Now only this seems clear

[deaftly]

Who: Naki (deaftly) + Greed (ossifragant)
Where: Goldenrod City
When: 2/7, 10 AM
Summary: Some idiots decide to test their theory about people gaining EXP. This involves punching each other like the well-adjusted individuals they are. Continued from this stupid thread.
Rating: PG-13, maybe? Naki really loves cussing.
Log:
[Well, Naki was going to stay up all night and wait for the hail to die down, but he ended up getting bored of hanging out near the windows upstairs and kind of accidentally fell asleep back in his room. It was definitely an accident, it wasn't like he purposefully went down there to sleep or anything. Anyway, the point is that he doesn't realize it's stopped hailing until he gets up and rushes upstairs to check outside. This is then immediately followed by a text message sent to Greed.]

ASSHOLE U DIDNT TEXT ME

ITS STOPPED HAILING LETS FUCKING GO

MEET ME IN FRONT OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE IN TWENTY MINUTES

[You won't have to wait for Naki, surprisingly. He's actually functioning before noon, so he must have gone to bed early last night. He also looks entirely too wound-up for his own good, so this will probably end stupidly.]

Comments

[deaftly]

Yeah. I don't really wanna deal with that, so hopefully they never show up.

[...Well, he wouldn't mind if Yamori showed up, but Yamori's different.

Naki listens to Greed's story as well, though he's gone back to fiddling with the fork. It might seem like he's not paying attention, but he definitely is. He looks up startled when Greed mentions being locked away, but Naki doesn't look away or move, just taking that in silently.]

A century... I can't even imagine. I mean, I definitely won't live that long, but even if I could...

[He wasn't locked up for very long in comparison, but he thinks he knows exactly why it was so bad for Greed.]

...Was it the loneliness? Was that the worst part about it?

[ossifragant]

[He doesn't answer, looking down at his hands for a moment.]

Yeah, that's right. She knew loneliness would be far more damaging than killing me. The others, maybe death would be the worse punishment for them. For me, though, keeping me alive, unable to do anything but hear my own thoughts.

...I've been out of there for over a year now. Hard to believe.

[deaftly]

That must have fucking sucked.

[Empathy is still a new concept for Naki, but he's trying!]

I can't imagine what that was like. I had a hard time just being locked away for uh... however long I was locked away for. But a century...

[He shakes his head. It's almost unbelievable, but he doesn't think Greed is lying to him.]

[ossifragant]

[Greed's still getting used to the concept of empathy himself. He smiles at the remark; he's not offended.]

Yeah, it fucking sucked. I wouldn't wish it on anyway.

[deaftly]

Yeah. Well, I'd wish it on my worst enemies 'cause they deserve that sort of shit.

[Especially eyepatch. That jerk's gonna pay if he ever shows up here!!]

...But it sucked that it happened to you. I don't think I'd care all that much if it was anyone else, but you're my friend.

[IS THIS HOW HE HANDLES EMPATHY??]

[ossifragant]

[You know, he'll take that as a compliment.]

In truth, I'd probably wish it on the person who did it to me in the first place. Wouldn't that be something?

Ah, that's not important right now.

Thanks, Naki. It's appreciated.

[deaftly]

Of course it would be! It'd sure as fuck make 'em think about doing anything like that to anyone again.

[He settles down after a moment though, and offers Greed an awkward grin.]

Yeah, no problem. I'm still trying to get the hang of this empathy shit.

[ossifragant]

Shit, yeah, it would.

[If you ever figure it out, let Greed know. He's absolutely terrible at it when it's not someone he knows very well.]

If I could, I'd lock her in a cell for a while.

[deaftly]

...Who was it?

[Naki's aware that it's a sort of insensitive question, so after a moment he tries to fix it.]

I mean, if you're okay talking about it.

[ossifragant]

...Ah.

[That's a bit of an awkward question, isn't it? But Greed answers just the same, even if he looks a little uncomfortable.]

Her name is Dante. It's a long story.

[deaftly]

Dante, huh? That's kind of a cool name.

[He pauses for a long time, still twirling that fork between his fingers as he thinks.]

...If you... ever want to talk about that... um, I'm willing to listen. I'm not sure if I can do anything to help since I'm no good at that shit, but I can at least hear you out.

[ossifragant]

It's a very, very long story.

[He looks away. Greed's never tried to explain it before.]

Maybe some other time, yeah? I'll tell you one day.

[deaftly]

Okay.

[Naki is perfectly content with that. Honestly it's the best of both worlds, Greed will tell him someday, which means he doesn't have to deal with it right now!]

Maybe I'll tell you more about Tokyo, if I can figure out how to make it not sound stupid as fuck.

[He means the ghouls, but close enough!!]

[ossifragant]

[Until then, Greed can wonder how the hell he's even going to begin to explain everything that's wrong with the time he spent working for Dante.]

Sure. I wouldn't mind hearing more about where you're from.

[It's genuine, of course, because he doesn't lie.]

[deaftly]

Yeah. So maybe we can talk about that later.

[Naki grins, he's clearly pleased with that.]