You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. I'm not going to lose another wing just so that you can feel better, but if it helps you sleep better at night I can promise to keep my fingers to myself once it's the time for tipping or turning. But remember this:
[He levels Ryouga with a dead serious look.]
People are already being hurt, no matter if your selective vision glazes over them or not. If it's not us somebody else will be hurt. Consider that in your calculations too.
[… Fuck that goddamn look of his. Ryouga already knows what he did, but he's not making the same mistake this time. He's not. Gritting his teeth, he takes a step out of Vector's range.]
Oh~ Does that mean that IV-kun might get to survive for once? Well, they do say that third time is the charm-!
[He knows he should stop, that pushing isn't going to make Nasch any more cooperative, but ...old loves die hard. And the thing between them dies even harder.]
[Vector looks up at him with parted lips for a moment, seemingly taken aback in shock and awe at the declaration. (None. Does none encompass him? Or does it mean 'none that Ryouga actually cares about'?)]
Gh. How cu~te!
[Crossing the distance, he pinches both of Ryouga' cheeks and shakes them like an over-affectionate granny.] Widdle liddle Naschie really thinks that the rest of the universe really gives a fuck about what the any of wants~ He's being so loud and brave~~
[Nope, Ryouga's not happy about that at all. He swats once with one hand and sends the other fist forward, having so little self-control when it comes to Vector being on his nerves anymore.]
Then have fun replaying the 'clueless idiot falls into every mistake boodytrap and gets played to hell and back' role again, oh 'great king'! I'll watch and count how many people you get killed with your stupid pride this time!!
[That line might work if he heard it from anyone else, but not from Vector. He knows he's not blameless, wouldn't even try to deny it, but… Nope, coming from Vector, it just pisses Ryouga right off.]
Don't you talk to me about getting people killed when you're the one doing the killing, bastard!
[Giving Ryouga a sly look, Vector laughs derisively.]
There's one glaring mistake in that pretty logic of yours! It's that I make the choices willingly and am ready to take the full credit and blame for what I do while you- Well, what do you do?!
Not really much when I think about it, it's always a terrible fate that forces your hand, isn't it?! It was fate that had you rush off and not be by your sister's side when she would have actually needed you for once! Fate forced you to keep chasing me and drag all those men who followed their king in good faith to their deaths for some childish feelings of revenge, didn't it?! Because that's what it was! Revenge!! Not some silly notion of justice, you simply had lost something important to you because you didn't take care of it and then you vowed to destroy me for it because it's easier that way!
[Jabbing a finger in his direction, he smirks a smile that splits his whole face apart.]
Same with IV! You hated being powerless, so he had to hurt even more! And let's not forget your noble gesture of cutting ties and returning to your god-fucking-duty by killing him again!!
[Despite his obvious seething, Ryouga lets Vector spew all the vitriol he likes, and when he's done, he's giving him a twisted grin of his own, though his is one quite different from Vector's gleeful look.]
You don't think I fucking know all that? I know what I fucking did, I know why I did it and I know where I went wrong. Difference is, I'm not doing it again. Same can't be said about you.
[Vector's smirk freezes for a moment and for a second something changes in his eyes.]
Huh. Really now~?
[Brushing one of his forever in his face bangs back, he straightens his back and regards Ryouga with an amused smile. His voice sounds less psychotic and more serious when he continues.]
Please tell me more about what you think that you know about me. But first... Prove it to me. Just once. Prove it to me that there is actually any reason to give you the benefit of the doubt just once. Because that is where you and the rest of the world keep failing hard.
Don't give me that shit. You aren't a hard egg to crack.
[small>He shakes his head, standing up straight and looking a little more sure of himself.]
Anyway, you don't really expect me to convince you of anything with words so I'm not wasting our fucking time bothering. Take care of that eye, will ya?
Yeah. My father, Yuma and Don Thousand said the same. You before too, I'd bet.
[He rests a hand on his hip with a smirk at the thinly veiled warning. Vector and Nasch might be on the theoretical same side now, and it WAS Vector's idea to begin with, but the moment Nasch pushed past a certain line heads would roll again.]
I will. I'll put myself at an advantageous position with this mess of a social hodgepodge too. You'll hear when I find something new.
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When the time comes, do you expect us to be fighting together again?
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Shared enemy, shared effort. [Hey, at least he's being up front...!]
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Yeah, yeah, what else is new. Anyway, I'm going to rely on you to find a way for all of us to survive this big mess, oh great leader ours.
