IC ✦ Voicemail

[uncalled]

[Let's keep it short and simple-]

Hey, hey! Guess I'm doing important stuff but if you think your stuff is important too, tell me what it is and we can flip a coin.

See ya!

[beep!]

[ooc: action tags also welcome! seriously just ram into him or he's apartment 7.1]

Comments

[uncalled]

[ . . . and Sakon's just going to sigh.]

Well I mean, I guess you can learn Iaijutsu from Mitsunari-sama then... He might be willing to teach you. Just be really determined and earnest about it!

[it's how sakon gets away with everything]

[aeolian]

I can do that! I've never not been earnest!

[ look at that determined and earnest face. ]

[uncalled]

[ . . . he's probably a little less willing to agree. If only because-]

Oh really? Then I've got a question for you, Aria-chan!

[aeolian]

[ That kind of thing never ends well, but she'll lift an eyebrow anyway. ]

Fire away.

[uncalled]

[and it shouldn't be that much of a surprise when he just raises a brow and grins]

Fallen for me yet?

[aeolian]

...

[ Very earnestly: ]

Not at all!

[uncalled]

[Which is when Sakon snorts and leans down to rest his forehead on hers-]

I don't believe you....

How are you gonna convince Mitsunari-sama when I don't even buy what you're saying, Aria?

[aeolian]

Because Mitsunari doesn't have a challenge he wants to win. [ and her eyes will meet his, bright and unyielding. ] I happen to like you a lot, Sakon, but I already told you. Love like that isn't something someone like me experiences.

[ Which is true. Falling for Sakon... she's aware that's the absolute last thing she should do. ]

[uncalled]

Nah, but in general he's already a lot more contrary than I am!

[You both know perfectly well that Mitsunari isn't contrary just for the sake of being contrary though, Sakon.... oh well, he's going to use it for his argument anyway! But wow, this is sparking an interesting discussion and he tilts his head.]

So wait - you're telling me you don't think you're gonna fall for anyone ever, Aria?

[aeolian]

Mm... that sounds about right. I am still a demon, after all. As much as I'd like to... be an actual human, I know what I am. I've never forgotten that.

... And demon swords weren't brought into existence to be able to have any sort of relationship like that.

[ Whether she'd wanted to have that chance will go unsaid. These are just the facts. ]

[uncalled]

[ . . . wow. He can't really help but look kind of surprised.]

Well... what does that have to do with anything?

I don't think I was brought into existence to do much of anything but I'm gonna try anyway!

[aeolian]

[ ... Okay, she's got to snort a little. ]

That's where we're different. You've been able to make your own choices, even when you were too young to understand it. I was created for a very specific purpose. It's just not one I happen to like very much.

[uncalled]

Aw, Aria... You're the only one who believes in that anymore!

[And he's just going to press a kiss to her cheek, partially to catch her attention and partially just because he can.]

You can be whatever you want to be! What's stopping you?

[aeolian]

[ Her attention's still on him, promise. Which is why she'll reach up to ruffle his hair. ]

Myself, probably?

[ Not entirely inaccurate. ]

[uncalled]

[as;ldfjk he sputters in complaint for a moment before a hand of his own reaches up to catch her wrist - and then trying to entwine their fingers together]

That... sounds kind of annoying! Why are you getting in your own way....?

[aeolian]

[ she might have made her weaknesses a little too evident here... ]

It's a complicated and boring explanation. You're not very fond of either of those things, right?

[uncalled]

[and because he's pretty honest despite everything-]

I hate complicated and boring explanations about stuff I don't care about!

... but I mean, isn't it obvious that I care about you?

1/2

[aeolian]

[ For as much as she does understand that much (and as much as she doesn't want to dwell on it), her eyes still widen until she's blinking up at him a little owlishly. ]

[aeolian]

... I'm not sure how I could have forgotten that. [ But she says it with a smile, squeezing his hand. ]

I've told you before, haven't I? About what I was born from?

[uncalled]

I dunno either! [And he smiles amiably enough, choosing to ignore her pause even though he definitely noticed it.] But hey, I'll remind you whenever you want.

[because he cares about her. he's not always smart enough to show it all the time but... he knows he does.]

But it's... hatred or something, right? What's that got to do with it?

[aeolian]

More specifically, it's hatred against God-- the demon that's forcibly created other demons from humans, actually.

Well, to put it simply... as much as I'd like to be a defender sword, I still have a very strong impulse to kill that demon... something like bloodlust in general? It was getting even stronger when I came here. I can't say for sure that it won't happen here.

[uncalled]

But... it sounds like this 'God' of yours is kind of a jerk. If you kill him, then aren't you defending other people from being forced against doing something against their will?

I think that's pretty hero-worthy, right?!

[aeolian]

And if that killing impulse turns toward something else? Other people? My partner?

[ a small smile. ]

I'm not a hero.

[uncalled]

.... but has it done that before?

[Even the mention of it surprises him. He didn't think that Aria had a bloodthirsty bone in her body.]

[aeolian]

[ SURPRISE. ]

It's been there, when I fought with Cecily. It's gotten stronger. Not here, thankfully, but I can't say it won't ever happen.