45th treasure [anon text]

[captainash]

So, is anyone else feeling really self-conscious right now because they ended up hugging the fake ghost of their dead best friend twice, with maybe some limited sniffling involved, in public and with a handful of random strangers staring at them like they were crazy?


No? Just me? Great.

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[captainash]

No way. A handshake? Sure. A fistbump? Definitely. An arm around his shoulders? No problem. But a hug? He'd have died of embarrassment at best, or used the opportunity to shoot me while I was distracted at worst.

[modulatingphases]

Missing someone can make you do some pretty weird stuff.

[captainash]

Tell me about it. That guy actually managed to make me cry, of all things. First time in over two decades, and it was for an idiot.

[modulatingphases]

I'm sure he appreciated the sentiment.

[captainash]

He smiled at me. And then he died, because what kind of guy moves away from a machine that's about to explode? Not him, that's for sure.

[modulatingphases]

[Man what is it with people smiling when they die? Angeal had done the same thing.]

Maybe he was at peace with his decision.

[captainash]

...If it turns out he let himself die like that to atone for ordering his men's deaths, I swear I'm going to raise him from the dead and punch him again. Dying doesn't fix anything.