[A battle wasn't going to happen - Loki hums in his chest anyway. Both of them too raw from the recent experience. Akechi a notch under top form, and therefore it's unacceptable. Maruki always able to maintain his stamina and recover at a speed that feels -
Dangerous.
This conversation has the same cadence. Same tone. It's a thrall for a person like Akechi and he doesn't hesitate to push himself up from a couch he's been in for hours. Slide phone in pocket, book between the cushions so Oona doesn't fuck off with it.
Maruki wants to leave, so he follows.
There's something to having a conversation illuminated by only the light of vending machines, dimly lit alleyway lights.
It's not the same, but it's close. Comforting. Only cicadas, the hum of electricity and the occasional tire against pavement to hear sordid conversations, candid discussions, thinly veiled secrets as dim as the lights in an old storefront.
Akechi wants to tell him it won't matter where they talk - there's no privacy. Nothing. A city of millions felt safer than a town of 50.
Shoes on, door shut behind them. One, two, three, four - an extensive amount of time staking their claim to a muddy trail before Akechi speaks up.]
no subject
Dangerous.
This conversation has the same cadence. Same tone. It's a thrall for a person like Akechi and he doesn't hesitate to push himself up from a couch he's been in for hours. Slide phone in pocket, book between the cushions so Oona doesn't fuck off with it.
Maruki wants to leave, so he follows.
There's something to having a conversation illuminated by only the light of vending machines, dimly lit alleyway lights.
It's not the same, but it's close. Comforting. Only cicadas, the hum of electricity and the occasional tire against pavement to hear sordid conversations, candid discussions, thinly veiled secrets as dim as the lights in an old storefront.
Akechi wants to tell him it won't matter where they talk - there's no privacy. Nothing. A city of millions felt safer than a town of 50.
Shoes on, door shut behind them. One, two, three, four - an extensive amount of time staking their claim to a muddy trail before Akechi speaks up.]
Is there anything your goddamn persona can't do?