JIAOQIU

[foreverphantom]

shitpost tbd

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[fried]

That sounds like you're letting those who torment you win. [ he settles his arms behind his back, folding them. ] I'd find something out of spite, if I were in your position.

[foreverphantom]

[ yeah, you've got his fuckin number already. he unhunches a bit, tentative. ]

Maybe. But that's...easier said than done.

[fried]

[ sometimes insight is the only thing you're good at ]

Hmm. Well, you like destruction, it seems. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[foreverphantom]

[ scoffs ]

For all that I can even manage to destroy at all, limited like this.

[fried]

You certainly wreaked havoc on my knives.

[ since when are they your knives, jiaoqiu ]

There are some foods that explode spectacularly when you hit them with something solid. Have you ever splattered a watermelon before?

[foreverphantom]

[ shrugs ] Probably.

[ a watermelon was probably collateral damage during his rampages at some point ]

[fried]

Not stimulating enough for you, it seems.

[ taps his chin... ] Did you have any interests before you died?

[foreverphantom]

Before which death?

[fried]

Either. [ ... ] Any.

[ adjusts ]

[foreverphantom]

Before any of them, I was two completely separate people.

[fried]

[ he really is a heliobus... ]

I see. Were you always a spirit, before?

[foreverphantom]

I was, yes.

But before I was me, those people were human once.

[fried]

They must have had likes and dislikes.

What is that like? Are you a combination of them both, now?

[foreverphantom]

I'm...

...they were at odds with each other. Them as people, as well as their likes and dislikes.

[fried]

That must be difficult. Like a constant war in your head.

[foreverphantom]

[ is that....sympathy?! HISSSSSSSS ]

It's fine.

[fried]

[ every time he snaps at jiaoqiu he's getting another year taken off his life. benjamin buttons him ]

I'm sure it is. That's why you're skulking about in the kitchen throwing temper tantrums?

[foreverphantom]

Here's a better question: how are you just okay with the fact that we're trapped and powerless and entirely at some other faceless person's whims right now?

[fried]

[ a hum. ]

I chose to die. These are my consequences, I suppose. [ ... ] I don't have an answer for you. It doesn't matter what happens to me now.

[foreverphantom]

[ purses his lips and stares for a moment. ]

Well, then you can't really judge those of us who still care, can you?

[fried]

Now, where did I say that I was judging you?

[foreverphantom]

There's more ways to say something than just out loud.

[fried]

Assuming makes an ass out of you, specifically. I'm not judging you, child. You would know if I was.

I'm glad that you still care. Genuinely. Someone should.

[foreverphantom]

Wh--I didn't--!!

[ shit, he did say he cared, didn't he? fuck!!!! ]

Just...don't call me 'child.'

[fried]

[ hehe ]

What would you like me to call you instead?