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event023.exe

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edna.

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[Why you gotta be like that, Edna--but no, that's exactly how it should go. After all, Leon's being a dick, and she's right. It's a low blow and Leon's eyes slide over to the pond almost unbidden, before he forcibly looks away, a sharp gesture.

He swallows a little.

Ugh.]

...You-- you don't know anything, so keep your opinion to yourself.

[What she brings up about Chal is just as hard, too. He knows that he scared the sword, and his hand drops to the hilt, rubbing a thumb gently over it.

He really is sorry.]

... Chal is...too fond of meddling.

[There's really no bite in it, though, because he's grateful to Chal--but Chaltier knows.]

[earthpulse]

Sure is. It works out in your favor, at least.

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But you're right. I don't know anything about you. So that makes it even weirder that I decided to step in, huh?

[What does that mean?, is the question she wants to leave him hanging with. With that, she's turning around to take her leave. Leon can get the last word if he really wants, but if not, she'll be exiting stage left.

earth tsuns are the worst]

tenka.

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[Yeah, yeah he does!!! It's his default setting, thanks.]

I don't care about the other people here.

[Clearly.

Leon you're a punk.]

If they are just trying to get by, then they should do so away from me.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . and Tenka blinks.]

Really? You don't like anybody here?

[Sorry if he doesn't sound convinced.]

xion.

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[The entire situation is making him tense enough as it is; the fact that she's questioning his abilities, and acting as though her coming with him is going to somehow make it better--

It irritates him. It irritates him a lot, and his brows draw together in a scowl immediately.]

I don't want your company, and I don't want your pity. Is that clear enough for you?

["I just want you to be safe" is such a...sickly sweet sentiment. So much so that he really finds it hard to buy it.

He looks away, distinctly uncomfortable by this entire conversation.]

Unless you want a demonstration of my ability [which you won't enjoy, really--though that's more empty posturing than anything, because Leon would never actually do anything to her.] I would suggest you leave

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[ Her eyes go a little wide at that. She freezes entirely, too shocked to react. ]

Are you ... threatening me?

kurisu.

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[Yeah, he's a punk. Get him, Kurisu. Get him.

But he bites back just as sharply, really... because yeah, he's rude as can be.]

I didn't ask for your help, and I didn't want it! [Even though he...kind of needed it...] If you are such a bleeding heart that you are concerned for those people, leave me be and go stick your nose in their business instead.

[kuritsun]

[ ugh, this guy?! he's like the second coming of Hououin Kyouma except minus the actually charming in a weird way part. As it turns out, she has little patience for people without respect. She glares at him with something akin to disbelief for a moment, agape, then turns on her heel with a frustrated growl. ]

Fine! Have it your way. Try not to get killed by any other harmless inanimate objects while you're by yourself.

[ she's leaving... ]

kashuu.

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[Why you gotta be like that, Kashuu...... Leon's offended anyway!!! (But Leon's always offended, so what else is new.]

I don't need your attempts at placating me, either. You have no reason to want to accompany me, especially if you don't need my help.

[You're...weird!!! What are friends???]

If you have nothing to contribute, it's a waste of time to go together.

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[He was just born this way, okay.]

I just told you my reason! [Grandpa Leon needs a hearing aid, apparently!! Or some emotional counseling, whichever can work fastest.

He waves his hand somewhat dismissively, either way, pausing as he talks to check down the alleys they pass by just in case EVIL IS AFOOT or something. On the plus side, the streets are blessedly free of rudeass robots in this area! It seems there are no friendship mullets around either, though...]

—Hey, have you tried like, sending that guy a text or something?

festival.exe

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kashuu.

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[Cl...early....... Leon looks less than convinced, but at least he's standing in line with Kashuu. Because in a twisted sort of way, this...makes sense.

He doesn't like that at all, though.]

Surely this is unnecessary for something as simple as this.

[Just... looking for punk kids with fireworks. It's not like Leon's a stranger to undercover work but... really???]

