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Comments

[psynchronise]

... is this your equivalent of a fashion show?

[ UHHH. IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM? ]

Or is this for Lu Bixing?

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[THEY'RE ALL FROM THE SEXY COSTUME SHOP so each one is weirdly themed, the most normal one is probably a bright garish color, ig]

For Bixing. And for Ryo, except he'd shut the door on me if I gave him any more.

[psynchronise]

[ jesus. ]

If only either of us knew how to sew. [ date does not know how to sew. is there a silver one? ]

Yeah, he would. I'm surprised he didn't shut the door on your hand when you tried to give him the first one.

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[ive decided that there is a nice normal silver one yeah,]

Hey, I know how to sew. [stitches, but like same thing?] I gave him a bunch and then left while he was all confused.

[drive by eyepatch dump]

[psynchronise]

[ he will point at it. ]

You did not strike me as the type to know how to sew.

Once his bandages are off he can do a little fashion show.

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[he'll give him a nod of thanks and tuck that one in his coat pocket.]

I'm a fascinating guy, full of layers and everything.

[psynchronise]

Masochism, for one apparently.

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-- Masochism?!?

[HELLO???]

[psynchronise]

[ are any of his bruises on display? because he's looking at them. ]

[bookpapers]

[THERE'S THE ONE ON HIS FACE YEAH

he immediately holds a hand over it,]

That wasn't my fault.

[psynchronise]

And what was it you said to Rosé?

“I like it when you’re mean to me?”

[ baby masochist…. ]

Seriously though, what happened with you and tall, dark and angry? You just beat each other up in the bathroom until you passed out?

[bookpapers]

That was just for Rosé! I was trying to appeal to the demon in 'em.

[okay lavi, he immediately makes another face]

Pretty much. He was angry about what happened at that new bar. Y'know, with those drinks.

[psynchronise]

Sure.

[ sure. ]

… Ohhh, did you drink the love potions.

[bookpapers]

[FROWNING]

It's not like we planned it. Same place, wrong time.

[psynchronise]

You and a lot of people, Lavi. He seriously got violent about that?

[bookpapers]

Didn't really have the time to ask between all the punching.

...I don't think he likes being vulnerable, especially with a stranger like me.

[psynchronise]

[ ……. ]

I don’t exactly like being dead and I’m not pitching a violent tantrum about it.

[bookpapers]

[.....snerk]

True.

You've got a different set of priorities, right? Plus, you seem like the type who can roll with the punches.

[psynchronise]

Maybe.

Or maybe I’ve got too much back home to risk and taking the wild choice to murder someone for a potential shot at something I could just walk into anyway isn’t a safe enough choice. Who knows?

[bookpapers]

[...]

What if it's not so much as a choice then it is a set-up? Bucky and Four still chose to kill, but can we really say that the circumstances didn't lead up to that?

[psynchronise]

Whether it's a choice or a set-up, like you said: they chose to kill.

Unless we find they were manipulated by demonic urges or something, they still made a choice.

[bookpapers]

[at that, Lavi looks away for a moment, faraway -- then,]

...Yeah, I know.

But I still think the circumstances are important, with or without the urges.

[psynchronise]

The motive’s always important. Even if it’s not the obvious one.

[ … ]

I’m just saying, it’s not bad to think about it from all angles. But until we find some proof either way, there’s not a lot we can do other than assume the obvious.

[bookpapers]

[he nods slowly]

...That your advice as an investigator?

[psynchronise]

… Sure, let’s go with that. Something about jumping to conclusions.

[ he tends to jump to conclusions like a nerd. ]