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[konpeito_aji]

I can't get a hold of Crichton, he's my first friend. I told him to send me a message if something happened, and I found his gun, so I guess he got killed before he could do anything? I'm going to try scouring the Spirit Halloween for his body, or just see if I can mark the spot I found his gun with a bonfire.

Actually, do you know how fast this kind of clothes goes up? Are those tombstones actual stone, or are they flammable? Who else do I know good with fire? Pratt and Sharky? I wonder if Clarke knows. Okay, I'll call them and then... do you want to come with me? I kind of don't want to let you out of my sight until I know exactly what's happening. Even if you can take care of yourself, I would have thought Crichton could too.

Fire club? Fire club.

- Oh this is... Demon King. Simba. Yeah, call me back when you get this.

return text

[busball]

oh hey
uh sorry about your friend
are you sure you want to set it on fire?
you could just mark it?
but i dunno.

Sure he's gonna get out of bed and look at things and get dressed and go to the Inifinite Spirit Halloween anyway.

be there in a few.

Text post Halloween

[konpeito_aji]

[Okay, Ava taught Nobunaga that 10am is still too early by non-army times, and Klaus is an ex-soldier not a current one (even before the ship) so that includes him. So Nobunaga fires off a text for when he wakes up.]

Lucky #, text me back or let me know whenever you wake up. This is 😈

[As if it would be anyone else.]

[busball]

[Klaus woke up nauseous and bleary-eyed. He feels like death. God. Last night was shit. He’s still in his dress, curled up on the floor where he fell asleep, face a mess of streaky blood and tears from the night before.

The minute he realizes there’s a text on the phone, he looks at it, willing it to be Nobunaga finally. And it is and he can feel the relief. He needs to find him, though.

Needs to be there.]

Omw
I’m coming.

[He spares a moment to look at himself in the mirror before grabbing a set of clothes to change into. And his toothbrush because he’s going to be sick at some point.

He moves again, frowning. Okay, that point is now.

But once they’re finished, they rinse their mouth out with mouthwash and water before leaving.

They get to Nobunaga’s door and the queasiness of it all is not gone and they look like shit. Covered in blood, dress torn, but still the makeshift fix for the utility belt is keeping it on.

He knocks, leaning against the door with all the clean things in his arms, waiting]

Text(s) like so many / late in weed party

[konpeito_aji]

It's like safewords, right? I should give you a line so you can be free and happy and then I won't stab someone like Sharky.

I wanted to stab Sharky for like... a firework flash moment when he said you were petting him in the hot tub and I thought he meant sex until he clarified.

I like watching you be affectionate with everyone. Ranmaru style.

But I guess as with Ranmaru I'm going to want to stab anyone who takes advantage of you sexually that isn't me. So that's the line.

Just so you know. You were right. But I'm still new to all this. And "monogamy" isn't even a thing in Europe in the 16th century. Everyone just has sex with whoever they want. Marriage has nothing to do with it.

But I'm not good at sharing. I mean Ranmaru could probably have sex with someone else and they wouldn't get stabbed, but I'm not in love with him like you, and I'd have to be sure they weren't hurting him or doing things I can do for him. So that's that. I want that part of you no one else can have I guess.

Even if you say that's fine, it still feels like I'm being controlling. So thank you for choosing that even though I'm an idiot.

🏵🏯🏹🐅💘😍🦖

Love you! 💋

[busball]

[Klaus is reading all of this incredibly high and maybe also reading this out loud to himself mostly.]

don’t stab sharky. he’s got a huuuuge dick, but i don’t have personal knowledge of it. [This makes him laugh for a long minute]

i won’t fuck anyone else. promise. i knew you weren’t cool about it. just cuddles and probably some flirting. [A beat]

there’s no whip emoji. ☹️ i’m so sad. i want you to touch my 🍑. later. also my 🍆. 😏😉😘

[astrogator]

112 112
Klaus, this is Tayrey, do you copy?

[Yes, it's a text. She has not quite got the hang of this texting business yet.]

[busball]

Heeeeeey, buddy.

How's it going?

Roger??? Idk.

Action / cw: NSFW + Idefk Nobunaga has a whip and they're two S&M idiots constantly DTF

[konpeito_aji]

[Nobunaga has finally figured out how to show Klaus his whip without it INSTANTLY getting derailed and they never make it back to actually... showing the whip.]

[Bring the whip WITH HIM to show Klaus.]

[DUH!]

