[Ogata laughs, and it starts off as his usual short clipped one, but then it just sorta... continues into something that might almost be called a giggle? Wow.]
Not by choice... Anaido, I told you about the treasure map tattooed onto a bunch of convicts? Ienaga was one of them. We both happened to be working for Hijikata. I'm just glad Kantarou was around. Otherwise, I'd have been the youngest and that damn geezer doctor would have tried to eat me instead. [He says this as if it's not a concern at all. And then he reaches out blindly, trying to grab Anaido's arm, but he just sorta limply swats at the air a few times first, then Anaido's back once, before latching onto his arm.]
Perforator, huh... [What's he perforating? That's such a weird underwhelming way to describe a murderer. Imagine a cop announcing that someone had been perforated. Cause of death? Perforation. That's ridiculous. Should he start describing shooting people in the head as perforating them? Ogata starts laughing again, an almost silent, wheezy noise.]
[ the giggle is so stupid. she misses like half of what ogata is saying about treasure map tattoos because she's distracted by ogata's dumb laugh.
she's too high for this, she literally just buries her face against anaido's shoulder and giggles, herself. what's funny? who knows. her brain has shut off. ]
[Holemaker... Driller..... Hm. Thoughts are occuring. He remembers.... things? Anaido told him things... About holes? A hole. Yeah.]
Aah... So you killed people by drilling a hole in their head like yours?
[Now that Anaido's lying down too, Ogata can just sorta... flip over and half drape his tiny body onto Anaido's. This is fine probably. His arm is probably on top of Beau's for a second. That's fine too, since he's moving it up to pat vaguely at the area Anaido indicated to him the day before.]
[ she settles down eventually, tucking herself under anaido's arm on the other side. ogata can stay on his side. if he gets to close she will kick or slap at his limbs. ]
Holemaker is better than Perforator.
... And don't get too excited about it. [ beau says, with a huff. she's got anaido's hand in hers and she's absently tapping in beats of threes against it. ] Wasn't like it was for fun.
[ she remembers his memory, anyway. that's all the context she has. ]
[It wasn't the intention. It was more of the risk. Get a hole, achieve salvation, or die in the process.]
[Anaido frowns slightly, eyebrows furrowing together...but he seems to relax at the tapping of threes in his palm and the patting of his forehead. He shifts his head against Ogata's for the moment, closing his eyes, while his arm moves to keep Beau close. It's nice like this. Having people here. Together.]
...I was made that way. I didn't want to do it, at first, but...I guess it happens, to someone like me. [A low sigh.] You should understand it a bit, Ogata , since you were a military man. In a way, I was recruited for it.
[Ogata actually looks over at Beau for what is probably the first time since before he had his little snit. He looks annoyed, but in a vague sort of way that reads more like confusion.]
I'm not excited... I don't kill people for fun either. [Sure, there's a satisfaction to be found in landing a clean headshot but that feeling is never the reason he shoots someone.
And then he shifts his attention back to Anaido. Wow. Anaido and Beau both look so out of it. Does he look like that too? No, surely not. They did more than him. He's definitely still perfectly fine. He's just more calm and relaxed than he's possibly ever been for some other reason.]
I mean... I enlisted. But I get- [A memory suddenly leaps out at Ogata through his brain fog, something Anaido said before; Wind comes into the hole, and it comes out of the hole, and somehow, the world is a little bit clearer.
Hm. This means something. RIGHT. THE HOLES. If that's what Anaido's hole did for him, and he wasn't drilling other people to kill them, then... He sits up, propping himself up on his elbows and clasping the sides of Anaido's stupid face.]
You were trying to do the wind thing for them? [This is surely a coherent thought... WAIT. He looks back at Beau.]
[ beau makes a growly sound in the back of her throat. like she's a dog warning ogata away. she doesn't push him or anything, but she is reluctant to let him get all up in anaido's space like that. she scowls slightly from where she's tucked in, watching ogata - it looks stupid because only half her face is visible. ]
Because I saw a memory of his where he was going to do it. [ beau huffs. ]
[Oh. Oh!!!! Beau is mad!!! Beau is mad!!! Ogata shifts to just wrap his arms around Anaido's neck like a clingy girlfriend while looking all smug at Beau. Who's the one all up in Anaido's business now??? It's me!!!]
I already offered to help you make a new one. If you miss it that much. [Hmph.]
[Oh so he doesn't trust Ogata, who HAS EXPERIENCE but he'll trust Beau!!! Ogata sees how it is. Anaido clearly likes Beau better than him. This is now an incontrovertible fact. Why was he even invited to come here? Did they trick him? Ohh, this was all a setup, wasn't it? So they could corner him, get him drugged out of his mind and what, laugh at him? Make him feel like an idiot? Who knows what they might be plotting. People can't be trusted, Ogata always knew this.