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You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. I'm not going to lose another wing just so that you can feel better, but if it helps you sleep better at night I can promise to keep my fingers to myself once it's the time for tipping or turning. But remember this:
[He levels Ryouga with a dead serious look.]
People are already being hurt, no matter if your selective vision glazes over them or not. If it's not us somebody else will be hurt. Consider that in your calculations too.
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You can forget about turning this around. Don't act like me looking out for our comrades is dismissing other people.
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Oh, it's not~? We'll see if you can prove that when the time comes, because as things are I remember you acting otherwise ~ each ~ time ~
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Shut the hell up. This isn't like before.
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[He knows he should stop, that pushing isn't going to make Nasch any more cooperative, but ...old loves die hard. And the thing between them dies even harder.]
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I said shut up! None of us are going down like that again. Got it!?
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[Vector looks up at him with parted lips for a moment, seemingly taken aback in shock and awe at the declaration. (None. Does none encompass him? Or does it mean 'none that Ryouga actually cares about'?)]
Gh. How cu~te!
[Crossing the distance, he pinches both of Ryouga' cheeks and shakes them like an over-affectionate granny.] Widdle liddle Naschie really thinks that the rest of the universe really gives a fuck about what the any of wants~ He's being so loud and brave~~
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[Nope, Ryouga's not happy about that at all. He swats once with one hand and sends the other fist forward, having so little self-control when it comes to Vector being on his nerves anymore.]
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[Ducking low and bowing out of Ryouga's reach with lightning speed, Vector just laughs.]
Testy~ If you keep being so violent I wont share any of the candies I found with you!
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As if someone would take something you offered!
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Then have fun replaying the 'clueless idiot falls into every mistake boodytrap and gets played to hell and back' role again, oh 'great king'! I'll watch and count how many people you get killed with your stupid pride this time!!
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[That line might work if he heard it from anyone else, but not from Vector. He knows he's not blameless, wouldn't even try to deny it, but… Nope, coming from Vector, it just pisses Ryouga right off.]
Don't you talk to me about getting people killed when you're the one doing the killing, bastard!
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[Giving Ryouga a sly look, Vector laughs derisively.]
There's one glaring mistake in that pretty logic of yours! It's that I make the choices willingly and am ready to take the full credit and blame for what I do while you- Well, what do you do?!
Not really much when I think about it, it's always a terrible fate that forces your hand, isn't it?! It was fate that had you rush off and not be by your sister's side when she would have actually needed you for once! Fate forced you to keep chasing me and drag all those men who followed their king in good faith to their deaths for some childish feelings of revenge, didn't it?! Because that's what it was! Revenge!! Not some silly notion of justice, you simply had lost something important to you because you didn't take care of it and then you vowed to destroy me for it because it's easier that way!
[Jabbing a finger in his direction, he smirks a smile that splits his whole face apart.]
Same with IV! You hated being powerless, so he had to hurt even more! And let's not forget your noble gesture of cutting ties and returning to your god-fucking-duty by killing him again!!
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[Despite his obvious seething, Ryouga lets Vector spew all the vitriol he likes, and when he's done, he's giving him a twisted grin of his own, though his is one quite different from Vector's gleeful look.]
You don't think I fucking know all that? I know what I fucking did, I know why I did it and I know where I went wrong. Difference is, I'm not doing it again. Same can't be said about you.
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Huh. Really now~?
[Brushing one of his forever in his face bangs back, he straightens his back and regards Ryouga with an amused smile. His voice sounds less psychotic and more serious when he continues.]
Please tell me more about what you think that you know about me. But first... Prove it to me. Just once. Prove it to me that there is actually any reason to give you the benefit of the doubt just once. Because that is where you and the rest of the world keep failing hard.
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Don't give me that shit. You aren't a hard egg to crack.
[small>He shakes his head, standing up straight and looking a little more sure of himself.]
Anyway, you don't really expect me to convince you of anything with words so I'm not wasting our fucking time bothering. Take care of that eye, will ya?
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[He rests a hand on his hip with a smirk at the thinly veiled warning. Vector and Nasch might be on the theoretical same side now, and it WAS Vector's idea to begin with, but the moment Nasch pushed past a certain line heads would roll again.]
I will. I'll put myself at an advantageous position with this mess of a social hodgepodge too. You'll hear when I find something new.
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Just don't mess it up, captain~