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[escardos]

it's almost christmas! how does it feel to be approaching the holidays when nightfall is approaching so quickly? make sure to spend your time wisely, because you might not be here next year you might be three meters underground!

juuuuuuust kidding! but it's a fun thought, isn't it? people celebrating and putting their holiday lights up, almost as if trying to make us unaware of what is coming. they might as well be trying to brainwash us, huh?

i really hope i can buy some new video games-- what are you guys planning?

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[strings_theory]

That whole doom and gloom shit up there sure paints a different fucking picture, dude.

Flowers die quickly and no one wants me cooking, trust me. I'll figure something out.

[escardos]

if a hundred people throw rocks at the moon's reflection, they'll never reach the moon. it's kind of the same thing that's happening here. nice sentiment! all for naught, though!

hmmmmmmmmm no one out there in japan that will miss you? no one wants to see you back at home?

[prince_type]

... How is that even remotely the same? Nightfall isn't something that is absolutely going to happen, nor is it something that is unable to be stopped, unlike something like a reflection from a celestial body. Nightfall is more tangible as in the fact there are people actively working to bring it about. The moon's reflection happens simply due to the sun and moon's positioning towards the Earth.

Do try again.

They sent me out here to learn and, honestly, it would probably be better for me to remain here to learn more than to go back there. I have family out here in France, as well, so we shall see what happens!

[escardos]

How did I what?

[ flat turns around, head tilted to the side, smiling. ]

I guess it would be weird if you actually wanted to look like an old man for the aesthetic...so it's a disguise? Interesting! It's pretty well made, too!

[escardos]

correct on some accounts--i'll give you a b! what nightfall and the moon have in common is that they're both too big for people like us to simply stop. don't you find it hilarious how the world thinks that some students can stop something that's been in the motions for such a long time?

just like how we can't stop the moon or its reflection, we won't be able to stop nightfall completely. next year, or perhaps the one after, many of us will be nothing more than rotting corpses!

i'm surprised, though. is there really that much to learn? because they pushed me all the way to an undergraduate level as soon as i transferred over.

[escardos]

i apologize, i'm not referring to miach's assistance or yours! i'm talking about myself, actually. the loss of my life would not mean anything past the initial mourning period. i'd be one more number, and just fuel for the ground that i'd be buried in.

however, i'd like to live just to tell miach my experience. other than that, i'm pretty good with w/e else happens.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

You saw through the glamour like that?!

[He's - for once in a very long, long time, he's actually flabbergasted.]

It's - It's -

[Suddenly, his mind kicks back into gear - and he goes very still, quiet, and icy.]

....Flat. Do not tell others of what you saw. Do you understand?

[prince_type]

Except that it can still be stopped, there are other resources out there other than just the students, or the faculty for that matter. I have heard the whispers, I have heard the mage families speaking to each other about what is going on. It's simply not true that they're counting on us and only us.

I highly doubt that will be the outcome.

[He should not be bristling, but he's got to keep it calm. He has to be joking with him.]

Magic is simply a strange thing that needs to be harnessed with a practiced hand. My family uses types far different than my own, the simple reason as to why I'm here. The actual school part of it hardly bothers me, it's merely there to keep up the fact that this is supposed to be a school. It's nothing like the academy I was used to back home and simply not on the same level, either.

[escardos]

:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

[inflictwounds]

[He could probably say something to the effect that the loss of his life would be a tragedy and that it would mean more than nothing...

But he doesn't. Death is death and it's a facet of life Hieke is intimately familiar with by now.]

You're right, but you won't be able to tell her of your experience if she's unable to bring you back. It's best to be cautious, or you'll simply learn nothing.

[escardos]

ooooh is that a new form of clairvoyance? what kind of 'whispers' do you 'hear'? or do you just watch the magic news at 9 am every day to see what boring things the adults are talking about?

[ he is 500% bullshitting him now ]

but ohhhh i see. i didnt know that! that's good to know!

[ super bullshitting. ]

[prince_type]

????

Sorry for actually listening into conversations that are happening in the mage family circles where I'm from? Honestly, I don't see why there's a need for such sarcasm. You don't even know me.

[synthsized]

Okay, okay, fine.

A punk ass bitch is someone who has a face you really just want to grind into the dirt because they're pathetic and embarrassing.

[They're full of shit.]

[escardos]

Hm?

[ flat doesn't seem to be affected at all by moriarty's glare, with his smile is still frozen in place. ]

I guess I'd ask if it's that important, but you're a criminal mastermind and all, so it probably means a lot to you. Still, this is probably the fastest I've made a Professor angry at me, huh?

[escardos]

oh that's right! we haven't introduced ourselves!

i'm flat! and you're tamaki, aren't you?

[escardos]

oh? people want you dead? how come?

but ahaha...why would you lend me your switch? we don't really know each other at all :O!

[escardos]

that has nothing to do with being punk though? weird.

so you want to grind my face into the dirt?

[prince_type]

[He was about to ask how he knew that, before remembering that the profiles exist.

Right.

This is fine.]

Tamaki Suou, yes.

That... is certainly an interesting name??

[synthsized]

I told you, it's completely unrelated.

And maybe, it's too early to say for certain. You have the kind of vibe that makes me think I might want to, though.

[escardos]

i did my best to say it as cheerfully as possible! you wouldn't say that newscasters are depressed just because they say depressing news, right?

get plastic flowers. those never die!

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[....Hm?

There's something wrong.

Even with someone fearless, they wouldn't have their smile stay exactly like that. There would be the tiniest movement of muscles under the face, keeping the smile in place...

but there's nothing. It's just - there. Solid. As if it isn't really muscles -

ah.

...That cold anger suddenly fades away, as he closes his eyes and shakes his head.]

...No, I'm not angry. But - may I give you another piece of advice?

[escardos]

i'd rather not do that at all!

[strings_theory]

For fuck's sakes. I'm not dealing with this fucking shit today, I got my own bullshit to be worrying about with another idiot runnin' their mouth about this shit.

[He reminds her too much of someone that was here before, which is not something she's keen on dealing with for long.]

Nnnno. Don't worry about it, like I said, I'll figure some shit out. Hell, she might just be happy with something from this damn country, since I don't think she's ever been out here before.

[synthsized]

I'll keep that in mind, but I can't make any promises. You have to do what you feel in your processor, you know?

[buddinghopes]

I found out too much about something and they want my permanent silence.

[Lia... Lia maybe don't be so casual about that...]

Now might be a good time to change that, then!! My name's Lia, what's yours?