[Closing his eyes briefly. He remembers what a shitshow that trial was, though at least now Sanji suspects so many people were just covering for each other.]
Yeah, I saw.
[...]
Can't say I'm satisfied with how they went about picking people, but I'll at least acknowledge their hands were tied.
If what they said is true, if one of them was caught, another would just take their place.
[ don't beat yourself up so badly sanji given how escha covered for nearly all of the murders. which is kind of not fair? but it's fine. ]
I can't say I agree either given being in a similar situation myself. [ but who knows what they were exactly tasked with. giyuu can only speculate. but here's something he's been curious about now that he can ask— ] Why did you end up dying? Given what you were originally tasked with...
Magnus and Flayn-chan approached me with an offer -- if I could kill Magnus, Flayn-chan would help me cover up the murder. And at that point, she realized I had a role, too... so I think she really wanted me to win, even if she couldn't say shit to Magnus about it.
[A shrug. This isn't a happy memory, but there's no shitty reason to be holding it in, anymore]
Long story short? Nami got out of the cabin I was staying at, and I heard her in the middle of the fight -- and I panicked. Magnus managed to catch me by the throat as I was trying to scare her off into the forest.
[Sometimes you die because you're trying to protect your furry daughter. It happens.]
[ what a strange offer? honestly, everything that is being set up by the roles is so weird for him. it makes plenty of sense if he thinks of it coming from their perspectives but it doesn't make it any bit of it easier to swallow. just because you understand something doesn't mean you have to like it or something like that...?
either way. ]
I see.
[ how different would things be if they caught magnus? then again, taako wasn't allowing it to happen... ]
So, the two roles that were among you were conflicting. Unless I'm wrong about that?
S'not that they were conflicting... More that we couldn't out ourselves to anyone, unless we knew for certain they were also role bearers.
[Pushing his hands into his pockets]
Like, for instance -- I found Akira the first week we were here. And he and I collaborated trying to find other role-bearers. The only reason I could do that shit is because I knew who he was.
[...]
Magnus didn't know. And Flayn-chan couldn't tell him. It was just bad timing and all of us being locked into silence.
Then it was the same for me with what I was trying to do with our teams.
[ giyuu didn't know about the roles actively, but he had a sinking suspicion that there was something else aside from the teams that were dividing everyone. SHAME THAT HE DIED TOO SOON. ]
I remember trying to coordinate a meeting with the Black Shadows that I knew so they could talk more freely among one another but wasn't able to due to putting too many at risk.
[ sometimes you can't risk doxxing too many people right after you've lost an arm. ]
[Hearing that Giyuu was attempting to coordinate... that actually gets a smile out of the chef. Listen, he respects tenacity and trying to work within the confines of these shitty games, because often times that's the only way you get out.
But yeah, SHAME THAT THEY DIED TOO SOON, EH?]
Yeah, I gotta say -- the rules of this place were harsh. I'm not exactly thrilled with the way our murderers did shit, but I think we're on track to being brought back.
Then you can go kick Tonbokiri's ass, if you want.
[ HOW DIFFERENT WOULD THE GAME BE IF THEY WEREN'T KILLED..... ]
We can only hope that we're on the right track to fixing what has been done.
[ all of the teams are merged. it's a waiting game until the snake manifests. now it's just a matter of how this will all go down. ]
I will certainly show Tonbokiri my appreciate for what he did. Since it would be wrong for me to use my blade on him in the same fashion as he did with me— [ he looks down at the sword at his hip. this probably isn't a good thing for him to suggest all things considered but... ] Perhaps I should just hit him with it still in its scabbard.
[ IF YOU CAN'T STAB A MAN LET HIM HAVE THE NEXT BEST ALTERNATIVE. ]
Tch. He's a big boy and deserves some shit for his choices. There were others he could have killed, but chose not to.
[Those that could fight back. Those who weren't kids. When I say Sanji is the most pissed off at Tonbo, I mean it.]
I'll even hold back the other people from the ship so you can get your hit in. Since we're the shitheads who died for the cause, I think we're deserving of a little retribution.
