gerard catchall

[diluvian]

MY FROG PRINCE

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[frogzoned]

[ retail therapy.

he does, in fact, take a huge breath in and let it out like he could NOT breath for the past 9 hours. ]

Yeah. They are.

[diluvian]

[ they can only do so much in shibuya, so why not take advantage of the better clothing selection?

she inclines her head, a silent, walk with me? invitation. ]

Now that Simon's coming here, I think you can worry less. [ a beat. ] Should we tell him who murdered me when he arrives?

[ she doesn't necessarily think gerard should be flambéed for something he didn't do. ]

[frogzoned]

[ he will walk with her, sure. seems kind of nice actually. ]

I think I’m going to worry about it some still. [ because he very much thinks. simon is going to double-murder him. ] ... But I actually wanted to ask your opinion about that.

There’s an argument to be made that maybe I should claim responsibility. If not for your murder, I wouldn’t—- take that story from you, necessarily. But the aspects of it that ended up framing Simon.

[diluvian]

You could argue that he has a right to know, but if it's going to make him spiral and hinder our progress....

[ she's a bit too practical.

if simon is going to harsh on their vibe.... their codependency.... ]

Are you fine with him trying to kill you?

[frogzoned]

How much hindering can he really do, to be honest. He’s already been killed.

[ he kinda thought she might get what he was going for here though, yeah. ]

Dying isn’t my favorite weekend activity, but I’ll persevere. I ought to be getting used to it by now.

[diluvian]

If he burns down half of Shibuya.

[ that's half a joke, but she doesn't think it's too farfetched. it may not be hindering the point placements, but shibuya isn't a terrible place to be dead. ]

You know that's not a healthy thing to get used to, right? [ but she won't object. ] If he tries to murder you more than once, enough of us will stop him.

[frogzoned]

I know it isn’t, but I think the alternative is a nervous breakdown that I really can’t afford right now.

[ this is so funny that the line that basically everyone seems to agree is that simon is allowed to violently murder him one time for even stevens and then it crosses the line into Uncool.

He still blanches a little at the thought of being murdered even once, but yeah. he has to accept that seems fair. ]

But okay. [ ... ] It’s funny how we’ve all got something of a rapport here, no matter how we ended up in this place. This place being dead.

[diluvian]

You can break down, as long as you pull yourself back together.

[ have a catharsis, reset, reboot.

lambda is guessing with how buzen and matsui are.... with how they reacted to d murdering rin that that's the route they'd take with it, and her opinion of gerard is higher than simon. ]

Being dead is bonding. [ that's said dryly. ] Enough of us are either like-minded enough or clearheaded enough to see a common goal. I won't lie that there are some here that I could leave behind more than others.

[frogzoned]

If that’s the case, I have about 24 hours to get through it. So maybe I will still schedule it for a later date.

[ he’s glad that he’s higher on the opinion chart than simon, even if that is a pretty low bar. ]

I won’t argue otherwise, but I do think we’re in an all or nothing scenario at this point. [ theres a really long pause. ]

Oh.

Dancing.

[diluvian]

If you look pitiful enough, maybe Simon won't try to kill you.

[ it doesn't sound like she believes that, though.

of all the dead coming tomorrow, simon isn't at the bottom of her rankings, so it's not the lowest bar, at least. ]

What? What about dancing?

[ that's out of left field? ]

[frogzoned]

It’s one of my talents. I’m very good at it.

[ HAS HE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR DAYS. ]

[diluvian]

[ she's dumbfounded for a solid second. ]

You couldn't let it go, could you?

[ she sighs. ]

I'll accept this once I witness it.

[ and not because she loves dance or anything like that. ]

[frogzoned]

[ shaking his head back and forth. no he was never going to let this go. ]

[ can’t really dance alone so he holds a hand out? ]

[diluvian]

[ well.

she did challenge him, so she might as well give him the chance. her hands are always covered by too long sleeves, but she places one of them in his. ]

Do your best.

[frogzoned]

[ SHE DID. anyway I guess I could roll for this but you know what it’s a dance not trying to kill a giant bad vibes whale I will not invoke Gerard’s Terrible Curse and potentially ruin this nice moment. He managed to do a perfect waltz with a little kitty cat once, I think he can do this one.

But for real he does like a perfect waltz. ]

[diluvian]

[ gerard waltzing with a little kitty cat is the cutest image. dance is the cheating way to get into lambda's good graces, so doing a perfect waltz lets gerard cheat his way up her rankings.

if he cares enough to look, gerard can see lambda's eyes light up the moment she can tell this is the one thing his bad luck can't touch. she's her most lively while dancing. ]

[frogzoned]

[ that’s pretty cute lambda. also he desperately needs this cheat code okay he has no other talents. this is his one thing. being a nice fairytale prince only provides you with a certain skillset and then you ruin a lot of those good points by going on a murder spree.

he will stop and politely bow when he’s done. ]

See?

[diluvian]

[ going on a murder spree is fine, though? lambda thinks murder is fine.

she crosses her arms once they're done dancing. ]

You weren't all talk. I'll readjust my opinion of you to better than pathetic.

[frogzoned]

[ fair enough. ]

I will take better than pathetic.

[diluvian]

I can't decide if you try too hard or you don't try hard enough.

[ both? ]

[frogzoned]

I think a bit of both, to be perfectly honest with you.

[diluvian]

You should try to pick one or the other.

[frogzoned]

... Better to try too hard than not enough. So maybe that one.

[diluvian]

Is that so? Try hard, Gerard. I know many care about you to.

[ but not enough to be tryhard. ]