week 7; saturday ( jae-ha )

[axilium]

[HEY ASSHOLE.]

I'm sure you'll be glad to know I didn't accidentally poison Sanji with his favourite recipe.

[i hope no one expected belph to say anything mushy for this reunion]

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[axilium]

Cooking for the man who'd killed you.

[alttitude]

[ . . . ahah, well.

Jae-ha laughs faintly at that.]

... I asked you to cook for a friend of mine.

That's all it was.

Everything else that made it more complicated... paled considerably when his mental stability was on the line.

[axilium]

... Yeah, well. The day after he killed you, he did break down in front of me, crying about how he deserved to die.

[that was an absolutely shitty week, between killing someone and then not even being able to pursue vengeance for a fallen friend.]

[alttitude]

And he didn't even write to me...

[jae-ha don't be bitter]

He's such a dramatic fool sometimes.

[still - it lacks any real bite.]

... thanks for supporting him anyway.

[axilium]

To be fair, what the hell do you say to someone you killed?

[belph should know.]

... He told me he took the job so that no one else would have to, and because he thought it would help him revive everyone in the end. Hard not to work with someone like that, really.

[alttitude]

You're not telling me anything I didn't already figure would be true.

[Jae-ha sighs faintly.]

Are you trying to talk me out of being mad at him? Or is this really just an explanation of why you two ended up so close by the end?

[axilium]

I wouldn't say we were "so close".

[so, the latter, but also belph refuses to admit he has friends.]

[alttitude]

Don't say that - now you'll be the one hurting his feelings instead of me.

[axilium]

He'll never know unless someone here is a tattletale.

[alttitude]

I'm probably a tattletale.

[TO BE HONEST but at least they're in the kitchen - ]

Favorite food?

[axilium]

... Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.

[smh jae-ha. at least sanji is a kindred spirit, which is to say they both absolutely hid to avoid dealing with people in endgame.]

Curry rice!

[alttitude]

[dummies - but jae-ha will salute]

You got it.

[TIME TO MAKE SOME CURRY RICE]

... anyway - about the thing regarding our favorite Chef... I think it's good that the two of you found each other. Helped keep each other sane.

[axilium]

Our sanity levels are seriously up for debate, Jae-ha.

[alttitude]

No breakdowns here - that counts for something!

[axilium]

Wow. How many breakdowns did you have to deal with on the Other Side?

[alttitude]

[Without hesitation:]

People were dying, Belph.

[axilium]

Gee, I hadn't noticed.

[alttitude]

I'm making a point.

[he shrugs]

There were a number of upset people on the Other Side... pulled apart from their support systems, still traumatized from their deaths....

With any luck, they're fine now - but I don't expect anyone to be completely alright after everything.

[axilium]

[personally, belph wished for death for like weeks so he's having trouble fully empathizing??]

Sounds tiring.

[alttitude]

Of course it was.

[jae-ha's life is so tiring]

... but in the end, everything worked out alright, at least.

[axilium]

You're free from babysitting duty!

[alttitude]

I wouldn't say that.

[not even close]

Merely switching the number and type of people I'm looking after.

[axilium]

Oh. Well, too bad for you, then.