004 // [video]

[frankengambler]

[The normally tidy table is strewn with discarded cans of cheap beer and overflowing ash trays. Kaiji himself doesn’t look much better- he’s not quite focusing and his words are slurred like he’s had one too many. Two, three, four too many. He’ll regret it the next morning when he has to drag himself out of bed for work when what he really wants to

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[madeinoblivion]

What's always about munny?

...are you having trouble finding a job?

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[frankengambler]

Don't you start on me- I got a job, okay?! Not that it means anything when the pay is fuckin' bullshit.

Everything is about the money. Everyone is about the money. It's always like that-!

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[madeinoblivion]

Hey, hey don't get mad at me!

[frankengambler]

Then don't assume I'm some kind of NEET loser-!

[madeinoblivion]

I never said you were a neat loser!

[frankengambler]

You implied it- that's all it takes.

[madeinoblivion]

Well look, you can't just go around whining about how munny's tough. That's just how it is. You've got to do whatever it takes to earn it for yourself.

[frankengambler]

[Deeep breath now, Kaiji. He clenches his teeth and fists, the scars along his fingers standing out more than ever.]

I have. I've nearly died trying to get it. I-

... oh god, that's so pathetic...

[madeinoblivion]

What happened?

[frankengambler]

Th-that's none of your business-!

[His tone is sharp but it's lacking any of the anger from before and he can't stop his hand going to the scar on his face, covering it.]

[madeinoblivion]

You can get some from the Newcomer Fund if you really need it, you know. Talk to Mr. Edgeworth.

[frankengambler]

I get by. I just can't do anything more than that- and what's the point of anything if all you do is work and sleep and eat...? Some life.

[madeinoblivion]

You make friends?

[frankengambler]

... "friends" always disappear in the end. Either they betray you or they get hurt themselves and you can never protect them.

[madeinoblivion]

They're still worth fighting for.

[frankengambler]

... I know. I just wish I could've fought harder.