[IC: Counselors Party continuation]

[kagekachou]

[Continued from here and here.]

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[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

It's just not to my taste. And I figured that it was at least worth a try. I've consumed some pretty horrible things in the past, so I didn't think that it could be that bad.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

Try anything once? ...should I even ask?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

Not quite. ...no.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

Then what?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

Well, try... some things once, I suppose.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's better than nothing~

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

If you say so.

*somewhat carefully* Have you spoken to Tsuzuki-san lately?

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

About what?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

*shakes his head*

He'd just said that he would talk to you because...

*glances around at the party*

Do you mind if we take this conversation to somewhere a bit less crowded?

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

Because...?

Ah, that's fine.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

*searches out a more secluded section of the library. getting there, he folds his arms and paces a little before facing Watari.*

That conversation we had before Halloween, out in the woods... I'm afraid that I was operating on the basis of some significantly faulty information.

Had you heard about the shape-shifters that were out during that time?

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

[leans back against a bookcase, watching Tatsumi pace]

Mm, I heard about them later, from other people.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

. . . .

I hadn't really spoken to Tsuzuki before I saw you that night.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

...oh.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

I should have known better, given how I knew about them and had actually encountered the things earlier. But... well, I saw Tsuzuki later that night, and it became obvious. Before I knew that, though, I both gave you an incorrect impression of things and... I was not quite myself. And for that, I apologize.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

You didn't really give me much of an impression of anything, Tatsumi. Don't worry about it, people aren't themselves after having a shock.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

*relaxes slightly*

Ah, good. In the sense, I mean, that I sometimes... have strong reactions to things, so I wasn't sure...

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

...I never said that was a good thing. Was there anything else?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

It was better than what I'd been expecting.

...no, I believe that's all.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

What were you expecting?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

The worst, whatever that might have been. I don't know, I really have very little idea of what went on for most of that night.

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

What's the worst that could happen? I yell at you, you yell back, and we make up in the end. Arguing doesn't always end badly.

...sometimes, it's the only thing that lets you know you're still alive enough to care.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

That's what you think of as being alive?

[drink-this.livejournal.com]

...are you missing the point intentionally?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

I'm just trying to figure out what you're thinking.