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[jailbirds]

[ minatsuki looks kind of irritated. a little off-put, maybe. she holds her hand up to the camera, and she's dangling a thick, rounded metal collar with a barcade on the front off her fingers. ]

I shouldn't be surprised the community would bring something like this back... Well, it could've been worse, I guess. If I'd woken up wearing it, I would've been fucked. So, what kinda nice presents did everyone else get? Is there an occasion I should be celebrating for?

[ she hums. ]

... Does anyone need a seriously deadly, slow-acting poison?

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[kendoleaf]

Not particularly. I don't really know where the only person I'd even consider of using something like that on is, so it won't help.

[ Though that's only an answer to the last question, maybe she should actually answer the first part. ]

... I didn't get anything so traumatic or horrible though. Just an old shinai that I broke when I was a little kid.

[jailbirds]

You've got someone, huh?

... Hm. Guess it's better to get something boring than something that scratches at old scars.

[kendoleaf]

Maybe. But even if I knew where he was, I don't know if I'd be able to go through with it. Even though he is a monster that deserves it.

[ Though that was kinda interesting, but she's not going to comment much on it. At least as far as asking about it was concerned. ]

Yeah. That... that's probably a lot better.

[jailbirds]

... Haaah. Well, if you find him and you want him dead, tell me. Maybe I'll go through with it.

[ she doesn't have any problem with the idea of it, killing some guy she doesn't know because he's a nuisance to someone else. killing people is what she does, after all. the only reason it's a "maybe" at all is because she figures she should at least find out what the guy did first; make sure she's not fighting for the wrong side. ]

[kendoleaf]

I'll... keep that in mind.

[ Though she's not likely to be the one to find him, all things considered. After all, she's a middle-school student and Akihiko Kayaba was a wanted fugitive. How the heck was she supposed to figure out where he was anyway? ]

... I guess in your world you have to deal with dangerous things a lot though, don't you?

[jailbirds]

Not right now, but... Yeah, my world is pretty shitty, and my life ain't much better.

[ although it's partly her fault that she's in such a bad place in life, she probably would have gotten trapped in deadman wonderland anyway, so she can't only blame herself for it. ]

I'm hoping to get all that over and done with one way or another, soon.

[kendoleaf]

I see... I... I know it probably doesn't mean much, but I'm sorry that you were in a situation like that.

And well... good luck with, umm, 'getting it over and done with'.

[ She doesn't need to know anymore details, so she sure as heck isn't going to ask for them. ]

[jailbirds]

Thanks, kid. [ she appreciates the lack of questions. ] Knowing the community, you're probably gonna see whether the luck helped any.

[kendoleaf]

Yeah. It really seems like that happens a lot, doesn't it?

[ Heck, the fact that something significant hadn't been shown of her yet probably was just because she hadn't done anything really noteworthy yet. ]

voice;

[entreats]

"Happy Virus Day", probably. If the community would bother to make it an official holiday. [ Ange's replying with a voice-only feed - even if her voice does sound the same as usually. Incredibly deadpan and dry tone included. ]

Either way, are you sure you want to offer that to the shady bunch of people we have on here?

[jailbirds]

[ she shrugs. ] Is it really my problem if they're shady? They can do what they want on their own worlds.

[ though, she does plan to be a little more cautious about who she gives it to than she would appear. ]

[entreats]

You never know ways in which people can surprise you on that point. [ Honestly, if she wasn't sticking around to see the game Battler made for her to show her the truth with she might have taken it since she still wants to die, so.. yeah, point in case. ]

It might come back to bite you in the ass.

[jailbirds]

Then I guess I'm willing to risk it, since it's such an eyesore.

[ she doesn't even want to look at the stupid thing right now. the old minatsuki from deadman wonderland and the new one from outside of it haven't really reconciled yet, and she doesn't appreciate being pushed towards it by an unpleasant reminder like this. ]

Aah, it doesn't matter, anyway. It seems like Yuri's gonna be the one to take it.

[entreats]

Yeah, that's going to make me feel a lot more at ease, having that thing around in the same place I'm in.

[ Not that she thinks Yuri will use it on her in any way, but if one of the witches or even the demons gets hold of it, all hell will break loose. Even if it's just in some sort of "comical" annoying way. ]

[jailbirds]

Quit bitching. [ she somehow says it affectionately rather than genuinely, though. ] It probably won't even stay there after the virus is over. If it's that big of a deal to you, I guess I could just get someone to take me somewhere and I'll throw it over a cliff...

[entreats]

[ At least there's no offense taken. Ange's grown a fairly thick skin by now, for better or worse. ]

.. Don't worry about it. [ She already knows it's rare enough for Minatsuki to offer that sort of thing in general while she easily could've stuck to just letting Yuri have it. ] If there's going to be the risk of trouble with that thing here whenever, I'll just destroy it myself, no big deal. Those witches would probably think it's a boring thing either way. They love their theatrics.

[voice]

[desertification]

["Need"? Not strictly speaking. "Could certainly find a use for"? Definitely.]

Do you give weapons to anyone who comes along?

[jailbirds]

I don't have many weapons to give, since mine are usually inside of me. But this is an eyesore, so it doesn't matter to me where it goes, as long as I get rid of it.

[desertification]

[Oh, he's taking note of that statement about her weapons.]

Some people would call that irresponsible.

[jailbirds]

Well, I don't really give a shit about what some people would say. They can call it whatever they want. It seems like Yuri's offering to take it, anyway, so there's no reason for anyone to bitch.

[desertification]

Why are you so desperate to get rid of it, anyway?

[jailbirds]

I used to be the one getting poisoned by it. Besides that, it's got a lot of bad memories attached to it, so I just want it out of my sight already.

[tenminutes]

I'll take it!

[ She doesn't know what she'll use it for, but hey. It could be a wonderful April Fool's joke if she's still around then. ]

[jailbirds]

You really want it? I can't promise it'll stick around or anything, since it's a virus, but at least I can trust you not to kill anyone decent with it if it does stay.

[tenminutes]

I wouldn't kill anyone with it, don't worry!

[jailbirds]

I wouldn't worry even if you would kill anyone with it. [ she huffs. ]

It takes three days to turn lethal; if you don't take the antidote in those three days, you're fucked, there's no other way out. The poison injects constantly through this opening - [ she points to the center, where there is a tiny sharp point ] - and the collar's open right now, but once you close it, it's stuck that way.

[tenminutes]

What happens if you break it?

[jailbirds]

Never tried. Honestly, we were worried they'd blow up in our faces if we did anything to 'em at all.

[tenminutes]

Seriously? No one tried at all?

[jailbirds]

Mm... They might have in the upper levels, but I never heard about it, and Yoh never mentioned anything. People on the community offered to try things, but at the time, we really didn't want anyone's help, so it never went anywhere.