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cw: komaeda

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[ Eyes flit over to glance at Komaeda's wrist, but he does not ask— does not need to— and instead leans his own weight against Komaeda's shoulder, which isn't as comfortable as it sounds. ]

You were there for this one, and that one... the one here too... [ he points out the scars with light strokes of his finger against his skin, bringing the tip back bright red and wet. ] ...physically, at least.

[ Mentally? emotionally? how can he say, when Komaeda doesn't even remember? ]

cw: komaeda

[commences]

( he is big as hell, komaeda is a twig, why does rokkun hate sick people? you're right, it isn't comfortable at all, so if komaeda is slowly leaning the opposite direction... don't worry about it. )

... ( physically? you know, that means so many things. )

Ah! I get it, those must have been the fabled... partners in crime days you talk about.

( the word registers in his head, and he contemplates it for a moment. ) What about you? If I was there "physically," were you all there?

( yeah, you! he's asking since someone is trying to call him out... )

cw: komaeda

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[ "Fabled" like he doesn't believe it's true— it has to be, right? if Rokkun remembers, if he dreams about it, if there are scars on his wrists and thoughts in his brain and bodies in h

never mind that, he shakes his head. ]

Of course I was. I always am. There would be no point otherwise, if it weren't all me.

cw: komaeda

[commences]

( bodies in his hwhat, ori. BODIES IN HIS HWHAT ORI. )

As long as you did it for hope, but... if you start to fall into despair... it'll ruin everything!

( yes, it's always about hope with him, but he means it. as long as he gained those scars through methods that involves it, and to help himself towards a brighter outcome. )

But have you always been you... ( he's thinking about something. ) Before you obtained the "gateway," ...what sort of person were you before that?

cw: komaeda

[adsum]

[ in his hdon't worry about it ]

I can handle it. I've been doing this for a long time, after all... I wonder who I was before that...?

[ A normal child... he can only think of himself as such, never having experienced being anybody else. Whatever he was, whoever he was, it's all he knows and so that's his normal. ]

I feel like I've always been me, as I am now.

cw: komaeda

[commences]

( ori, don't hdo this to me. )

That's what you feel...? I really don't understand it.

( you know, he can only see how people react around them, and he's unable to sympathize. instead, he looks at rokkun to look into his eyes, and what is he looking for? who knows. )

How do you know you haven't changed, and only adjusted... ( he pauses, don't get him wrong, he's just taking a breath. ) I just want to make sure your hope isn't wavering, because the last time I saw them...

( they appeared more healed, some better than others. )

cw: komaeda

[adsum]

[ What's the difference between changing and adjusting? Between that and growing up? Heaven help him if he were the same person he was last year, let alone as a child full of hope and optimism and naivety. All he knows is, as the years go by, he feels more and more himself, and doesn't allow for regret. ]

It's been a while since you've seen my hope.

[ Overdue, probably, but he likes to take his time with these things. He takes his wrist back, pulls his wristband on over the wounds, and gets up onto his feet so he can stretch his arms up over his head and wait a few seconds for the head rush to stop and his vision to return.

I can't remember what he was supposed to be doing in this thread so he's going to excuse himself bc he has a murder date planned or something. ]

cw: komaeda

[commences]

( luckily for him, komaeda doesn't remember those days, and he probably never will, because the only person he knows now is the rokkun that stands before him. who he is now isn't a bad thing, but komaeda was only curious given his own position once upon a time — was he always like this, or was it junko's influence that amplified his reasonings. that is a question he's never answered properly, so even if rokkun didn't have one, komaeda too would respect that.

he doesn't expect him to have all the answers anyway. )

Has it been that long?

( there's so much he wants to ask regarding it, but instead, he looks off to the side to stare at the emptiness of the room. it's all empty, their voices, and certain movements echo here and there, but that takes his attention for now. )

I'm sure everyone will be thrilled to witness your hope, especially if it can help their goals as well.

( what sort of hope will that birth? he's curious, and that's why he says this to rokkun as if it matters. okay, now that he's satisfied, and can tell when rokkun's ready to blue skadoo on out of here — someone's been busy — komaeda will smile, and wave goodbye. )