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[unlimitedtimeoff]

Yeah. Bully him out of your cellblock.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . aha]

Hn. You're not happy he swapped?

[unlimitedtimeoff]

Understatement.

It's fucking stupid of him and it's one hundred percent him pulling the same shit he did back home.

[HE MAD!!! but like. PRODUCTIVELY!]

[survivaltricks]

. . . you're a friend of his, then?

[keeping his tone carefully neutral, but he's sensing an OPPORTUNITY, here]

[unlimitedtimeoff]

No, I'm his worst enemy--why else would I be saying "bullying"? Of course he's my friend.

[survivaltricks]

[gives him a LOOK]

Has he told you why he swapped in the first place?

jjk spoilers i guess but whatevs

[unlimitedtimeoff]

Yeah. He has this stupid idea that's basically "Well, the shitty ancient sorcerer can't put Satoru into a box if he can't use my body and he can't use my body if Satoru doesn't execute me on orders from the elders, so I guess I'll just stay here and it'll all be fine!"

Which is, as I said before, stupid!

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[HE LOOKS IMMENSELY RELIEVED ALL OF A SUDDEN]

Good. So I'm not the only one who thinks he's a total moron.

[unlimitedtimeoff]

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!]

[survivaltricks]

[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]

[unlimitedtimeoff]

[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?

[survivaltricks]

[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!!]

[unlimitedtimeoff]

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?

[survivaltricks]

[. . . G O D]








You sound like you could use a drink.

[unlimitedtimeoff]

I don't drink alcohol. Tastes bad.

[survivaltricks]

I didn't mean it literally.

[a wave of his hand]

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

[unlimitedtimeoff]

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.

[survivaltricks]

[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.

[unlimitedtimeoff]

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

It was a stupid reason.

[survivaltricks]

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.

[unlimitedtimeoff]

You don't think I already know that?

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

[survivaltricks]

[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.

[unlimitedtimeoff]

Righteous type, huh.

[survivaltricks]

[half to himself, half aloud]

The dictionary definition of the Justice card.

[unlimitedtimeoff]

Tarot, huh.

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