004. voice/action for the katabami

[curseking]

[While unaffected by the strange magic swapping everyone's bodies, it would be extremely difficult for Mitsunari not to notice all that's going on, and he doesn't like the particular nature of this curse one bit.]

To be handed the opportunity to pretend to be someone else... given free rein to deceive all that you like...

I detest this.

[Was that the sound of the journal snapping shut? It sure was. Whether anyone's actually used this as a chance to assume another person's identity is irrelevant; it's the principle of the thing.]

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[rebellions]

[Needless to say, that is not what Ragna expected to hear. Sure, he wouldn't be surprised if Mitsunari continued to sing praises about that lord of his or whatever, but instead he... decided to tell him about another person he holds great respect for? While even the Grim Reaper can recognize how much the people he's describing meant to him (and a part of him considers that to be one of Mitsunari's few good traits), he really fails to understand the other man's apparent need to voice his feelings on the matter. He's never seemed like a talkative type, much less towards Ragna, and yet...

"To be bereft of allies as I am?"

That may be the part that stands out the most from the entire rant, to Ragna at least. Both of those "lords" of his─ from what he said, it sounds like they're dead. So he lost people he cared for and was left alone? ... It's something he could probably sympathize with, but─]

... You done yet?

[The Grim Reaper asks with a scoff, giving Mitsunari a somewhat bored look.]

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[curseking]

[So absorbed in his thoughts as he was, Mitsunari first reacts as if he's been jolted out of a trance. Then, he's furious.]

Have you no respect for the memory of the dead?! Consider yourself fortunate I cannot turn my blade against you now!

[Ragna's disinterest would irritate him even if they were discussing something as bland as the weather, let alone a topic as important to Mitsunari as one of his lords.]

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[rebellions]

[Ragna can't help but raise an eyebrow in surprise. As far as he's concerned, he wasn't disrespectful in the slightest─ compared to the usual, anyway.]

I didn't say a single thing 'bout 'em, y'know.

[He does have a point there. True, he's not overly interested in Mitsunari's relationship with some dead people, but considering how he usually behaves, that comment was almost tactful.]

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[curseking]

Your dismissal is an insult.

[There isn't really anything Ragna could have said (or not said) that would have been deemed an appropriate response.]

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[rebellions]

[Honestly, at this point Ragna is beginning to suspect him still breathing insults Mitsunari on some level. Thankfully, it's not his problem.]

... You keep getting your panties in a twist over everything related to those "lords" of yours, don'tcha? Calm your tits.

[The fact these words are coming out of Xun Yu's mouth makes it more than a little bizarre.]

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[curseking]

Wh--?!

[Saying he's taken aback doesn't quite sum it up.]

Shut your rotten mouth, cretin! Immediately!

[Or else!

Or else... well. There's not much he can do aside from be outraged.]

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[rebellions]

[The Grim Reaper rolls his eyes, clearly unimpressed with Mitsunari's outburst.]

And what are you gonna do, bore me to death?

[He's doing a pretty good job at that, at least.]