2nd Fire Started (stage five)

[paintme_crimson]

[Have a steaming Mokou on the phone. It's clear that's she's pissed beyond belief, but for some reason she's restraining herself.]

What do they call Kaguya? "The Sinner of Eternity and the Moment."

I think I fit that qualification more than she does, though. Lunarians have naturally long lifespans, even if they do die. So I'm a sinner. I willingly

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[jusenkyoed]

Rival of yours?

...w...wait, hold on! You idiot, what are you doing?!

[Before of course, he hears the remark about communism]

[paintme_crimson]

I suppose you could say rival, though it goes a lot deeper than that.

[A pause.]

I frankly don't know. Everyone else in this town is blabbering out their secrets, so I guess I'm doing that, too.

[jusenkyoed]

Does she hate you?

Well yeah. I did that already too. Least you stopped chokin' yourself.

[paintme_crimson]

[She's silent for a good couple of minutes.]

I don't know, actually. I'd like to say she does, but...there've been some things she's done to make me think she's just faking it. Like my hating her is just some form of entertainment she's reciprocating to keep me around.

And there's not much else I can spill out at this point.

[jusenkyoed]

That's kinda how I am with the people who say they hate me. [If only you could hear that shrug.]

Least those aren't really bad secrets. Kinda.

[paintme_crimson]

...I highly doubt we're in the same situation.

And maybe not, but I'd rather not be blurting out my eternal saga to an entire town.

[jusenkyoed]

...yeah, probably not.

Actually, it kinda sounds like an interestin' story.

[paintme_crimson]

It's not! [She insists. Even though it kind of is, to an outsider.]

[jusenkyoed]

I kinda think it is. Why do you hate her so much anyway?

[paintme_crimson]

Fuck. [She's trying desperately to restrain herself, but...truthfield and all.]

The bitch shamed my family, alright! She humiliated my father when he couldn't complete her Five Impossible Requests in exchange for her hand in marriage.

[jusenkyoed]

...I think maybe he should've listened to the word before "Requests" before he went on about tryin' it. So you're tryin' to regain your honor?

[paintme_crimson]

They're not impossible. That's the catch. People've done them before, myself included.

She just won't stop being a hoity-toity bitch about it! She thinks it's not a big deal at all! Just, fuck her!

[jusenkyoed]

So if you defeat her, then maybe she'll understand what a big deal that is, huh? I dunno, this all sounds kinda weird, but familiar.

[paintme_crimson]

I can't defeat her. She's just as immortal as I am. We kill each other once a day, and then fucking resurrect an hour later.

[jusenkyoed]

...the hell? Doesn't that get tirin'?

[paintme_crimson]

A little. But when you've got literally forever getting bored is a regular thing.