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☠Twenty-Fourth Reel: No one tell her what to do [VOICE]

So! It seems that some little miss nice boots wants all of us to behave~! Or else, no less!

[There is a long pause before the sound of a bottle being broken and a whoosh sound pops up. The sound is very akin to fire.]

You'll need to COME AND FIND ME if you want to punish me~!

[Soon enough, screams can be heard while people scream to help put out a fire. Then a chainsaw is suddenly heard, and there's far more to scream about now.]

Deesuko Ballia, I knew thee well!

[Action for the Bloody Roses: they are definitely not gonna stick around after this turn of events! To arms and chaos!]

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Bad timing? Why is that?

Because people weren't distracted with something else. And we have had three or so islands being burned before yours.

[Ever heard of the drop that made the bucket overflow?]

I knew it -

The world is just against poor, poor me.

[A pout. She may or may not be turning up her charm. This is what she's good at, after all . . .]

No, the world has better things than being against "poor, poor you". The people with too much time in their hands are.

[Kodachi turns up charm! ... It's totally ineffective.]

[That, again, makes her laugh. You're funny.]

It seems to me that you hold nobody in great esteem, whether the people against me, or me!

[Of course, she'd prefer it if she could win him over to her side . . .]

Well, then - what are you? Are you a person with too much time on his hands? Or do you simply like my company, which is why we continue to converse?

I hold many people in great esteem. They just have to show that they are worth it, there is too much scum in this and any other world that thinks too much of themselves without deserving it. I don't have time to waste with those.

[There's a humming noise at her question, as if he ponders the answer.]

Neither. Just someone curious enough and who isn't bored yet.

Respectable.

[She likes that he knows what he wants and isn't afraid to say it.]

And you are?

Phoenix Ikki, for simplicity just Ikki would do. Your name has been around already but to be honest I've not paid attention to that, so what's yours?

A pleasure to meet you. I am Kodachi, the Black Rose.

I wouldn't have wanted my reputation to precede me in this case! You might've heard all the wrong things.

[A light laugh.]

Trust me, reputation means nothing to me. Anyway all I know is that you want to get married aren't getting it and like to burn islands that marry people because you're being left out of it.

You decide if any of that's wrong or not.

That's mostly correct, yes.

[Of course, people are forgetting the whole "she's heartbroken because the only guy who ever showed her kindness in her life is in love with someone else and she doesn't want to be alone anymore because she's been lonely for as long as she can remember in a big house by herself with absentee parents and a useless brother" part, but they tended to do that.]

Do you still like me?

[He didn't listen into the journals enough to pick it if it was talked about, otherwise he could have understand it more.]

You ask that as if what I think matters.

Let's just say that between you and someone who says "don't hurt innocents but if they are Navy it's okay", I like you more. And I've yet to get any reason to dislike you.

It does! [Kodachi mostly didn't care about others, but she could spy a potential ally. It was always good to have someone on your side, after all.]

I like you too.

[Sparkles.]

Besides, why say such nonsense? If one's willing to fight someone, they should be willing to fight anyone - unless, of course, said person is precious to them.

Sorry, Kodachi, but you're wrong there. Even if said person is precious to you, you should be ready and willing to fight them if circumstances ever take you that way. Otherwise, you just end with a huge and ridiculous weakness if someone with powers manages to disguise themselves as your precious one.

[And the way it's said makes it clear that he has been in that situation already.]

Ikki-san . . .

That sounds so sad and tragic! I don't know how anyone could ever do that - or survive that!

It's more like a pain in the ass, actually. But that may be just me.

[He can still feel his eye twitching at the memory of how his brothers got defeated by such a stupid trick.]

About the how... Beats me. I figure the way would show for each person in time if they care enough about not dying for a stupid reason.

I could never!

[Shaking her head and going "nnn"!]

What happened?

[He just stares at the journal for a moment.]

Which one of the times do you want to hear about?

[BECAUSE THAT SHIT HAS BEEN PULLED ON HIM MORE TIMES THAN HE CARES TO COUNT.]

There's more than one?

[Give him a moment as he counts.]

Four or so? I can just think of four from the top of my he- Five and I'm not thinking more about i-, wait, six. Oh, fuck it.

[Yes, there's definitively more than one. If you want sad and tragic Ikki's your guy.]

Oh . . . I feel sad for you!

[How do you not have trust issues at this rate.]

[Did you forget the part where you both stated how he hold no one in high esteem unless they proved themselves, Kodachi?]

... I'm warning you, if you start singing "poor unfortunate souls" to me I'm closing the journal.

[Aka enough with pitying him.]

[She could earn his high esteem later; what was important now was that she earned his interest. And if buttering him up was the way to do it, then so be it!]

Why would I do that?

I wanted to hear your story - if you would tell me, that is. But oh . . . it must be so tragic! How do you bear it?

How do you bear wanting something very simple and specific and not getting it even on an island dedicated to it? "Tragic" is a word that applies to everyone to different degrees, and I don't like when it's used like this. It makes me feel that it's not worth talking if you're going to end feeling bad because of something that happened in the past.

[Even if it probably is. Despite his words, though, Ikki's tone is actually almost gentle and incredibly tired.]

If you really want to hear it, for whatever reason, I will tell you. But please don't pull the "poor, poor Ikki-san" on me. I'm sure I've seen something more interesting in you than that, Kodachi.

[Don't disappoint him now, girl, you were going quite well and he doesn't answer positively to being buttered up.]

[She sighed and paused for a moment, reflecting, before finally replying to him.]

I do want to hear it because I'm interested - because I do have people dear to me, and I couldn't imagine having to fight them one day. [Throwing her brother around (which she did often) was one thing, but that was just sibling rivalry. Actually having to fight in combat to make a stand - that was another.]

I want to know more about you because you seem very wise.

[Flattery aside, she meant it; she might have been a selfish girl, but she could admire those with wisdom and noble ideals. (So long as they weren't at odds with her.)]

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