[He just sighs as he watches it happen. This is going to be a long hour...]
More that I'm aware what happened the last time we were locked away like this, and wouldn't want to be testing something that could alter my perceptions.
His head leans up against the wall of closed beds, staring towards the ceiling.]
Because I have other things to keep in mind here than just chasing down a single man for a wrong done. I've put up with stranger and far more dangerous things.
[Honest, genuine question! It takes abnormal to know abnormal, and what Solomon is so eager to write off is not at all normal. But also... how dare he not have any lingering sentiments over what Char did to him? Don't forget about him?!?]
[The effects hit swiftly, just as Yugamu warned. Maybe that's why, when Char moves to peel himself off the wall in search of an halfway infirmary bed, his helmet and visor clatter to the floor. He doesn't react, doesn't move to retrieve them, simply passes by to drop onto a bed in decidedly inelegant fashion. Who cares? It's only Solomon. He can afford to be a little uncouth.]
That's a pretty blatant accusation, Solomon. Do you take me for a killer?
I take you for a very unpredictable kind of man. A troubled man. Searching for something hard to grasp in a place that promises that you can have anything you want, if you prove yourself deserving.
[His eyes settle on the visor, rather than on Nishi.]
Ah... But he's truly become so transparent? Noβ there have always been those who see past his mask, but the admittance of such makes those people liabilities. Solomon is a danger purely by virtue of what he knows, and thatβ
...Well, in his current state, that makes him laugh.]
I wasn't kind when I put my hands around her throat.
[Sika called him vulnerable and emotional. Amuro accused him of the same. The people who know him must loathe him.]
I was deliberately unkind... just as I was to you.
The marks you left told a story, yes. [There's a confident coolness to the statement. He knows exactly what Nishi is talking about.]
Did you at least bother to tell them of what horrible sin they had committed to you? Or did you become judge, jury, and executioner in the scarlet of your rage?
[...Ha. Hahaha. He can't bite back those peals of nervous laughter before they break out of him, leaving him ill down to the pit of his stomach. And the way Solomon is poised to judge him, condemn himβ he feels sick.
Leave it to Char to double down and make a bad situation worse. No one hates Char as much as Char does.]
Of course I did. I even begged her to tell me why she'd flagrantly betray my trust and feed the rumor mill directly. She refused to tell me, of course.
[It's hard to parse what to consider genuine, not knowing when Nishi's mind will start to swerve under whatever it is he'd put into his system minutes ago. So he lets his initial kneejerk question settle, keeping his voice steady.]
I take it you heard something that you believe only Sika would have known, then? [Just gonna put that name out there. They both know.] Did they tell you that they'd done it deliberately?
[Char rolls onto his side, the room tilting around his axisβ dizzying, maddening, both too fast and too slow at once.]
So what if she did?
[Of course they did. What sickens Char isn't the fact itself, but not knowing why. Knowing that Sika felt she had no other choice, yet refusing to say what drove her there.]
The result is the same either way. I asked her a question. She refused to explain. So I punished her.
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[No, no. This is a controlled environmentβ locked doors, sealed windows. It's just Char, Solomon, and the drug he's brought along for the ride.
He lazily frees a hand, teasing along the paper wrapping without breaking it open.]
Not that it really matters, but tell me: why should I think twice, Solomon?
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This seems so strange. Such a mood swing, yet again, from the panicked Nishi at the graves, from the furious Danya at his throat.]
It depends.
What do you intend to do with that?
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I intend to take it, obviously. There's enough to spare for two if you care to join me.
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As much as I love a little bit of curiosity, this hardly seems the time or place.
Do you even know what it is you have?
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Are you really a stickler for the rules? I didn't take you for such a prude. But if you won't join me, suit yourself.
[Char deliberately ignores Solomon's question and tears into the packet, placing a tab of something on his tongue.]
You love sticking your nose in other people's business, so try not to complain too much. I'm conducting valuable research.
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More that I'm aware what happened the last time we were locked away like this, and wouldn't want to be testing something that could alter my perceptions.
What if you were to be attacked in such a state?
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Well then, isn't it good I've got you to keep watch for me? If I were to be attacked in such a state, I could reasonably point to you as the culprit.
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I only meant, what reason would I have to attack you?
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[lmaoooooo]
But I wouldn't, if I were you.
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If anything, I'm concerned about what in the world you've even been getting up to.
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Concerned for your own sake? That would make sense, but if you're that leery of me, why haven't you done something about it?
[Like try to kill him, or at the least, make him a less credible threat through some other means?]
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His head leans up against the wall of closed beds, staring towards the ceiling.]
Because I have other things to keep in mind here than just chasing down a single man for a wrong done. I've put up with stranger and far more dangerous things.
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Are you mentally ill, Solomon?
[Honest, genuine question! It takes abnormal to know abnormal, and what Solomon is so eager to write off is not at all normal. But also... how dare he not have any lingering sentiments over what Char did to him? Don't forget about him?!?]
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bursts into laughter.]
Ahahah -- who knows! Someone probably thinks so.
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ive been saving those the whole game im glad they're being used on char]
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[what the fuck is solomon.....................]
Besides, you've just proved my earlier point. You aren't inclined to hurt me, therefore, you won't let harm come to me either.
[Even if it's self-inflicted.]
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Unless you plan to go strangle someone else while I sleep peacefully.
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That's a pretty blatant accusation, Solomon. Do you take me for a killer?
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I take you for a very unpredictable kind of man. A troubled man. Searching for something hard to grasp in a place that promises that you can have anything you want, if you prove yourself deserving.
[His eyes settle on the visor, rather than on Nishi.]
Even a kind man can kill, if they feel they must.
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Ah... But he's truly become so transparent? Noβ there have always been those who see past his mask, but the admittance of such makes those people liabilities. Solomon is a danger purely by virtue of what he knows, and thatβ
...Well, in his current state, that makes him laugh.]
I wasn't kind when I put my hands around her throat.
[Sika called him vulnerable and emotional. Amuro accused him of the same. The people who know him must loathe him.]
I was deliberately unkind... just as I was to you.
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The marks you left told a story, yes. [There's a confident coolness to the statement. He knows exactly what Nishi is talking about.]
Did you at least bother to tell them of what horrible sin they had committed to you? Or did you become judge, jury, and executioner in the scarlet of your rage?
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Leave it to Char to double down and make a bad situation worse. No one hates Char as much as Char does.]
Of course I did. I even begged her to tell me why she'd flagrantly betray my trust and feed the rumor mill directly. She refused to tell me, of course.
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I take it you heard something that you believe only Sika would have known, then? [Just gonna put that name out there. They both know.] Did they tell you that they'd done it deliberately?
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So what if she did?
[Of course they did. What sickens Char isn't the fact itself, but not knowing why. Knowing that Sika felt she had no other choice, yet refusing to say what drove her there.]
The result is the same either way. I asked her a question. She refused to explain. So I punished her.
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