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memento mori. X/Yami no Matsuei crossover, Subaru, Tsuzuki, and Hisoka. PG-13 for this chapter, R for later ones. 5106 words in this chapter, 9480 in the
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I love the interaction between Subaru and Hisoka. Eee. There's just this undercurrent of something I couldn't quite describe--not just tension, I think.
I had a little thrill when I read Tsuzuki met Setsuka. I wonder how that meeting wet.
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Tsuzuki and Setsuka meeting went something like this:
TSUZUKI: *covered in blood and verging on catatonia*
SETSUKA: *also covered in blood* You're very beautiful like that. I hope my son grows up to look like you someday. ^____________^
TSUZUKI: IhatemyjobIhatemyjobIhatemyjobsomuch
SETSUKA: *kisses some of the blood away from his cheek*
TSUZUKI: *is clearly a badtouch magnet*
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I find it somewhat disturbing that I found that scene hilarious (and yes, O_o). And terribly possible. Sometimes I wonder how Tsuzuki is able to cling to sanity, with a job like that.
(I think someone should make an icon with Tsuzuki with the words 'badtouch magnet'.
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The Tsuzuki conversations were both seriously thrilling--I love how much he gets and how much he's acting. And then Hisoka lying but not performing at all--it really makes what Subaru is doing/being stand out.
Also, I think the use of Love Me actually works from a Brechtian point. :grins: Jars you right out.
Such love~
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Well, I do like being Brechtian where I can. Maybe I should have the three of them sing at the end of next chapter...
Love you too~ So much~
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HISOKA
There isn't a ceiling to account for your pain,
But what happened to me didn't drive me insane,
And you have been marked by the sakura tree,
But the things I see in you did not create me.
The things I see in you did not create me.
SUBARU
I do not pretend and I do not demand,
But stop prying out what you don't understand.
There's nothing within me to cushion your fall
Because they replaced me with no one at all.
They truly replaced me with no one at all.
TSUZUKI
You'd think Sumeragi would fight the good fight,
But from just talking to him, there's something not right.
It's like everyone here's got a secret to hide,
And clearly I'm only along for the ride.
...You know, I like this singing thing.
HISOKA
Idiot.
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Or her targets, the last one I met was a woman.
Tsuzuki and Setsuka in the same room? That's intriguing!
Love the jurisdiction bits, it feels very real and fun.
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Am also having much fun with Hisoka, as it is refreshing to call Subaru on his passive-aggressive martyr thing for once. Lord knows I love the man, but he's far from perfect.
Tsuzuki and Setsuka in the same (very bloody) room, yep. It -- did not go well for Tsuzuki. At all.
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Hisoka and Subaru's interactions, and the polite rivalry between law enforcement agencies as you pointed out (FBI versus state enforcement, perhaps?), and how that politeness impacts the language (hyper-polite in Japanese, perhaps?) are made of so much SQUEE. I love how Hisoka's flashes of Subaru's memories are in the present tense stream of consciousness; it makes those moments so jarring in this.
And Tsuzuki met Setsuka? Oh, please do tell. :D
It's going to be fun to watch how Hisoka tries to wrap his mind around Subaru being both Sumeragi and Sakurazuka.
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Tsuzuki meeting Setsuka is a sidestory, I think.
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Yeah, hyper-polite is the ultimate offense in Japanese. :D So probably something along those lines?
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