So what does he do now? Kill Anaido? No, Beau wouldn't let him have the chance. And he doesn't think he could kill Beau. Maybe if he had his wits about him he could surprise her with a well-placed stab, but well. That's what the drugs were for. Make him unable to fight back. He should leave. He should get up and never talk to either of them ever again. That would show them. No. No maybe that's just what Beau wants!!! She wants to make him look terrible in front of Anaido. She wants to ruin everything!!! Her acting like she didn't care this whole time was a trick!!!
Well he won't stand for it. He won't let them get their way!! He will... he will.... he doesn't know what he should do. His brain is not working it is too busy going off on an insane paranoid tangent. So all he ends up doing is lie there, silent and expressionless as his body slowly becomes tenser and tenser, his hold around Anaido tightening slightly.]
[ beau just watches him bluescreen internally for a second before slowly pushing herself up to sit, grabbing ogata's arms to try and dislodge him, and pushing him off the bed by ramming him in the stomach with her foot.
or tries, anyway, she's high as balls, anaido is in the middle of them, and ogata's squirrelly. her intent might not actually be reality. ]
[Sorry, Beau, but a NOODLE is in the way. That is, Anaido, at his full six feet, just lets out a little yelp as he tries to kick up to block Beau's foot, but that just sends him rolling over on top of Ogata.]
He's just disappointed we won't be drilling me! Stop! [And to Ogata, his blue hair all over the man's face, probably:] I'm sorry, I would've let you drill me, but we don't have a drill...and Beau said there was a magic way of doing it...
[Just. Plunks an index finger against Ogata's forehead.]
[Hm. Well. Ogata's paranoia tries to rationalize this. But Anaido just protected him, didn't he? That's what he did, for sure. It's not like Anaido needed to win him over... as far as he's aware, Ogata hadn't caught on to his scheme... Scheme... maybe he had been overreacting. Maybe it was just Beau who was plotting his downfall...
He exhales sharply to blow Anaido's hair out of his face. Anaido's on top of him. His whole weight is weighing down on Ogata. And, ah, it's just because Beau has a magic way of doing it? What a cheater. But Anaido would have let him do it otherwise, huh... Maybe he's just saying that. But any suspicion he still had is shattered when Anaido mimes drilling a hole in his head, at which point Ogata turns red and lightly flustered like a teenager being asked out by their crush.
Ah, Beau said something, didn't she? He can't remember already, but;]
You're not the boss of me, Beauregard. [Slightly breathless, though that might just be due to Anaido's big noodle body crushing his chest.]
she is vaguely upset that she kicked anaido instead, but she's more upset that anaido is now on top of ogata. also, phrasing. she just scowls so heavily.
a pause, and then she grabs anaido and tries to pull him back. stop indulging the cat man, she hates it. ]
[And he just flops back down to the bed when Beau pulls him back, grinning like a pleased fox. He giggles, making the drill sound again, which makes him giggle harder.]
[He then turns to Beau, still giggling a little.]
Beauregard sounds so fancy. Wow. Even Ogata's given name is like. A samurai. Soooooo cool.
[Ogata's arms trail after Anaido as Beau pulls him away but after a seconds pause he seems to give up and his arms flop uselessly at his sides. A cat, dejected.
Well, at least Anaido is having a good time. And Beau still seems mad. Maybe she's jealous that Anaido didn't offer to drill a hole in her head. That's probably it. Between that, and Anaido's continued laughing, Ogata starts his quiet little laugh again too.]
That's because my great grandfather was a samurai, you know.
[ that's exactly why she's mad, ogata, she wants anaido to drill a hole in her head. ogata's the true brilliant detective here.
she settles down when anaido sprawls out though. it's hard not to grin at the giggling, and it's hard to stay mad when she's high as balls, so! she doesn't laugh, but she relaxes, curling up on the bed and absently petting at anaido's hand. ]
Are samurai the firefighters, or the swords? [ beau has gotten her japanese history from galo, please excuse her ]
[Ogata shoots Beau a judgmental gaze but then it almost shifts a little to Anaido as soon as he starts talking again. Wow.... he’s not that bad is he ?? Rude!!.]
I’m not... That’s besides the point.
[But honestly.]
Warriors who fought with swords and upheld the warrior’s code. Now that it’s mostly illegal to carry a sword there aren’t really samurai around anymore.
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the perforator. jesus, that's a name. she closes her eyes, and then: ]
Why am I not surprised that you know a cannibal. [ she says, so, so dryly. ]
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[Just looking at Ogata with some concern? He has?? Standards?? He's not Hannibal Lecter???????]
