IT'S MY PARTY! AND I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO, CRY IF I WANT TO

[fashionfever]

[One hour after the execution, prisoners who have gone back down to the dorm floor will find Angela waving outside the mess hall.]

In honor of what Akira definitely would have wanted and Vita probably at least would have laughed about, we're all having dinner together.

[There's pots of coffee, and glasses of soda, and something like garlic bread, and spaghetti, and it sounds like there's even more food cooking in the kitchen.]

This would be a great time to share anything you got from playing ET, too, you know? [She's just trying to start conversation about literally anything else...]

Comments

[losergod]

[ He manages to correct his demeanor quickly enough. He really doesn't want upset showing on his face. ]

I'm fine. There's nothing to be upset about. This was his decision, just as it was hers.

[leftthelighton]

That is certainly one way to look upon the situation.

But you still had to witness someone being punished in front of your very eyes, did you not?

[losergod]

It wasn't the first time.

[ You probably heard him screaming to Akira about how he didn't "want to see that again", after all. ]

It's unlikely to be the last. I've seen plenty of death. What about you? I imagine this isn't exactly common in your line of profession... you should take care of yourself, as well.

[leftthelighton]

I have been through a war. I have seen more than you think.

Although it was not quite in that particular way....

[ He looks a bit disturbed at remembering how Akira was taken out. ]

suicide cw

[losergod]

[ His smile falters a little, at that. ]

It wasn't right. I won't say it was, but... it's probably more humane than drowning yourself or jumping off a building. He would have died relatively fast.

[leftthelighton]

Ah?

[ Pass looks at C's face. ]

Those are rather specific ways to touch on.

[losergod]

[ A chewing of his lip here. Does he talk about this publically? It may not be the best idea. ... He's not going to discuss Vincent. ]

... Mister Passepartout, I ascended to Godhood quite some time ago. It was by choice, however.

[ That's... a gentler way to put it, he supposes. ]

I know a great deal about what does and does not hurt. I also have studied the human body well enough to know these things; I went to medical school.

[leftthelighton]

Ah, I see.

[ A long pause. ]

May I ask why you made this choice? I understand if this is too personal a question.

[losergod]

[ Well... that's complicated. There's a gap in his memory... something between what happened with Vincent, and before he died. He doesn't know what happened, but after that, Anri isn't around in his memories anymore. He knows that much. He can make an educated guess.

She left him... or she died, too. Who knows. ]

... There was a number of factors, really. Many things happened, but the answer is really very simple: the world that I saw was very dirty, quite literally, festering. I wanted to... become clean. Submerging myself in water seemed the best solution. Nothing could scrub the parasites out of my mind, after all.

[ He's sure there's some kind of irony to it. Him ignoring the world, holding his breath until his end. ]