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[eyescar]

so i was thinking

[ A dangerous thing, for Yuji Itadori. ]

a lot of us have really cool powers, and i don't know how many of us have tried to put them together to help fight against the kaiju better.

like i can manipulate blood, and i can make it explode, so if other people had exploding powers, or could shoot really well, we could try and tag team?

i can teleport and heal, too, and i'm good at punching, so couldn't we do something with all our powers combined?

kind of like in an anime or something... a big kamahameha???

what do you think?

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[gorb]

...

Would you like to know how I control my curses, Itadori?

[eyescar]

sure!! you can tell me if you want to geto-san

[gorb]

I consume them.

I used to tell myself the very same thing you do. That it was worth it, if it helped people. That I didn't mind that it was the worst thing I'd ever tasted every single time. I had four thousand of them at one point. Each as vile as the next.

( And it never mattered. It never helped. And then he gave up caring about anything. Funny, that he's afraid he might start again. )

[eyescar]

it is worth it, to me.
sukuna is evil. he's the worst thing i've ever seen in my life. and i'd eat four thousand of his fingers to save the people i care about most

i'd eat anything to save them, and i have. nothing's gonna change that. so i get it, geto-san. i do.

[gorb]

( He thinks of the taste, and of the fear. He thinks of Haibara lain out on a table, and of two little girls in a cage. He thinks of Itadori Yuji's tired face every time they meet. It's all so exhausting. )

I don't think I'll ever sacrifice myself for strangers ever again.

( He still hates them, that's not going to change. But that doesn't mean he has to forget everything else. )

But I understand. I'd do the same for my family. And I truly do care about our people, despite what they might think. I wanted them safe.

[eyescar]

[ Yuji is much the same. He thinks of Junpei, of Nanami, of Kugisaki, of Higuruma, of Gojo - and he knows. He understands. He's so tired, but... He can't give up.

He can't let Sukuna win. ]

it's okay. you don't have to.

[ He became a cult leader, right...? If only he understood more... ]

it's all i wanted. i just
i wanted to save them
as many of them as i could
even if i kept failing

[gorb]

All right.

( Does he want to waste his money on alcohol? Entirely possible. )

Maybe you will. Who knows? But you can't fix anything here, Itadori-kun. So maybe a little less focus on saving everybody you run across and a little more on, I don't know, a nap?

Your eyebags are rivalling mine, and it's disconcerting.

[eyescar]

thats what everyone keeps saying
but i do sleep!! choso makes sure

i rest. really.

[gorb]

Okay.

Then do something fun. Something not related to fighting.

[eyescar]

im gonna see the cats!

[gorb]

The doctor cats?

[eyescar]

the feral ones! by the onsen!

[gorb]

Are they ... employed?

[eyescar]

i don’t think cats have jobs geto-san

[gorb]

You told me there was a doctor cat?

That is, in fact, a cat with a job.

[eyescar]

[ shit you right ]

i think he’s a special cat though
not a normal one

[gorb]

( See, he listens.

Mostly against his will but still. )

Just don't get scratched I guess.

[eyescar]

they like me its okay

emotional whiplash

[gorb]

Sure.

I hear they're good for the mood. Or that's what Nanako tells me.

the yuji experience

[eyescar]

who's nanako?

[gorb]

My daughter.

( It's the simplest of answers for a complicated series of events. He doesn't much feel like explaining it, and it's easier to claim them that way. )

I have two. Twins. Mimiko wants a rabbit instead.

[eyescar]

you had kids?? i didn't know that
what were they like?

[gorb]

They're good girls.

Mimiko is quieter than her sister. Nanako makes herself known. They like the usual teenager things, idols, sweets, make-up. It's hard to keep track.

( He might never see them again. It hits him suddenly, then and there. He's dead, and he might never see them again. )

[eyescar]

they'd probably get along with kugisaki if it's like that

[ it's fine geto.

they're dead too :) ]

[gorb]

Ah, boba girl.

Yes, she reminded me of them.

( :c )