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[feistytrader]

specify the kind of thread (voice/action/etc) and the date (mm/dd pref) in the thread please!

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[mahouchrono]

[This is just a normal day. A normal day of making lunch and hanging out in the house with Silver! Which, thankfully, it's gotten much less awkward lately. At least on his end. The dust has settled and he's a new man.

Tomato sandwiches were the popular dish of the day, a thin layer of mayo, a pinch of salt... Okay listen, Ludger likes a lot of tomato dishes and this one is no different. He'll sit the plate down in front of Silver, cut diagonally, and ready to be eaten.]

Here you go, Silver.

[feistytrader]

[Ludger's food is always good, and his sandwiches are no different.

Silver nods and quickly thanks him for the food; half of that sandwich is gone in seconds. The second half he'll eat more like a sane person, but... Something occurs to him before he takes another bite.]

Hey, Ludger? Can I ask you something?

[mahouchrono]

Yeah, sure.

[Silver asking questions usually has mixed results so uh. This should be interesting.]

What is it?

[feistytrader]

...You've killed people before, haven't you?

[Well this is off to a great start-]

How do you feel, when you kill them? When they die?

[mahouchrono]

Yeah.

[More than can be counted, really. How does he feel? Well, uh... good question.]

Guilty. When you kill someone, you take away the thing that's most important to them.

[feistytrader]

[...You take away the thing that's most important to them...

Silver looks at Ludger for a little longer. Tilts his head a little. Go on.]

[mahouchrono]

Their ability to exist.

[Which was literal, in his case.]

... When I destroyed worlds it was worse. Absolutely nothing was left after that. There wasn't even a fragment left of their world. It's not something anyone should have to do.

[feistytrader]

...I'm sorry.

[That you had to do that. That he asked. Maybe a bit of both. This really isn't an easy topic; the air is warm and gentle around him.]

[mahouchrono]

[At least there's that. Nice, calming air.]

I am too.

[For furthering his kill count here. Anyway...]

Why were you wondering?

[feistytrader]

...It's stupid. It's not really important.

[But it is something, apparently.]

[mahouchrono]

It's a pretty serious topic. I don't think it's stupid.

[Silver pls.]

[feistytrader]

[...Well, he can't really just tell him about that, but...]

Back when Sosyne showed up, I ended up killing a handful of people.

[It wasn't just Ludger. Or just the two of them. Plenty of people did it.]

But I don't feel anything about it. I think I'm supposed to care when I kill someone, but I don't.

[...It's not a lie. It's not the whole story, but it's a part of it.]

[mahouchrono]

[At least he isn't the only one, yeah. He can't tell if that's a good or bad thing. But that's expected. Though, he does know one thing.]

... People react to things in different ways. I don't know if you necessarily need to feel a particular way about it, as long as you know it's something that you shouldn't do.

[feistytrader]

[...He can't tell Ludger. He absolutely can't tell Ludger.]

Right.

[There's a slight chill to his words.]

[mahouchrono]

[The chill does catch him off guard. A stark contrast from the warmer air.]

What's wrong?

[Really, what kind of not!dad would he be if he couldn't feel that shift?]

[feistytrader]

[...Damn this place and it's emotional reactions--

Ludger bringing him a delicious sandwich, Tsukiyama excited after flying on Honchkrow, Ryuunosuke's face absolutely lighting up and getting covered with glitter, every day he works at the restaurant, he has it so good here.

The air is warm again in an instant and then some.]

Nothing.

[mahouchrono]

[... Okay, that does throw him off. Good job Silver.]

Okay.

[Well then he'll eat his own sandwich, then.]

[feistytrader]

[And then they enjoyed lunch instead of lingering on that awkward conversation. Well done, you two.]