[He should have thought this ages ago!]

[From the second Klaus is at the door (and without even checking to see if Eddie is around too oops!) he cracks it on the floor a bit!]

Don't kiss me yet! [Because otherwise they'll just fuck, and he won't get to show off more! He happily does even more cracks on the walls, and some spins and a few jumps with it!]

I can dance with it too!

But that's nothing. I can also choke you with it! [He is wearing his stupid tie also. Again. Yes.]

[SHOULD HE BE SAYING THIS LOUDLY IN THE HALL?! MAYBE NOT.]

[IS HE THOUGH? OBVIOUSLY YES.]

[busball]

[Klaus isn't expecting a visit exactly, so when Nobunaga shows up, he almost asks what's up. And then he sees the whip and his mind shifts from generally cute thoughts to very much uncute thoughts. Or maybe they're still kind of cute. To Nobunaga.]

[He's grateful that Eddie's out of the room because the things he wants to do right now are definitely...well...not roommate friendly.]

That's so hot. All of that. [Klaus definitely grabs him by the front of the shirt and drags him inside the room, shutting the door behind him.]

You're so ridiculous and I really want to see more of the whip. Feel it. [Because he's incredibly turned on now.] Tie me up and show me more of your tricks. [They've considered making that a question, more of a request, but Nobunaga tends to like bossy, so they're gonna stand by it.]

Late November

[theweakhavepurpose]

i missed a whole ass game show?

dude

deets. spill. what happened. who won?

[busball]

oh. ari? she got like some berries????

also did you know nobunaga’s name was kipposhi as a kid?

also it was the price is right. it was so funny. ava shrunk a whole crystal down out of SPITE. it was ari’s crystal.

also the captain totally outted someone as a slaver. so that was awkward.

Backdated to mid-Nov. pre-expedition // Action

[konpeito_aji]

Babe.

[Feeding Klaus an ice cream waffle sandwich he made for him while talking to Karkat!]

Umbrella rules are always in effect, this conversation is going to be heavy, so if it gets too much, tap out okay?

[Now to just... think it through. The starting.] You and Ari keep calling me good, but I think of people as weapons. I don't really get where that isn't like... [SLOWLY:] Your father... except I don't kill my own soldiers. Because my pride is in them not dying. Being stronger than death. [Furrowed brow!]

[He's trying to spit it out, but honestly, that's as good as he has so far!] I want them to be more than just a solider. Like Pratt. Or you. But is what I do really any different?

[busball]

[Klaus goes very still for a moment when umbrella rules are always in effect is how the conversation starts. He absolutely does not like hard conversations. It's veeeeeeeeery concerning. To his brain and his emotional state.]

[Unfortunately it is also bad for his digestion and he's forced to put the waffle and ice cream off to the side, looking down.]

[Klaus shifts uncomfortably, wishing they had alcohol. That is really what should have been brought for this conversation.]

Um. Do you...uh...I'm... [This is going great.] Do you think of me as a weapon?

Voice

[konpeito_aji]

[Literally in the thread.]

Babe. Dancing. Now.

[busball]

Uhhhh. Dancing where???

text

[pinballer]

hey I need your help with something

[busball]

oh. hey there.
sure. what do you need?

Text

[dolcedeleche]

Once upon a time there was a little ghost named Pico. She liked to bite and growl at everyone she met. So fierce was her bark and bite, that even the native dragon Ventuswill feared her snarling might!

It often seemed like she was invincible, a true ghost who had surpassed the limits of death itself. But she was still trapped as a little girl, and could get lonely and scared or even cry. Like all poltergeists, she's a total prankster who plays stupid tricks and has a weird sense of humor, but one day she met another little girl who thought all these things were cute and funny. They became inseparable. Literally, because, if the poltergeist wandered too far from the person she chose to haunt, she could fade out into nothingness, the ghostly equivalence of death.

Although the living girl grew older, Pico never did, could not, in fact. But still, Pico worried that the living need one another, so she tried to get the girl to talk to living people more often, instead of spending all of her time with ghosts.

Pico could be a real nuisance, wandering around with signposts and threatening to reveal the color of people's panties. But she meant well, she'd even do free advertising for businesses. Even ghosts get bored, you know.

I've never spent a night apart from her. She took my hand when I was still just a baby in a crib.

Thank you for rescuing me earlier. I'm sure Pico would say that too.