I'll keep that in mind as soon as I get the first opportunity to do so.
[ sanji is getting into giyuu's good graces. sure, he wouldn't normally be okay with this sort of thing, but you know. things happen. he can have a temper. ]
Those who are still alive are allowed to have a say but you're right. We deserve something. There were a number of them who were on that ship ended up targeting a specific group of people, too.
[ not that he's speculating anything, but it's just an interesting observation. thots were murderers and the poor island folk were just decimated. ]
[The first rule of piracy is you put your money where your mouth is. Sanji is sympathetic to those who were forced to kill -- of course he is, having known that struggle -- but they have to own the choices they made, for better or worse.
Sanji was never owed forgiveness and neither are they. That's just the ugly truth of it.]
I don't know if they really targeted the people from the island... [...]
Magnus promised he wouldn't attack Steph-chan or Belph after he killed me, and I told him he was full of shit for making promises he might not have been able to keep -- but I do think he was being sincere.
Now, the other killers? No fuckin' clue. They probably just didn't care so long as they weren't targeting their friends.
[Let's just be honest about it; even if the final goal was to save everyone, people prioritized the ones they loved above all others]
Of the murderers, Tonbokiri was by far the ones I had the least interaction with.
[ so, you know, he can be salty about that but also that just explains him and not everyone else :| but he'll nod at sanji's point. anyone who is saying otherwise is not being realistic. ]
I'm not surprised. I've been saying it all this time—the people who were alive were all alive for a reason.
[ AND PEOPLE HATED IT WHEN HE SAID IT? like come on!!! giyuu's stupid about some things but he's not that blind. ]
And people got pissed off at you for statin' the obvious.
[Which, in retrospect, makes sense. If anyone had given Giyuu more than a passing listen, they would have realized just how many of the ship thots were potentially killers.]
-- Well. We got played.
[PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Might as well own up to it.]
I'll have a few choice words for Tonbokiri, but... after this, I just want shit to be over.
Why would anyone who sees themselves to be above it all think to admit to something like that?
[ the human nature can be so ugly and selfish; if it weren't then demons wouldn't exist in his world. it's a reason why giyuu hates everything that the murderers doxx'd.
to protect others by killing people? either way, he'll agree with a nod. ]
I also want it to be over. I personally have people I want, more than anything, to go home to their families or to fulfill what they need to do.
[ giyuu's tired. if anything this reveal has made him even more tired. ]
[A faint laugh; this, to be frank, is why Sanji prefers dealing with those who are a bit rougher around the edges -- people who don't care about anyone's high horses, and will sooner shot you and the horse dead to get what they want.
It's a lot easier than hearing people prattle on about their convictions, their morals, their certainty that they have the world figured out. Especially in a game designed to drag everyone's ugliness to the forefront. There's a reason that shitty pink snake has gotten fat off their trauma.]
... When you go back home -- [If they get to go back home] -- You gonna return to demon slaying?
[ truly, the snake wanted suffering and they have that in spades. ]
Yes; it's what I've sworn to do and I'll keep slaying demons until I die or until there are none left.
[ he doesn't mean to be somber but, you know, that's how things get to be with the line of work. guess, in a way, it sucks given the fact that he's still putting his life on the line but actively. ]
[Most pirates die on their journey, and the few who live to tell the tale must give up that way of life for stability. It's why Sanji feels an odd tinge of sympathy at Giyuu's blunt assessment of what his life will look like. In his own way, he gets it.]
Heh... who knows? They still gotta rescue me and all.
[Though as for his own story... eh, well. Nothing is promised, even if he can smirk about it now]
[ he never did ask about what kind of state sanji was left in, but, at the same time, there were other things that were more important than just that. ...but does this mean sanji's going to leave a situation where he's trapped for another situation where he's....trapped? ]
I'm an ex-prince, actually -- got kicked out of my family when I was young, but now they need someone to marry off in a political marriage, so had the shitty nerve to hunt me down for it.
[The Vinsmokes are lovely people]
Except turns out my fiance wants to kill all of us during my wedding, so... y'know. Shit's happening.
