andexecutioner | PRIVATE MEETINGS

[Juri had been incredibly manic at the trial, but he'll actually seem to have calmed down quite a bit by the time Ferid comes in; he's still looking much more alive in the eyes than he usually does, and he's playing with Walter's shitty hat that he apparently rescued from the pit, but he'll actually set that aside in favor of looking over the cat and, eventually, picking up the letter.]

Brady...?

[He seems a bit skeptical about it, but he'll open and read it just the same.

...By the end of it he pretty obviously has no idea what to do with his face, good lord.]

...Kid was an idiot.

[Hahaha what a face. Also: Ferid wants that hat? Would it be rude to ask for it. He has an outfit it'd go well with...]

He was~. An absolute moron, but he had a good heart, and that's what made him so beloved by all! It's rather amazing that he lasted this long, really, people like him don't tend to last very long where I'm from.

[All hope and seeing the good in others. They make for wonderful meals.]

Yeah, pretty much.

[He's kind of quiet for a moment at that, folding the letter up again and picking up the cat instead, turning it over in his hands and looking it over. He looks like he's thinking about something, but it doesn't last long before he seems to shake it off.]

Is there any sort of method behind what you're making?

[His gaze darts pointedly toward the cat. Are they symbolizing something, are they just cute, what are you doing.]

Not particularly. If there was, you'd have a lot more cats than you do now, after all.

[Making one for each Competitor is so stupid.

... Like, the first one was definitely him, but still. Every one of them? Please. Who makes stuffed animals of people?]

Speaking of cats, though, my dear host. [A pause.] Juri. What do you think of having a room full of them here? They aren't Competitors, nor would they belong to us, so the rule encouraging violence against each other wouldn't apply to them and I'd even think that it could be punishable -- though we'd certainly take that upon ourselves, too, because only a horrible person would hurt poor kitties for fun. I think we could use the stress relief granted by squeezing their adorable little paws~.

[He said he'd try. They can have any number of dangerous creatures from the Pokémon world, don't stop at a kitty room.]

[...Ferid. Buddy. That is both the best and worst idea that he's ever heard.]

I'm not going to bring live animals in here.

[Come on. You could be covered in them, Juri.]

You allow us to keep living sludge, a dog, a shark, a monkey, a fish that can blink and smile, and an oversized hermit crab, but you won't allow us to have cats. The creatures I listed are far more dangerous than our feline friends, and I have no doubt that there will be Competitors who will take it upon themselves to tend to their needs if you worry about neglect.

[The most put-upon sigh, Ferid.]

Those came in with you guys. I'm not importing cats, is what I'm saying.

Where did all the plants come from?

What do the plants have to do with anything?

You brought them in, didn't you? Or have they simply always been here?

I wouldn't say I brought them in, and there's a difference between plants and animals besides.

Animals tend to be a handful and plants are the calmest things in the world, I know. Perhaps a pet rock room would have been a better suggestion.

[... Guess that petition's going on the fridge. Maybe he'll bring it up at the meeting they'll no doubt have next week.]

A pair of simple requests now~. Will you give Luca measuring tape? And a silly straw for me, please.

Neither of those things are necessary, we've been over things like this.

[Answer still hasn't changed, looks like.]

[You will succumb to silly straws someday, Juri. They're loopy and fun. And tough as shit to clean, but still.]

Luca would like to measure the hallways and see if you have any secret tunnels or rooms. It's rather hard to do it just with your feet, so something a little more precise would be appreciated. I would give him a meter stick myself.

[...]

The silly straw isn't particularly necessary, no, but it'd be fun to drink that way. Are you positive you can't allow it?

[...]

If I have any secret tunnels or rooms, I'm not particularly interested in helping Luca find them.

You did tell me that there were places you could go that we couldn't get to. So why not see how long the mouse tries before he gives in?

[...]

Unless there is a way to access them from where we are.

[He just shrugs a bit before he sets the cat down on his desk again.]

Not at all, which is why I don't see a point in doing it.

It's the little things in life, my dear host. The little things! How much one can hope to find an exit of any kind only to have the rug pulled from beneath them, for example, is nothing short of delectable.

[From!! Experience!!

He shrugs.]

But we all have our different tastes. To each his own.

[...why are you everything that you are.]

That's never really been my thing, personally. Slow-setting despair like that.

[if anyone finds out, they'll get a prize.]

As I said, to each his own~. I get excited just imagining what the future might bring~! And then to see it happen...

[The happiest sigh, Juri. Almost a swoon. I'm so sorry?]

You've certainly given me the opportunity to experience that over and over again here. It makes up for your stubbornness regarding my request for silly straws.

...Good to see that you're still having fun, I guess.

[YOU'RE A MESS.]

Not that I haven't been enjoying myself as well; I'm pretty sure everyone gets the idea by now, as far as that goes.

[BUT ISN'T HE JUST THE PRETTIEST MESS?]

What would bore you most of all, my darling?

[You know, he actually has to think about that.]

I don't like pointless things, and I don't like aimless things. If there's some sort of purpose behind something, then it's not completely boring - I like figuring stuff out, I like figuring people out.

It's disappointing when everything is straightforward and superficial. That's boring to me.

You like it when people play hard to get.

[... so to say...]

Jean told me once you had a kind of... goal, I believe she said, and we were more or less a means to an end. Or so it sounded. Do you get paid by the murder?

[...dude.]

...I'm sorry, what?

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