week 3 ( tuesday )

[subordinacy]

[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.

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[voyeur]

[setz is lying to himself if he think it ever stopped]

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.

[subordinacy]

[HE WANTED TO BELIEVE.

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.

[voyeur]

Hahah, probably not. He's someone with that kind of resolve, right? I love that about him, too.

[subordinacy]

[...]

Do you have to keep using that choice of words?

[voyeur]

What's wrong with it? It's the truth of how I feel, so isn't it how I should say it?

[subordinacy]

You're... rather open about how you feel.

[voyeur]

I don't know if that's a totally fair criticism to level. After all, aren't you the one who came here to ask me about my relationship with Jacopo? Rather than inappropriate, I think instead it was a sign of courtesy that I've been so open and honest about exactly what you've asked.

[subordinacy]

[he didn't!! want to know!! about your ust!!]

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.

[voyeur]

[Setz. You didn't have to. Please don't.]

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.

[subordinacy]

... I'm sorry.

[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.]

[voyeur]

[Hm. Well, dead silence sure is a problem for him, a blind man.

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.

[subordinacy]

[This, uh, is still a bit of a surprise to him, actually.]

I... what?

[He and Jacopo have mostly just argued in public?? (Amidst Jacopo's random protective fits, which still weird him out?) How???]

[voyeur]

Haven't you heard about his fight with Assassin? On top of that, there's how protective he gets of you when we talk in private. I think he'd be willing to be Erased if it meant you made it to the end. He really likes you that much. To put it in terms that would be appropriate to him, I'd say that for him, you're "part of the family."

[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.]

[subordinacy]

Please don't remind me of that fight.

[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.

[voyeur]

He does that, too. But it's affectionate, you know? Like when you can tell that someone really cares about someone because they wouldn't complain that way if they didn't.

[subordinacy]

... He complains about everyone, though.

[voyeur]

Yeah, all the time. That's why it's easy for me to pick out the differences in the ways he complains about people. Maybe it's a tone thing it's easier for me to pick up on, but regardless, there's an audible difference between the frustrations that come from love and those that come from hate.

[subordinacy]

... And you've heard him complain in all forms? You two really must be close, then.

[voyeur]

I think we're very close indeed. Oh, but I wouldn't say that's a requirement. Like I said, I'm an information broker, so assessing and understanding people quickly is part of my trade. Of course, it isn't a perfect effort, but Jacopo isn't exactly a difficult person to read.

[subordinacy]

[...

Sorry, sir blind man, but Setz is awkwardly quiet again because he. Actually finds Jacopo very confusing, thanks!!]

[voyeur]

[phone]

TEENAGE SON UNABLE TO PROCESS INFORMATION.

What, still? Hey, are you okay? Maybe I should leave you alone.

[subordinacy]

... Why does your phone keep calling me that?

[voyeur]

I think it's identified you as Jacopo's son, but I can't figure out how to fix that without my sight.

[subordinacy]

[oh my god]

Get someone else to fix it for you, then!

[voyeur]

It's helpful for me to identify who you are.