[He's honestly so done and over with it that he can't even work up the energy to be upset. It feels like a problem happening in a different lifetime... probably because it's exactly that: a nightmare to sort out later, if he ever gets the chance]
irony. though giyuu will look at him thoughtfully for a moment. didn't sanji mention something like this to him when they first met? something about how some of it was a lie and one of them were a truth? wow, it seems so long ago when it wasn't.
but... ]
Royal marriages tend to be so messy.
[ he frowns because, well, from what giyuu knows from history nothing about royalty and marriages ever seems to be not complicated. ]
Did something happen that caused your fiance to want to kill you all?
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Don't think I didn't try to fight back because I did. I tried to catch him with my cage, but he avoided it.
[ you know, the crater that no one understood. ]
However, you saw how it ended.
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Shit, we were way off.
[Closing his eyes briefly. He remembers what a shitshow that trial was, though at least now Sanji suspects so many people were just covering for each other.]
Yeah, I saw.
[...]
Can't say I'm satisfied with how they went about picking people, but I'll at least acknowledge their hands were tied.
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[ don't beat yourself up so badly sanji given how escha covered for nearly all of the murders. which is kind of not fair? but it's fine. ]
I can't say I agree either given being in a similar situation myself. [ but who knows what they were exactly tasked with. giyuu can only speculate. but here's something he's been curious about now that he can ask— ] Why did you end up dying? Given what you were originally tasked with...
[ he was supposed to identify the roles?? but?? ]
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Magnus and Flayn-chan approached me with an offer -- if I could kill Magnus, Flayn-chan would help me cover up the murder. And at that point, she realized I had a role, too... so I think she really wanted me to win, even if she couldn't say shit to Magnus about it.
[A shrug. This isn't a happy memory, but there's no shitty reason to be holding it in, anymore]
Long story short? Nami got out of the cabin I was staying at, and I heard her in the middle of the fight -- and I panicked. Magnus managed to catch me by the throat as I was trying to scare her off into the forest.
[Sometimes you die because you're trying to protect your furry daughter. It happens.]
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either way. ]
I see.
[ how different would things be if they caught magnus? then again, taako wasn't allowing it to happen... ]
So, the two roles that were among you were conflicting. Unless I'm wrong about that?
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[Pushing his hands into his pockets]
Like, for instance -- I found Akira the first week we were here. And he and I collaborated trying to find other role-bearers. The only reason I could do that shit is because I knew who he was.
[...]
Magnus didn't know. And Flayn-chan couldn't tell him. It was just bad timing and all of us being locked into silence.
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[ giyuu didn't know about the roles actively, but he had a sinking suspicion that there was something else aside from the teams that were dividing everyone. SHAME THAT HE DIED TOO SOON. ]
I remember trying to coordinate a meeting with the Black Shadows that I knew so they could talk more freely among one another but wasn't able to due to putting too many at risk.
[ sometimes you can't risk doxxing too many people right after you've lost an arm. ]
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But yeah, SHAME THAT THEY DIED TOO SOON, EH?]
Yeah, I gotta say -- the rules of this place were harsh. I'm not exactly thrilled with the way our murderers did shit, but I think we're on track to being brought back.
Then you can go kick Tonbokiri's ass, if you want.
[Sanji is
not stopping him
at all
even if he still likes the spear]
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We can only hope that we're on the right track to fixing what has been done.
[ all of the teams are merged. it's a waiting game until the snake manifests. now it's just a matter of how this will all go down. ]
I will certainly show Tonbokiri my appreciate for what he did. Since it would be wrong for me to use my blade on him in the same fashion as he did with me— [ he looks down at the sword at his hip. this probably isn't a good thing for him to suggest all things considered but... ] Perhaps I should just hit him with it still in its scabbard.
[ IF YOU CAN'T STAB A MAN LET HIM HAVE THE NEXT BEST ALTERNATIVE. ]
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[Those that could fight back. Those who weren't kids. When I say Sanji is the most pissed off at Tonbo, I mean it.]
