ANAIDO

[concasse]

will shitpost here later

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[wowcool]

[He stares at him for a moment, a little surprised, before he offers his own reply.]

Hello...bastard?

[Said very awkwardly because he's not sure if he means it in a bad way or in a weird friendly way.]

[concasse]

[... He snorts up half of his tea. God.]

Oi, I didn't actually mean it like... y'know.

[god]

Anyway, uh. Kitchen's free if you're hungry. I'm just avoiding everyone.

[wowcool]

...Oh.

[Sanji!! He is a big nerd!! He doesn't know these things!!]

Why are you avoiding everyone? Did something happen?

[concasse]

... Have you not run into anyone yet?

[He thought the emotion bullshit had gotten everyone! Damn. Maybe Anaido is that good at dodging]

[wowcool]

...

[REALIZATION]

Oh! Oh. The emotion thing! Haha, well, it's...not that bad, actually? Everyone has been nice to me about it so far.

[concasse]

... Well, it'd be weird of they gave you shit for it. S'not like anyone can help it.

[A huff]

But I'm not in the business of telling people my business, so keep your hands, feet, and everything else to yourself.

[wowcool]

Oh, its not the sharing emotions through touching they're nice about. People have given me a lot of support for what I'm feeling...

[He lifts up his hands as if under arrest, laughing.]

Sure thing! Nooooo touching here!

[concasse]

Ah...

[...]

So you're probably depressed like half of the camp, I assuming.

[wowcool]

Haha!

[A shake of the head.]

Not exactly. I mean, I'm sad about what's happening, but it's a lot more than that.

[concasse]

Huh...

[opening his mouth, but... then closing it with a sigh. It's not really his business, is it]

Well, I mean. There's plenty of time to reflect in this shitty camp, if you just need time to think.

[wowcool]

I think too much, chef.

[He says, after a moment.]

Some days I don't really want to think at all.

[concasse]

[oh... well, uh.

Shit.]

Gotcha.

[...]

I mean, if you want me to concuss you for a day, I can just kick you in the head.

[What a morbid way of showing support]

[wowcool]

[He waves a hand, saying no.]

Oh, Minako did that to me once back on the island and I didn't like it. I really appreciate the offer, though!

[concasse]

[Bruh that startles a laugh outta him.]

Damn, did she?

I mean, I hope she was trying to help.

[wowcool]

No, she was trying to save me from falling off of a cliff. It was an accident.

[poor minako, knocking out a grown man]

But I did get a couple of memories back from it, at least! I didn't even know my own name before that.

[concasse]

[... Anaido is always such a disaster on legs]

Oh, speaking of that... you doing better on the memory front?

[wowcool]

[tell him about it]

Well, there was a few I saw last week! But they don't make any sense. So I'm still kind of in the same boat as before.

[concasse]

Oi, but that's still progress, yeah?

If they're coming back at all, it means you can keep expecting more to follow.

[wowcool]

Haha. I don't think so.

[anaido?]

I think they're locked away for a reason.

[concasse]

[... Eyebrow knitting into a frown]

I mean, obviously I can't know one way or another, but...

[Hm]

Do you wanna unlock 'em?

[wowcool]

Two of the memories I saw with others involved me dying in two separate ways.

[He just stares levelly at Sanji, smile on his lips, but his gaze is...a little distant, like its at the end of a deep well.]

So I don't know.

[concasse]

[A pause]

Ah...

[...]

If I were you, that'd make me wanna know more.

[But that's not his call to make in the end.]

[wowcool]

I'm made to play a role, Sanji. I don't think you'd want to be me.

[And a light laugh.]

Maybe I'm just a cool immortal detective who solves crimes until the end of time! Better knowing that, then revealing I'm something else, hm?

[concasse]

It's your own choice.

[Firm on that]

If that's the role you wanna play, whose gonna tell you to suck it up and do it different?

... But if you are a detective, if you're really the type to keep plowing forward, looking for the truth...

[Eventually he's gonna plow straight into something he might not get to take back. And maybe that's the true, ugly truth of it all.]

[wowcool]

It's not about what I want, chef! Haha, there's things that one wants, and there's things which other people want. I think I'm the latter. Like a little bird in another's cage, I can only sing so much.

[He hums. How can he be so light when talking about the fact that he's somehow unable to make choices for himself.]

I'm a brilliant detective who figures out the mystery of Kaeru-kun's death. And I will use my skills to help you all solve the murders of others. My mystery is not a mystery I should solve. It's not part of my job. So that's that.