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[Akira doesn't really go to the bar to drink, more to have a private place to sit to himself. Why did he think the bar would be empty...
He sneaks in, hunched as usual--freezes half a second about someone else being here, then quickly tries to continue sneaking in hopes Kuranosuke is too drunk to notice.]
He sneaks in, hunched as usual--freezes half a second about someone else being here, then quickly tries to continue sneaking in hopes Kuranosuke is too drunk to notice.]
But then I'll sober up and actually have to think about all this!
[he shrugs]
I've been drinking a little water. I don't want to, like, double-die of dehydration. That'd be a real dumb way to go. But I definitely don't wanna be sober in hell, either.
[he shrugs]
I've been drinking a little water. I don't want to, like, double-die of dehydration. That'd be a real dumb way to go. But I definitely don't wanna be sober in hell, either.
Oh, he absolutely will. That's, like, what Satan does, right? But if I don't even challenge him 'cause I'm scared I'll lose or he'll trick me, there's a zero percent chance anything will change.
If I give it my best shot, the chance is at least higher than zero, even if it's still low.
If I give it my best shot, the chance is at least higher than zero, even if it's still low.
...
[he's too sober for this question, actually. he buys himself some time by drinking the water.]
It's no grand, big thing like some others have. I just want to live again. I was moving in with some friends, and I'd finally gotten back in contact with my mom after not knowing where she was for years. I'm not ready to just give that up yet.
What about you?
[he's too sober for this question, actually. he buys himself some time by drinking the water.]
It's no grand, big thing like some others have. I just want to live again. I was moving in with some friends, and I'd finally gotten back in contact with my mom after not knowing where she was for years. I'm not ready to just give that up yet.
What about you?
Seeing your parents after a long time is nice.
[His smile is faint and bittersweet. About Kuranosuke’s circumstance, that is. It seems too rude to ask how Kuranosuke got here if that was the case, so he doesn’t.
Again, he sits back down, but won’t look at Kuranosuke directly.]
I don’t know if I want to go back actually.
[His smile is faint and bittersweet. About Kuranosuke’s circumstance, that is. It seems too rude to ask how Kuranosuke got here if that was the case, so he doesn’t.
Again, he sits back down, but won’t look at Kuranosuke directly.]
I don’t know if I want to go back actually.
[look i'm canonblind as fuck here i'm assuming he's actually satan or something since your canon is called devilman crybaby and he's been crying everywhere]
...well, if you win that drinking game, you wanna come back with me? I could introduce you to my friends.
...well, if you win that drinking game, you wanna come back with me? I could introduce you to my friends.
I'm not gonna get to know you any better if you stay here and hell and I head back to Tokyo!
[kuranosuke shrugs.]
Tokyo's a big city. If it turns out we don't get along after we get out of here, you can just do your own thing. But there's no reason why any of us should just have to languish in hell for all eternity. Honestly, I think there was some kind of paperwork screwup. Soldier Boy was a child murdering dickhead, but we're not all that bad.
[kuranosuke shrugs.]
Tokyo's a big city. If it turns out we don't get along after we get out of here, you can just do your own thing. But there's no reason why any of us should just have to languish in hell for all eternity. Honestly, I think there was some kind of paperwork screwup. Soldier Boy was a child murdering dickhead, but we're not all that bad.
[Hearing this stuns him into an awkward silence. Yikes. He looks away over the bar, wondering now if that is why Kuranosuke had been so loud and so bold.]
I don’t think that’s true, [he finally says, gentle.] No, I know that isn’t true because I know the things I’ve done. Most of us probably deserve to be here.
A lot of people didn’t even really care Hunter was dead at the start. What he did wasn’t right, but… most of the people feeling proud of calling Bucky a monster have probably done something just as bad to get here. If Bucky is a murdering dickhead, so am I.
So don’t let someone being nice or on your side fool you, okay?
I don’t think that’s true, [he finally says, gentle.] No, I know that isn’t true because I know the things I’ve done. Most of us probably deserve to be here.
A lot of people didn’t even really care Hunter was dead at the start. What he did wasn’t right, but… most of the people feeling proud of calling Bucky a monster have probably done something just as bad to get here. If Bucky is a murdering dickhead, so am I.
So don’t let someone being nice or on your side fool you, okay?
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