[catchall] Caelus

[sixillusions]

This doesn't fit Kanda at all but I saw it while I was scrolling and I had to

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[sixillusions]

[He's been through this enough times that he should've expected the second memory to begin, but the conversation was distracting enough that it catches him slightly off-guard anyway. It's always disorienting, going through someone else's life; he sees the beast, and the people Caelus grew fond of so quickly, and the mysterious woman--he hears her words, and as himself, Kanda has enough time to think about how many others have similarities to himself, and then it's--over.

There's no point in pretending he didn't see it, and Kanda isn't polite enough to bother trying.]

...None of us have.

[trashprince]

[ caelus is so, so, so infinitely bad at keeping his mouth shut around kanda. and he's aware enough that the exorcist would be much happier with him if he did. that it would make their--well, from kanda's pov, their acquaintanceship less taxing. ]

It didn't have to be like that, though. I would have told you.

[ kanda didn't ask, but he didn't expect him to. ]

But you wouldn't tell me about Akuma. I got worried that maybe if you knew about me...

[ that kanda would conflate whatever caelus is with whatever an akuma is. not an entirely unfounded fear when nobody knows the full truth. ]

[sixillusions]

[Well Caelus that's because he is lazy and didn't feel like explaining

But he can't get too annoyed if Caelus was worried given that he did attack multiple people Weekend 0 out of paranoia,,, granted he didn't start it with Boothill BUT STILL. He doesn't say "relax, I know you're fine," but he can offer his version of it, at least.]

I'm pretty sure there aren't any here. [There's no guarantee, not with the Noah, but--] If they were involved, they would've shown themselves by now. And that's not how they're made anyway.

[Would he have demanded Caelus show him his blood if this had happened last week. Maybe. But now he's less paranoid about Akuma because he's busy being paranoid about monster possessions! Yippee]

[trashprince]

So, you're not going to--?

[ motions swinging a sword with his hand. ]

Today, anyway.

[ caelus is aware that kanda won't hold back should the worst happen come saturday. (it doesn't! hooray!) ]

[sixillusions]

[Don't tempt him]

I'll cut down whatever I need to to get us out of here.

[So if Caelus becomes an obstacle to that end goal, then yes, he'll swing without hesitation--but there would be no point to killing him simply because he's not human. He'd attacked Karlach and Astarion out of paranoia, and he won't apologize for doing so, but he really doesn't make a habit of stabbing every random weirdo on the street.]