17TH FLIGHT ➥ AUDIO.

[crowing]

( silence. the first couple of seconds from consists of nothing but quiet static of background noise and what sounds very suspiciously like someone breathing. and then it sounds like someone really freaking stupid doing breathing exercises. )

Hoooooowuh. HAAAAA—!

F-fucking hell! I'm alive!

( a pause. )

I'm alive. . . I'm alive. What the fuck! Whatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuck.

( there's a quiet grumble of "I said no goddamn trades." )

Which one of you freakin' idiots made the trade?! ( oh yeah, there's a sharp jerk from shock to anger. ) WHICH ONE OF YOU?!

[[ ooc: running off to work, replies after my shift! ]]

Comments

private;

[beyourarmy]

Maybe it is to you, but you should take whatever you can get out of these guys. It's better than putting yourself out, or then having your friends do this. Isn't it?

private;

[crowing]

( . . . )

I trusted them not to pull some stupid shit like this. They should have goddamn listened to me when I said not to! Who the fuck knows what was traded in turn for my life?

FUCK.

private;

[beyourarmy]

But what'd you expect them to do? They're your friends, right? Wouldn't you do the same for them?

private;

[crowing]

Without hesitation, but it's different.

They're my underlings. My worshippers, my peons! I'd like to keep them alive and all in one freakin' piece

private;

[beyourarmy]

Tch! Then you really shouldn't be expecting anything else from them, especially then. If you're their leader then they're going to do anything they can to keep you alive as well. And if you'd do the same, you should expect it from other people. You get back what you give, after all.

Like I said, should've just bartered harder with that deity and taken care of both of you at the same time. Then this wouldn't have had to happen.

private;

[crowing]

COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE—!

I can't fucking do anything about the trade I made now!

private;

[beyourarmy]

No, you can't.

Just like you can't do anything about the trade someone else already made either. So what's the point getting all worked up about it?

private;

[crowing]

Because he needs to learn how to place some more fucking value on himself instead of just making trades all goddamn willy-nilly!

private;

[beyourarmy]

Can't we say the same about you?

private;

[crowing]

No.

private;

[beyourarmy]

I'm going to! You should've thought out your wish better!

private;

[crowing]

You can't! You don't know anything!

Goddamnit, Setsuna. I just needed my friend alive again.

private;

[beyourarmy]

And don't you think your worshiper, or whatever they are, felt the same way?

I'm not saying you shouldn't have done it. Just that the feelings you had when you did that? Were the same for the person who did it for you.

private;

[crowing]

He said he wouldn't. I never made any such promises.

That's one of the main differences here.