[catchall] Ashlyn

[sixillusions]

these things happen

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[killies]

[ i respect him ] Yeah. They don't have them in your world?

You can watch pre-recorded stuff. Like... plays. Or news broadcasts.

[sixillusions]

[He thinks about it.]

We have screens and recording devices. [Because Order science and tech is ridiculous] But they're for important things in the Order. The one in the house... people kept laughing for no reason.

[Kanda like wtf is a laugh track]

[killies]

[ a little amused, actually. ]

They were probably laughing at jokes.

[sixillusions]

["What's a joke," he says--

No he just kind of squints]

It was supposed to be funny...?

[killies]

A lot of TV shows are supposed to be funny and aren't.

[sixillusions]

But people laugh anyway...?

[Why]

[killies]

A lot of people think they're funny anyway.

[sixillusions]

[Ah.]

So they're idiots.

[Said less like an insult and more like this is just a matter of fact]

[killies]

Yeah.

[ also without any malice. ]

[sixillusions]

[Nods like this makes sense]

No wonder Beansprout made money performing...

[killies]

Beansprout?

[sixillusions]

[Makes a face upon realizing he talked about Allen. Gross.]

Just a dumb brat.

[killies]

[ raising. an eyebrow. ]

A friend?

[sixillusions]

No.

[LIKE THIS IS A HORRIFIC SUGGESTION]

A stupid, self-sacrificing phony who tries to solve everybody's problems and runs off with his own. [TCH]

[killies]

That seems like the kind of thing that wouldn't bother you if it was someone you didn't like.

[sixillusions]

No. I hate him. [VEHEMENTLY] I'm stuck with--

[--? He pauses, lifting a hand to rub at his eyes.]

--I mean, I'm glad I'm not stuck with him anymore. The sooner I can get back to the Order and on another mission, the better.

[killies]

[ ashlyn just goes: ok i'll take your word for it! ]

Do you usually get to work alone, then?

[sixillusions]

I try. [Technically the answer is no because there's at least one other person there but he doesn't count them for reasons] But I don't pick my assignments.

[killies]

That makes sense. So they probably make you work with more people on harder assignments.

[sixillusions]

Mm. Non-exorcists can't kill Akuma, so they have to try and keep us alive.

[Which typically means rolling out as a team... easier to not die when there's at least one other person watching your back.]

[killies]

What makes someone an exorcist?

[sixillusions]

Innocence. [He glances at his sword.] It resonates with certain people, and they become accommodators. It can't be forced.

[killies]

Is it just random?

[sixillusions]

Seems like it.

[If there's a pattern, he has no clue what it is.]

[killies]

Sounds like it would be hard to have enough, then.