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[The PCD clacks and the view shakes a bit, but finally centers on Horst's happy face. He's up on a roof, with four bottles of liquor and a chair.]

Right, you bunch of nutters, I'm going to sit up here and watch you all run about.

Tyki, you want a drink? I'm up here in the sane corner of the world.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Now why didn't he know this trick when he first turned? It would've made things so much easier.

Besides, if he's getting socks at the end of his dissection, the least he can do is make this enjoyable for Kurotsuchi.

He pulls back when he's had enough, and holds off the wounds for him. He licks his lip and wipes his chin.]

You were saying?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[It takes him a few moments to realize Horst had stopped, and he tries to glance back at him.]

What? Yes- [Trying to keep track of the conversation is slightly harder with the combination of blood loss and alcohol.] A few more.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Horst sits down facing him. He has some color to his complexion; a few cuts from shaving are healing visibly.]

Are you all right?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Waves off any concern, watching the healing with a bit of curiosity.]

Well enough. You're looking less like death.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Not a moment too soon. It's a pain in the arse to get company for the night here.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

You invited half the city over with your post, didn't you?

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Only the sane ones.

And it's just us right now, what does that tell you?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

That you're more picky about sanity than I thought, or they were all here earlier.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Of course I'm picky. You saw my brother; I've only got room for one of him in my life at a time.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether I should be insulted or not.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[That gets a laugh]

Don't be. You're not the 'him' of the moment.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Good enough. Though you must be fairly desperate for company if you invited me.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Harsh! Be your own best friend now, Kurotsuchi. You ought to apologize to yourself for that.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

It's just a realistic observation. I'm not social, you approach me when you want to be dissected, not to have a conversation.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He just shrugs] I like difficult people. Besides, you and I have been conversing since you got here and I've rather enjoyed it.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Then you'd be one of the first. Also, you're drunk. [Points out.]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Unrelated. I'm drunk because I haven't been sober since...since Merlin left, I think. By now I'm so used to it I may as well be sober.

But I've spoken to you when clean many a time, and at no point did I want to do something drastic to escape the conversation.

And I would wager you're fairly tipsy now, too, besides.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

That's a strange reaction to have to someone leaving. [Grief, what's that?]

And... possibly, yes. [Agrees when he realizes he can't really counter that.]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? It beats my last reaction, apparently. [Horst has no desire to jump into the sun again, no, but he thinks it's funny people approve more of this slowly destructive behavior than overt suicide.]

Have you ever lost someone, Kurotsuchi?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

The other was a lot quicker. [Doesn't really understand either reaction.]

And no, not that I've noticed.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Not that you've noticed? I suppose loss is different for-- [For shinigami? No, look at Hitsugaya and Unohana.]

Were you born a death god?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I'm not sentimental like the rest of you. And when I was alive I was human, though I don't remember it. I've always been a shinigami.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Don't be arrogant, of course you are. Think how annoyed [that's the word Johannes would use] you'd be if Yuca were gone.

[There's that nausea again.]

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

...I suppose I would be. If he goes back, I'll never find a way to kill him.

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Sentimental like the rest of us.

[Lots of drinking now.]