- Dolce

[busball]

okay, well that was a long but cute text
and no problem
for you and pico wherever she is
you have any more problems with pianos, let me know.

Text night of the wedding

[konpeito_aji]

Would I still be hot if I aged like 20 years in the last five minutes since you saw me?

Or if like I was a skeleton like Skulduggery? I guess I would need him to teach me magic so we could still have sex. I could still do asphyxiation, but I'm kind of jealous he was so brave about kissing without lips.

Jeff called me Gramps.

And everyone under 20 broke their brains about the Captain. Is it because he's old? What if I'm old? I think the white at my temples is spreading. Maybe I should blacken it like Blackbeard.

How old does someone have to look to stop being what you're into?

[busball]

babe...are you even that old?
but yeah. i'd totally bone you if you were old

and also if you were a skeleton like skulduggery.
this is what you're thinking about right now? kissing without lips?

oh. i see.
tell him to be nice.

babe. stop worrying about how old you are
you're so hot you could be over 800 and i would fuck you
as long as you were alive and able to fuck still

do not blacken your hair, weirdo.

i've met some totally fuckable grandpas, so you're fine.

Probably sometime on Winter vacation at night but way before quiet

[konpeito_aji]

In strictest of confidence, I'm going to tell you about Hideyoshi, and you're going to apply it to Teyrey, but you have to pretend you figured it out all on your own, even though she will certainly know the truth.

I've been thinking nonstop about our conversation at the wedding, but there's more. First...

Hideyoshi was born a farmer's son. The only one of my Generals who wasn't a noble from birth. Farmers aren't a low caste. They're second tier. But they can't have swords. Or you know... couldn't, and I changed that. Hideyoshi wasn't that comfortable with a sword at first. He was worried. All nobles are forced into training from the time they can walk. I've done sword kata every morning of my life. I forced him to get used to it. I gave him ultimatums. I said learn the sword or die.

He loves them now. More than I ever can or will. To me, swords are monks and pain. I like the swords themselves, the history, the weaponcrafting, the smithing is uniquely Japanese, to make up for our poor quality iron, we invented the folding technique. But I cannot duel with them, or teach someone how to use one. It's all rigid and impersonal, so I hate it. Loves swords themselves.

But Hideyoshi likes everything about swords now. He comes with me all over Japan, listens to me when I get drunk and polish them, and I intended to bequeath most of my collection to him so he could give them to others too, and that is why he likes them more than I do.

Also because to him, it is a sign that he is earning his right to be leader of Japan with his own two hands, not just given to him by birth or even force. But he uses the sword to protect me. Something to be proud of.

All of us feel like we are not doing enough sometimes, I think. Hideyoshi always feels like he needs to work ten times harder just to keep his place with us. That nothing he does can ever be good enough, because if it is, then he would stop, and that's terrifying.

Teyrey takes herself even more seriously than Hideyoshi sometimes. She isn't going to fuss over me eating candy, but she cares a lot about appearances, oh and formalities. That's the biggest one. She lets you be you, but she worries you don't take her seriously. Especially when she feels like she's too young. Sometimes I can see it. That she only thinks as she does, because she's still young. But this is her Hideyoshi thing she will be the second stubbornest human of all time about. She knows she's earned her rank, and her age and inexperience doesn't hold her back, but when she's treated like a child, she hates it most.

I told her you do love her. That treating her as a sibling is as close as you get to someone. She doesn't get it though. It would be like if I told Hideyoshi he is my brother. He would think I'm worried he'll betray me like the others, or that I'm not seeing him as uniquely himself.

Another thing Hideyoshi and Teyrey have in common: they distrust sneakiness. Mitsuhide has a tough time with Hideyoshi, because he works in the underground of society. Everything he says is deceptive. I know this, but sometimes I still forget with Ari that I need to be upfront and never hide my plans or thoughts, or she will think worse things.

And finally...

Sometimes it's really hard to know when someone just needs to experience something to understand that it is actually fun, like Disco. But other times, it is best to leave clear lines where they are and not try to drag people out of them.

You're just being you, I'm just being me, and the rest of the world are prickly sea urchins we could assemble into better tight spaces by helping them, but sometimes it's better to just let them stab each other, and hope they come ask for our help when they see how we're doing just fine.

Teyrey is a prickly sea urchin. She is prickly because her inside is super tasty, so she has to be careful not to let people like you taste it and get addicted.

