020 // video/action for Ilex Forest
[ The camera feed comes on with a jolt, and to the sound of moderate chaos. A man is shouting (though 'raising his voice' might be more accurate), sticks and bushes are cracking and crunching, and something large and deep-voiced is rumbling loudly. Close to the camera, a Pokémon's voice sounds excitedly. ]
Char! Meleo char char!
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[ okay, so he already re-watched that exchange with Chrome several times. here are Mukuro's major thoughts: Mukuro fucking hates self-reflection of that nature. He fucking hates apologies and dopey, cow-eyed staring. He's aggravated that being here means being dragged into this cesspool of the aforesaid things ( ... )
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Sebastian and Ciel are the closest people to her here; after Mukuro they're the only people who know so much about her an Chrome doesn't want to lose that so soon, over something so silly as Mukuro showing up.
Which is why when Mukuro shows up and says something like that, she can't help but jump and stare]
...Do you not want to travel with me? [Confusion, a bit hurt. MM had said that once Mukuro was done with her that he'd cast her aside. Here, in this world, he didn't really need her, did he? She thought she'd be alright with it, but this... this hurt, the idea she might be cast aside now]
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[ In many respects, Mukuro is an expert in the study of human emotions. When it comes to the perusal thereof, he has inhabited numerous minds, numerous bodies, and he has experienced an incalculable array of the feelings produced by forms normal and wondrous alike. Intellectually, of course, he understands Chrome's reasoning (by a virtue of having felt it in others).
Practically? He has never bothered with apologies or wasting his time feeling bad. And he does not especially enjoy witnessing Chrome behaving so guiltily, when, so far as he sees, she has done nothing wrong, and owes nothing to anyone in the first place. ]
Simply pointing out that you have no obligations towards me.
[ Or towards anyone for that matter. ]
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Even if I can't be as useful to you here, I... I don't want to leave.
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[ He is so not a Talk About Feelings guy what even is this discussion. ]
Though it would seem I have caused a little --
[ -- whatever that was up there. ]
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[She pauses a moment, not quite comprehending what he's talking about.
After a moment it clicks] Ah-- It's fine. It was my own fault for worrying them like that anyhow.
[She smiles a little, reassuring.] They're my...friends. [It's strange to say, really. Odd having people she cares about so much next to Mukuro]
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[ It still makes Mukuro feel a little uncomfortable for reasons that are not easy to place. Perhaps the emotional honesty and vulnerability, or perhaps realizing how much he has missed, and how far behind he is. He's used to being entirely in control -- of his own relationships at least, you realize.
This is. ]
I see. [ But, more lightly! ] They do grow up so quickly, don't they?
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[Mostly because now that Chrome has Mukuro back, she doesn't want to lose him again so soon]
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[ In some filler episode, but it still counts, okay? ]
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