００３。「VOICE」

[beanstalk]

[ Will Kanda ever use something beyond text and voice? WHO KNOWS. He's a little breathless, very likely from fighting the new horde of zombies that have come to encroach on underground his home, but when he speaks? When he speaks, there's not a hint of irritation or exhaustion, rather the exact opposite of it.

There's definitely groaning off in the distance as more slowly make their way toward him, but he has a moment. ]

Fear, is this honestly the best you have? [ There's a smirk in his voice as he's definitely grinning widely off screen. ] You know, when someone poses a challenge, you ought to actually step up your game.

This is still weak.

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[beanstalk]

I'll actually be surprised if Fear does, first of all.

[ Though obviously he can't, considering... he doesn't care?? Honestly the only reason he's protecting the underground spiral houses is because he lives in one of them. He was at the orchard earlier, because he rather likes that place.

If he actually had someone to protect, it would be totally different, but he doesn't. ]

It's been four days. If people who can't fight are still stupid enough to wander outside in this chaos, that's their own problem.

voice;

[hotspurred]

[To take this risk, knowing that the gods use the network, merely to what? Show off? Parade his arrogance? He's doing a good job of riling Henry's temper.]

What hoped you to accomplish by this?

voice;

[beanstalk]

A goddamn reaction out of him. [ Yes, even if it puts everyone else at risk. Allen sure would give him an earful if the beansprout were here, but alas. ]

voice;

[hotspurred]

...

[That silence, by the way, is filled with palpable disgust. Kanda cannot actually be serious.]

What possesses you to goad Fear? Are you truly devoid of all sense?!

voice;

[beanstalk]

[ Totally fucking serious. ]

Because he's the only one who took the bait. [ Granted, the only other one he tried to goad was Sorrow... ]

voice;

[hotspurred]

Have you considered that it might suit his purposes to? There will be a price to pay for your folly. Do not force that cost upon us.

voice;

[beanstalk]

Provided that he actually takes it completely.

Then if he does, I'll take the brunt of it. I'm the one challenging him, after all.

voice;

[hotspurred]

Your pride ought to serve some purpose.

[As well Kanda should, as far as Henry's concerned.]

Forgot not that he is Fear. He is far from harmless.

voice;

[beanstalk]

[ Snort. It was only common sense, Henry. ]

I've yet to see otherwise.

voice;

[hotspurred]

Evidently you were not here when he buried half of us alive overnight.

voice; never be <3

[hotspurred]

Someone must try.

[There's still irritation in Henry's tone, though for once it's not directed at Shadow.]

Before he manages to curse us all.

voice;

[hotspurred]

So we should allow him his attempt to worsen the situation?

[Henry scoffs.]

Hardly.

[He's offended by the suggestion. What is this chill you speak of? Too on-point, Shadow.]

voice;

[hotspurred]

We should strive to prevent suffering, not merely endure it.

voice; /threadjack because hey we don't have enough threads

[thechoiceisyours]

Uh, actually he does.

[Just putting that out there.]

voice; no we totally don't c:

[beanstalk]

That's a shock. When the hell did that happen?

voice;

[thechoiceisyours]

Um, really early on. I mean, that's the only time I know of specifically, but he definitely altered an event to makes it more uh... Upsetting, I guess. Though it also turned out to be a good thing in a way.

[Sorry for that awful explanation.]

voice;

[beanstalk]

[ That's a little confusing. ] So he just tweaked something to make it upsetting and it backfired.

[ ... ]

I still say he sucks at his namesake, then.

voice;

[thechoiceisyours]

Well, not exactly, it was just... It was more terrifying on one way and less in another. At least for awhile, and then it was just bad in both.

[And stop taunting Fear omg.]

voice;

[beanstalk]

Bad how?

[ .....non. ]

voice;

[thechoiceisyours]

[Ugh he's going to have to actually explain and he doesn't really want to.]

Bad like, we had more time before anyone would run out of air from being buried alive, but then once you got toward the end of that time you'd had the shitty experience of being stuck in a box for three days and then having to worry about suffocating after all.

[It was not a great experience all around.]

voice;

[beanstalk]

[ Yes he is because Chris is being stupidly vague and it's kind of annoying because he wants to know! ]

He buried people alive?

voice;

[thechoiceisyours]

[Sorry Kanda, words are hard sometimes.]

Yeah.

[Like now, apparently, because that's all the response he gives to the question. At least it's succinct, right?]