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cobbledtogetherenvy) wrote2022-01-04 04:28 pm
cobbledtogetherenvy) wrote2022-01-04 04:28 pm
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[No recording. Envy doesn't want to talk to any stupid humans.]
Why, you need a deal for something?
[He understands the mercenary thing.]
[He understands the mercenary thing.]
Have I ever suggested otherwise? Does anything about me give anyone the idea that I'm a good candidate for the admiral's little shitshow? If he wants better results, make better decisions.
Yeah. I do.
[And Kiryu is here, and people she likes, but the deal -- that's a plus.]
Can't build a life outta nothing.
[And Kiryu is here, and people she likes, but the deal -- that's a plus.]
Can't build a life outta nothing.
[She's wiser to go with the material aspect of the plan. People. Pfft.]
It doesn't usually work, you know. I mean, from the wardens graduating inmates side.
It doesn't usually work, you know. I mean, from the wardens graduating inmates side.
"Because you are so above humans?" he mutters. "I know, I know." And when the tea is finished, he stands up again, leaving the cat briefly before bringing a cup to Envy. "It's too late in the evening for your holier than thou nonsense, isn't it?"
Envy's thoughts were on the utter alien-ness of humans in that particular moment, but if Daniel's going to be prickly about it, he can, too. He crosses his arms. "I can leave."
What do you mean, that wardens don't succeed?
The side of this the admiral wants us to see. It doesn't work. You're an exception. Inmates disappear. Wardens give up.
What?
[He's touchy at the moment. Not because of the admiral's troubles. He honestly doesn't care. But people keep poking at him and expecting him to react like a human.]
[He's touchy at the moment. Not because of the admiral's troubles. He honestly doesn't care. But people keep poking at him and expecting him to react like a human.]
"No," he tells him. "I don't mean to be rude. But sometimes you talk about humans and - and it gets tedious."
You piss me off.
But I don't want you to fucking die, you stupid, evil bastard.
But I don't want you to fucking die, you stupid, evil bastard.
"You brought up being above the animals that you keep around on purpose," Envy points out, a bit testy. He doesn't care about the news from the admiral, but he's not really above being affected by the general mood, and some patterns are getting to him. "It was more justified than usual, honestly."
It was my death. Why does the admiral get to have it?
"Perhaps. I'm - I don't like being here like this," he says softly. "Just because you want to end your life with blackness and darkness doesn't mean that it's easy for me to accept that. Xie Lian said that it's a possibility and - and I don't want that." He knows that Envy is the last person he should go to when he wants comfort, but his presence is that way anyway. Even if he spends most of his time being grumpy.
Envy has, reluctantly, been giving this subject actual thought lately. "That's because you're a human. And don't get snotty about it. I have a point. You have limited time and a big fuss when you come into existence and another one when you go, and all that growing in between. Of course you're sentimental. I'm a tool. I was built exactly as I am. We get used until we break, and if we can't take it anymore, we break ourselves."
Good, he doesn't give a shit about you.
He doesn't get snotty with him. He just nods in agreement.
"You were - an experiment, right? Gluttony, too?"
"You were - an experiment, right? Gluttony, too?"
Well. Ain't promising I won't give up, or you won't disappear. I can only control what I fucking can.
I'll bring you back something nice from my travels. What do you want? And don't say 'human flesh' or 'fifteen knives' or something fucking stupid like that.
I'll bring you back something nice from my travels. What do you want? And don't say 'human flesh' or 'fifteen knives' or something fucking stupid like that.
I do somehow give a shit about you, you bastard. I don't want you gone.
[He's not even going to pretend that this isn't a hit. He is mad enough that consequences don't matter.]
Can you help me with someone? Kikimora. Very small. Not human. She took my damned tooth and threatened me because I fought back. I didn't even do anything!
Can you help me with someone? Kikimora. Very small. Not human. She took my damned tooth and threatened me because I fought back. I didn't even do anything!
[Honestly, he's kind of impressed.]
Sure.
[He's learned not to ask for more details, because then Daniel's all oh, don't kill them as if Envy's good for anything else.]
Sounds easy to spot.
Sure.
[He's learned not to ask for more details, because then Daniel's all oh, don't kill them as if Envy's good for anything else.]
Sounds easy to spot.
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