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[slantedcross]

So is Ouka when she gets her mind going in one direction... at least that's how I remember her.

Spit it out.

[oneblackcat]

I... I sort of-- ohhh jeez.

[Omi shifts into speaking incredibly fast.]

I-sort-of-ran-into-Kija-and-he-apparently-isn't-a-shinki-anymore-and-he-asked-me-things-and-I--!

[End incredibly fast speech.]

...He's coming to find you now. To apologize.

I'm sorry. I said a lot of things I shouldn't have said to him.

[slantedcross]

Well, I've seen him on the BBS, so--

[So. So what?]

Did he say what he wanted to apologize for, perchance? He and that friend of his both seemed... quite convinced.

[Deal with should haves and should have nots later. But we will.]

[oneblackcat]

I... I don't remember much of the details. Sorry.

[slantedcross]

...Well that's not a surprise, considering what a steamroller he can be.

[oneblackcat]

The conversation did go pretty fast... I think, he wants to apologize for--

[There's the half-beat pause.]

For not giving your partnership a better chance than he did.

[slantedcross]

...I'd lock my doors if my doors had locks.

This is a new and interesting development!

[He's trying not to pass judgment on Omi, since Omi is clearly sorry.]

[oneblackcat]

[Omi appreciates that. He does know he done fucked up.]

I can try to find him and talk him out of it again... I'll do it, if it will help.

[slantedcross]

Have you ever tried to talk Ken out of something? It'll be like that, only worse. Ken's actually lived in the real world. I wonder about Kija. It might only make him more determined.

[oneblackcat]

[That sound? It's Omi's back and head thumping against the wall behind him in defeat. He's not even going to try to argue with that.

Only one thing left he can do then.]

What kind of alcohol do you want?

[slantedcross]

Omi! Would I make you do such a thing?

[oneblackcat]

I'm getting Bourbon if you don't specify. Is that all right?

[slantedcross]

...so long as it isn't the cheap stuff.

I better go and... just get ready for it. He'll bluster himself out and it'll be over with.

[oneblackcat]

Yeah. Good luck....

[Bourbon and not the cheap stuff it is.]