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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

"This is Intensity. Leave a message."

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[carnivorouscarnival]

I meant you, specifically. Do you think they're going to let you waltz back into Tokyo-F with the rest of us when "maintenance" is over?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Worst case scenario - we get caught and put on trial like was the original intention. Or go through re-education. Maybe even become Damned.

Why do you think I'm trying to spread information and make sure I'm not physically holding on to any of the items on the checklist? I know what kind of risky spot I'm in.

[He sighs, rubbing the bridge of his nose]

Best case - they let us back in. Or we go with the angel. Or I get a higher-up to vouch for me. Or I stay on the run in Hell.

There are numerous possibilities.

[Read: This is so fucking far from what the original plan was, I'm just winging it]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ ... sighs ]

Sounds like finding that angel is top priority.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm leaving that to Hurricane and Nemesis for now since they've already built up trust with the angel.

Though it sounds like you're on speaking terms as well.

[carnivorouscarnival]

"Speaking terms" is one way to put it. They tossed me in a pool of holy water and called it "divine punishment."

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

They. did. WHAT?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ that is a much different reaction than he was expecting. ]

... Uh, didn't hurt or anything. Just felt like regular water to me.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You have just told him that certain holy water melted through a glass bottle. This is a little unnerving.

And he's still mad about it]

Divine punishment for what?

Existing?

[carnivorouscarnival]

Reading their diary.

Basically, they're just embarrassed I learned about their secret crush.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

Why are they the only surviving angel again...?

[carnivorouscarnival]

Hey, it could always be worse.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Knock on wood, Izu-chan.

We're already in a tight spot.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ snorts ]

Thought you weren't the superstitious type.

... Well, I'll do what I can. Go hunting for an angel, and try a couple other things while I'm at it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I look forward to hearing the results.

[And then he crooks a finger for Izumu to lean in closer]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he leans in with a small "hm?" sound. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He threads his fingers through Izumu's hair and then pulls him in for a kiss]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he returns the kiss immediately, a bit of the tension leaving his body as he does. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He indulges much longer than he should. Then they should in public.

Before pulling back to whisper against Izumu's lips]

You shouldn't have tried to come and get us.

What if you arrived after the Circus Girl had left with the others?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he opens his mouth, but seems to swallow down a lot of what he was about to say. he could give a long explanation about how what he expected to happen was different from reality, about how Mehniel was already going and somebody had to stick with them, but does any of that ultimately matter? ]

Going back without you didn't seem like much of an option to me.

1/2

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You don't get to say that.

You. don't. get. to. say. that!]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I would have been fine.

I was fine.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ huffs ]

I didn't know if you guys had a way back. Elly was already set on going to find you, so chaperoning them seemed like a better use of my time than twiddling my thumbs back in Tokyo-F.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Yeah somewhere in the middle of that explanation, Intensity is going to yank Izumu closer and kiss him again.

This time not chaste]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ oh, okay.

he grips Intensity's shoulder, giving back as good as he gets, absorbed enough in the kiss to forget where they are for a moment. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Surely it's not too strange for people to just start making out in a restaurant/bar. Or if it is, no one complains overtly to their face. After Intensity's little emotional outburst subsides, he pulls back completely.

And then.

Fondly:]

You're impossible.