[ sousei & jae-ha make mistakes ]

[alttitude]

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[disilluded]

[He's absolutely the least honest person ever, but also--]

What, exactly, are you trying to say?

[A DIFFICULT PATH--]

[alttitude]

You give Captain Gi-gan a run for her money in strictness. The new person I follow is a 16-year-old girl but at least that makes her painfully honest, rather than finding honesty to be painful.

And yet here I am.

[stuck with sousei,,]

[disilluded]

[...]

Maybe being honest with someone like you is the actual problem, and what makes it so troublesome.

[alttitude]

I don't know what you could possibly mean by that.

[fake]

[disilluded]

[Fake]

It doesn't matter We've made it plain our stance on sharing information, so I don't see the need to repeat it overly much.

[alttitude]

... fair enough.

[ . . . ]

Rebecca hasn't seemed to change her behavior toward me - neither has Akechi. Am I right in guessing they don't know you've told me?

[disilluded]

That's correct. I have not told them that you know, and I have not informed them about your title, ability and objective.

[This is how Sousei protects Jae-ha--he lets Jae-ha make his own decisions.]

[alttitude]

Oh? Do you know what my title is?

[the others he'd shared, sure, but]

[disilluded]

I do not.

[But he figures that like.

Jae-ha will tell him eventually.]

[alttitude]

Care to guess? I'll give you three tries.

[disilluded]

The Ugly Duckling.

[aka no, he doesn't want to guess, he's not interested in playing a game like that.]

[alttitude]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

You're so rude.

[disilluded]

[Yeah he doesn't care.]

So? What is it?

[alttitude]

Wait.

That wasn't your guess?

[because










it was right]

[disilluded]

... I was right.

[SERIOUSLY?

Oh my god now he's looking really amused.]

I fail to see what you could be calling me rude for, then. [Oh no now he's smug.]

[alttitude]

Stop playing innocent - it doesn't suit you.

[YOU'RE TOO OBVIOUS, SOUSEI]

[disilluded]

[Uh huh.]

So you are the Ugly Duckling. They are certainly having a joke at your expense, then.

[alttitude]

I'm rather sure that's been the case for most of my stay in this castle.

[everything about his title and objective are just

cruel jokes, really]

[disilluded]

That is not untrue.

[...]

Mine is "Jafar". I do not know what it means, but I assume... it is in reference to the ability, which is to turn into a snake.

[alttitude]

[ . . . . . ]

I'd wondered what it was.

[if he's being honest]

It's really not beautiful at all - is it?

[disilluded]

... No, and they are aware of it.

[He frowns tightly to himself, shaking his head.]

After all, that is what my squad and I faced. The Orochi--a snake-like creature who brought only misery and suffering to the world.

[alttitude]

[ . . . and so the implication is -

Ah.]

... So you have even more reason to be against it than I thought.

[disilluded]

[... He sighs.]

Indeed. I would not use it, not unless it was the absolute final option I possibly had.

[Even then, he probably won't think to.]

[alttitude]

If you don't find it beautiful, I doubt you'd use it even at the very end.

[Since those moments may very well count for the most.

... but that's just what Jae-ha thinks.]

Still... a civilian and a villain. I can't say those descriptions quite fit us very well.

[disilluded]

[That's true, so it's not even worth addressing. They both know it's true.]

Ha.

I suppose I could be called a villain by some people, but you are certainly far from a civilian. It just proves that they are likely assigned as we least expect.