[ The cynic in him immediately raises the question "How?", but the exhaustion whispers to just accept it, to believe it, believe in Chuuya when there's less and less in the world he can believe in anymore. ]
...I appreciate that. We'll both get out. All of us... [ Like he'd been saying week after week, except with every week they lose more and more people. What "all" of us? There's already no more "all" of us. ]
...but at the very least, you too. Out of here, and out of Yokohama.
[ He has an answer readily available because he's thought about it before. He's spoken to Dazai about it, as much as it hurts to think of now, when he wanted to take them both out of the mafia life so they would never have to face things like this again. ]
That's where my school is. It's very easy to get into, and a dormitory room is provided. ...And I'll be there.
[A school, huh? Chuuya's never been to school, he's never needed it. But school is one of those 'normal teenage things', right? So maybe it wouldn't be so bad.]
When you put it that way, I guess it sounds appealing. I can put up with school to hang around with you, sure. But are you sure someone like me deserves a chance like that? I'm a killer, you know.
...You're a friend. And everybody deserves chances. This school takes in all sorts of delinquent punks like you, who were kicked out of their old schools and have nowhere else to go. Nobody would care. You only need minimal attendance to not get held back.
[ It's very lenient... Why is Ayabe in this school, he could have done so much better ]
Would they take in a delinquent punk with no birth records who's never even been in a school before? Because I doubt I'll have any files in this new world.
[And we all know why Ayabe is there: delinquent schools are messy, and that means more mess to clean.]
[ That's still not something he wants to learn, okay!! Also.... yeah Ayabe went to capitalize on the mess, I believe that ]
They're desperate for numbers. They'll take you like they took me.
[ He's really not selling this school very well, but look. What are the good points of this school besides being easy to get into, dorms, and people don't typically kill each other and if they try, Chuuya can easily kick their asses. ]
[ In Ayabe's mind, they're not in two separate worlds, just the same country two hours apart by train. It's closer than his own home, even, so he just nods. ]
Should I come with you?
[ Like Chuuya's just going to stroll in there, pick some files off a desk, and walk out. ]
Why would you want to come? The mafia's a bad place, you know. Even if I'm not gonna be there for long, it's probably better for you to just wait for me.
[ Dazai did offhandedly mention gravity manipulation but why would Ayabe think about that when his first thought is oh, Chuuya's a high ranking mafia member and can pull some strings at the airport for free flights, that's cool. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 03:55 am (UTC)...I appreciate that. We'll both get out. All of us... [ Like he'd been saying week after week, except with every week they lose more and more people. What "all" of us? There's already no more "all" of us. ]
...but at the very least, you too. Out of here, and out of Yokohama.
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Date: 2020-03-16 04:09 am (UTC)And where would I go, if not to Yokohama?
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Date: 2020-03-16 04:16 am (UTC)[ He has an answer readily available because he's thought about it before. He's spoken to Dazai about it, as much as it hurts to think of now, when he wanted to take them both out of the mafia life so they would never have to face things like this again. ]
That's where my school is. It's very easy to get into, and a dormitory room is provided. ...And I'll be there.
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Date: 2020-03-17 03:33 am (UTC)When you put it that way, I guess it sounds appealing. I can put up with school to hang around with you, sure. But are you sure someone like me deserves a chance like that? I'm a killer, you know.
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Date: 2020-03-17 06:40 pm (UTC)...You're a friend. And everybody deserves chances. This school takes in all sorts of delinquent punks like you, who were kicked out of their old schools and have nowhere else to go. Nobody would care. You only need minimal attendance to not get held back.
[ It's very lenient... Why is Ayabe in this school, he could have done so much better ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 07:06 pm (UTC)Would they take in a delinquent punk with no birth records who's never even been in a school before? Because I doubt I'll have any files in this new world.
[And we all know why Ayabe is there: delinquent schools are messy, and that means more mess to clean.]
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Date: 2020-03-17 07:12 pm (UTC)They're desperate for numbers. They'll take you like they took me.
[ He's really not selling this school very well, but look. What are the good points of this school besides being easy to get into, dorms, and people don't typically kill each other and if they try, Chuuya can easily kick their asses. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 07:17 pm (UTC)[Like, he really wants to go. Ayabe is his friend, and he wants a life better than what's waiting for him back in his world.
But thinking about his world makes him remember the files, and what he needs to do to get them...
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...I'm not saying no. But I need those files first.
[He won't bother explaining, since Ayabe saw that memory.]
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Date: 2020-03-17 07:38 pm (UTC)Should I come with you?
[ Like Chuuya's just going to stroll in there, pick some files off a desk, and walk out. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 08:24 pm (UTC)Why would you want to come? The mafia's a bad place, you know. Even if I'm not gonna be there for long, it's probably better for you to just wait for me.
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Date: 2020-03-17 08:27 pm (UTC)[ That covers the "want" but why would he go?? He knows nothing about mafia than what's in the movies, and that's all dramatized. ]
I can at least take the train there with you, and I'll wait for you somewhere in the city.
[ Like a coffee shop... while Chuuya strolls into some building to pick up a file. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 08:34 pm (UTC)This is starting to sound like some kind of a heist movie. When do we get a getaway driver and have an awesome car chase sequence?
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Date: 2020-03-17 08:41 pm (UTC)[ If he could drive, though, he would offer to be a getaway driver. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 08:47 pm (UTC)[Chuuya is 15 and also does not have a driver's license.]
But then I'm doing all the work. Unless you want to be the tagalong 'cute person who tries to keep things normal but fails at it' character.
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Date: 2020-03-17 09:09 pm (UTC)We're not stealing, I'm not there to be cute and we won't fail.
[ Stealing the file is fine, that's Chuuya's to begin with. But he is great at keeping things normal, that is one thing he can do. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 09:15 pm (UTC)Fine, I'll get the motorcycle legally.
[How is a 15-year-old going to do that? Maybe don't ask, the answer is still breaking laws.]
It'll be faster than a train.
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Date: 2020-03-17 09:17 pm (UTC)Fine. If you can get the motorcycle legally, we'll take it instead of the train.
[ But he can't, so they're taking the train. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 09:40 pm (UTC)It's fine. Hell, we could probably just fly wherever we wanted anyway. My powers let me do that and I'm pretty sure I can take someone with me too.
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Date: 2020-03-17 09:46 pm (UTC)[ Dazai did offhandedly mention gravity manipulation but why would Ayabe think about that when his first thought is oh, Chuuya's a high ranking mafia member and can pull some strings at the airport for free flights, that's cool. ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 09:52 pm (UTC)How did you agree to flying through the air with gravity manipulation so easily, but motorcycles are off limits?
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Date: 2020-03-17 10:20 pm (UTC)[ Because he's stupid and didn't think of it, obviously!! ]
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Date: 2020-03-17 10:30 pm (UTC)You know, flying? Like, levitating in air and zooming around?
[He holds his hand flat and moves it around, like that somehow helps clarify the situation.]
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Date: 2020-03-18 02:07 am (UTC)[ Like Mammon?? He wants to go back to a time when he was so convinced these sorts of things are fake. ]
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Date: 2020-03-18 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-18 03:03 am (UTC)Like an astronaut in space...? That's not flying, that's floating.
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