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video † 1 † 6-5-11

[If you think Youji looks out of place sitting in a field of grass, you're right. As he turns on his Dreamberry, he can be heard muttering things about grass stains and his gratitude that his expensive Armani slacks are not here if one listens carefully.

Slightly easier to perceive is the brief look of surprise on his face, as he sees the date. He shakes his head and gives the camera a lightly wry smile.]

Does anyone ever get tired of hearing 'I've been asleep for a week, what did I miss?' Permit me to shake things up a bit. Last I knew, it was February, and I was in my apartment. Now it's June, and I'm in the middle of the field.

I've lost nights before, but this is pushing it just a bit.

[He smiles genially.]

A lesser man would probably give up drinking at this turn of events, but thankfully, I'm not that fragile.

[Private to Weiss]

I don't expect explanations, but something cold and stiff would be appreciated. And nothing work related is meant by that.

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Fascinating. Our situation don't seem to be related. Clearly my hair is still the same length.

[He pauses for a beat, then just--]

Have you finished the Koua Academy mission? I can only imagine some time has passed for you. You look it.

That mission was three years ago for me.

...some time, all right.

That's one way to put it.

I suppose your ban on all future knowledge is still in place?

If you need to know, I'll tell you. Otherwise, yes.

[Youji nods. Even smiles a bit.]

There's really only one thing important enough to ask.

I gave it back to you, didn't I? In the real world?

[He shrugs and smiles his devil-may-care smile.]

None of the rest matters to me, honestly. I made my choices, I'll live them when the time comes. I'll live. If only for one reason, I'll live.

[Aya gives him a smile for that but there's no sadness to be found there.]

You did. [Through someone else and without remembering him but that isn't the point.]

Well, at least that's over, then.

Honestly, I've gone a year without wondering about the future, I doubt it will change the rest of my time here. You can have fun lording it over the rest of us for now, I was beginning to get bored with it anyway.

I'll keep that in mind when I am in the mood to lord it.

Surely it happens sometimes.

Not really.

Right, right. I keep forgetting you're the perfect one. The one who's never been at the mercy of baser desires, like love or sex or especially not revenge.

I see that your time away has placed me on a pedestal. Remind me to be flattered later.

[Which rolls off him like water off a duck's back, despite his amusement. He knows you've always had a sense of humor, and here you are! Using it! In normal life!]

Dunno if you can really call it 'time away.' Obviously, you left and came back ahead in time; Omi left and came back backwards in time; you all told me Ken did too, long ago; and Sena left and came back with no passage of time at all.

One of these things is not like the others, and I'd rather not emulate his example.

Since when have you ever been one to emulate another person's example?

You're right. I'm more the type to be emulated.

[Lazy smile.]

Like you are now. Taking the innocuous aspect of that statement and only elaborating on it. Very nicely done, but you should still be ashamed of yourself if you didn't expect me to pick up on it.

Should and yet I really don't.

[Serious now.]

Youji, there is a man here you should be warned about. He's the one who killed Ken and the others. And he's also attacked, kidnapped, and harmed Omi. [Completely forgets about himself and what he went through.]

His name is Muraki.

Muraki? The doctor?

[You know, we kissed under the influence of the genderswitch--Youji's eyes narrow darkly, and his voice lowers similarly.]

What do mean, 'is?' Don't tell me you thought it better to wait for Persia before killing him.

Because if you haven't, you know I don't have a problem picking up the slack.

Is because no one stays dead in this place.

[Which means he has been killed but this place brought him back. Joy of all joys.]

...you know, given Ken and Sena's prolonged existences, I should have suspected.

So what now? Do we just keep killing him when he least expects it? He has to be dead for a little while--Ken was. It's not practical to keep ambushing him every time he reincarnates, but if you're warning me about him, he must still be at large.

I'm warning you because you deserve that, Youji. But I will not have us killing him constantly. We are better than that and I will not put us or those we care about in danger by doing that.

He was caught by the police but released without his powers. I don't know how long something like that might last or how long he will restrain from killing. We need to be aware of him if nothing else.

Right, right... for now, anyway.

If all four of us agree not to kill him, then I will certainly follow suit.

As for how long he will refrain from killing, well. I remember how brutally Ken was killed. And purely by weapons.

He's a Dark Beast, Aya. If we can't kill him and the police won't incarcerate him, we probably should figure something out. But I'm sure Ken and Omi have already discussed this with you.

Edited 2011-06-06 07:06 (UTC)

Trust me. I don't like this anymore than the rest of us. But all of Somarium is aware of what he's done.

I am also very aware of what he is capable of.

That said, we are not law enforcement. Should we be caught in any way or if he were to tell someone we killed him then it wouldn't be his punishment. It would be ours. We can't accomplish anything if we become the criminals everyone is watching.

Mm. I like it better when the people I kill stay dead.

Exactly how did all of this go down? Start from when I left, as you put it, and don't leave anything out. How'd the police get him? Don't try to tell me you, Omi, and Ken weren't involved at all--I know you too well to believe that.

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