fifteen cherry blossoms [VOICE]

[underthesakura]

I'm not sure where they came from -- perhaps it's the odd streak of good luck the city seems to be having lately -- but I'm grateful to whatever force saw fit to grant me more cigarettes.

[There's a the snap of a lighter and the quiet crinkle of paper burning, followed by several seconds of silence before Seishirou speaks again, sounding amused.]

Comments

[shockinglycool]

Yeah, that deal was off ages ago.

[underthesakura]

All for the better, then.

[shockinglycool]

Not that I know why they'd wanna give you anything.

[underthesakura]

Perhaps I'm entertaining.

[shockinglycool]

That's a lie. An' I'm more entertaining.

[underthesakura]

What makes you think it's a lie?

[shockinglycool]

There's nothing entertainin' about you at all.

[underthesakura]

Certainly not to you.

[shockinglycool]

To anyone. I'm from Kansai, I know humor.

[underthesakura]

They bring us here without warning, provide no explanation as to where we are, implant chips in our bodies to suppress our powers, and allow us to live in such unstable conditions for more than a year.

I'd say our hosts are sadists.

[shockinglycool]

You haven't lived here that long.

[underthesakura]

I don't need to have been a resident for that long to know that it's happened to others.

[shockinglycool]

And besides that, what you're sayin' ain't true.

[underthesakura]

Ah? Then which part of my statement is inaccurate?

[shockinglycool]

If they were sadists favorin' you, they'd bring people like you here more'n people like me. If they were favorin' you, they wouldn't be givin' the good people here presents. If they were tryin' to hurt us, they could do it way easier.

[underthesakura]

Then assuming they're responsible, of course, why would they feel compelled to give 'someone like me' anything at all?