Belph

[concasse]

Will put in some meme here later

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[concasse]

... You know damn well I don't mind if it's you who kills me.

[The same goes with Steph, frankly, though Sanji chooses not to voice that. He figures Belph's got plenty on his plate with both her and hikage here.

... Guess he should be glad he's hoofing it alone, eh, Zelos?]

Though before we got making this pact, let's wait a few days. If it's anything like the shit that happened back in the castle, we could be given duties again.

[The kind of thing that might put a wrinkle in their plans]

[axilium]

[belph knows well. selfishly, it's the one reason why he could even bring himself to ask this of sanji.]

Fair enough. Here's hoping you get some semblance of a vacation, then, even if hope doesn't mean much.

[concasse]

[... Just exhaling a bit before downing the last of his glass]

Well, even if I don't get saddled with some shit, no point in being lazy. We're still gonna need to figure out what's caused this bullshit and how to get out.

[axilium]

[he sighs.]

Right, no slacking off. As much as I'd like a long, long nap—also, give me the bottle.

[concasse]

-- Tch, fine.

[POUTING AS HE HANDS IT OVER but it's too early for Sanji to be drinking himself into a stupor. There's no Zelos to keep him in check]

You get any good leads from the others? Far as I can tell, they're all in the same boat as us.

[axilium]

[pours himself a glass, thanks. belph has ingested an unhealthy amount of alcohol today and he's not stopping.]

Not really. Heard a bit about others' situations, and I talked with the ouija board, but it only gave me vague answers—unsurprisingly.

[concasse]

Figures -- it's why I opened up with a "knock knock" joke.

[he's allowed to be stupid on occasion]

[axilium]

[he lets out a laugh.]

How'd that go?

[concasse]

Vague and disappointing.

[That thread technically isn't finished BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA GO]

Guess we'll just have to wait for our new jailors to reveal themselves to us.

[axilium]

If our schedule is any indication, that'll be in, what, two days?

[concasse]

... Yeah, I'm betting on it.

[...]

And after that, what -- eight more weeks of hell? If we're lucky.

[axilium]

[he smiles, tired.]

... Well, at this point, we've put up with it for this long already, so what's eight weeks more?

[concasse]

Yeah... guess so.

[If the shit back in the castle couldn't break his spirit, he doubts a bus can. That's comforting, in its own way]

... You think the others back in the castle got home?

[axilium]

Well, considering we got abducted, it's not implausible they also did, even if by a different party.

[belph is not exactly an optimist or a reassuring person, sorry. he shrugs.]

But the fact of the matter is that if our captors didn't take them, then we'll probably have no way of ever knowing for as long as we're here. That'd be something for one of our worldhoppers or whatever to confirm, if we get out of here.

[concasse]

... You are a goddamn ray of sunshine, you know that?

[SORRY HE'S JUST. Amused by that blunt reply. But it's a reminder of why he likes hanging with Belph.]

Fine then. If we survive whatever bullshit's gonna happen to us here, we'll just have to go back and make sure everyone gets their happy ending.

[Listen he did not kill and die (for three hours) to fail.]

[axilium]

I try.

But you really are a mama hen, aren't you?

[concasse]

-- O-oi, that has nothing to do with it!

[Shut up Belph!!]

I'm just saying... I mean... we all worked hard and all, it only stands to reason we get our shitty reward at the end of the finish line!

[axilium]

Right, right, of course. I won't disagree with that. Free unlimited alcohol [he holds up his glass] is a terrible consolation prize.

[concasse]

Terrible but I ain't complaining, either.

... And I ran out of cigarettes so...

[Just giving Belph a heads up.]

[axilium]

Oh.

Have fun with that withdrawal?

[concasse]

I'm just sayin' if we gotta be stuck on this shitty ass bus, might be a murder sooner rather than later.

[axilium]

Yikes.

[he hands back the bottle.]

Have more alcohol?