She doesn't want anything like how you are with Ava. I think.. . Maybe she'd prefer more like how you are with Valdis? I'm not sure. But it is like Hideyoshi. She wants to be treated as fearsome and intimidating. Not as approachable and cute or kind. Intelligent, strong, lethal, regal, poised, this sort of thing.

I'm not telling you how to be, just be you, always. I'm telling you a secret to rethinking how you are with her. Because you have been sad about it lately, and it is not resolving on its own. And I love you. And I think she likes you, but you should know -- most non-Americans will get flustered even when that's said platonically. You should also just tell her straight. She will likely get flustered and confused, but she didn't go through normal Earther courting rituals all pretending, and being coy. On the tradelines, they would just have one night stands, so it's very to the point... I think.

[busball]

[This is a lot of words at once and Klaus is trying to follow along with all of it, but there's definitely a lot of things. There's also a distinct frown on their face, but they wait for him to finish anyway] I was only teasing anyway. And then she told me that my siblings and how we are aren't normal or loving.

[There's a pout here and they cross their arms over their chest, sitting down for a minute.] I could have gotten over the other stuff, but...she doesn't understand anything about anything sometimes! If Diego wanted to kill me he would have.

[AND ANOTHER THING!!!] What's wrong with what me and Ava?

Song WIP on paper if Klaus starts cleaning his room looking for drugs lol

[konpeito_aji]

[On paper, in red ink, with lots of words scribbled out or replaced, and rhymes in margins. Almost certainly written after the threesome, but obviously before Winter vacation.]

Only You

I'm not attracted to masochists, I bet you never knew
It's only you, only you
I'm not attracted to strength or brawn.
That's not what's going on, going on.

I'm attracted to geniuses, that's why I've got it so bad for you, only you.
But you don't even know how smart you are, though everyone else saw you threw
Only you, only you

Show me a world no one else can
Only you only you
And I'll make that world come true
For only you only you

Teach me things I don't know
I don't care if they don't matter to anyone else
Only you, only you

Show me what it's like in the geniuses' eyes
Help me do the impossible like fly
And I'll--

[Cuts off there!]

Text two weeks after DEATH day

[konpeito_aji]

[After consecutively: Teyrey, Yato, Maeve, Jeff, Teyrey again (x infinity tbh), Crichton, Ava, and Valdis.]

If I told that I love you,
Would you understand why?
If I told you that I love you,
Would it just make you cry?

If you aren't happy,
Why are you this way?
If you aren't happy,
Why didn't you stay?

If I told you that I love you,
Would I ever see you again?
If I told you that I love you,
Would you still be my friend?

Are you scared?
Was it because of me?
Don't you know I still care?
Why can't you see?

If I told you that I love you,
Are we strong enough not to break?
If I told you that I love you,
Is that more pain than we can take?

If this isn't for me,
Isn't it for you?
If this isn't for you,
Can you tell me for who?

I love you. I miss you.
Please stop hurting yourself.
I love you. I miss you.
I'm lost in deeper layers of Hell.

[busball]

what do you want, Oda?

[Yes, Klaus did read the message, but that doesn’t stop a wave of emotions and it’s a mix of anger and exhaustion that wins out]

Jan whatever after they're back together but when they're not sleeping in the same bed

[konpeito_aji]

[Nobunaga just sings a voicemail for Klaus. For reasons.]

[He has trouble sleeping again.]

[It's fine though.]

[Texts back]

[busball]

[Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me Klaus is also not sleeping]

should i like…always expect these things?

cause i might never sleep at this rate.

i’m sweaty and gross and i hate this

Action / Jan 15th

[konpeito_aji]

Baaaabe. [Whiny, because he's a whiny brat, and nuzzles Klaus affectionately!]

How are you feeling?

[busball]

[Klaus makes the softest noise of complaint as he's moved. Even just the slightest. The circles under their eyes are more pronounced, a general pallor as he lies there. Still a light film of sweat is on his skin, their hands shaking.]

Like shit. My whole body hurts so bad. and my hands won't stop trembling and i keep dropping everything.

Text January 15th

[redlightgreenlight]

I need to prove something to your betrothed.

He started a game that I'm going to finish.

He'll never look in the place I'm waiting, so if he gets too frustrated, feel free to tell him I'm in his room.

I suspect he will go to Ari first though. And she's much smarter than him so she'll figure it out quickly.

[busball]

should i be concerned?

does he need me to push him on the floor?

but sure. i'll let him know if he takes too long and seems disappointed.

i still feel like shit anyway.

