[ Yeah, he's completely right in what he's saying and she knows it too. It's for them really all just about entertainment, and the way she's acting is probably just funny for those gods, but.. she can't help it when it's her older brother of all people who disappeared. ]
My older brother. Battler onii-chan. [ Telling Senji this much isn't too bad - he's at least someone she trusts and doesn't mind spending time with. She's not looking at him though as she speaks, instead just staring at the coffee. ]
This place.. It was my only chance to still see him again.
Onii-chan didn't stab me..! [ The defensive part comes a bit quickly, since.. well, she cares a lot about her older brother, and the instinct to defend him comes even easier after the wound of losing him is still raw. ]
... Well, like we said, it was probably just an illusion or something.. Even though I saw him clearly, he wouldn't do something like that. And I called him over to the hospital after you brought me there and he was upset to see what had happened to me as well. And.. [ her gaze drops to the coffee cup - she can only hope. ] ... I'm sure he didn't leave me on purpose.
[...Oh boy. She was dead set on protecting him huh? He should have figured as much. Senji takes another sip before speaking up.]
Yeah, he probably didn't leave you on purpose, the gods sent him away and... well- I don't know if they plan to do something with him or not. I'm just telling you to be careful red, I've seen people change after they've left for a bit then come back.
[ At that last part she actually glances away from the cup and back to him - a frown appearing on her face, as if she's thinking. Left for a bit and then come back.. so that means Battler can still appear here too, right? But.. ]
What do you mean, 'change'? Did those so-called gods do anything to them?
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[He watches her for a second, and then he smirks.]
Keh... better get used to it, the world is a pretty fucked up place where you'll be let down left and right. But you know, no matter what happens he'll still always be your brother y'know.
Stop dreading over it and start doing something about it, if you want him back so badly- .... don't let it show the gods that it bothers you. Hold your head head up and tell 'em to go screw themselves.
You don't have to tell me anything about disappointment.
[ Because that's all her life has been so far, right? Disappointment after disappointment - with barely anything to still go on for in the end. ]
Besides, it's not like I'm out to please these so-called gods. If I'm just going to lie around and do nothing in this place, I won't be interesting to them at all, so it's fine. It's not like I have anything else left to do here.
[Senji grunts at that, and then he gets up and walks over to her, snatching that coffee out of her hands.]
I don't give coffee, or even talk to little shits that insist on sitting on their ass and complain. If you want somethin' done then fucking do something. You're not the type to just give in red, right? I thought I felt that from ya, that when you're faced with something you won't just lie down and take it.
Keep moving forward or just roll over and die, those are the only options here. If you're willing to move then I guess we can still talk. [really, he's just trying to get her to not lie around all day and sulk. He doesn't want that for her.]
[ She glances up at him, but rather than the emptiness from before there's more somewhat of a frown on her face now. Sure, in a way this is still all her pessimism, but there's some more actual frustration behind it rather than just giving up - the feelings she's been holding in all this time. ]
Am I supposed to fight "gods" that are only just hiding from us all the time? Am I supposed to watch them take everyone important to me away from me after giving me another chance to see them? Am I supposed to fight so everyone can get away from here, back to their own worlds, and I just return to being nothing more than minced meat, is any of that it?
[he stares down at her, his gaze turning cold when she starts to talk to him like that. If she keeps this up he's sure that she'll regret it one day. He thought he knew everything too, those seven years ago, but due to his hardheadedness it was his fault his best friends all died.
He places the coffee down on the desk.]
Nah... you don't sulk when something bad happens to you, just lying there and becoming depressed over it is something they'd want. Giving in to them would make them win, and I know you're too stubborn to just let someone else be the victor.
No matter what happens though, you got other people here that care for ya. Like that Shu kid. [and he's not involved in that nope.] That kind of attitude you have, it won't only get you killed but someone else might get hurt from it.
[ Yeah, he's right on that much-- she's never one to give in easily, or let someone else control her. It's more just that the loss of Battler is still so fresh it makes her more emotional at the moment.
