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[concasse]

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[slobjection]

[ this time..... ]

Even having done this before, don't think anyone could ever get used to watching kids die.

[concasse]

[The bitter part of him wants to argue that one day, you do. All death just washes over you like a sea breeze, and you hardly flinch at the spray.

... But it's not true for himself, so Sanji keeps his mouth shut]

Well, saddle up. We're gonna be here for a while, and now the rules are even worse.

[slobjection]

[ it's nothing that phoenix will ever get used to, even if he acts unconcerned. even with how little he knows sanji, he doesn't think he will, either. ]

Don't think I ever left the saddle, personally.

[ murder to murder.... ]

[concasse]

Yeah... yeah.

[Some of the fatigue shows on his face, but just for a moment. He spends the rest of the time sighing to himself]

... So only one team can win, eh? Not sure if I buy into that given how my last game went, but...

[slobjection]

So they say.

[ blues didn't really have teams so this is a new thing to him ]

But it's only been a week, so it's a little early to take things like that face value.

[concasse]

Oh I expect it's gonna be like last time -- rile the beehive, watch them dance, then give us an ending we can live with so long as we follow the game.

[... Well. Maybe. The sex ship puts a wrinkle in that, given what Sanji's heard, but...]

[slobjection]

Is that what happened....?

[ they seem to all have different ending experiences. and the mansion got one the better ones, seems like ]

[concasse]

More or less. Not saying we were "gifted" the perfect solution, but we kept searching until we found it.

[slobjection]

Did you wear them down, then?

[ he sounds approving. ]

[concasse]

'Course.

... And I got nothing against our current bosses, but if I gotta wear them down, too, I will.

[slobjection]

You do seem to have the energy for it.

[ it's a compliment (????) ]

[concasse]

Tch! You tryin' to start a fight?

[how does Sanji to make any friends..]

[slobjection]

By saying you have energy?

[ wow ]

[concasse]

It's because you always look so smug when you're talking!

[slobjection]

This is what I normally look like.

[ smug and douchey ]

[concasse]

... Would it kill you to, I dunno.

Smile like you mean it? Or do you need help?

[slobjection]

I do need help. Why don't you show me how it's done?

[ his expression doesn't change... he's definitely doing this on purpose ]

[concasse]

[Phoenix better run because Sanji will reach out and try and pull this poor man's cheeks into a smile BY FORCE]

[slobjection]

[ no this is happening because he deserves it ]

[ muffled and garbled, from the manhandling: ]

Good effort, but I can't see my own face right now. Maybe you should demonstrate on your own face.

[concasse]

[The worst part is that Sanji likes Phoenix all the more for letting him do shit like this, cursed.

Anyway Sanji doesn't mind smirking like a gremlin because he. is one.]

Does this work?

[STILL PINCHING THIS MAN'S CHEEKS]

[slobjection]

Hmm... yes, I'm starting to see it.

[ phoenix will always let sanji bully him. this is going to be the basis of their friendship. ]

Maybe a little happier, though.