video | IM GONNA WRECK IT

[witheringlotus]

Who: Kanda and yu you!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Marsiva only.
When: Early Tuesday morning.

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[There's a cranky nineteen-year-old staring down through the feed. The feed is upside down. Someone should probably tell him.]

Where is it?

[It's not a question, it's a demand.]

My sword. Where is it?

[He leans in, blue eyes taking over the feed.] Who are you supposed to be? Some other division? [It's not the first time he's been locked up in a lab. If this is supposed to terrify him, it's not working.] You're testing me, then.

Hope you don't have anything important in here. There won't be anything left when I'm done.

Comments

[witheringlotus]

Mugen liquefied when I came to take it.

[He... decides not to mention he was in the process of possibly Falling when Tiedoll came to get him. Then again, could've been the priest. Who knows.]

... So, how many Akuma are here?

[save_the_souls]

[Allen didn't see Lenalee becoming a crystal-type, so that explanation is weird. What does it becoming a liquid have to do with it being in the bloodstream-]

...You drank it, didn't you.

[Kanda that's seems like an unsafe thing to do, and that's coming from someone who occasionally rips off his own arm to use his weapon]

Currently? None.

[witheringlotus]

Well, yeah. [He says it like it's the most obvious thing in the world.]

None? None at all? [wtf] So the dragon just came out of nowhere?

[save_the_souls]

...Okay.

[May be judging a little.]

None, there's no Earl to make any. [As for that question? Well...] The dragon came from an accident on a planet in the last system. I think something mixed badly with dark matter there and created a crude Akuma in the form of a dragon. I didn't get all the details, really.

[It's a lie. Maybe if it was Lenalee or Lavi, he'd be more forthcoming. But he can't deny him and Kanda have had a rather...rocky relationship regarding him being a Noah, so he wasn't about to throw Mikleo and Sorey under the bus.]

[witheringlotus]

[He's silent for a while. If that accident happened once, it might happen again. On the other hand, if Allen is lying... there's gotta be a reason.

In the end, he decides he doesn't give a shit either way because it's taken care of. If another Akuma pops up it's whatever. He'll slice it to bits.]

I see.

[Yep, that's all he has to contribute to the conversation.]

-- Tell me one thing, Beansprout.

[save_the_souls]

[And you know, he's okay with that being all he has to contribute to that and is not going to push it. He's willing to cover for those two, but it's not like he liked fabricating lies to use on his comrades.]

It's Allen.

[In other words, go ahead.]

[witheringlotus]

[Kanda knows better than to push unless it's something important.]

... Are you--

[-- god, this sounds too much like caring.]

... happy?

[save_the_souls]

....

Uh-








Are you feeling alright, Kanda?

[Drinking that Innocence must've damaged his brain. That's it. ]

[witheringlotus]

[Aaaand here comes the embarrassment.]

Of all the times for you to be an idiot--

[AUGH]

Never mind. Forget I said anything.

[save_the_souls]

[?!

Oh crap- wait. Was Kanda actually asking? Was he showing concern about his well being and Allen just missed it? Whoops better say something quick-]

I-

[Was he happy? It was a complicated question for seeming so simple, especially from someone at home who just threw him a lot of information he still has to process.]

...I miss you all. The Order- not...all of it- but the Exorcists, Komui and all of them. [The people who treated them like someone, anyway]

But... yeah ... I have been. [Which he sounds guilty about, after hearing everything going on. Why should he be happy when all his comrades weren't? ]

[witheringlotus]

[To be fair, Allen asked for it.

When Kanda gets a real answer, though, he refrains from commentary. There's no derisive snort, no disparaging remark. Just a quiet acceptance. If they find a way home, then--

-- well, Kanda's already decided.]

All right.

[That's what he needed to hear, and he's happy to move onto other things.]

Nine years, huh. You don't sound any different.

[save_the_souls]

[Hey he's not saying it's bad! It's just weird. Marie and Lenalee were the ones he'd expect those kind of questions out of. Kanda? Definitely something that's going to take some getting used to.

But he's not going to push into that "all right". He's not entirely sure what it means, but on the other hand he's not really sure about how he feels about his answer. It's the truth, sure. He's built a life here. But it's not like he wanted to write off his world either. Just...argh. It's too confusing right now. Let's not think about it right now and move onto...

Great. A more irritating topic.]

Ah...yeah.

Something about these places freezes your physical aging. So...

[Y e a h. Still a Sprout.]

[witheringlotus]

It probably has something to do with the time stuff.

[He huffs quietly.]

I wonder if that's a good thing.

[save_the_souls]

[Yeah Clay probably has some theory about it. He's way better at wrapping his head around the science of multiverses and time travel.]

Well...it gave me more time, at least.

[Time he wouldn't have otherwise, he's pretty sure]

On other hand, it can be pretty annoying.

[witheringlotus]

... Yeah.

[Well, if Allen's going to come right out and say it--]

I guess that counts for me, too.

[Kanda can't help a little smirk.]

You're gonna be a Beansprout forever. Might as well own up to it.

[save_the_souls]

[He was about to ask what Kanda meant by that when-

-!!!]

LIKE HELL!! I AM NOT A BEANSPROUT!!