She's quiet after he finishes talking though, and she does make eye contact for a while, just frowning back at his cold look, but then she finally averts her gaze before she speaks on. ]
So what? Then I'm just supposed to live on like this? Even if they take everything from me, I have to just put on my usual attitude and pretend I don't even care to start with. What kind of life is that? [ Isn't that what she had told those witches as well? If it wasn't for the people she had here, she might as well return to being dead back home. ] Who would want to live like that to begin with?
[He scratches the back of his head.... what the hell else was he supposed to say? That's the kind of life he lives, pretending he doesn't care- and then becoming some sadistic person in prison for a while, only looking forward to fights and killing people.
At least he's not as bad as he was.]
Here's how it's gonna go.... have a little trust, red. Maybe you should rely on lady luck for a bit-
[he reaches into his jacket and takes out a coin, showing it to her.] Tails says your brother is coming back, and he'll still care for you all the same.
[ ... What is this about? Does he really think some sort of coin toss can predict the future? That's all just based on chance, right?
But.. maybe her heart wants to be reassured just a little, even if it's through a lame way like this, so when he flips it and she notices it flying towards her, she does actually make the effort to catch it. Part of her almost feels nervous to see what it is - why would she? it doesn't affect anything, right? and yet.. - but she does slowly peek. ]
[Senji leans over and looks down at her hand when she opens it up, he's smiling. It's a trick coin after all, both sides are tails. He's just doing this to make her feel better, really.]
See Ange? It's tails. No matter how much you wanna just accept things, sometimes you just need to believe in a little luck to make things work out.
[he grabs the coin back from her, before she can realize it's just a trick after all.]
You said you're a witch right? Believing in magic is all the same isn't it? If you start doubting I bet it doesn't work out as well.
What, you're telling me to believe in a coin toss of all things?
[ Still, she can't help but smile juuust a little - maybe at how ridiculous this is, since it's just.. so corny. Yet it does seem like it suits him, really, doing something like this.. ]
... Fine. I'll give it a chance. ... It's not like I have anything to lose after all, right?
Oh, I get a reward when I'm being a good kid? [ GOD, SENJI.. she means it mostly as a joke though, considering there's almost something amused in her tone despite it being deadpan, and she sips from the drink. ]
Besides, even if onii-chan wouldn't come back, you can make up for it by taking Shu and me out to the amusement park again sometime.
[ for that one's more difficult to tell whether it's a joke or not. ]
[ ... 8| That last part sounds ike he has something in mind.. Senji.. what.. ]
Oh? So, what do you think the three of us should go do then? [ don't say anything ridiculous, don't say anything ridiculous, don't say anything ridiculous.. ]
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My older brother. Battler onii-chan. [ Telling Senji this much isn't too bad - he's at least someone she trusts and doesn't mind spending time with. She's not looking at him though as she speaks, instead just staring at the coffee. ]
This place.. It was my only chance to still see him again.
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To be brutally honest, you're better off without him.
[he doesn't know she's been waiting so long for Battler, but... from his perspective, she shouldn't even talk to the guy.]
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... Well, like we said, it was probably just an illusion or something.. Even though I saw him clearly, he wouldn't do something like that. And I called him over to the hospital after you brought me there and he was upset to see what had happened to me as well. And.. [ her gaze drops to the coffee cup - she can only hope. ] ... I'm sure he didn't leave me on purpose.
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Yeah, he probably didn't leave you on purpose, the gods sent him away and... well- I don't know if they plan to do something with him or not. I'm just telling you to be careful red, I've seen people change after they've left for a bit then come back.
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What do you mean, 'change'? Did those so-called gods do anything to them?
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Yeah, something like that.... and they usually don't remember this place after they've come back.
So... I'm just saying to keep your hopes low, no use getting worked up when you're just going to be let down again.
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[ she scoffs a little. ] Then what use is it for all of us to be in this place, if we're all just going to keep our hopes low either way?
