Floor 1, Room 6

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MALICE

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[dadsandals]

Ow-

[ Buddy....... One day, you'll learn.....

It doesn't wipe the smile off of his face, though! At least there's that. ]

Heh. I'm just an old man trying his best. [ To be a good friend and all that. He leans back in his seat. ] I didn't think befriending a vampire would be something I'd ever get to do, but here we are.

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You ain't that old, are you?

[Unless his guess on human ages is completely off... how old are you, Yamato??? But anyway, that gets a laugh from him.]

It sure ain't common where I'm from! But I'm glad, gettin' a chance to meet y'all's been good for me.

[dadsandals]

Twenty-two.

[ See? That's plenty old. (My bones are creaking as I type this.) ]

You think you'd wanna stay away from home, even if we had the chance to go back?

[annihilator]

Oh, that is not old.

[Because then you're calling him old??? He's around that age, probably???]

Mm, I gotta go back to take care of some things. I ain't leavin' for good 'til Lotisse an' Rosalie are dead. At least that way I'll help the humans... but really it's just 'cause they wronged me. After that, though? Think I'd rather go anywhere else. Maybe stick 'round in this world or somethin', if that's a possibility.

[dadsandals]

What, don't tell me you're much older?

[ Is Malice one of those 20000-year-old guys or. ]

But I understand needing to go back to take care of things. Seems like we were both taken here at pretty inconvenient times, weren't we.

[ Even if he was grateful for it, at first... Also, he's notably not commenting on the murder part. You do you, man. ]

Seems like it'll be a while until then, though, at this rate...

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Nah? Somewhere in my twenties, but couldn't give you an exact number.

[Mid-twenties, to be specific, but his exact age is a big ???.]

Hah, that ain't a problem. I'm in no rush! Let's focus on fixin' things up here first, an' then we can get back home an' take care of things!

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Yeah. I'm running on a tighter deadline, but we've got no choice but to do our best while we're here.

[ ... ]

It'll be hard to leave some people, though, when I go back. Even if it's only been a few weeks.

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You can just say you're gonna miss me, y'know!

[...he was doing so well, but now it's back to this.]

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Did I say that?

[annihilator]

That's definitely what you meant.

[dadsandals]

How are you so sure about that?

[ jiiiiiii ]

[annihilator]

'Cause you called me your friend.

[shouldn't have befriended him!! :) ]

[dadsandals]

[ Oh. That's a one-hit K.O.

Goodbye, Yamato. ]

What, would you miss talking with me?

[ Deflect, deflect!! ]

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'Course I would!

[0 shame, 0 hesitation.]

So we're gonna have'ta find a way to keep in contact, yeah?

[dadsandals]

[ Oh.

Oh, no. He's embarrassed, now. He rubs the back of his head and averts his gaze, trying to act very natural. ]

You think that'd be possible?

[annihilator]

[objective: embarrass yamato - complete!]

I hope so. I mean, we've got magic, yeah? We should be able to figure somethin' out.

[dadsandals]

[ Hello???? ]

That's true.

[ He's a little pink. Don't mind him. He's not used to people being so nice to him, in spite of everything he is. ]

... It'd be too quiet if we never spoke again, anyway.

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Who else would drag you to make a third nametag anyway?

[Hopefully someone put the glitter away so he cannot be tempted by it again...]

So don't go gettin' all sad on me just yet, we've still got plenty of time to figure somethin' out!

[dadsandals]

Don't think I've forgotten about the glitter.

[ HOW COULD HE FORGET..... ]

And who said I was sad? I'm just saying that you're noisy.

[annihilator]

[is he blinking or winking... kind of hard to tell...

But anyway!!]

Yeah, yeah, just like you never said you'd miss me? C'mon Yama, I know how to read you by now!

[dadsandals]

...I've given too much away...

[ Much to his detriment. Now Malice will never let him live anything down. Fuck. ]

And I never admitted to that, anyway!

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Uh huh, suuuure.

[But he's grinning, and he'll let it go there.]

...Thanks, though. For listenin' to me 'bout all that crap.

[And for not being scared off by it, but that's one he'll keep to himself.]

[dadsandals]

I told you that you didn't have to face things alone, didn't I?

[ He looks back at Malice. His expression is incredibly earnest. ]

I don't know what kind of guy I'd be if I told you that without making good on it. We're pretty similar...and I relate to a lot of the things you've been through.

[ He pauses, debating whether to add on something - ultimately, he decides to go for it. ]

It's not like I open up to just anyone, myself.

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Yeah. It's pretty damn hard to open up 'bout this sorta stuff. But I appreciate that you've trusted me with it. An' that you've got my back.

[It means more to him than words can possibly express. When you're someone who's so used to losing people, it can be difficult to open yourself up for attachment again. But he's also someone who's so desperate for companionship, he can't really stop himself from doing it. So this, right here and now, is exactly what he's been searching for.

He just hopes nothing bad happens.]

[dadsandals]

Of course. I'll do my best to maintain that. I owe it to you, since you...

[ He gets a little meek again. It's weird, being as open as he's being right now, and he wonders why that is. ]

Since you decided all of that wasn't enough to deter you, or something like that.

[ Yeah. He hopes nothing bad happens, too. ]