[Ryouga shakes his head. It's just the first place that came to mind, but he's not about to say that if Vector's gonna say something like that. Anyway, checking comes first.]
[Shaking his head, Vector makes a show out of 'letting it go' without another comment before he brushes his hair back.
Regarding Ryouga with a good and a seemingly blind eye, he scoffs.]
I paid CERES a visit and you won't like the results. Seems like our 'dear hosts' weren't that honest to us. They put something lovely into everybody's bodies that lets them see through our eyes and allows them to knock us out whenever they want to.
[Ryouga crosses his arms, marching up to Vector and leaning in to inspect his face. It was really only a matter of time before they found out something nasty about their new hosts...]
Yea-- Wait, if they can do that, why aren't they knocking you out before you get the chance to tell me?
Same reason they let all of us walk away with that knowledge, I'd assume. They could have killed us to shut us up for good easily and preferred not to.
[Ryouga narrows his eyes. While he's not too keen about lying down and being a lab rat for these guys either, it looks like Vector's got a plan, and Ryouga's not too eager to follow any one of those any time soon. Still…]
You think we can wage a counter against people that know everything about us and can knock us out at will?
Hello? I'm the guy who got the godfucking god who shared body and soul with me and altered both my fucking memories and personality blindsided. Do you really think you have as much as a fighting chance of not being a doll on their strings other than me?
If yes, I'd like to hear about it. After today I need a good laugh!
[Fair point, but Ryouga isn't about to fall into that trap again. The guy's resourceful, but that doesn't mean he's going to do any good for anyone but himself.]
Don't give me that look, freeing just myself or some others as well won't make a difference to me. But I won't deny that I can see the advantage of having more than one pair of hands and some more heads to deal with this mess.
You know damn well what - the damn thing you called me out here for.
[Ryouga growls, setting a hand on his hip and narrowing his gaze even more. He holds his gaze for a moment longer before shaking his head and shrugging a shoulder. ]
Since no good plan goes as originally planned anyway. Anyway, I figure most of the city will know about the shit soon, considering the rest of my group survived most likely too and they were all a bunch of disgustingly useless goody-two-shoes.
Everybody will cry about bad, bad Ceres and we'll be caught in some shitty three-way war~
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.]
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[Ryouga shakes his head. It's just the first place that came to mind, but he's not about to say that if Vector's gonna say something like that. Anyway, checking comes first.]
Tell me what's going on.
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Regarding Ryouga with a good and a seemingly blind eye, he scoffs.]
I paid CERES a visit and you won't like the results. Seems like our 'dear hosts' weren't that honest to us. They put something lovely into everybody's bodies that lets them see through our eyes and allows them to knock us out whenever they want to.
[A beat.]
Do you want to hear the bad news too?
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[Ryouga crosses his arms, marching up to Vector and leaning in to inspect his face. It was really only a matter of time before they found out something nasty about their new hosts...]
Yea-- Wait, if they can do that, why aren't they knocking you out before you get the chance to tell me?
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Same reason they let all of us walk away with that knowledge, I'd assume. They could have killed us to shut us up for good easily and preferred not to.
[He crosses his arms in front of his chest.]
Shit's fucked up! We're being played with!
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[Ryouga's acknowledgement of the situation is summarized with that one short growl.]
So they can rile us up all they want, 'cause they know we can't do shit about it in the end. Fuck.
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[Vector growls and taps his foot. It's obvious that he's not going to take this lying down.]
I don't know about you, but I'm not keen on playing this game again! I say we push back and bite their fingers off when they try to move us!
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[Ryouga narrows his eyes. While he's not too keen about lying down and being a lab rat for these guys either, it looks like Vector's got a plan, and Ryouga's not too eager to follow any one of those any time soon. Still…]
You think we can wage a counter against people that know everything about us and can knock us out at will?
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Hello? I'm the guy who got the godfucking god who shared body and soul with me and altered both my fucking memories and personality blindsided. Do you really think you have as much as a fighting chance of not being a doll on their strings other than me?
If yes, I'd like to hear about it. After today I need a good laugh!
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What are you planning?
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[He gives him an annoyed Look.]
Don't give me that look, freeing just myself or some others as well won't make a difference to me. But I won't deny that I can see the advantage of having more than one pair of hands and some more heads to deal with this mess.
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[It's what happens to those people afterwards that worries Ryouga. The Look he's giving Vector doesn't falter at all.]
Who else knows about this?
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I meant it's no problem finding a way out for more than one. But if you don't want to you don't have to.
[A pause as he cocks his head as if he needs to consider the question.]
About what?
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[Ryouga growls, setting a hand on his hip and narrowing his gaze even more. He holds his gaze for a moment longer before shaking his head and shrugging a shoulder. ]
What's your plan if you manage to escape?
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[He shrugs his shoulders and chuckles.]
Since no good plan goes as originally planned anyway. Anyway, I figure most of the city will know about the shit soon, considering the rest of my group survived most likely too and they were all a bunch of disgustingly useless goody-two-shoes.
Everybody will cry about bad, bad Ceres and we'll be caught in some shitty three-way war~
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[Ryouga sighs, wondering if this shitty cycle will ever end.]
… That's probably unavoidable, isn't it.
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[He isn't going to talk this pretty with him.]
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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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