week one, saturday

[digestif]

[ Mizuki is not a ninja. Sasuke is. It's probably sheer luck that they even catch a hint of him after the trial when he doubtless doesn't want to be found - but they think they saw him go down this way. It is, perhaps, against their better judgement to do this. They already know he's volatile. Still... ]

-- Uchiha-kun?

[ they call after him nonetheless, expression neutral, creased slightly by worry. ]

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[digestif]

[ at that, they shake their head, expression becoming more neutral again. ]

I don't care about the gods' world. I just don't want them to do this again. We shouldn't have to be here dying for their game... That's all. [ a beat. ] I don't expect Kresnik-san to be saved. I don't think he'll be the only loss, either. But if you try to save everyone, you won't save anyone.

[moralmyopia]

[The kind of righteous indignation dims slightly, and Sasuke's brows draw together.]

You won't win unless the god you decide to assist wins. What are you going to get out of this if you don't care about their worlds?

[digestif]

It's not the world I'm living in, is it? It's not yours, either. Or anyone here.

[ they have priorities. ]

Like you, I have things I need to do back home.

[moralmyopia]

Even leaving a broken world for them sounds unreasonable when we're able to change it. [Sasuke peers a little harder at Mizuki's face, as if trying to read it.] Weren't you promised something when you came here?

Are you saying you don't care about any of the gods?

[digestif]

Do you?

[ a beat. Then, they add: ]

I care about everybody, Uchiha-kun. But, like I said, there are things I need to do.

[moralmyopia]

That doesn't answer my question.

[Surprisingly, he emerges fully out with Mizuki, mismatched eyes blazing intensely.] Are you going to make Itachi's death not worth it? You don't care who is next so long as someone wins, and you leave.

Is that it?

[digestif]

[ *chuckles* i'm in danger.jpg ]

If that was the case, I wouldn't be here apologizing to you.

[ nonetheless, Mizuki stays where they are. ]

Like I said, the god I'm following says he'll fix what's happened here after the fact. That's what matters to me, in the end. I don't know what the others are planning, but I won't settle for less than that.

[moralmyopia]

[stomps on mizuku's apologies because he's an emo seventeen year old chuuni]

The god I follow is going to fix it from the start. [It's a challenge of some kind, as prideful teenagers are wont to dish out.] Not talking to the rest of them is foolish.

[digestif]

"From the start?" What does that mean?

[ manipulating their memories or turning back time? One of those is more reasonable than the other, but they don't really like the sound of either. ]

[moralmyopia]

They are trying to make it a good world already. Right now.

[digestif]

... Well, they're not doing such a good job...

[moralmyopia]

[WOW]

They're doing the best they can with what they have.

[digestif]

[ JUST SAYIN ]

I suppose we'll see if their best is good enough in the coming weeks, then.

[ the fact that people are dying already says it's not to Mizuki - it wasn't good enough to save Sasuke's brother, either - but they won't say that. ]

[moralmyopia]

[Thank God, he'd be very offended, but also... he has sort of accepted his brother seemingly destined fate maybe. It hurts, but yeah.]

We'll see.