victory_road | So you want to be a Pokemon Master?

[ Sounds like we might need to invest in some Poke-therapy somewhere down the line.

Actually, that'd probably be good for all thirty of them. They could all use it, honestly. ]

Innovative is...one way of putting it, I guess? Aren't vampires supposed to stay in hiding or something? Maybe that's interfering with your marketability. And though the last thing I need to tell you is to put yourself out there...

Besides, you've been recognized, trust me.

[Oh yeah, Poké-therapy would be a blessing for this lot of assholes. Maybe they can use Be-hee-yem to forget some memories again. That obviously improved their lives last time.]

... You have a point; something is only unique when it isn't shown off as much, but I'd feel terrible for denying the world my presence. Though I'm sure there's many of you who would prefer me to do that anyway~.

[... Ginti needs to recognize his genius in regards to that garish suit he made. Ferid glances away for a moment, taking his Skitty into his arms and hugging her casually.]

In any case, Chitoge, it... is nice to see you again, I suppose, though I thought for certain I'd seen the last of any of you once you all made your way to that elevator-- It became very quiet after the lot of you left. And then it became very loud once more, because our darling Ginti doesn't know the meaning of volume control.

[ Please don't give anyone any ideas. ]

I wouldn't say denying the world your presence is the next step, I mean, you're fine in smaller doses.

[ Not unlike cyanide. ]

I'm not complaining about keeping my memories, though. I mean, I didn't think I was going to completely forget about it, but...I dunno. I always wondered if that was just me being optimistic. Since this, uh, wasn't exactly what I was expecting.

[That's the most romantic thing he's been compared to since he met you all. Cyanide.]

No, I'm rather certain that this is... a glitch in the system, so to speak, because memories are the one thing that are guaranteed to be wiped out once you're all just a pile of dolls collapsed on the floor. Though it isn't like we can prove one way or the other once our patrons have left, I suppose. I simply haven't had a double case yet.

[And thank goodness for that! Imagine if he got one of you again. That'd be terrible. This is exactly like that, except the remembering part goes both ways and he doesn't have to keep secrets as a result.]

[ She can't help but associate it with him. One can't help but wonder why. ]

You're sure it's a glitch, then? And not, like, some kind of second test or something? If it's usually such a hard-set rule, I find it hard to imagine that it wouldn't be intentional, at least a little bit...

[ She shudders a little bit at the mental image of the pile of dolls, though. If there's one thing she'd like to forget, it's probably cutting her finger like that. ]

How many cases have you had since us, come to think of it? I haven't exactly been here for very long...

If it's a second test, then I'll try not to fail as much as I did the first time I suppose!

[... Though from his jovial tone, who can tell if he's serious? What harm can Ferid do in a world like this.]

And only a handful, admittedly. Aligula and I tend to switch off as needed, and there's more vacation days than you'd think with how humanity enjoys itself with any number of dangerous and extreme sports. Your kind truly amazes me.

[In that "you're stupid, but you're my stupid" kind of way you talk about pets.]

Somehow I think it'd be pretty hard to top that, so you have pretty much nowhere to go but up, don't you think?

[ It truly goes both ways. ]

If it didn't have a chance of hurting them, they probably wouldn't do it. The risk makes it more fun. You can relate to that, I'm sure.

[Ooooh, point. He can only get better here. That's a little weird to think about, so maybe he'll keep to minor crimes of thievery just for funsies.]

I certainly can, especially since it doesn't actually kill me! I could break every bone in my body and it'd hurt to a point, but ultimately I'd be able to walk away from it. Things like that lose their appeal when there's no threat of death~.

[Apparently, he's been wanting to die for a long time now, but only under a specific circumstance. It's weird.]

Though I will say -- and you certainly never heard it from me -- but I suppose if we're going to compare risk-reward ratio on the scale of how hurt you have the chance of being in the end, then taking part in a game like we did certainly fits under "extreme sports to try before you die". Wouldn't you agree?

[ Just don't expect her to bail you out of jail. ]

People wouldn't take chances if there wasn't any sort of consequence. Trust me, there aren't many people who know that better than I do.

[ No thanks to a certain someone. ]

I think that there's such a thing as going too far, though. And it feels a little weird to call what we went through a sport, even if it was technically a game? Not exactly a very fun one, though. Even looking at it from an outside perspective, there's a lot of off-time.