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Keh... better get used to it, the world is a pretty fucked up place where you'll be let down left and right. But you know, no matter what happens he'll still always be your brother y'know.
Stop dreading over it and start doing something about it, if you want him back so badly- .... don't let it show the gods that it bothers you. Hold your head head up and tell 'em to go screw themselves.
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[ Because that's all her life has been so far, right? Disappointment after disappointment - with barely anything to still go on for in the end. ]
Besides, it's not like I'm out to please these so-called gods. If I'm just going to lie around and do nothing in this place, I won't be interesting to them at all, so it's fine. It's not like I have anything else left to do here.
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I don't give coffee, or even talk to little shits that insist on sitting on their ass and complain. If you want somethin' done then fucking do something. You're not the type to just give in red, right? I thought I felt that from ya, that when you're faced with something you won't just lie down and take it.
Keep moving forward or just roll over and die, those are the only options here. If you're willing to move then I guess we can still talk. [really, he's just trying to get her to not lie around all day and sulk. He doesn't want that for her.]
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[ She glances up at him, but rather than the emptiness from before there's more somewhat of a frown on her face now. Sure, in a way this is still all her pessimism, but there's some more actual frustration behind it rather than just giving up - the feelings she's been holding in all this time. ]
Am I supposed to fight "gods" that are only just hiding from us all the time? Am I supposed to watch them take everyone important to me away from me after giving me another chance to see them? Am I supposed to fight so everyone can get away from here, back to their own worlds, and I just return to being nothing more than minced meat, is any of that it?
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He places the coffee down on the desk.]
Nah... you don't sulk when something bad happens to you, just lying there and becoming depressed over it is something they'd want. Giving in to them would make them win, and I know you're too stubborn to just let someone else be the victor.
No matter what happens though, you got other people here that care for ya. Like that Shu kid. [and he's not involved in that nope.] That kind of attitude you have, it won't only get you killed but someone else might get hurt from it.
Only kids think something can't be changed.
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She's quiet after he finishes talking though, and she does make eye contact for a while, just frowning back at his cold look, but then she finally averts her gaze before she speaks on. ]
So what? Then I'm just supposed to live on like this? Even if they take everything from me, I have to just put on my usual attitude and pretend I don't even care to start with. What kind of life is that? [ Isn't that what she had told those witches as well? If it wasn't for the people she had here, she might as well return to being dead back home. ] Who would want to live like that to begin with?
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At least he's not as bad as he was.]
Here's how it's gonna go.... have a little trust, red. Maybe you should rely on lady luck for a bit-
[he reaches into his jacket and takes out a coin, showing it to her.] Tails says your brother is coming back, and he'll still care for you all the same.
[he flips it and-... YA BETTER CATCH IT ANGE.]
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But.. maybe her heart wants to be reassured just a little, even if it's through a lame way like this, so when he flips it and she notices it flying towards her, she does actually make the effort to catch it. Part of her almost feels nervous to see what it is - why would she? it doesn't affect anything, right? and yet.. - but she does slowly peek. ]
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See Ange? It's tails. No matter how much you wanna just accept things, sometimes you just need to believe in a little luck to make things work out.
[he grabs the coin back from her, before she can realize it's just a trick after all.]
You said you're a witch right? Believing in magic is all the same isn't it? If you start doubting I bet it doesn't work out as well.
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[ Still, she can't help but smile juuust a little - maybe at how ridiculous this is, since it's just.. so corny. Yet it does seem like it suits him, really, doing something like this.. ]
... Fine. I'll give it a chance. ... It's not like I have anything to lose after all, right?
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[and he hands her the coffee again.]
You've earned some caffeine now, hehaha!
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Besides, even if onii-chan wouldn't come back, you can make up for it by taking Shu and me out to the amusement park again sometime.
[ for that one's more difficult to tell whether it's a joke or not. ]
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...Hah?! Why Shu too....?
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Don't you think it was somewhat.. fun, I guess, last time around with the three of us?
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We should do somethin' else....
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That might be cool.
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