I'll even hold back the other people from the ship so you can get your hit in. Since we're the shitheads who died for the cause, I think we're deserving of a little retribution.
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[ sanji is getting into giyuu's good graces. sure, he wouldn't normally be okay with this sort of thing, but you know. things happen. he can have a temper. ]
Those who are still alive are allowed to have a say but you're right. We deserve something. There were a number of them who were on that ship ended up targeting a specific group of people, too.
[ not that he's speculating anything, but it's just an interesting observation. thots were murderers and the poor island folk were just decimated. ]
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Sanji was never owed forgiveness and neither are they. That's just the ugly truth of it.]
I don't know if they really targeted the people from the island... [...]
Magnus promised he wouldn't attack Steph-chan or Belph after he killed me, and I told him he was full of shit for making promises he might not have been able to keep -- but I do think he was being sincere.
Now, the other killers? No fuckin' clue. They probably just didn't care so long as they weren't targeting their friends.
[Let's just be honest about it; even if the final goal was to save everyone, people prioritized the ones they loved above all others]
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[ so, you know, he can be salty about that but also that just explains him and not everyone else :| but he'll nod at sanji's point. anyone who is saying otherwise is not being realistic. ]
I'm not surprised. I've been saying it all this time—the people who were alive were all alive for a reason.
[ AND PEOPLE HATED IT WHEN HE SAID IT? like come on!!! giyuu's stupid about some things but he's not that blind. ]
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[Which, in retrospect, makes sense. If anyone had given Giyuu more than a passing listen, they would have realized just how many of the ship thots were potentially killers.]
-- Well. We got played.
[PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Might as well own up to it.]
I'll have a few choice words for Tonbokiri, but... after this, I just want shit to be over.
[He's tired]
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Why would anyone who sees themselves to be above it all think to admit to something like that?
[ the human nature can be so ugly and selfish; if it weren't then demons wouldn't exist in his world. it's a reason why giyuu hates everything that the murderers doxx'd.
to protect others by killing people? either way, he'll agree with a nod. ]
I also want it to be over. I personally have people I want, more than anything, to go home to their families or to fulfill what they need to do.
[ giyuu's tired. if anything this reveal has made him even more tired. ]
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It's a lot easier than hearing people prattle on about their convictions, their morals, their certainty that they have the world figured out. Especially in a game designed to drag everyone's ugliness to the forefront. There's a reason that shitty pink snake has gotten fat off their trauma.]
... When you go back home -- [If they get to go back home] -- You gonna return to demon slaying?
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Yes; it's what I've sworn to do and I'll keep slaying demons until I die or until there are none left.
[ he doesn't mean to be somber but, you know, that's how things get to be with the line of work. guess, in a way, it sucks given the fact that he's still putting his life on the line but actively. ]
You'll return to your crew, I assume.
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Heh... who knows? They still gotta rescue me and all.
[Though as for his own story... eh, well. Nothing is promised, even if he can smirk about it now]
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[ he never did ask about what kind of state sanji was left in, but, at the same time, there were other things that were more important than just that. ...but does this mean sanji's going to leave a situation where he's trapped for another situation where he's....trapped? ]
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I'm an ex-prince, actually -- got kicked out of my family when I was young, but now they need someone to marry off in a political marriage, so had the shitty nerve to hunt me down for it.
[The Vinsmokes are lovely people]
Except turns out my fiance wants to kill all of us during my wedding, so... y'know. Shit's happening.
[He's honestly so done and over with it that he can't even work up the energy to be upset. It feels like a problem happening in a different lifetime... probably because it's exactly that: a nightmare to sort out later, if he ever gets the chance]
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irony. though giyuu will look at him thoughtfully for a moment. didn't sanji mention something like this to him when they first met? something about how some of it was a lie and one of them were a truth? wow, it seems so long ago when it wasn't.
but... ]
Royal marriages tend to be so messy.
[ he frowns because, well, from what giyuu knows from history nothing about royalty and marriages ever seems to be not complicated. ]
Did something happen that caused your fiance to want to kill you all?