♜ one [ writing ]

[deathsought]

I have a question for everyone here.

We're supposed to go sailing, but how does someone willingly go on a ship with so many different people, when doing so could put the people in your crew at risk? How do you live so closely with that many other people when just being near them could be dangerous for them?

[ The penmanship looks really old-fashioned, but still perfectly legible. It's clear this person hasn't seen anything written in a long time, but thankfully, writing is like riding a bicycle. It's not something anyone forgets how to do. There's SOME voices in the background, but it's distant and muffled. Whoever is writing this went to great lengths to avoid others. ]

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[deadlyribbons]

Well maybe not in the exact way you mean it, still...

I believe this is not something you should be concerned about. Not when it comes to me at least.

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[deathsought]

[ ... Either this girl is incredibly brave (and possibly suicidal), or she's serious, and that would have no effect on her. That would have to mean that she literally has no soul, or maybe even that she's undead or something. But even so, it begs the question... ]

Even if I were to accept, why would you want to help someone you haven't met before?

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[deadlyribbons]

I wouldn't do it for you. I'd do it to protect everyone else here.

[Because that's what she does. That's what she's sworn to do.]

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[deathsought]

[ Welp, can't argue with that. ]

How do I know you won't be needlessly putting yourself at risk?

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[deadlyribbons]

You can't know that, or won't know that, until we meet. But I'm not suicidal if that helps. Quite the opposite in fact.

...I would have had the opportunity to die a long time ago if I was.

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[deathsought]

[ ... well, that hit home for him. ]

I see... [ A brief pause in the writing. ] I'll give you a chance then. One chance.

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[deadlyribbons]

I don't think I'll need more than that.

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[deathsought]

[ He's usually not this quick to trust someone. But, well, she's from another world, with magic he's never heard of before. That's a start. ]

I hope I don't regret this later.

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[deadlyribbons]

I can't guarantee that, Zeref. The only thing I can promise is that I'll do my uttermost so that none of us will.

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[deathsought]

I guess that's all I can ask for.

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[deadlyribbons]

That's settled, then.

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[deathsought]

... yes. For now.