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This is the same idiot who took one look at how bad the situation is back home and came to the conclusion "You know what will help kids getting killed? KILLING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THEREFORE BASICALLY, ESSENTIALLY CHILDREN COMPARED TO A SORCERER!"

It's all just a long bullshit way to a known end!

[HE HAS NOT BITCHED ABOUT THIS TO ANYONE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND. ACTUALLY, HE DOESN'T CARE IF YOU UNDERSTAND HE'S JUST MAD! SAD! SMAD!]

[GUESS WHO DOES UNDERSTAND? THIS GUY!!! WHY??? BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID GETO TELL HIM ABOUT THIS, HE HAS HIS OWN GETO BACK HOME!!! WHY DO WE LIKE ASSHOLES, GOJO??? WHY!!!]

[he sucks in a sharp breath, gaze narrowing]

I heard about that. Mmm. . . from Geto himself.

[his hands ball into fists]

But even if he did something stupid, that doesn't mean he should run away.

[so yes he and Gojo are in AGREEMENT]

[WHY DO WE LIKE ASSHOLES!?!?! well tbf, Geto used to be a decent dude just FUCKED UP SHIT.]

And even if he did something stupid, he just flat-out doesn't think we can use a damn wish or something to undo it? Do things better? Or at least not off on his own?

Edited 2021-12-02 03:49 (UTC)

[sometimes ur name is Gojo or Akira and you just have bad taste]

Well, I can't blame him for not wanting to use a "wish" from our captor to fix his mistakes-- [THERE'S. A SMALL TOUCH OF BITTERNESS IN THOSE WORDS, it's clear Akira does not believe in the legitimacy of said wish]

-- but he can do things better, can't he? And choosing to run means not even trying.

[and that just pisses him off!!]

You think I like the idea of using a wish?

You know what drives me crazy? He gets to go off and say "oh, well, the future's fucked because of me, so I'll just stay here!" but can I say that? No. Because I'm the strongest and I have to be there or else everything still goes to shit! Just sooner!

And then if you get into the ten years of the future thing in the first damn place. Y'know, it's not great, but he's dead. And I'm the one who fucks up enough that someone takes advantage and all my plans for change and reform go to shit because the world's ending and the only thing I can bank on is that I picked out like... I dunno, 9 or 10 decently powerful students who might be able to hold the fort while I'm out for the count?

And yet, I'm the one who's being unreasonable?

[. . . G O D]

You sound like you could use a drink.

I don't drink alcohol. Tastes bad.

I didn't mean it literally.

[a wave of his hand]

I'm just empathizing, I guess. It sounds. . . pretty complicated.

Good. 'Cause it also fucks me up even more because my eyes see everything and no one wants that level of drunken goggles.

But yeah. Understatement.

[s-snorts lightly at "drunken goggles"]

[and then pauses]

. . . I'm not going to encourage him to leave Echidna, if only because he came here for a reason and I want to respect that.

[BESIDES HE ALSO LIKES GETO, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED]

But I told him that he should go home. I want him to go home. [another pause] So if you need help convincing him somehow, then-- I'm your guy.

[that's all well and good but HE'S SCOWLING ABOUT THAT FIRST PART.]

It was a stupid reason.

Yeah, well. I don't think he locked himself out of going home by joining Echidna, either. So.

[stupid reasons or not, Geto can stay!!]

Besides, the more you try to force someone to do something, the more they resist.

You don't think I already know that?

[sounds like it should be said snappishly, but instead it's just tired.]

[hahaha. . .]

[there's a pause, and Akira eventually looks away, fingers dipping into his pockets]

I knew someone who was like him. Know someone. A-- friend, from back home.

Righteous type, huh.

[half to himself, half aloud]

The dictionary definition of the Justice card.

Tarot, huh.

... yeah, kinda like that. 'Cept fucked up.

Mmm. Tarot's been a pretty big factor in my life.

[that's vague, but it's hard to explain Confidants to a non-Wild Card, so that's what Gojo is getting]

. . . anyway. I tried pretty hard to get him to realize his blind anger and thirst for revenge would only ruin his life. I just--

[a helpless little shrug]

Knew too little, found out the whole story too late, to. . . [save him? does that sound self-absorbed?? probably a little]

[wow, dislike having these things in common????]

... yeah, sounds familiar.

Mmmm.

[what else can he say? same hat, Gojo. same hat]

[yeah, except bitching about general things from home is different from Actual Shit That Actually Matters And Can Be Seen, so now he doesn't even know what to say and this is just Awkward.]

... so, anyway, he's stupid and you should bully him more.