33 - Armed To The Teeth Against Love

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What the hell is this?!!

[ The impressive shout emerges, not from a man, but a teddy-bear. Lying on the pavement, kicking his tiny arms and legs feebly. Hi, Karl. ]

Of all the pathetic, worthless, idiotic -- !

[ A stream of profanities. Such a mouth Mr. Teddy has. Not PG-rated at all. ]

[OOC: Karl is a teddy-bear. Lol. Have at him! ]

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[ With effort, he rolls so his back is to Setsuna. Hmph. ]

[ You have your answer. ]

[beyourarmy]

Then you're staying there, Karl.

[Sigh. But he can do this ALL DAY.]

[worldofourown]

Since when did you become my babysitter?

[beyourarmy]

You don't need a babysitter. You need a spanking, but it won't do any damn good.

So now we're stuck with this. Deal with it.

[worldofourown]

[ No answer. Just a tetchy grunt. Karl is the eternal hormonally-unbalanced teenager. ]

[beyourarmy]

All you gotta do is say you'll keep our problems between us, and I'll take you down.

Even better, no more hugging and cutesy talk. I'll just let you go. Maybe even take you home to Diva.

[worldofourown]

[ The little nose wrinkles, button-eyes creasing. ]

No.

[ Setsuna got between Karl and Saya. And Karl is nothing if not an expert at bearing a grudge. ]

[beyourarmy]

Fine. This obviously isn't working.

[He turns to leave. Headed for the exit of the store.]

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[ He lets Setsuna go, stewing and seething. ]

[ Nope. Will not call him back. ]

[ NOPENOPENOPE. ]

[beyourarmy]

[That's okay. Because stubborn as he is, after Setsuna leaves the store, he comes back. Rather quickly.]

[He's slower going up to the shelf and pulling Karl down, though. He nearly crushes Karl to his chest and sighs. He'll find another way around this. He'll put Sara under a 24/7 guard.]

Karl...you suck.

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[ URK. His whine is muffled against Setsuna's chest. ]

I'm not the one who put a bear on a high shelf.

[beyourarmy]

No, that was me. I suck for that.

You still suck because I had to go back and get you. [Setsuna can still hear his whining, so Karl can just stay like that.]

[worldofourown]

How is that my fault?

[beyourarmy]

Because you're a horrible asshole! And I shouldn't be taking you down! [Don't ask for logic right now, from Setsuna, of all people.]

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[ He's drained from the yelling. His voice is quieter, but full of vitriol. ]

Yet here you are.

[ Weirdo. ]

[beyourarmy]

Yes. I know. This is stupid, but I'm doing it anyway. No one really deserves to be left like that.

[Crazy mother-fucker.]

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[ He huffs. ]

Diva would agree with you.

[beyourarmy]

[Setsuna's voice is very soft and quiet when he answers. He's also a bit stiff, staring off.]

Yeah, apparently. She broke something when we talked about being caged up.

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[ He squirms again. This time in real anger. ]

Don't bring up that rubbish with her. We don't. Why should you?

[beyourarmy]

Hey, knock it off. How was I supposed to know? It's not like people say what things bothers them right away. Besides, that makes her the first person, other than Alexiel, I've talked that really understands what it was like!

[worldofourown]

I already told you she'd been locked in a tower.

Use your common sense.

[ Indignant on Diva's behalf. ]

[beyourarmy]

I didn't remember. [He looks really pained about that. He honestly hadn't.]

[worldofourown]

[ Oh, Cherub. You're hopeless. ]

[ HUFF HUFF HUFF. ]

[beyourarmy]

[Yeah, he is. And even starting to cry. That upsets him the most of everything - that he forgot something like that.]

Well, let's get you home. You'll get all dirty and gross out here.

[worldofourown]

[AND CRY HE SHOULD. HOW DARE HE UPSET DIVA?! Karl is a jerk. He hasn't forgiven Setsuna for getting between Saya and himself. He can't. ]

Fine.

[ Get crackin' 8V ]