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[npc_desu]

[ today's the day: you've been summoned to a meeting room deep in the North Wing. There are refreshments available, punch and crackers, all set out on a table at the back of the room. The front of the room is lined with whiteboards, covered in diagrams, with names and places on it- both related to the Exorcists and to the Noah. There is also a

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[improvedkarma]

[Sitting in a corner of the room during all of this, the reports in his lap and hand. He seems to be reading over the one with the fight again, chewing his lip so hard it's starting to bleed]

[bulletbinary]

...hey.

[improvedkarma]

[Looks up to him. Poor attempt at a smile, go] Hey.

[bulletbinary]

You alright? You shouldn't read that.

[karmaimproved]

[Shakes his head] I'm fine. It's important, right?

[bulletbinary]

Well yeah! But you know that stuff already!

[karmaimproved]

[Looks back down at it] I guess.

[bulletbinary]

[ snatches at the folder! ]

[karmaimproved]

[Snatched!] Ah-- hey!

[bulletbinary]

Stop reading it, idiot! It's not gonna change no matter how many times you do or anything like that!

[improvedkarma]

[Frowns at] I know that. But it still-- I should--

[... Okay, so he doesn't have a good reason for reading it. He just thinks it has to do with him]

[bulletbinary]

[ tosses the folder aside and kneels down, reaching out to brush some of the blood away with his thumb ]

You should... I dunno, you should learn stuff from it, but don't worry about it! It ain't changing, ever, so all we gotta do is move forward and make shit better for the future, you know? You gotta have something to fight for, right??

[karmaimproved]

[Watches him. He knows that sounds familiar, and he should probably listen to it, but. Not so easy. Glances away]

I just... I don't want to be like that again. I know I'm not. I'm not that anymore but that doesn't mean I won't be later.

[bulletbinary]

You won't be like that again!

[karmaimproved]

How do you know?

[bulletbinary]

'Cause I ain't gonna let it happen! You're gonna be my friend for a long time, Fresh Meat!