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It happened a while ago. In the slums.

[...God, he's not going to remember any of this, fucking shit thank god Weavile is here.]

I didn't feel a damn thing, and I'm pretty sure that's not normal. I mean, with those other guys at least I was...

[an idiot, he's an idiot, he's a god damn idiot.

a nice big chunk of ice forms right next to Silver, between him and Ryuunosuke.]

Oh. Whoa.

[That sure is some ice. Ryuunosuke tips his head a bit at it and then does the totally normal thing of reaching out to poke it. Thankfully it doesn't shatter immediately, but he draws back when cracks start appearing in it. He's not sure if that's due to the weird excitement he's feeling or if he just can't touch anything in this world without breaking it or killing it.]

No, that's... probably not normal. But what other guys?

[Slums. He's going to have to remember that.]

The other guys I... killed. When I was angry.

...

[God dammit Ryuunosuke's going to hate him, look at how warm it is, his ice is melting, never mind starting to crack.]]

[...............

GREATEST COOL EXCEPT HE CAN'T ACTUALLY SAY IT OH MY GOD

Okay. Come on, Ryuunosuke. You can do this. You can manage to control your emotional reaction to this. You've got this. You will not erupt in sparkles or glitterbombs or--

Never mind. That sure is a lot of glitter and now he's covered in magenta glitter and this is so stupid--]

Silver, that's--!

[GODDAMMIT]

Really cool!!

[WELL FUCK HIM]

[...You know, there were a lot of reactions he expected.

That was absolutely not one of them, and now he is covered in glitter, and...

...What? Ryuunosuke's... Excited? Huh?]

It is?

Of course it is! I mean, I figured you were really cool to begin with, but that--!

[FISTPUMP!!!]

It's really cool, Silver!

[that doesn't even sound like a word anymore]

I mean, I hope it wasn't traumatizing or anything, but wow...

[SPARKLES!!!]

...That part wasn't. I didn't feel anything about that either. ...Except for really angry, but that was when Sosyne was rampaging.

[The rest of that event is another story.]

What's so cool about it?

[He doesn't respond to Ryuunosuke with anger or wariness so much as complete and genuine confusion; he might have reacted differently under other circumstances, but he's pretty sure he's never seen Ryuunosuke spout out this much glitter.]

Oh, yeah, during all that stuff... I guess that explains it.

[He settles a bit, though the sparkles are still going. He also finally tries to get some of the glitter off his clothes and out of his hair.]

Well, it's... I mean, I wouldn't have expected that from you! It's just... really cool!

[THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS WITHOUT "MURDER IS COOL" SO UH]

[...Ryuunosuke thinks killing people is cool. That's what he can take from this.]

What do you mean you wouldn't have expected it from me?

[...Silver.]

Well, I thought you were a good guy who wouldn't do anything like that. And maybe you are! I mean, I don't really know what that whale did. Other than rampage a lot.

[Which was apparently also really cool, given how the sparkles brighten again.]

Sosyne's anger got into my head. I wasn't in control. There's a reason why those murders were excused.

[...But at the same time...]

I try to do the right thing, but at the same time, I don't really care about murder, I guess. That's a little backwards, isn't it?

[That's... Not exactly a fun admission, but it is an honest one.]

Do you kill people, Ryuunosuke?

[Well, he knew this question was coming. As far as he can see, he has two options.

1. Claim to be interested in murder and play up the tryhard angle. It'd probably be believable.

2. Tell the truth.

...Well, he's certainly not a tryhard and it's not like he's killed anyone here, so--]

I do, yeah.

[And the sparkles aren't fading at all, thanks Ryuunosuke.]

I haven't killed anyone here though, if that's what you're asking.

No, I don't really care, but...

[...]

Why?

[Is it because it gets him this... Happy?]

Well, I could tell you it's because it's the only time I feel alive, but maybe it would be more accurate to say I'm just really interested in death! The only way to truly understand life is to get a better understanding of death, and that's not something movies or books or TV shows can teach you!

[ryuunosuke what the fuck]

[...It's the only time he...

...

Ryuunosuke, what the fuck.]

So you like watching people die?

Yep!

[.................oh, right, that's a weird thing.]

Ahh, I was hoping you wouldn't find out. I knew I was doomed the moment it came up, but I thought maybe I could cover for it...

[THE ONE TIME HE ACTUALLY HAS EMOTIONS AND IT BITES HIM IN THE ASS, UGH]

[...]

I don't really care. I just want to understand where you're coming from.

[If Ryuunosuke is weird, then shit, so is he.]

I've never seen you this happy before. I don't want to take that away from you.

...Huh?

[Okay, hang on, this is... really weird. Ryuunosuke was expecting literally anything but that. How does this keep happening. He's three for three with people being totally cool that he murders people. How is this happening.]

Well, yeah, I mean, nothing else really makes me this happy. It's...

Are you really okay with this?

[Give him a second, he'll recover quickly enough.]

...I just told you I don't care when I kill people, so why would I-

[You know what? Fine. Fuck it.]

I'll prove it to you. Let's go find someone right now.

Are you serious!?

[SPARKLE EYES]

You're the craziest person here, Silver! Oh my God.

[aaaaaand there go the glitterbombs again.]

[Yes, he's... Oh god, what the fuck is he saying.

...

Well, he can't back out now. It doesn't matter if it's someone unimportant, right?]

Yeah, I'm serious.

[God, he's serious.]

I don't know if I'm the craziest person here. You should meet some of my friends.

Oh c'mon, how many people look at someone like me and go "yeah, sure, let's go kill a dude"?

[He seems super excited though, and he takes a moment to brush the glitter off his clothes again and out of his hair.]

Alright, this sounds super cool! So, you got a specific place you want to go? I'm going to need a good place to get rid of the body...

[jesus christ this is happening]

...What about someone traveling out of the city? We can knock them out and take them deep into the woods.

[There are places int he woods where no one goes. They can definitely hide a body in there.]

[SPARKLES INTENSIFY]

Oh man, that's great! Alright, c'mon, let's get going!

[AND OFF HE SKIPS oh my god he's really pumped, there are so many sparkles.]

[...WE'RE ON A ROOF RYUUNOSUKE, BE CAREFUL

Getting to the outskirts of the city isn't too difficult, and most people leave the town in groups.

But there's one that doesn't; it's some boy that lives in another village with a similar build to Silver; he's probably around nineteen or twenty.

Silver glances at Ryuunosuke. That one, right? we're going after that one?]

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