I wouldn't say so. We're an eclectic bunch, everyone's here for their own reasons. The Achamites though, they really believe in enjoying life's luxuries while giving up things they're attached to, and embracing the inevitability of death as a deeply spiritual thing. It's more decadence here than despair, but that's still something more thematically fitting with a death cult than what the Pleroma supposedly stands for, no?
[As if they were talking about the weather, or something similarly casual. She's considered giving him a non-answer, but KNOWING his personality and what he's expecting, it's enough to settle for a somewhat proper one instead. They're probably curious over there too, hm? Well then, there shouldn't be any harm in talking about Achamoth in general. It's not really top secret information, the state of the de facto capital of Horos thanks to the Regent's influence.]
[ It certainly sounds interesting in Achamoth. And while he hadn't actually been expecting doom and gloom in every corner of the capital, discovering that the people are all about indulgences there paints a different picture than the one he had come up with. ]
Decadence, huh? I guess it wouldn't suit me in that case.
[ His "blatantly depressive personality" is doing just fine holed up in his room. ]
It doesn't suit a lot of us. You've talked with others in that cavern, right? Most of us don't really come from royal backgrounds, so the mood of the city is just something we have to get used to. Besides, if you want to argue about suitability, none of us technically belong here to begin with. Everyone had to adapt, I'm sure that's true for the people who are with you too. Is that not so?
[Ok but they have nicer more spacious rooms in Achamoth so he can be comfier in his hikki life... Objective win?]
Oh, but if you're going to put it that way, what would you say does suit you?
[ Yes, it's true that most of the people he's with are learning to adapt but it's a bit of a slower curve when everyone's so POOR.
... Which is what Dokja's ordinarily used to, but he's not going to say that it suits him. Even if it does. Even if the thought of living an extravagant lifestyle sets his teeth on edge. ]
I'm making do with what I have now.
[ It's another non-answer, but he's being especially cautious, not as forthcoming on the off chance she might gleam something from a more specific response. He knows you Kenoma have been talking shit about him. ]
[ He's been so lackluster with everything he's been saying. Mostly out of an abundance of caution but also because he's still so very confused why this is happening in the first place. ]
You said your piece and I listened. What more are you waiting for?
Hey. If you could go back in time to right before we fought, would you still insist on asking me if we've met before, or would you leave it alone this time?
Will you get involved with that boy and continue to provoke each other too, the next time you see him?
[Ah, there's something... More, behind the almost obnoxious layer of owo cheer, isn't there? He can probably feel the darker tendrils, through their connection as fellow Martyrs.
[Without his emotional support Dumbel too... Waoh,]
That doesn't answer what you will do next time. He's not finished with you, either.
[Too bad that it easily comes off as another non-answer, especially knowing Gen's aggression that still burns hot and relentless even without clearer context.
But he's extra careful not to let that bleed through. ]
Should I run away from him, then? I came across him purely by coincidence the last time.
[ He'd been wholly unprepared for the mental assault, too, but now that he's experienced it once, it shouldn't catch him off-guard a second time, right...? ]
"Run away", that's an interesting choice of words. There's a negative connotation to it too, isn't there. [She's not asking, but stating.] Like how you shouldn't have to back away? [a beat.] Against a teenage delinquent who never experienced the supernatural before? A normal person would simply look at this as "avoiding hassle", you know.
[ There's a light joking quality that flits between their communion, a reminder of the damage Gen had done to Dokja but in a way that doesn't seem to be taking it too seriously.
Just under that, however, is a different layer that's harder to pinpoint. Almost... like he's pleased. ]
[u kno, like how dramatic Japanese schoolgirls go "kyaaa, hentai!!~"? Sorta like that. (no, not even barely,)]
Just like how none of us really had plans to come to Horos, right?
[There's something more sober about that, almost... Deprecating, maybe? Hmm...
But he's not given the opportunity to dwell.]
Ah, but we've been chatting for a while. I do still have matters to attend to, so let's stop here for today. Don't trouble your allies, okay? Good night.
[And just like that, the link severs.
For better or worse, he didn't have to hang up first...?]
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He's already unmade countless worlds and, to this day, dealing with the consequences. ]
Is that what it's like over there?
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I wouldn't say so. We're an eclectic bunch, everyone's here for their own reasons. The Achamites though, they really believe in enjoying life's luxuries while giving up things they're attached to, and embracing the inevitability of death as a deeply spiritual thing. It's more decadence here than despair, but that's still something more thematically fitting with a death cult than what the Pleroma supposedly stands for, no?
