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[There's a light crackle as Souda fiddles with his Pokeconnect before he comes in clear.]

...uck!

[It's like an echo of Kuzuryuu's message on the network, only it's weeks late. Thankfully, he didn't have it on for two whole minutes of his freaking out, but he's still a pathetic crying mess. All the cold has apparently sapped the all the hope right out of his body. His boilersuit is zipped straight up, and his teeth are chattering.

Arguing with some lady who acted like a mother really didn't help his morale.]

Sonia-san, [Of course he calls out for her first, the predictable bastard] Hinata, the rest of ya guys! Are ya getting any of this?! [There isn't even a pause as he continues, because the tears on his face are freezing.]

F-First off, why the hell are there Pokémon?!

[The view pans down to show off his Totodile down by his feet chewing on his shoelaces. Souda is nervously laughing outside of view.]

Aha...ahahaaa... I'm dreaming, right? 'cause I played the first one when I was younger, but... There wasn't any ever like this one here!

This shit ain't funny! It's way too cold for it to be a joke! Goin' from an island to frozen hell?! If that Naegi kid is here, I'm throwing this thing [he means his Totodile] right at him! And I wanna go home, so ya guys better come out and get me already!

[...And now he just sounds like one of those children who lost their parents in a gigantic store.]

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Exactly. It'd fuck up more than I want to deal with.

[There are, of course, a couple of flaws in this plan. Chief among them: if Enoshima herself ever shows up. That could be...a problem. Just a little one.]

And good. Because if you do slip up and run that motor-mouth [Holy shit was that a joke? From Kuzuryuu??] of yours, it'll be the last thing you ever do.

[Dead. Serious. Swear to god, Souda, you better not fuck up here.]

[What if that gigantic MMD Enoshima showed up and inflicted despair upon them all...]

...Don't ya have any sense of solidarity?! [Threatening a fellow member from the final five? Come on, man!]

You're really killin' it here! [The joke actually flies over his head, all thanks to his threat.] I'm not gonna talk, damn it! Do ya seriously think I want anybody knowin' all that?! Everybody'd avoid us!

Of course I do. Doesn't mean I'm gonna go easy on you if you fuck up.

[Souda, he is yakuza. Why are you surprised that this is how he operates? But hey, at least he said IF you fuck up, not WHEN you fuck up. That has to count for something, right?]

Besides, it's not that I think you'll purposefully talk. Or that you don't know the consequences. [He folds his arms over his chest.] It's just that you're absolute shit at hiding things. You crack under pressure.

[REMEMBER THAT TIME YOU TIED KOMAEDA UP AND TRIED TO HIDE IT? REMEMBER THAT?]

[Okay, but if still implies Kuzuryuu might kill him! At the very least cut off a finger as a token of apology, and what's a mechanic without his hands? There's the possibility of making himself a robotic arm if he fucks up too much, but--

What the hell is he thinking?]

N-No, I'm no-- [Stuttering too much already.] ...Fine, so I'm a pretty bad liar! I can't even help anybody cheat on a test, y'know! That's just the kinda guy I am! I can't do it without feelin' really, really bad, especially when they ask straight out! I can't do nothin' about that, y'know!

[CAN WE NOT FUCKING TALK ABOUT KOMAEDA, BECAUSE HE'D TIE HIM UP AGAIN.]

[Don't worry, Souda. He actually does kinda like you so maybe he'll just kinda break your finger a little instead. Much less permanent.]

Yeah well this isn't cheating on a test. You just said yourself what's at stake here if you slip up.

[Not just avoid. Lord knows, some of the 78th class might be a-okay with outright killing them. You remember what the Future Foundation's instructions for dealing with them were...]

If someone asks, which I can only think of one person who might, just tell 'em you don't know shit and change the subject.

[...]

...and if they keep giving you trouble, then you give me a call.

[HOW IS THAT FOR SURVIVOR SOLIDARITY? LOOK, HE'LL SAVE YOUR SORRY BUTT YOU WEENIE.]

Edited 2014-02-11 05:25 (UTC)

['Eliminate any signs or remains of SHSL Despair. Do not let any of them survive.' The instructions were pretty damn clear. And Souda's mouth just tipped off a lot of radars. Shit.]

Before everybody decided up on it, I was really scared about comin' back. Scared of becomin' that again... Hell, I was still scared period. [This is...his third or fourth shot at acting like someone different and gaining friends, right?]

Ya don't gotta worry, I'll like...

[Are they slowly becoming friends? Is this a thing?]

...use ya as my get outta jail free card or whatever? [Is this what it's like to kind of have a friend like Kuzuryuu?] That's the deal, right?

[Does this count as their first FTE?] If...if things start gettin' scary, I just bring up your name to those guys? 'Kuzuryuu'll bust my head if I talk!' ...Which ya won't really, right?

Edited 2014-02-12 14:57 (UTC)

[This is exactly what it's like to have a friend like Kuzuryuu.]

[...okay, no, there's more to it than this. They just need a little more time to reach that point. ~~Say like...FTE 3 or so.~~]

Heh, 'course not, but they don't have to know that. Can't promise I won't smack you upside the head if you really deserve it, though.

[Most useless threat ever, we all know he'd need to get a stool first to accomplish that.]

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