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[nonsensical]

Characters: two (gorges) gluttons (nonsensical)
Location: plaza
Time: some day during the curse
Style: first
Status: closed

[ there are a few things break most certainly likes— tea and sugar are very high on the list, so it isn't unusual for him to be near the premises of your local, favorite underwater café.

of course, today he brought his binoculars along— people watching is fun, alright. yes, he is that lonely and strange of a man. as outlandish and noticeable as he usually is, given his flamboyant nature, he's actually rather reserved and unnoticeable today— unless he should choose not to be.

like right now, as he spots a familiar face— ]

Oh, my! If it isn't Miss Kyouko! [ he calls in her direction, rather obnoxiously. ]

Comments

WHY DO I ALWAYS BREAK THINGS WHEN I'M TAGGING YOU

[gorges]

[Well, Kyouko had been out to fetch some more food (naturally), and stops when she hears that familiar voice. She had actually thought she'd shaken him, but it seems like she has no such luck here.

She probably should've known better than to get too comfortable without talking to this irritating man.]

And it's you. [No names, she doesn't really have that much respect for him. or anyone, really] What do you want now?

i can make a bad pun here but i'm just gonna say IT KEEPS HAPPENING also 1/3 i think

[nonsensical]

[ how ironic that one of the people he legit gives his name to isn't interested in using it— but that's okay! he doesn't really care about names, anyway, they're a fickle thing and he'll usually concoct a nickname as a suitable replacement, anyway.

never get comfortable kyouko because yeah. yeah.

maybe you're mad. ]

Oh, come now! [ a wave of the hand. ] I simply wanted to speak to the girl I'm so desperately in love with.

[nonsensical]

[ well that certainly isn't what he meant to say— inadvertant lying, that's kind of a new thing...ok cool??

ALSO BAD LYING AT THAT, EXCUSE ME, HE USUALLY TELLS EXCELLENT LIES WHAT IS THIS...

VATHEON??

PLEASE. ]

#GOOD RPING also done

[nonsensical]

[ ]

[ YEAH OKAY HE CAN ROLL WITH THIS I GUESS— have a smile and a shrug, kyouko. ]

FLGKHDFGH CRIES 1/2

[gorges]

[Oh.

Oh.

.............

WHAT?!]

[gorges]

What?!

[Okay, okay, calm down Kyouko--



--nope not happening.]

Are you on somethin'? I thought you were creepy before, but what was that?!

[WOW YOU'RE AN OLD MAN OR SOMETHING. WHAT. EVEN.]

1/2

[nonsensical]

Not at all, but I believe Vatheon is, if you take care to pay attention—

—If you did, you'd also realize I'm quite enamored by little girls, too. Too bad your observational skills continue to remain subpar!

[nonsensical]

[ . . . WELP!! he's going to continue to feign an unfazed demeanor, however. vatheon just.

STAAAAAAAAAP.

although it might be interesting to see her reactions to these very false "confessions", it's a little uncomfortable to say things so forcibly out-of-character. ]

[gorges]

I am paying attention to Vatheon, you idiot!

[UGH. She knows exactly what's going on but yet--

EW EW EW EW EW--]

Isn't that called being a pervert or something?!

1/2

[nonsensical]

Clearly not closely enough, because I'm waiting for you to realize—

—that I have the mark of an illegal contractor.

[nonsensical]

[ o h .

that much was true... WELP, this just became all the more irritating! though thankfully, kyouko probably wouldn't understand a word of that— and once this was all sorted out she most certainly wouldn't be able to differentiate between the true or false.

still...

vatheon, you are beginning to make him quite annoyed. ]

[gorges]

[Okay, something that doesn't make him look as stupid.

Welp!! She's confused anyway, and she raises her eyebrow. At least that distracts her from being mad?]

Illegal contractor? What's that mean? You're some kind of perv or something?

[See, she's not going to give that up ever again.]

[nonsensical]

[ no, kyouko, stay mad, don't concentrate on that one, ugh!!

he's incredibly hesitant about opening his mouth again, because then he might actually end up telling her the truth instead of any of the excuses he could make up up for saying that—

he's usually rather talkative, as well, so there's also the risk he'll keep talking—

how frustrating. perhaps it's due to his secretive nature in general, especially in regards to that particular topic, but when he opens his mouth this time, he manages to keep it simple— ]

No.

[ honest, as well— if he had tried an excuse or lie, it would've used more words, and, in turn, probably had lead on to revealing something else. ]

1/2

[gorges]

[But of course she's going to focus on that one. 'Illegal Contractor' sounded way worse. Of course she was as innocent as a newborn babe so she doesn't have anything like that in her background!!!

No I'm just rambling I should get to my point. Which is the fact that she's really sideyeing him right about now, unsure of whether she should actually believe all of this. If she did find something to believe, which would it be? As pissed off as she was about the confession, she doubted it was true.

Unless she was wrong and he really was some kind of perv.]

Right, right. At least ya didn't have to steal to keep yourself fed at home.

[gorges]

[...And Vatheon has struck again, guys. She's irritated, but not for the reasons Break might think. For all her laughing and popcorn.gifing she'd done with the rest of Vatheon this week, it had finally hit her as well.

Not that she cared, really. She didn't have much to hide, but the fact that she was now unable to control herself made her fists clench. That's the thing she wanted the most, right? Control.

Stupid Vatheon.]

[nonsensical]

[ things break doesn't know how to deal with: kids. always and forever, the proper grasp on how to, as one might say, help with emotions was simply out of his jurisdiction— kids are the type you often try to help right? they need comforting when they're sad or whatever; whereas adults don't need or deserve any of that— so he can mess with their emotions in less than pleasant ways in order to enlighten them...or just for kicks. of course, he's not above messing with kids either, but... ]

How disdainful. [ and yet— ] Though I can't help but to respect how you act entirely for yourself.

[gorges]

[. . .

She doesn't need comforting. It was a fact of life, right?]

Really now? You just contradicted yourself - I wonder which one is true.

[She's smirking, though. Her stealing food isn't something that she finds depressing, again - it was just the things she had to do to keep alive. Sure, she could've found another way to do things, but that wouldn't have necessarily been her style.

But to hear his words amused her, though.]

[nonsensical]

[ oh really... ]

Both! It's such a lowly thing to scrounge like a thieving little rat, but nothing disgusts me more than a person who excuses the means to an end for "someone else's" sake.

[ he sports a rather pleased grin directly after his words— how amusing, to confess something you had an intention to say anyway; granted, he hadn't meant to elaborate in the first place, but with these word tricks he couldn't let her think he was pitying her when his insult had gone awry. ]

[gorges]

Well when scroungin's all ya can do--

[She bit her tongue in that, and crosses her arms as she eyes Break. Well, he seemed like the type to say something like that, which didn't make her really think that it was a lie.

Even so, this was getting to start hitting too close to home.]

At least we agree on somethin'.

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[ his smile twists into something with a genuinely happy shade to it— still a very pleased grin, but there's also something there now that's on the verge of laughter. he holds it back, but the amusement is quite clear in his expression. ]

I'm so very glad. [ a truth, but not a forced one this time.

i think i like you. congratulations. ]

[gorges]

[She just watches him for a moment, before putting her hand on her hip.]

Ya know, you're not bad sometimes.

[She shrugs, and moves to walk off, wanting this conversation to be over with already. But compliments come few and far in between with Kyouko, so Break should be happy about that much.

Or not.]