[Come on, Chitoge, he helped you and your girl bang in the after-afterlife! Angel would've never gotten there if he hadn't killed her. Bail him out once.]

It was fun. [A pause.] For a time, anyway; I rather liked the different flavors of murder that went on, though you're right in that there was a lot of off-time... How does anything like that become popular with such a clockwork schedule?

[ AND WHO PUT CHITOGE IN THE AFTER-AFTERLIFE TO BEGIN WITH ]

The non-murder parts were fine. But you're right, though, I wonder why no one ever tried to switch it up. It always did happen on Fridays...we'll have to make sure those are our new "treat yourself" days.

Don't talk about murder as if it's fucking ice cream, though, for God's sake...

[WELL, YOU KNOW, YEAH.]

The non-murdering parts were the boring parts, Chitoge. And the way someone kills really shows the kind of person they are though, wouldn't you agree~? Ice cream's just as telling~.

[ ROT IN PRISON MY GUY ]

Not for me, they weren't! And you're really gonna say all that time getting lovey-dovey with Isaac was boring?

If that's true, though, what the hell kind of person does that make you? I don't think you can say it's a preference thing.

...But, for the record and for argument's sake, I'm a strawberry and "tie their feet to cinderblocks" kind of girl.

[DON'T....... BRING UP ISAAC................... It gets an immediate reaction out of him, horrendously enough, and he's very focused on his Skitty. Hello, Aligula!!! Little one. Tiny baby.]

I wouldn't call that lovey-dovey-- He made it very easy to embarrass him, and it was very fun to do so. It was a very fun pastime.

[... And he ended up really liking the guy shut up. Look, you threw off his murder-groove by bringing up his not-boyfriend-ex-by-reincarnation-person.]

Ferid, you don't have to be embarrassed about falling in love with the guy...

[Oh, if they weren't in broad daylight.]

I don't know what you're talking about~. It's simple fact~.

[ "What are you gonna do, kill me?"-quote from girl murdered ]

Ferid, you're like a schoolgirl with a crush!

[LITERALLY.]

I am over two thousand years old, Chitoge, I am in no way alike to you or Angel.

[you are so much more alike to them than you think]

In any case, in true fashion of my kind, any feelings have absolutely faded into obscurity~. There's simply nothing there anymore~.

Well, our relationship is certainly something that's incomparable, but, that's beside the point. And you don't look a day over 200.

[ Ouch! ]

That's not true, though, and you know it. I didn't go through literal hell together with you just so you could lie to my fucking face.

[is it so much to wish that it'd come true

that he wouldn't have to be bombarded by like

a hundred different feelings when he thinks of certain people]

I prefer a wide variety of ice creams, just like killing.

[LET'S JUST. SKIP BACKWARDS.]

Isn't it way too late to go back to that part of the conversation?!

[ You can't just do that!!! ]

It's never too late to revisit our favorite topic~!

[HE JUST DID.]

Speak for yourself, my favorite topic is neither murder nor ice cream! Stop deflecting and just admit to yourself that you've got feelings for this guy, or I'll shove garlic down your throat all over again!

[..........................................]

It's unusual for a young lady not to like ice cream, in my opinion.

[Just. Putting that out there.]

It's also unusual to have-- lingering feelings, [boy this is weird to talk about when it's not Isaac, Aligula, and... Katniss,] particularly for vampires; reawakening is unfortunately plausible, as you all demonstrated, but for them to be lasting is not something I like.

[... Mostly because it just proves that Isaac's always going to be more than just entertaining and that's like, more solid proof than him getting a haircut and Ferid still thinking he looks cute.]

I'd simply rather not talk about it.

I didn't say I don't like it. I just said it's not my favorite topic. That honor probably goes to love stories. And you can probably thank the pink little horror you named that cat of yours after for that.

[ Murder is a different story, though. That, she doesn't like. ]

Maybe it's just because I'm the opposite of that and shutting off my feelings is something that I can't stand the idea of?

[ Which makes her think of her Sis, but, that's neither here nor there-- ]

But just because this is apparently, like, an anomaly for you guys doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Especially if it's something like love. ...Far be it for me to want to help, but, can I ask what you're afraid of?

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