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[Why doesn't Leon just stop giving Kashuu the benefit of the doubt and leave, honestly. Free yourself, Leon. FREE YOURSELF.]

No way, no way! You gotta be careful, right? It's always better to err on the side of caution!

[Says Kashuu as he takes a few steps forward now that the line has shortened.]

namazuo.

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I--

[When you put it that way, it sounds so stupid.]

... I stated I wouldn't leave early, and I won't break my word.

[.......]

So I cannot leave. Yet.

tsurumaru.

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[In this case, he's sincerely just being an asshole, though Tsurumaru's otherwise not wrong about the textbook tsun response. Despite liking Kashuu quite a bit, and Namazuo as well (things he really will never say), he doesn't care a single bit for Haru.

Sorry.

He only has so much room to care about people in his small, grinchy heart.]

Hmph. Don't put words into my mouth. For what reason would I care about your master? His problems are his own--they are hardly mine.

[So!!!]

Should it not be your duty to keep from troubling him?

[gravesite]

[ out of all the swords that leon could have possibly told that to, tsurumaru is the only one that wouldn't try to send his ass into space. good going... the rest of them would get really defensive, like "how dare you say bad things about our master!"

but he immediately turns his head to the side, letting out a dissatisfied tch, because ugh, his plan failed. ]

That usually works on most people... The truth is, I don't really care, either. If I trouble him, then he shouldn't have summoned me.

[ spoken like a true five year old... although, there's this one false assumption that tsurumaru's made, simply because leon was able to namedrop the term 'tsukumogami'. who knew that leon learned it from kashuu and namazuo, not haru himself? ]

So you've met him — this small, scrawny boy — and you can still say something like that? I thought humans had bigger hearts than that.

event032.exe

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karl.

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Don't mistake this for me wanting to accompany you.

[Hmph!!

The wild tsun in his natural habitat can't be tamed so easily, of course.]

It is simply more efficient in the end.

chihiro.

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[At least it seems to have worked in brightening her up and getting her to relax a bit. Leon's not good with kids, but he at least knows that authority can be comforting in a chaotic situation like this; if he can be that authority, well...that was his job before, so it's not like it's that unusual and strange.

But he just squares his own shoulders, still damp and still a little displeased due solely to that, and then... she cuts herself.

He makes an exasperated noise as she stares at her foot--but he just draws his sword.]

Honestly, you are a troublesome child. Stay still.

[For a cut as small as that, it's easy for the magic to take hold and heal up the cut, Leon's sword glowing in the process (because of course, why not). As he sheathes his sword away again, he nods towards her shoe.]

Put that on before you hurt yourself again.

kashuu.

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[How many times... Kashuu why.

Leon quirks an eyebrow at that, though he doesn't argue it.

Not exactly, anyway.]

I fail to see why people would live here by choice, truly.

otome.

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[He is absolutely not okay, but he also doesn't want to acknowledge that it could've been something like that.

To do that...wouldn't it be acknowledging a weakness?]

It--was nothing of the sort.

I'm fine.

mabel.

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Excuse me?

[He seems unimpressed by this, but also a little aggravated and flustered in equal measure.

Whoops!]

I am a knight, yes, but that does not mean I have any obligation to oblige the whims of nonsensical children.

tsurumaru.

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[... Ah.

The apology throws him off-guard, considering how Tsurumaru has acted the rest of this time--so Leon hesitates for a moment, as if searching for a trap, before he just huffs faintly and looks away.]

... It doesn't. I have no issues with the water. [liar liar pants on fire.]

You are the strangest person. I fail to see why you would persist in staying around someone who does not want you there.

raven.

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Ugh.

[Leon scoffs out at that, clearly unamused--sorry, Raven, you got a pretty princess who is more a jerk than anything (and also male, probably).]

I should have known you would have some nonsensical reason like that. It is not as though they will have any reason to thank you, you know.