☆7 [action] starting at House 10, ending up all over Luceti

[skaterbrain]

[Since people are out and about, Beat's been skateboarding a lot more, but... Well, he does feel a little bad that he basically skipped town on Shiki's lesson and then had Roy wheelbarrow him out of there. To make up for it today, he's sitting in his room and reading. Or trying to. The journal just might pick him up as he tries his best.]

..."My hat is"...goh-neh? What? Uh...Goon?

...

"Gone. My hat is gone. I want it back."

...The hell?

...Uh. Aight.

"Have you..." ...uh...

...Dammit.

[OOC: Beat is going to be chased around Luceti looking for a place to read in peace. Feel free to have him show up anywhere including in your kitchen for who knows what reason. o/]

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[skaterbrain]

I don' need yo' help, Prissy Boy! You help 'nuff when you messed up all our lives!

[He rushes at Joshua, ready to punch him in the face while he's distracted with the toaster]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Sigh, and Joshua is back by the sink to deposit the toaster in its rightful place on the counter. Must we keep going through this? ]

You do need my help if you don't want to risk even a weak attack possibly Erasing you.

[ Now technically there wasn't any hard proof that Reapers on the edge of disappearing were inherently easier to Erase. It's entirely possible they simply got desperate and careless. But it's true that most Reapers running out of points tended to be Erased before they could actually disappear due to point loss.

And it might get Beat to listen. ]

[skaterbrain]

[Hnngh...He'd been surviving up to now, but that huge chunk of time after the moon crashed through the barrier where he was practically invisible... He doesn't want to go through that again. Especially not permanently. And since he's one of the few left in the Game among his friends...

He lets out a frustrated yell and punches the wall.]

Fine, say what you gotta say and say it quick 'fore I change my mind.

[neverplaysfair]

I make the rules, and I can break them. If you need a couple more days before disappearing, I can give you them.

[skaterbrain]

Couple more days ain't gonna do me much when I'm stuck here, yo. Why you offerin' anyway, you know I'm comin' for you when I get back.

[neverplaysfair]

A couple more days is everything while you're here. In your current state, if things were normal you would have been gone months ago. If I give you a few more days, for the rest of your time here it will be as if you have those days. [ At least until if Beat dies but Josh doesn't know that ] You were solid a few days before you came here, weren't you?

[skaterbrain]

....Yeah? [Yeah, he was. He was just starting to fade out when he came here, using pure will to keep himself intact.] Yo' Iron Witch said I didn' have no more time.

[neverplaysfair]

And I can give you time.

[skaterbrain]

...What's yo' catch? There always a catch wit' you people.

[neverplaysfair]

Don't waste it.

[skaterbrain]

That it? After all the crap you put us through, that's it?

[neverplaysfair]

I give opportunities to those who deserve them. The rest is simply details.

[skaterbrain]

S'those details that make the difference, yo. Like the detail that got all the Players taken and left Phones on his own!

[neverplaysfair]

Maybe that's what you believe.

[skaterbrain]

S'what I know! I left the Reapers 'cause of it! That Iron Witch took the Players and left him out ta' dry!

[neverplaysfair]

And so it turned out alright in the end! See?

[skaterbrain]

That don' make it right in the beginning!

[He slams his fist down on the table and snarls.]

How we suppose to trust you when all you do is jerk us 'round, huh?!

[neverplaysfair]

When you're done being jerked around, the place you've been dragged to is better than where you were before.

[skaterbrain]

This ain't any better!

[Luceti. Luceti isn't anything but another stop on the way back to life. And even then, he saw what happened to Shiki when Neku left - and again when he came back different. Worse, even if he's here, she isn't and it removes all his reason for living, for trying to come back. He grinds his fist into the table.]

We ain't gonna get back what we lost... Not unless I kick yo' ass and take over! Then I'm gonna make it right! I ain't gonna let this keep goin' on!

[neverplaysfair]

Win the Game to regain what you lost. It's that simple. You don't need to kick my ass in order to do that.

[skaterbrain]

It ain't for me.

[It's for her. He owes her. He owes her everything.]

Winning ain't gonna bring it all back unless I get to change the rules like you damn Reapers always do!

[neverplaysfair]

[ Beat, he's not a Reaper, he's a Composer. These are distinctly different. ]

... Winning still won't bring back what's already been permanently lost. You can't change those rules.

[skaterbrain]

[Totally the same difference, okay.]

You set the rules, you gotta change 'em! It ain't right what she lost 'cause a' me!

[neverplaysfair]

She can still live a fulfilling life without it. There is never anything so important that all is lost if it vanishes.

[skaterbrain]

....Yeah, there is.

[When he lost Rhyme, he lost everything. Getting her back now is the only thing that matters. Even if it kills him, even if he has to betray his friends, he'll do anything to get her back.]