[As if they were talking about the weather, or something similarly casual. She's considered giving him a non-answer, but KNOWING his personality and what he's expecting, it's enough to settle for a somewhat proper one instead. They're probably curious over there too, hm? Well then, there shouldn't be any harm in talking about Achamoth in general. It's not really top secret information, the state of the de facto capital of Horos thanks to the Regent's influence.]
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Decadence, huh? I guess it wouldn't suit me in that case.
[ His "blatantly depressive personality" is doing just fine holed up in his room. ]
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[Ok but they have nicer more spacious rooms in Achamoth so he can be comfier in his hikki life... Objective win?]
Oh, but if you're going to put it that way, what would you say does suit you?
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... Which is what Dokja's ordinarily used to, but he's not going to say that it suits him. Even if it does. Even if the thought of living an extravagant lifestyle sets his teeth on edge. ]
I'm making do with what I have now.
[ It's another non-answer, but he's being especially cautious, not as forthcoming on the off chance she might gleam something from a more specific response. He knows you Kenoma have been talking shit about him. ]
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Geez. Are you hoping that I'll get bored and give up, or something like that?
[It wasn't much of a secret tbh, and can you blame them when he made himself such an easy target? smh...]
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Aren't you? Bored, that is?
[ He's been so lackluster with everything he's been saying. Mostly out of an abundance of caution but also because he's still so very confused why this is happening in the first place. ]
You said your piece and I listened. What more are you waiting for?
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Hmm, not particularly, I don't think...?
[...]
Hey. If you could go back in time to right before we fought, would you still insist on asking me if we've met before, or would you leave it alone this time?
[since they're in dms anyway,]
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He knows his answer, though. Immediately, without hesitation, ]
I'd still ask you.
1/2
[The small and easy laugh along with the "it can't be helped" vibes seem genuine.]
2/2
[Ah, there's something... More, behind the almost obnoxious layer of owo cheer, isn't there? He can probably feel the darker tendrils, through their connection as fellow Martyrs.
...]
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I finished my business with him some time ago.
[ A lie. It comes easily to Dokja. This is business that belongs to him. ]
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That doesn't answer what you will do next time. He's not finished with you, either.
[Too bad that it easily comes off as another non-answer, especially knowing Gen's aggression that still burns hot and relentless even without clearer context.
...He's going to keep at this, isn't he?]
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But he's extra careful not to let that bleed through. ]
Should I run away from him, then? I came across him purely by coincidence the last time.
[ He'd been wholly unprepared for the mental assault, too, but now that he's experienced it once, it shouldn't catch him off-guard a second time, right...? ]
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"Run away", that's an interesting choice of words. There's a negative connotation to it too, isn't there. [She's not asking, but stating.] Like how you shouldn't have to back away? [a beat.] Against a teenage delinquent who never experienced the supernatural before? A normal person would simply look at this as "avoiding hassle", you know.
[...]
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[ There's a light joking quality that flits between their communion, a reminder of the damage Gen had done to Dokja but in a way that doesn't seem to be taking it too seriously.
Just under that, however, is a different layer that's harder to pinpoint. Almost... like he's pleased. ]
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[She doesn't sound convinced, but it would seem that she's considering things from that perspective, too.]
But for you to take interest like this just proves that it's personal for you too, you know. So... [...] Why him?
[It's asked casually, almost deceptively so. That's the crux of it, isn't it?]
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[ His answer is similarly casual.
And way too obviously a lie. But she was never going to get the truth out of him in the first place. ]
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I see. I suppose it can't be helped, then. One of those days, I'll simply have to get to you first.
[Is it a threat, or a promise? Surely he must already have an idea?]
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Or you could leave me alone.
[ Just a suggestion? ]
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[It's not really a question. And isn't it a strange feeling, being able to process the tilde in someone else's mind DM speech? 🙂]
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I guess this has become a hobby for you.
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[...She does somehow sound serious, but moves on just as quickly,]
Keeping tabs on the well-being of an ally and the hindrance of an enemy is not a hobby. I'm simply doing what I should be doing.
[Like 1+1=2, can't he get that much? Gosh.]
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This sigh is the heaviest sigh to have ever passed through a communion. ]
Sure, sure. Take your time. I don't have any plans to run into that kid any time soon.
[ Little does he know. ]
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Just like how none of us really had plans to come to Horos, right?
[There's something more sober about that, almost... Deprecating, maybe? Hmm...
But he's not given the opportunity to dwell.]
Ah, but we've been chatting for a while. I do still have matters to attend to, so let's stop here for today. Don't trouble your allies, okay? Good night.
[And just like that, the link severs.
For better or worse, he didn't have to hang up first...?]