text, @HTKRIZO 10:31PM

[hitokiller]

( it comes as video at first. the image of someone kicking a chair over in the cafeteria, the sound of "THE HELL?!!!" being screeched at a pitch even dogs can hear. there's a bottle and a half-filled glass on a flat table nearby.

maybe he didn't mean to send that. maybe he did. either way, there's a text immediately after. )

whaddya mean we can't
TASTE A DRINK NEITHER???
how long is this gonna last?
th... a week? a whole 'nother month?
where's that damn cure, huh?
how long's that gonna take?

( let the panic begin. )

... how're the rest of ya coping
with not bein' able to eat real food, or drink, or

( a pause. )

and don't say anything stupid
like i shoulda just not gotten bit

Comments

[kaizou]

HUMANS HAVE WEIRD TASTES

THAT STUFF TASTES LIKE THE STUFF THEY USED TO USE TO CLEAN MY CYBERNETICS

I KINDA LIKE THAT BUT I DIDN'T THINK HUMANS DRANK THAT STUFF

[hitokiller]

i guess it's sorta like machine fluid for me
if i were a machine...
and not just a genius swordsman 'an all

( getting real philosophical over here. )

[kaizou]

DID YOU TURN INTO A VAMPIRE

🤣

WHAT IF YOU JUST MIX BLOOD INTO IT

THAT'S LIKE MIXING VAMPIRE MACHINE FLUID WITH HUMAN MACHINE FLUID

SO YOU GET BOTH AT ONCE

[hitokiller]

shut it
this shit ain't funny
... but a lotta people seem to be suggestin' it
so i might give it a shot

[kaizou]

I'M NOT LAUGHING AT YOU I'M LAUGHING AT ALL OF VAMPIRES

I BET PUTTING THEM TOGETHER MAKES BOTH OF THEM BETTER

SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN THEY MADE ME A CYBORG

BUT THAT WAS SO LONG AGO I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH

ABOUT HOW MUCH IT SUCKED

[hitokiller]

yeah, well
long as you ain't making fun
and you get my plight
i'm gonna try that mixing crap

[kaizou]

WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BE A VAMPIRE ANYWAY

YOU WERE ALREADY STRONG ENOUGH

[hitokiller]

( a comment that hits him in the chest like a hammer. )

d... damn right i'm strong enough
and i didn't decide
one of 'em, just
got the jump on me while i was distracted

[kaizou]

OH I DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD DO THAT

I THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID IT ON PURPOSE

I KNOW ONE GUY WHO DID

FOR POWER

I HAVE TO LAUGH AT HIM NEXT TIME I SEE HIM NOW

[hitokiller]

( ??? )

what
who the hell was that

[kaizou]

EYE GUY

LOOK FOR THE GUY WITH THE EYE

[hitokiller]

( damn near everyone's got eyes here, man.

but if it had to be An Eye in particular... )

oh, yeah
that silco asshole
well
we'll see how this shit works out for him in the long run
there's too many drawbacks to be worth it

[kaizou]

THEY CAN'T HAVE BEEN THAT STRONG ANYWAY

IF WE KILLED THEM ALL

EVEN I KNOW THAT

HE MAKES EVERYTHING SOUND SMART THOUGH

WHEN HE TALKS

[hitokiller]

hah
you got a point there
WE'RE the badasses 'cause we won!

[kaizou]

EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE WAS ACTING ALL MESSED UP ABOUT IT

WE STILL WON ANYWAY

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE

[hitokiller]

( "acting all messed up"...

their worries. their anxieties. even izou had tried to stop a sacrifice, had stayed up late for days to prevent anyone else from being spirited away. and in the end, everything had gone up in flames, blood dragging beneath their feet.

izou can handle all what happened, he thinks. he's seen the final days of so many washed up timelines. stood at the side of his master at the end of each world. but the others, they...

......

anyway. he's just not gonna comment on that none. )

coulda avoided it all if LILITH checked their equipment any
but, yeah
we did a damn good job with what we had

[kaizou]

WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING

[But they're not. If they could, if they did, would it help things? Or would it be more a matter of things not needing help in the same way if the Outsiders were capable of seeing this as a thing to celebrate in the first place? . . . Mmm.]