for somethin' reasonable.

[ dummy ]