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alchemenace) wrote2018-07-12 09:14 pm
alchemenace) wrote2018-07-12 09:14 pm
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week 5, thursday w/ sanji
[ well idk if sanji is allowed to cook at all after his misadventures with Mermaids, but even if he's just going to look longingly at the kitchen, he will find something is amiss in his haven.
that something is varian, fully climbing the counters to try to reach something purple and shiny? above the cabinets. oh my god, varian, don't put your boots on there. people make food here!!! ]
Seriously, where is Rudiger when I need him?
[ maybe if he rises on his tippy toes he'll get it. and put some more of his dirty, dirty boots all over those counters. rip ]
that something is varian, fully climbing the counters to try to reach something purple and shiny? above the cabinets. oh my god, varian, don't put your boots on there. people make food here!!! ]
Seriously, where is Rudiger when I need him?
[ maybe if he rises on his tippy toes he'll get it. and put some more of his dirty, dirty boots all over those counters. rip ]
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[ there's a finality to it until he shakes his head ]
I, it, it kind of freaks me out, too. But people have to keep dying every week as per this game anyway. The other options won't bring people back. So ... so, it's the best we've got.
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He also suspects that might upset Varian, so.]
We'll just have to see what happens.
Regardless, best we discuss everything as a group. Keep everyone on the same shitty page.
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... Right. That's why the information is supposed to go out soon. I just... don't know when, or how? Or... how we're going to manage if everyone is too afraid to share titles in case they'll die. We can't keep guessing.
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I don't expect it to go well.
And it might start coming down to people betraying their friends in order to get us the best possible outcome.
[Which he's... not holding his breath for, either.]
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[ there's a beat. but is about all there is to say to that. there's no easy solution to this. ]
Anyway. I guess if I'm telling you these things, I should tell you-- I'm a villain, too.
[ so you know at this rate either he lives or his death is inevitable no matter what? it's fine. ]
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Like hell I'm letting you die!
[WOW HE MAD]
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Then there's no reason you have to die.
[He's fuckin serious about this.
Varian is a kid who doesn't deserve this, so. Fight him, castle.]
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... That's if we actually succeed in getting the good ending. And... you can't guarantee that. Or that no one will ever target me. Especially if people decide they'd rather end it quickly than let it go on for that long.
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Depending, I might.
[...]
I know who the Shield is. Can't give their name away, but they told me if there's someone I need to keep alive, they'd consider using their gift.
[Running a hand through his hair, though. Because Varian isn't... wrong, is he?]
Well, at least you're well-liked around here. And it seems like a lot of the Blotters would prefer to leave the kids alone.
[No guarantees, but Sanji needs to hop for something.]
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[ he knows that much, but he has. no idea whomst the fuck it could be. and also varian looks so genuinely confused about being well-liked for a bit. really???? this is entirely news to him???????*
*varian is great at reading people ]
... Maybe that'll be enough. It's not like-- [ laughs, a bit, but it's humorless ] it's not like I want to die. So. ... I hope you're right.
1/2
[He really, really does.]
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... How long is this bubble supposed to be here?
[DRAMATIC CONVO IN A BUBBLE]
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I have no idea. Usually they go away by now?
[ LET US OUT ]
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Oh but wait, after a couple of seconds of them deadeyeing their prison, the scene seems to change.
It opens to an impossibly tall man of large girth, with practically a lion's mane for hair. And though Varian won't see Sanji, given whose perspective this is, he'll absolutely hear the chef.
Given he's screaming insults and lunging at the guy, viciously kicking him in the arm.]
You started this fight, so I'm gonna finish it -- and furthermore!
[Another kick. The perspective lunges around during the battle.]
Don't you dare call yourself my parent anymore!
[The man he's fighting looks irritated by this, asking why Sanji cares so much when he's being allowed to come home at long last -- of course he is his son, a rightful heir. And he best behave as such]
Screw you, I don't care what happens after I leave! I came to protect my crew, that's it!
[There's a crowd around them, filled with clapping and yells and the usual chaos of onlookers. For a second, it looks like Sanji will have the upper hand.
Until the larger man whistles out a name, and out of nowhere, a person jumps in the way of Sanji's attack. The chef swears and stops dead in his tracks -- only to watch as his father stabs the man in the middle, just to get surprise jab with his spear.
... Sanji is blown back, landing on his side. And with the crowd cheering their delight, the scene finally fades to nothing, this time taking the bubble with it.]
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... Sanji, was that... who was that?
[ it counts for both men in the memory, though he knows realistically the first was sanji's father. still, it's ... horrible, to think of a dad doing that to his kid. whatever that was. ]
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I'll never consider a monster like him to be related to me.
[Welcome to Sanji's daddy issues, Varian. Perhaps the reason he didn't immediately denounce Varian's own kin.
Sanji knows what a true asshole looks like.]
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the elbow is all he can reach. ]
Who was he using against you?
[ because that's what that was, wasn't it? in the middle of the fight, and why sanji stopped. ]
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... It was a soldier.
[Does it matter if Varian knows the truth? Sanji never meant to hide it, and it doesn't change anything by sharing this. Back straight, he folds his arms, staring to the side.]
I was born a prince.
[...]
I left, for a couple of... reasons. In any case, those soldiers will give their lives at the word for any member of the Vinsmoke family.
That bastard wanted to take me by surprise, so he sacrificed someone to make that happen.
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... That's awful. I'm glad you got out of that okay?
[ because the rest is. still awful. but sanji is standing here, so. ]
You don't deserve to live through something like that, just because of what you were born as.
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You'd be one of the few to think of it like that.
[A humorless smile]
That bastard, my brothers, the entire nation... they don't get why I'd wanna cook like a commoner. I'm wasting my royal potential or some shit.
[God he hates the Vinsmokes]
... No changing it, though. I'll have to... deal with it when I get home.
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Eh, royalty. What can you do? Either they're terrible or they break off and renounce it forever.
[ this is clearly the appropriate tone to use in this convo to try to cheer sanji up ]
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He's more than happy to leave this conversation behind them.]
I suggest the latter myself. Get to become a pirate and all.
[Anyway]
Don't worry about it. We got enough problems here to work through first.
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[ just. making sure. ]
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[A warm smile.
So long as Varian believes it, good enough.]
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Good. I'm glad.