andexecutioner | PRIVATE MEETINGS

I wanna know what it says!! [ duh. surely this is for some important reason— ] Like, is a draft for a love letter? Is it someone's totally exciting romantic adventure? Is it gossip about who-likes-who, or the writer's type? Or maybe this one's part of someone's diary, and they're totally talking about how the love of their life ignored them, or got killed or something!

[ or it could be for that, yes. ...what do you want from me. ]

...It's someone talking about somebody they don't really like.

[...Yep.]

Oh.

[ ... ]

Your turn again, I guessssss. [ she'll grab her notebook back and close it. |T ]

[...]

Tell me your favorite thing about yourself.

[Remember those soulmate questions...]

[ OF COURSE SHE DOES, and oh, look at that, she's lighting up. she's happy someone's getting use out of them, even now... ]

My dedication! I mean, there's totally a ton I love about me [ she is cute and small and pink and The Best at love ] but nothing really stands out as much as my de-di-ca-tion! It's even the basis of my title.

[ ...she should clarify. ]

My one from back home, not the one you gave me. Queen of Monomania! [ granted it's listed as her occupation on her profile but that's not really the point here. ]

I know what you meant.

[He sounds sort of interested in the answer, though, if nothing else; seems like that was a Good Answer for whatever reason, Aligula, good job?]

It's not the sort of thing most people would think of first about themselves, I'd think; that's...something.

[ she is full of Good Answers all of the time, juri. ]

Most people would say something about their appearance, right? Or... I don't know, say they don't really have a favorite thing about them because they're nothing special? But then they can talk forever about what they love about other people... [ people are so difficult. ]

[More like they're predictable, but yeah.]

Usually, yeah. And that sort of thing's really dull, if you ask me.

Your turn, by the way.

[ ...predictably difficult. ]

Oooh, I wanna know your favorite thing about you, too... But there's a more important questionnn... [ this is hard. ] Well, you might not think it's important, but it is to me.

[ like most things.

but after a moment of thoughtful humming, she's... decided on which one she's going to pursue, right now. ]

Did you like Methodical?

[...Huh.]

I wouldn't say I liked him, no.

[ ...huh. ]

Well, that's good enough for me! [ yep. Yep. ] Your turn!

[...Wait, what.]

Really?

Yeah?

[ ??? ]

...If you thought he was interesting, that's whatever, because there's very few uninteresting people in our group anyway, but it'd be different if you thought he was interesting and you liked him on top of that.

[ ???? ]

How would it be any different? ...Consider it my question if you want.

[ ??????? ]

Because then me and him'd be in the same group, and I'd totally hate that. [ ....NO ONE HATES WALTER WHITE LIKE ALIGULA HATES WALTER WHITE. ]

[...ALIGULA.]

I didn't like him in the same context that I like you. He was surprisingly fun, and he was an interesting guy. I don't really know how to explain it otherwise.

[......]

We talked a bit, before the investigation. I guess I could kind of...

[Uh.]

I don't know. I could see where he was coming from. It was a little less stupid than a lot of other things I'd heard.

I could sort of respect it, I guess.

[ I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING FROM HER. ]

...I respected him a lot more when he was stubbornly claiming that he wasn't gonna win on your terms. [ She didn't like him, but he went his own way and she could respect it. He was pretty fun to make fun of, too— ] Unless that was all just pretend.

[ ... ]

Was he lying about how much he hated you and never talked to you and how he'd never give in or whatever, or did he really never swing by to waste time and make friends? That'll be my question.

I only talked to him once - that time I just mentioned. Other than that? He hated me. I'm pretty sure he hated me even then, we just...had something to discuss.

[ ......... ]

Still would've been cooler if he managed to keep his dumb word. [ thanks aligula. ] Your turn.

[...]

What is it about love that's made you decide to dedicate your life to it, anyway?

[ Well, ain't that just a mood lightener. ]

Hmmm~ Who knows? It's not like I have some big, sad reason for it! Not like... "I was alone for a long time" or "It's the first thing that made me feel like I'm really alive" anything like that.

[ She twirls her hair around her finger thoughtfully; she's never been asked this before, and it feels like it should be easy to put into words!

Easier than it actually is, anyway. ]

Love's just... fun? And it's something decisive. You either win [ she waves her hand left ] or lose [ and to the right ] in it. There's no middle ground! But that's not all. Whether you're winning or you're losing, there's always an endless amount of possibilities, and they're always in your reach as long as you're willing to put in the effort and push for them. That can totally change the tide of battle too!

Besides, [ a small grin, as she steeples her fingers in front of her ] why shouldn't I dedicate my life to it? It's not like I've got anything better going on, and it's soooooooo interesting to hear everyone's stories about it! They're always so different, so exciting, because the choices we make when we're in love never match someone else's exactly! There are constants in it, of course, just like in life—confession, break up, make up, ho-ly-ma-tri-mo-ny—but otherwise, the way you get to those? Never the same.

[...That was a lot of words to say that you think it's interesting, Aligula, but honestly? He seems to get it, in a different way to how he usually tends to get things; something registers behind his eyes, anyway, and he's actually kind of smirking a bit when he replies.]

You almost make the whole thing sound like it's something I should be interested in, putting it like that.

[ Oh ho, she's got him. How exciting~ ]

Oh, Juri, do you think I'm gonna anything other than you definitely should be? [ Because. You'd be wrong. ] Love's even more interesting than chaos, in my opinion! Chaos—that stuff, it just becomes plain old routine, you know? The city proves that point.

But not love. Love remains new! Love makes things seem new! It's a totally incredible and super amazing phenomenon!

...I still say it's not really my thing. For a lot of reasons.

But I can see why it's yours, even if I don't really get it personally.

Hmmm~ I think I'll use my question on that then. What're a couple of your reasons?

[ A couple, not all. He's gotta keep some secrets. ]

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