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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

What are your expectations? So I can properly not live up to them.

[The last part might be a bit bitter.

Just a little bit.]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ furrows his brow, expression shifting from belligerent to just confused and defensive. ]

What does that have to do with anything?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Unintentional is not my style. I prefer to be much more deliberate about things.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ bristling very slightly ]

... Well, I don't do expectations.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Raises an eyebrow at him]

And that's your final stance on the matter?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ an uncomfortably long stretch of silence. ]

I'm telling you, it's got nothing to do with expectations. I live in reality.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

... And what about living in reality forgoes expectations?

[carnivorouscarnival]

I just mean that I'm not trying to make any impossible demands, so chill out.

... What'd I do to piss you off so bad, anyway?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[That gets him to back off and he takes a step back, giving Izumu some breathing room]

I'm not pissed off.

... At you.

[Careful addendum. Because there are many things that have pissed him off about this whole stupid mission]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ huffs, but he remains leaning against the wall, arms folded. ]

No? Were you going for the sexy kind of walling?

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I think you would know if I was going for the sexy type of walling.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Pinches the bridge of his nose as he tries to gather his thoughts into something sensible]

So? No expectations.

And no complaints that I don't trust you enough.

[carnivorouscarnival]

What is this, a contract negotiation...? I never even said anything about trust.

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

It's not a---

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[




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Never mind. Forget I said anything.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ ... ]

[ he doesn't really understand the turn this conversation took and he doesn't seem very happy about it, sulking in silence for a few moments, before eventually: ]

What are your expectations?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Flatly and without hesitation:]

That you don't expect me to change.

[carnivorouscarnival]

I don't want you to change.

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Clearly was not expecting that answer. Jury is out on whether he belie---

Who is he kidding? This is Izumu. Something something simple is best.

But well, he is Intensity. So...]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Good. Because I'm not going to!

[carnivorouscarnival]

... Glad to hear it. Then everybody's happy, right? Yippee.

[ he does not sound or look especially happy at the moment. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

... Is that what that expression is? Happy?

[carnivorouscarnival]

What, can't you see me smiling ear-to-ear? Gyahaha.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then if you're so pleased right now---

[Reaches out to place a hand on Izumu's shoulder]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he gives an almost imperceptible start, but he doesn't back down or brush the hand away—instead he looks up at Intensity just as defiantly as when he backed him up against the wall. ]