( graveyard: we're cursed..........3 )

[nodo]

[ since there's more of us now, let's set up a scene...ish. we're at the beach! hooray!! it's our government mandated party game!! hopefully everyone is going to be well behaved because law won't give two shits. he's already arranging this for some reason unknown to man. indulgences? indulgences....... everyone get your sins in. taps on watch???

of course there is booze because there is always booze. law does not perceive the meth. (if there is any.)

NOW!! EVERYONE. TWO TRUTHS & ONE LIE. ]

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[holeful]

[Looks at Mahito. Looks at Vlad. Looks at Aoi. Please.]

Is the second one a lie?

[touchups]

[STOP HE DOESN'T CONSIDER AOI HUMAN HE LIKES HER TOO MUCH!! Technically Vlad isn't fully human either but Mahito literally fuckin forgot about him when he was thinking up his answers.]

Ah, you got it! I still remember Junpei's name.

[Sir.]

[holeful]

..... And Mr Vlad and Aoi, right?
[SIR!!!!!]

[touchups]

--Oh, yeah! Vlad, too. [THANKS, MAHITO.] But Aoi's not human! We're both created by humans.

[They are comrades!!]

[holeful]

....
[Frowning a little.]

I guess... I think you should still count her, though.
[He is... defensive of her.]

[touchups]

What, count her as human?

[A light, curious lilt. There is definitely still amusement present though, god.]

[holeful]

[Listen he knows that it's objectively wrong but.....]

Aah. Aoi is doing her best.

[touchups]

So you think being counted as a human is a compliment?

[Nothing changes in his emotional pattern but there is probably still a distinct vibe that this is Not A Conversational Path To Walk With A Curse.]

[holeful]

....

I... I guess not, it's just that I don't like of thinking of Aoi as a computer program because that feels like something less than.

[touchups]

Maybe we should ask her what she wants to be thought of as?

[Aoi doesn't even have solid opinions on cookie flavors probably, this is not going to work at all.]

[holeful]

I guess that's true.

[A beat, as he rolls over the thought in his head as to why he's mad in the first place about this because Mahito made a good point earlier.]

Maybe I'm just on edge because of I had a conversation a few weeks about about Aoi that I didn't like.

[touchups]

[There's a little hum, and a tiny roll of curiosity through his emotional spread.]

Yeah? What about it did you not like?

[holeful]

Well, they just were talking badly about her and her capabilities.

[He's calm now but there's a low rumble of emotions that suggest he was probably pretty mad at the time.]

[touchups]

[HE SEES... WITH HIS DEMON EYES. Fair though honestly, Mahito may say Aoi's squishy and easy to kill (terrible), but he still likes her better than humans.]

Who's they?

[holeful]

[He looks away, clearly not really wanting to say but...]

Mm... It was Limbo.
[Mean and bad demon.]

[touchups]

Oh! [He'd thought the "they" referred to multiple people in this case, but he does not at all seem surprised by the fact that it was Limbo. That clown's bad!]

Yeah, Limbo's basically a curse.

[niceguyferatu]

[ In the distance, radiating disgusted offense, and a shout: ]

You rat bastard!

[touchups]

[CALLING BACK OUT TOWARD THE DISTANT VOICE:]

Sooorry, I was thinking about older kills!

[niceguyferatu]

[ Honestly, this pulls him up short. He wasn't expecting that.

After a pause, another yell back: ]

What's my name, then?!

[touchups]

[Absolutely horrid, but he calls back without pause.]

It's Vlad!!

[HE REMEMBERS THIS ONE!! Be proud, y'all, he remembers the name of TWO whole humans he's killed.]

[niceguyferatu]

[ One and a half, okay, let's not get carried away here

Anyway, for all that he hates Mahito's guts, he can't help but feel just the slightest twinge of satisfaction at having been important enough to remember to someone who generally doesn't. As it should be. ]

[touchups]

[ONE AND A HALF. Still better than none, even though he only remembers Junpei because he was reminded of the poor lad like three weeks ago, and he only remembers Vlad because he is surrounded by people who are constantly yelling about Vlad and has been since Week 0. God bless.

He'll still give a thumbs up Vlad's distant way though, you go Vlad Coco.]