sekreuz "setz" trenkel navarus (
subordinacy) wrote2018-03-27 12:35 pm
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week 3 ( tuesday )
[Yo, Izaya. On this fine, sushi-less day (so, probably not all that fine for Izaya), Setz decides it's time to have a talk with him, so here they are.
As Setz approaches him, he'll be nice enough to speak so that Izaya knows who it is. The monotone, to be honest, also probably helps give him away.]
Izaya Orihara.
As Setz approaches him, he'll be nice enough to speak so that Izaya knows who it is. The monotone, to be honest, also probably helps give him away.]
Izaya Orihara.
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PAPA'S DISGRUNTLED TEENAGED CHILD FAILING TO EMOTE.
[Chuchu uses his own phone to check. It says the same thing.
Izaya smiles and waves in that direction.]
Hello, Sekreuz.
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Suffice to say, he does not wave back. Besides, you know, the fact that it'd be pointless.]
... What was that?
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[What the hell was that narration.]
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[LIKE HE DOESN'T FUCKING KNOW]
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You know what? Nope. He's going to side-step this entire thing and change the subject to what he approached Izaya for.]
I wanted to talk to you about my partner.
[... In other words, he has actually not changed the subject, but.]
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Sure, what about him?
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[... He doesn't want to know about your UST, please don't tell him about your UST.]
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[Izaya smiles.]
I'd say... that he is a player in a game of chess, and I'm someone who's decided to be gladly used by him until the very end. Yeah, I think it's something like that. If it's at all possible, I'd like to stick around to witness him making his final moves.
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... And what made you decide that?
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[he could just say 'to work for'
he will not]
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That, ah, sounds... ["like something I didn't need to know after all"] ... rather one-sided.
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[im sorry im so sorry]
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And what would happen if you, um, no longer found your... position with relation to him fulfilling?
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[Obviously]
However, I have no doubts that I'll be completely content with him for the rest of this Game. That's simply the kind of human being that Jacopo is.
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Then, what kind of human being do you think he is, exactly?
[PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS WEIRD AGAIN, setz internally begs.]
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Jacopo is a fanatic.
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Jacopo has that heat. Loving fanatically, hating fanatically: he's someone who is driven insane by the extremes of passions. In other words, he's someone who's like a tempest. Haha, or maybe I should say like an Othello? Fuelling the flames of his own fire, he won't burn out.
That's why I don't doubt that I want to stick with him. He'll keep this storm going until the end.
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So, you're with him because you think he can make an impact? Or because you find him entertaining?
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They're the same thing. Not to say that I don't love humans who have no impact on the world and live their ordinary lives. Yeah, they, too, are beloved to me. However, what I like best, and what I will trust in to protect my existence in this game, is someone who can make an impact in this game.
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Izaya's profession of love towards humans is, uh, more than a little bizarre, especially to someone who's secretly not one.]
Well, if there's anyone who can do that, it's definitely Jacopo... I don't think even erasure could stop him.
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Do you have to keep using that choice of words?
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Considering he's my partner, I have a certain investment in knowing what others think of him. But... [awkward pause, and then, as if it's killing him to say this,] ... thank you, I suppose.
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Of course. Ah... We didn't have time to be close, but even so, I regret the loss of my first partner. [The smile turns bitter, not quite melancholy] I think Lion would have been someone who I could have really grown attached to.
At any rate, Jacopo is very dear to me, and I know you're very dear to him. That's why I'll do my best to support and protect you, too.
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[That's for Lion. Then Izaya continues, and, uh. Not that Izaya can see it because he's fucking blind, but Izaya putting Jacopo's sentiments so bluntly kind of breaks Setz's brain.
(Also, what the hell has Jacopo been saying about him, or did everyone see/"see" him try and beat up Shinssin?)
So, yeah. Izaya just gets dead silence.]
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Let's see if his phone can help.]
PAPA'S DISGRUNTLED TEENAGED CHILD FAILING TO PROCESS BLUNT STATEMENT OF AFFECTION.
Oh, thanks, phone! Haha, yeah, it's really like that. I know this can't be a surprise to you, but I think that his affection for you should be obvious to anyone else, too.
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I... what?
[He and Jacopo have mostly just argued in public?? (Amidst Jacopo's random protective fits, which still weird him out?) How???]
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[Or rather, Family, because he is damn sure Jacopo is a mafioso. Izaya hasn't spent his adult life working with yakuza not to be able to spot them.]
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[He prefers to pretend... it didn't exist... Anyhow, he has no idea how to process half of what Izaya's saying, so:]
... I'm surprised he doesn't just complain about my behaviour in private.
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Sorry, sir blind man, but Setz is awkwardly quiet again because he. Actually finds Jacopo very confusing, thanks!!]
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TEENAGE SON UNABLE TO PROCESS INFORMATION.
What, still? Hey, are you okay? Maybe I should leave you alone.
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Get someone else to fix it for you, then!
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[:/]
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[His tone is open, welcoming. Inviting. Like he's willing to be persuaded.
(it's a trap)]
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I don't want to speak in a way that generalizes on all father-son relationships or anything, but it isn't like arguing is outside the scope of a normal family. Especially with teenagers, it's supposed to be pretty common.
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... He acts as if I'm incompetent. He ignores whatever I have to say. He involves himself in my affairs when they have nothing to do with him. [Blissfully unaware that he's... probably not helping his case...] He's—this is Jacopo we're talking about!
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Rather than him acting like you're incompetent, isn't he worrying about protecting you from your mistakes?
Rather than ignoring what you're saying, isn't he thinking, 'I know best'?
Rather than meddling in affairs that have nothing to do with him, isn't he concerned with those affairs because you have something to do with him?
I definitely wouldn't call him the ideal parent, but at the same time, I don't think he's phenomenally bad as one, either. After all, he seems to be trying his best to take care of and help you.
[1/3]
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[That's it, that's his only defence.]
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Yeah, maybe not. But you know, I think it's also like a father, not to realize when his son can take care of himself. You know? Because when it's like that... he still just doesn't want to see the one he cares about come to harm.
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Setz suddenly regrets this entire conversation. Actually, he already started regretting it when Izaya made it weird, but he officially regrets it now.
Which means that he is definitely deflecting, because this is getting too awkward.]
And what about you?
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[SHRUG]
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To a degree, yeah. Like I said, he's not exactly good with feelings, so he doesn't express it in the same way. Rather, I think he appreciates the companionship and understanding that's between us, so he wouldn't want to lose that. In other words, we're friends.
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