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April Catch-All

who: Gladio and ~~a lot of scrawny dudes~~ YOU
what: Two missions, and a whole lot of ~~bad decisions~~ social interactions
when: April catch-all means... all of April!
where: Various
warnings: Warnings will be in subject lines!

Mission: Brownout (closed to Reaper, Sans, McCree, Gladio)

Mission: How to Train Your... (closed to Gladio, Sans, Gooeygetsu, Eichi, Sasuke, McCree)

I Never (closed to mission-goers; tag in with your I, Never and threadjack away!)

Training Sessions (OTA who wants to play out survival, weapons training, etc)

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[ The latter words cause his fingers to curl slowly into a fist, kept measuredly at his side as he watches Eichi without further moving a muscle. ]

Suggestions for how to handle him aren't needed; I've spoken with him separately.

If that's your philosophy, however, then you're the one that owes me a few things. Like you said, I've stood up for you. If you're interested in making things even again, you'll start by leaving him alone.

[Eichi glances up and over at that, and his signature smile isn't there right now. It's because he's thinking, and because he's drunk, both of these things...]

Because you're not interested in being "friends," right? Don't worry, I remember that too. Regardless of what the both of you think, I wasn't targeting Suigetsu. [He looks away again, drawing a circle in the dirt. Hmmmmm.]

But I do feel as though I'm acting out, almost like during my childhood. I wonder why? I'll behave from now on, I promise.

I don't seek out bonds just for the sake of forging them. [ An unnecessarily complicated way of saying that his opposition to friendship isn't as clear cut as that; he has several people he'd use that word for, now, and he doesn't feel shame over it. ]

I'm telling you that if you're going to do something like that, be careful who you're speaking to. [ Here he looks back at him after a brief glance away. ]

He'll kill you.

I see. [He's quiet for just a moment, eyes still cast downwards before he adds one more thing.]

I wonder, would it be of any help for him to? [Would it be helpful if Suigetsu killed him, he's just wondering, normally...]

... [ Well, this is a topic Sasuke knows well. It doesn't cause him undue discomfort, either, to have it brought up, too prone to waxing philosophical over the subject on his own time. ]

For him? You'll be nothing but a number.

For you? If you have the choice to live or to die... choose to live. It's better to just say "I'll die later".

Fufu, the best path forward isn't always the easiest, is that it? You're right. I'm sorry. It seems things got out of hand and instead of holding my chin high like I should, I stooped to a low level and held onto anger that has nothing to do with anyone here but myself.

My heart is beating so irregularly that it hurts. [He realizes now that he should stop talking, before he just spills all his thoughts about his inner feelings. So he'll just wrap his arms around his knees and rest his head there.]

Yeah. You did. [ It sounds harsh but it's just an indicator of even a fraction of the strictness with which he treats himself, far too intolerant of his own lapses in control. ]

If you choose to live, you always have the option to change your mind about it later. It isn't the same if you choose to die. If control matters to you, that idea should too.

I wonder why it is that your words sound so trustworthy right now.

[Subtly trying to say he has a feeling Sasuke is speaking from experience. Not-so-subtly.] Thank you. I don't want to die until I've reached my goal, so I won't let this illness or anything else get in my way. That's what I've always said.

[ The meaning isn't lost on him at all, but this is one he doesn't care to address. Talking about death is one thing, talking about his own possible desire for it... that's another. ]

In that case, stop prodding sleeping dragons. You won't have to worry about your illness if you get sliced first.

Even if it would have been interesting to see more of that real side of his, I've already said I'm done, so I'm done.

[He lifts one arm enough to flick his fingers, indicating it's done. He's listening! He's purposefully responding to that as if it's specifically meaning leaving Suigetsu along and not his habits in general, though.]