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[tsuntempesta]

[There was currently a storm curled on the couch in the apartment he shared with Tsuna seeming to be pretty absorbed into his little black journal. Gokudera was scrawling a few things into it in his G-Script, occasionally pausing only to flick his ashes into the ashtray  or to take a sip from the wine glass on the coffee table. He gave a little

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[mistdisillusion]

[Chrome has talked with Azaria, so she has a better handle on the current state of things with Thalassa and all that, but it's also left her with a certain concern. She's not actually sure whether either of the older versions of you or Tsuna are around at the moment, but she's hoping so for the sake of making things easier.

There's a Mist knocking on your door.]

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...Coming.

[He glanced up at the knock before setting aside his journal to get up and answer the door.]

Ah, come on in.

[He'll be stepping aside to let you in once he sees that it;s you.]

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[She gives a small, grateful nod and steps past the threshold.]

I was able to talk with Azaria.

[She'll wait for a reply to that before she elaborates on why exactly she's here. See if you're on the same page or not.]

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...Ah. I suppose she told you what that knife was then?

[He closed the door behind her, motioning for her to sit down.]

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[She'll do so then, folding her hands in her lap.]

Yes. It's for that reason, given what happened, I don't think I should keep it. Thalassa already knows it's in my possession.

[Who knows what she might try to get it back.]

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[He nodded. It was definitely true that it wouldn't be a good idea for her to keep it.]

...It would probably be for the best to hand it off...

[He seemed to be thinking a moment. Even if you gave it to someone else though... If it were in secret... Then Thalassa might still come after her believing she had it.]

At the same time, I think we should also set up a false exchange as well. To get Thalassa's attention off of you.

[mistdisillusion]

[...yes, that was a good point. She'd been more focused on simply the possibility of Thalassa getting the knife back, but failing to mislead the darker queen would still bring further disaster. Plus she had her younger self and Mikage to think about.]

Cyriana would be the only option to avoid endangering anyone else, then.

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No.

[There wasn't even a moment's hesitation when you mentioned Cyriana and he's frowning in thought.]

...No. I don't feel like involving the mermaids more than absolutely necessary is a good idea. Even if they seem nice enough I still don't trust them.

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[Fair enough, she supposes.]

Who do you suggest we frame, then?

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...I'm honestly not sure.

[He would have allowed himself to be framed if not for the fact that it would drag Tsuna into danger - which was something he would not allow.]

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If there was someone else who was even remotely successful in dealing with her...

[Other than, you know, both the Sky flames present. Because even if loyalties were somehow set aside, there's still no way she's putting either of them in more danger. They have enough to deal with as is thanks to Thalassa's little grudge.]

Do we know of anyone outside of the Family that's had to deal with Thalassa?

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...The only person that really comes to mind is Revya but since he's returned to the island I'm pretty sure he doesn't remember us or anything that happened before. That pretty much counts him out. I really don't know anyone else I would have trusted with this. Especially not anyone else outside of the Famiglia.

[mistdisillusion]

[That's going to be...interesting to figure out.]

We'll just have to settle for solving the main problem, then.

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[He nodded to that, seeming to think over it a moment.]

..The question is who do you think would be best to hold on to it?

[mistdisillusion]

I would suggest Mikage, but his switches are even more complicated than ours. Besides that, he's already living with me, and for either one of us to move would seem suspicious after all this time.

[She pauses a moment for consideration. Too many people she knows well enough to fully trust have left the past few months--however temporarily it may be.]

Since Mukuro-sama and Reborn-san both left long ago, that leaves just you and Boss.

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...Then we'll keep it here.