catchall bucky

[skyagain]

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[frostythehitman]

What, the execution by pen part?

[ he doesn't know which kid Cloud is talking about, but he did hear that mentioned a few times in the crowd. ]

[skyagain]

... That too. But I meant the part where the whole thing started affecting us, too.

[ kazunari is not technically a kid, cloud is just. looking at him making faces and going a child? ]

[frostythehitman]

Ah. Right.

That...was definitely rubbing salt in the wound.

[skyagain]

Yeah. But it's one of those things were it's happened elsewhere, so we should expect it moving forward.

[frostythehitman]

Get used to the same awful routine but slightly worse, got it. Not any different to how my life already goes.

[skyagain]

Only upside is this time you get to remember your life goes like that.

[ badumtshhh memloss ]

[frostythehitman]

At least it means I've already got coping mechanisms for whatever crap comes next. Way better than being a kid in an old man's body.

[ he's quite done with the teenage angst and confusion spiral he got into in the graveyard, thanks ]

[skyagain]

Is that what happened? I was wondering what memory lost set you off like that.

[ cloud could see shit but did that mean he ever asked. no ]

[frostythehitman]

[ OH NO. AND HERE BUCKY THOUGHT CLOUD DIDN'T SEE ALL THAT ]

...more or less. I'd forgotten everything that happened since before my death--the first one, I mean. Basically reverted me back to being about 20 years old.

[skyagain]

[ he could see things! he just nicely chose not to comment on them! that's how he got to surprise ange by going "yes i know you are a murderer anyway" ]

Heck of a while to forget. Least that means you'll be mellower this time around.

[frostythehitman]

We'll see about that.

[ on the one hand: yes. on the other hand: bucky is keenly aware of how short his fuse is, even now. ]

[skyagain]

Then try not to embarrass yourself too much. I already told people you used to be on my team.

[ he's joking. mostly. ]

[frostythehitman]

Now why would you do that, if you're trying to protect your own rep?

[skyagain]

So people know I've got no reason to have a bias.

[frostythehitman]

[ ...squints. is this an insult. ]

What, towards your old team?

Either you want me to act nice and reflect well on you, or you want me to make a fool of myself to prove you're not biased, but you can't have it both ways.

[skyagain]

You asked why I told anyone. Guy asked if I was likely to cover for people on my old team if they wanted to murder.

[ he was just answering the question actually ]

[frostythehitman]

...and? What did you say?

[skyagain]

Same as it was in the Realm. You guys wanna do stupid shit, don't involve me in it.

[frostythehitman]

Smart.

I hope that means I can trust you not to do any killing either.

[skyagain]

I don't think you should trust anyone on that front. Heard about what actually happened with Sieghart?

[frostythehitman]

Yeah. Looks like our own thoughts and decisions might get thrown out the window.

[skyagain]

And we don't know if killing just once is enough for those, or if the only way to get the shadows out is to catch whoever it is.

[frostythehitman]

Knowing our luck, it'll be the latter. Or even a third, worse option.

[skyagain]

Like winding up in the death hotel isn't our third, worse option to begin with? It's only downhill from here.

[frostythehitman]

Yeah...but there's always more rungs down the ladder. More ways to go downhill once you're already at the bottom.