Action / Jan 15th AFTER Valdis talk

[konpeito_aji]

[Nobunaga refrains from tackling Klaus or yelling, but only BARELY!]

[He does sort of glomp-snuggle him, and he's clearly excited and happy!]

I have an older sister now. [Flomps on his chest, and halfway on top of Klaus as a weighted blanket.] I was pretty jealous of you and Ava. And now I don't have to be. And Valdis and I are going to do sword kata. That way I don't want to fight, and neither of us can spar. We only unsheathe for killing, usually. She's so smart. [Nuzzles Klaus' ear!] Sorry for worrying you. I've always been the clan leader, in training or otherwise. And I'd get scared if she was younger than me, because I can't go through that like with Nobuyuki again. But this works well, ne? [Nuzzle nuzzle chu!]

[Whisper:] I love you.

[busball]

[Klaus wasn’t so much asleep as half awake, but the startle causes a few things to fall on the floor all the same.] Oh. Oops?

You were jealous of Ava and me? Why? [Was having siblings a big deal for people? Did he feel jealous that they’d made sibling connections even outside of home? Nobunaga never made it obvious he wanted siblings. Always that it was unsafe. Or how sad he was about his own siblings and having to kill them.]

I love you, too. I’m glad you worked it out.

Text

[dolcedeleche]

I met a cute boy and talked to him, and I even asked him out for tea or hot chocolate.

Is this what they call being a hoe?

[busball]

i'm sorry, what?

do you even know what a hoe means?

Feb 1st-ish! Texts

[konpeito_aji]

I met an oni and he's so cool! And he can drink a lot just like the stories and he has red eyes like me, and now I can see THREE colors, and I kind of wish my version of Earth had real magic too and that I was an oni also.
A real one I mean.
I didn't drink too much sake, but definitely a lot.
I miss you. I know it's only been like hours. But I love you and I was going to try to get the sake out of my system and substitute it with cinnamon, but I miss you already.
Cinnamon is a weird word.
Sin - a - mon. Like a sinful pokemon. An oni one.
I want to be a cinnamon oni.
I swear I haven't had that much sake.
Love you!

[busball]

oh? sounds fun!
yeah? which new one?
aw. i love you, too.
be careful coming back when you do and text if you need me to come get you.
lol. you’re a sin-a-mon already.

[Voice]

[walkinggunshow]

...If you have a minute. I probably could use some advice on something. I would rather discuss this more in person then over this.

[busball]

oh yeah. sure! where do you want to meet?

Text, lightly forward dated from memshare but before April

[ablativeholopleather]

need help
can you talk

[This is what a Philology of 1 looks like, sorry Klaus.]

[busball]

yeah. totally.
what's up, buddy?

Late evening text post-Harvey Incident

[ablativeholopleather]

just so you're not alarmed
if you need me i'll be at the bottom of the pool for a while
like a week or so

[busball]

uhhhhhhh
buddy?
what happened?

Oct 1st

[konpeito_aji]

[Nobunaga cheerfully noms Klaus' ear early in the morning with his typical:] Are you going to sleep forever and forget all about your birthday? Just because you're the only one with it here is no excuse, you should enjoy all it has to offer! [NOM!]

[There are waffle ice cream sandwiches waiting and a whole bunch of random NEWER clothes nabbed, and put together, so Klaus can do a whole big fashion show with himself or Nobunaga.]

[He also wrote him a fucking song.]

[But that has to wait until he can drag him to the drums to play it for him!]

It matters not whether you have 7 siblings, or 47, there is only one Klaus, and you will always be my favorite.

[busball]

[They wake up gradually due to the ear noms and the words. There's a small laugh once everything catches up to their brain.] Only forty-three, buddy. I'm one of forty-three.

[They stretch slightly, moving to carefully entrap Nobunaga in their limbs.] Morning, babe. What are you up to?

text

[astrogator]

[sent right in the middle of this!]

MUTINY!

The ship is ours and the rules no longer apply. Try it out right now! They can't stop all of us. Start a fire! Take some goods without a pointless charade! For fun, for freedom, just because you can!

[This is not strictly true, but Ari would love it very much if you caused as much chaos as you possibly can at this precise moment.

Replies to queries or complaints may be limited; Mission Control is very busy right now.]

[busball]

[Klaus reads this and reads it again.]

uhhhhh...are you feeling okay? were you possessed? taken over by a different, less rule abiding version of you?