[open] because i can only be me

[simulatio]

Who: Goro Akechi and YOU
What: catch-all for august
Where: heavenly blanc, wall market; others tbd
When: yes
Content Warnings: threads with p5r spoilers will be tagged as such! please toss a comment on my spoiler opt-out post if you'd like me to avoid mentioning any p5/p5r spoilers in tags with your character.

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[halloflamer]

Pfft-- hahaha, okay.

[Blue patronizingly grins, hopping to another of the Smeargle patterns and miming with them in order to figure out their game, attention half split between them and casually teasing Akechi.]

[Kids in denial of their crushes was so endearing!! ...Blue thinks, as if he isn't literally that kid. He also 100% doesn't believe they aren't actively into each other, but hey.] 'Working together', is that what the kids call it these days...?

Okay. Working on what?

[He asks, apparently honestly believing Akechi will actually give him some kind of real answer. Bless him.]

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[Oh, it is so hard to act the pleasant boy around Blue. He has a special talent for getting under his skin. He's not unlike Ryuji in that respect, so perhaps it's no wonder that Ren seems to like him so much.

What an irritating person.]

Figuring out how, exactly, we're going to return home. We have unfinished business there, and before you ask, no, it's not any of your concern.

[He waves a hand and scowls, even as one of the paint creatures runs up to him and tries to reach for his hand, wanting to tug him to join their game. He bites back a sigh and instead crouches down to pet it, face formed into an apologetic mask.]

[halloflamer]

[Although it's perhaps a little hard to tell when and if Blue is doing it on purpose.... At least, he doesn't seem to be forward about being antagonistic, so if Akechi would like to believe he's as foolish as he seems, it's unlikely he'd be able to hide it so well, right?]

[...Judging from some of the events at the party (with one Seto Kaiba), perhaps he isn't the type to bother hiding it when he's feeling antagonistic, anyway.]

Hmmm... Do think there's anything we can actually do to get home? This place seems so lifeless, [Blue comments, watching the Smeargle tag after Akechi with an adoring grin. Don't make them sad.] I mean, aside from the Pokémon here. What I mean is.... if it is a Legendary Pokémon that's behind all this, I feel like they woulda shown up by now. But it doesn't feel like anything that happens here is on purpose, you know?

Um, kinda like... It's just random.

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[For now, Akechi just pets the one who's run up to him, a surprisingly gentle hand with how annoyed his voice sounds. At least he doesn't seem like the type to take out his frustrations on the things around him; at least, not where anyone can see.]

It's possible the god, overseer, whomever controlling this place is a particularly stupid or careless one, [he agrees, rubbing one of the creature's ears between his thumb and forefinger. If it could purr, it certainly seems like it would.]

No matter how small the chance, I will not rest until I've determined a way for us to leave this cursed place. [And then his lips quirk up in a wry smile.] Not that "rest" is something afforded to us, in any case.

[halloflamer]

[Blue is pleased to see how fond Akechi seems to be with the Smeargle...... He's a good actor, if nothing else! Oh well, if he won't play with them, this is good enough!]

Haha, careless maybe, I dunno if I ever heard about a stupid legendary...

[Watching Akechi with the Smeargle, Blue continues to play with the other ones, following their lead as they walk him through their painted little 'obstacle course'.]

[No matter how small the chance, huh...? Blue couldn't be bothered with stuff like this. If there weren't even any hints as to what was going on, he was content to simply coast along, staying safe and keeping his spirits up as best he could.]

[Stuff like that... That was for maniacs, like Red. Like Ren.]

Haha... The both of you are just regular super heroes, aren't you?

........Well, heroes with knives, or whatever, I guess. [Blue dryly laughs, somewhere between a teasing grin and a grimace.]