Floor 1, Room 3

[jokey]

AKIRA

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[dyingtohealyou]

Framed for it too, yeah.

[jokey]

Did I tell you the guy I cheesed off was some bigwig politician with a boatload of skeletons in his closet?

[dyingtohealyou]

Politician, yes, skeletons in the closet? Nope.

What were they?

[jokey]

He has a savior complex a mile wide, but that's nothing strange for a politician. He thought he was chosen to run the country.

Not all politicians abuse their power to kill their enemies, but he did. I'm sure he would've disappeared me too if he thought it wouldn't cause a stir... and if he had the right weapon for the job.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Listening to this and taking a long drink.]

I'm starting to get the impression our nobility was surprisingly, well... noble, compared to other worlds.

[jokey]

Professional's the new noble. In either case, people act one way when they're in the public eye and another when they think consequences won't apply to them. I'm sure you've figured this out, but in the end, that politician lost all the money and status that meant to much to him.

[dyingtohealyou]

Good. Sounds like he deserved it.

Did you pull it off with that power you were given?

[jokey]

Ding ding. You know it.

[And if he sounds proud of himself, that's probably because he is.]

It would've been one thing if he'd only messed with me, but he had a plan to rule over Japan like his own personal island. I couldn't let that happen.

[dyingtohealyou]

How ambitious of him.

[Dryly.]

How does someone end up in that position in your world, anyway?

[jokey]

The same way people like that always end up in power: they're bold, confident, and can easily sway the masses with their sugar-coated words. Human nature doesn't really change.

[dyingtohealyou]

That can only get you so far in my world when everything's decided by lineage.

[jokey]

Being a nepo baby gets you pretty far in my world too, but most things aren't about lineage anymore. Does lineage mean anything more than being from a rich and powerful family in your world?

[dyingtohealyou]

I'm from a kingdom, so that's pretty much it. The royal family handles matters of the state, and the princess is the leader of the military - along with pretty much every other position of power, too.

[jokey]

A princess...

[The nobility can suck his ass, frankly. Akira's moving on to more important matters:]

Is she hot?

[dyingtohealyou]

Why is that the first thing you ask...

People say she's pretty, but the main thing she's known for is being the strongest swordsman in the world.

Anyway, don't get sidetracked. Keep going with your story.

[jokey]

She sounds like the ideal woman... but don't tell Kurapika I said that.

[Besides, Akira is loyal to his man. Why chase after the perfect woman when he's dating the perfect man?]

If you want to know how we took him down, it's simple: we stole his heart. We took everything that was vile and corrupt and snatched it away. Even I don't fully understand the particulars, so don't get mad if I can't give you a better answer.

[dyingtohealyou]

...

You can just do that?

[Hello??????]

[jokey]

I mean, yeah? As long as you can figure out a way to get there and you don't beef it along the way, anyone can.

[dyingtohealyou]

...How do you get... wherever you need to be to steal someone's heart?

[jokey]

What are you going to do with the answer if I give it to you?

[dyingtohealyou]

Nothing? You say anyone can, but if I tried to apply it in my world, I'm betting the sacrifice would pretty much kill me on the spot anyway.

[jokey]

Whoa whoa whoa, sacrifice? Who said anything about sacrifices? Maybe that's how things go in your world, but you don't have a blind an orphan or throw a virgin into a volcano to steal a heart in mine.

[dyingtohealyou]

I'm just saying, even if I tried to recreate it in my world, it would definitely fall under magic. And unlike this place, the only way to get it to work would require a sacrifice.

So, not like I'll be trying it anytime soon, if ever.

[jokey]

Eh, it's more... metaphysical? You never know. All I'm saying is that it's a dangerous tool in the wrong hands.

...And besides, I don't understand the finer details anyway. If you somehow wound up in my world, though? I'd show you how to get there. I don't think you'd use that power for evil.

[dyingtohealyou]

Not very likely, but thanks for the vote of confidence anyway.