[ So this was... a mess. But Yoshi's safe and the corpse has been found elsewhere, which means there is nothing much left for them to do. Leaving Yoshi's room together, Kohaku turns to Vanitas. ]
If we ever find this spider, let's cut it to pieces.
They didn't leave me helpless. Plus, I don't need powers to find some way to get back at them. And, when I finally get my revenge on them, I'll leave them wishing they'd left me with powers.
[ Whoops, his grin is kind of... well. Not entirely stable????? ]
Because there would have been more room for an accidental quick kill, that way.
[ Last Friday was embarrassing, but honestly, Kohaku would prefer to go back to the false alarm. Even though he hasn't personally done anything of relevance today, he's still exhausted.
After they finish exploring Yoshi's room for what likely was the last time, he lets himself flop down gracelessly in a lobby chair and remains, staring at the ceiling. ]
[ At some point, this guy comes along and just. Sits right down next to Kohaku. He's staring at the floor, rather than the ceiling, his expression a softened kind of unreadable thing. He doesn't know why he's sitting here, honestly. ]
Did you see the pictures of him...?
[ Dimly, he realizes "the body" would be more fitting words for describing what's left of Yoshi. Why is he still thinking of that as... Yoshi... It's not Yoshi anymore. Yoshi is dead. ]
[ His smirk widens, growing a little more bitter as it does. But he quickly works it into something that reveals less bitterness, only giving something that possibly makes it seem like nothing he is saying matters. ]
[ There's another notable pause here. Kohaku needs a second to really visualize what on earth might be going on with Vanitas - another day, he might have questioned the validity of the statement, but with all that's happening here it's hard to cast doubt onto anybody's claims.
Extracting someone's darkness... That seems like an easy way out. An escape and excuse. Turning yourself artificial because you can't handle the weight of your own personality. Maybe it's exactly because Kohaku understands the feeling of being crushed by yourself that he holds such contempt for those who run away - those who have the means to run away. ]
Sounds like they're less inhuman now than you are.
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Week 1 - Friday, Post-Investigation
If we ever find this spider, let's cut it to pieces.
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[ He's running a hand over his face, briefly letting all signs of smirk vanish. He may or may not actually look pretty exhausted now. ]
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[ He certainly hopes so, he's due for a battle that goes as expected. ]
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Blood, huh...?
[ He gives the smallest of smirks. ]
None of the creatures I'm used to do that, but I've gotta admit that would probably feel a hell of a lot better.
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[ Sounds like Vanitas is way closer to understanding the monsters of this place than Kohaku is. ]
Are the staff people at all like them?
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Not exactly. The creatures I'm used to are the ones that come from me.
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You're gonna have to elaborate on that one.
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[ As though that explains so much. ]
I'm normally able to spawn them at will.
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[ Maybe this will prompt some kind of explanation.... because hello, a guy is kinda lost here. ]
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[ A shrug before he just gestures with a hand. ]
Put simply, I can do more damage with my own two hands, than with those things.
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They really did a number on those of you with special powers when they brought us.
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They didn't leave me helpless. Plus, I don't need powers to find some way to get back at them. And, when I finally get my revenge on them, I'll leave them wishing they'd left me with powers.
[ Whoops, his grin is kind of... well. Not entirely stable????? ]
Because there would have been more room for an accidental quick kill, that way.
Week 2 - Friday, Post-Investigation Once More
After they finish exploring Yoshi's room for what likely was the last time, he lets himself flop down gracelessly in a lobby chair and remains, staring at the ceiling. ]
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Hah. 'Helpless' is certainly not how I'd describe you, no.
[ The run-in on day one certainly proved it. ]
And anyway, the cruelty of monsters is mechanical and boring. Us people are so much more creative.
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Speak for yourself, with a label like that.
[ There's a nonchalant - most definitely forced - tilt of his head. ]
I'm not actually what qualifies as a person.
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Did you see the pictures of him...?
[ Dimly, he realizes "the body" would be more fitting words for describing what's left of Yoshi. Why is he still thinking of that as... Yoshi... It's not Yoshi anymore. Yoshi is dead. ]
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[ He doesn't care at all about seeing messed up human remains, but when it comes to someone he know, he doesn't see any reason to be first in line. ]
Takes a special kind of person to do that to such a docile kid.
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You sure act like one though. What are you?
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A part of someone that couldn't be accepted.
[ His smirk widens, growing a little more bitter as it does. But he quickly works it into something that reveals less bitterness, only giving something that possibly makes it seem like nothing he is saying matters. ]
Put simply, I'm their extracted darkness.
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They were.
[ Vanitas gives a breathless kind of 'heh'. ]
Could you really call it a person, then?
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[ There's another notable pause here. Kohaku needs a second to really visualize what on earth might be going on with Vanitas - another day, he might have questioned the validity of the statement, but with all that's happening here it's hard to cast doubt onto anybody's claims.
Extracting someone's darkness... That seems like an easy way out. An escape and excuse. Turning yourself artificial because you can't handle the weight of your own personality. Maybe it's exactly because Kohaku understands the feeling of being crushed by yourself that he holds such contempt for those who run away - those who have the means to run away. ]
Sounds like they're less inhuman now than you are.
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[ His gaze quietly rests on Kohaku after he asks that. ]
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[ Not assuming that they're a boy just because Vanitas is - Kohaku's world has too much gender weirdness for him to see this as obvious. ]
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They were too soft. Too weak. Master Xehanort split up apart because Ventus was... pretty pathetic.
[ But there's something odd to his voice - a shift, as though he's just repeating something he's said countless times. ]
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[ That sounds incredibly unlikely, since Vanitas is pretty clearly the badass part here? ]
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Afterward, he sent him away to train under someone else.