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tribridfreakshow) wrote2019-06-07 08:32 pm
tribridfreakshow) wrote2019-06-07 08:32 pm
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what a kind landlord you have.
[why is it always like this?]
[why is it always like this?]
if i had my magic, no one would be allowed in so don't take it personally.
are you hungry?
are you hungry?
do what i did before i came here, i guess.
not rely on anyone except myself.
not rely on anyone except myself.
well since you seem to be the master of all things control, why don't you tell me what i should do?
always, i'm afraid. ( there's the hunger for blood which could be dealt with if he had some good food and liquor about, but alas. kol might be living in a rather decent apartment, but he doesn't have the patience for cooking. one would think that an ex-witch would have some culinary skills, but not him. he likes being spoiled and catered for. )
i think i'll be the judge of that in this case.
if you ever get thirsty, you know you can just ask me, right?
[It's less conspicuous, and therefore also less dangerous. Besides, she still heals fast.
Hopefully you didn't think she could cook, Kol.]
[It's less conspicuous, and therefore also less dangerous. Besides, she still heals fast.
Hopefully you didn't think she could cook, Kol.]
I'll tell you a secret, then. Not only was I detective, but I worked privately for a politician aiming to become the Prime Minister of Japan. By allying myself with him, I was able to live comfortably. I had my means of getting into a better position with his campaign than most would, and here, I have to start from nothing.
I wouldn't say I relied on him, but he had strength that could benefit me. Here, I've joined up with Katelin Jovavich's campaign to benefit myself.
The strong are often blind to anything beyond their own noses, so to speak. You can use that, while counting on your own resilience to make it through.
I wouldn't say I relied on him, but he had strength that could benefit me. Here, I've joined up with Katelin Jovavich's campaign to benefit myself.
The strong are often blind to anything beyond their own noses, so to speak. You can use that, while counting on your own resilience to make it through.
[... No wonder she latched onto him so readily. That sounds like something her father would say.
It's not something she's consciously aware of though, instead only very motivated by his words.
They make so much sense.]
And then replace or just get rid of them when I don't need them anymore?
It's not something she's consciously aware of though, instead only very motivated by his words.
They make so much sense.]
And then replace or just get rid of them when I don't need them anymore?
[What had he planned to do after he was done with Shido? Akechi said a lot of things he'd like to do in interviews: travel around the world, do schooling somewhere else. Live his life. They were vapid responses from a person who never thought he'd have any of it. He never saw them as things he'd do, but the things that someone should say.
Her response jars him in making him recognize it again, just as the version of him formed by the metaverse had dangled his lack of freedom in his face. He was nothing but a puppet for Shido, one in denial of how he would be tossed away.
He considers her response. His goal with Shido was personally motivated, but would he do that with most? Dressing it up the right way could lead to him having further opportunities based on it.]
I'd say it depends.
If you need to be rid of that person, then there are ways to make that happen. But otherwise, you can find a means of working it so that you can cut ties cleanly. Too many messy ... disconnections start to stand out, and the goal is to never have their eyes on you in a suspicious way.
[Something he also failed at, too caught up in what he believed.
This is an approach learned from many mistakes.]
There's always something to value in letting them think you need them, especially when you can find a way to make it more equal. Sometimes removing that is just as good as getting rid of them. Incompetence follows.
I know it all sounds rather convoluted, but I've seen more simplistic takes. I've learned that you need to be more thoughtful.
[Akechi does not add that his take was the simplistic one.]
Her response jars him in making him recognize it again, just as the version of him formed by the metaverse had dangled his lack of freedom in his face. He was nothing but a puppet for Shido, one in denial of how he would be tossed away.
He considers her response. His goal with Shido was personally motivated, but would he do that with most? Dressing it up the right way could lead to him having further opportunities based on it.]
I'd say it depends.
If you need to be rid of that person, then there are ways to make that happen. But otherwise, you can find a means of working it so that you can cut ties cleanly. Too many messy ... disconnections start to stand out, and the goal is to never have their eyes on you in a suspicious way.
[Something he also failed at, too caught up in what he believed.
This is an approach learned from many mistakes.]
There's always something to value in letting them think you need them, especially when you can find a way to make it more equal. Sometimes removing that is just as good as getting rid of them. Incompetence follows.
I know it all sounds rather convoluted, but I've seen more simplistic takes. I've learned that you need to be more thoughtful.
[Akechi does not add that his take was the simplistic one.]
My family made a lot of enemies that way.
[Messy disconnections being murder. You kill someone, and someone else tends to end up pissed, after all.]
It sounds like I would have to learn to be okay with people underestimating me so that I could take advantage of it.
It makes sense, though.
[Messy disconnections being murder. You kill someone, and someone else tends to end up pissed, after all.]
It sounds like I would have to learn to be okay with people underestimating me so that I could take advantage of it.
It makes sense, though.
[That's the kind of avoidance she figured he'd answer with, but at least he knows now.]
i think i can handle a milkshake.
i think i can handle a milkshake.
i'll take it into consideration.
[In her current emotional state, she'd rather just strong-arm someone into doing what she needed, but that's probably only going to make things worse for her.]
[In her current emotional state, she'd rather just strong-arm someone into doing what she needed, but that's probably only going to make things worse for her.]
too bad that takes patience, something i'm a little short of these days.
make the wrong decision. choose the wrong allies. maybe i'll just go crazy.
[ at some inconvenient hour of the afternoon, hope will be greeted by the sounds of things slamming in the kitchen...
... and then the sound of a plate being thrown to the ground, futuristic china shattering, followed by caroline's own voice groaning in agony. somebody's having a moment. ]
... and then the sound of a plate being thrown to the ground, futuristic china shattering, followed by caroline's own voice groaning in agony. somebody's having a moment. ]
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