You hang out with some interesting people, Ogata. [Hm!] But yes. That's who I was, before I became a brilliant detective.
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Not by choice... Anaido, I told you about the treasure map tattooed onto a bunch of convicts? Ienaga was one of them. We both happened to be working for Hijikata. I'm just glad Kantarou was around. Otherwise, I'd have been the youngest and that damn geezer doctor would have tried to eat me instead.
[He says this as if it's not a concern at all. And then he reaches out blindly, trying to grab Anaido's arm, but he just sorta limply swats at the air a few times first, then Anaido's back once, before latching onto his arm.]
Perforator, huh...
[What's he perforating? That's such a weird underwhelming way to describe a murderer. Imagine a cop announcing that someone had been perforated. Cause of death? Perforation. That's ridiculous. Should he start describing shooting people in the head as perforating them? Ogata starts laughing again, an almost silent, wheezy noise.]
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she's too high for this, she literally just buries her face against anaido's shoulder and giggles, herself. what's funny? who knows. her brain has shut off. ]
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[Is that Ogata.............giggling? Anaido frowns. Wow. Giggling. Now Beau is giggling. Everyone just. Giggling.]
Hahahaha. [Now he's laughing his dumbass laugh.] An Ogata a day keeps the doctor away or something? Haha!
[Now he's just going to devolve into a set of giggles for a moment. It's all just...so funny.]
You're right! Perforator! Like...I guess it sounds kind of dumb? Maybe I should be the...Holemaker! Driller? Aw man, those are dumb too! Hahahaha!
[He leans back in his fit of laughter and - wump! He's fallen back onto the bed, still giggling away.]
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Aah... So you killed people by drilling a hole in their head like yours?
[Now that Anaido's lying down too, Ogata can just sorta... flip over and half drape his tiny body onto Anaido's. This is fine probably. His arm is probably on top of Beau's for a second. That's fine too, since he's moving it up to pat vaguely at the area Anaido indicated to him the day before.]
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Holemaker is better than Perforator.
... And don't get too excited about it. [ beau says, with a huff. she's got anaido's hand in hers and she's absently tapping in beats of threes against it. ] Wasn't like it was for fun.
[ she remembers his memory, anyway. that's all the context she has. ]
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[It wasn't the intention. It was more of the risk. Get a hole, achieve salvation, or die in the process.]
[Anaido frowns slightly, eyebrows furrowing together...but he seems to relax at the tapping of threes in his palm and the patting of his forehead. He shifts his head against Ogata's for the moment, closing his eyes, while his arm moves to keep Beau close. It's nice like this. Having people here. Together.]
...I was made that way. I didn't want to do it, at first, but...I guess it happens, to someone like me. [A low sigh.] You should understand it a bit, Ogata , since you were a military man. In a way, I was recruited for it.
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I'm not excited... I don't kill people for fun either.
[Sure, there's a satisfaction to be found in landing a clean headshot but that feeling is never the reason he shoots someone.
And then he shifts his attention back to Anaido. Wow. Anaido and Beau both look so out of it. Does he look like that too? No, surely not. They did more than him. He's definitely still perfectly fine. He's just more calm and relaxed than he's possibly ever been for some other reason.]
I mean... I enlisted. But I get-
[A memory suddenly leaps out at Ogata through his brain fog, something Anaido said before; Wind comes into the hole, and it comes out of the hole, and somehow, the world is a little bit clearer.
Hm. This means something. RIGHT. THE HOLES. If that's what Anaido's hole did for him, and he wasn't drilling other people to kill them, then... He sits up, propping himself up on his elbows and clasping the sides of Anaido's stupid face.]
You were trying to do the wind thing for them?
[This is surely a coherent thought... WAIT. He looks back at Beau.]
How did you know about it?
[Squinting!]
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Because I saw a memory of his where he was going to do it. [ beau huffs. ]
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Yeah....the wind thing. Wind through the hole. Wind hole. [Wow. Thoughts are happening.] And yeah, she saw me. Hole and all! Brrrrrr.
[He's....mimicking a drilling sound. Though after a moment, he frowns.]
....I really miss that hole.
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I already offered to help you make a new one. If you miss it that much.
[Hmph.]
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Don't even think about it, fuckface.
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[This is so much? Ogata? He's just very stoned and very, very confused.]
Mmmm, Beau. Don't worry. I don't think he'll be sanitary if he does it. I'm going to catch like. So many diseases. I'll go with...you and Wei Wuxian!
[He gives her a wobbling thumbs up with his free arm.]
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So what does he do now? Kill Anaido? No, Beau wouldn't let him have the chance. And he doesn't think he could kill Beau. Maybe if he had his wits about him he could surprise her with a well-placed stab, but well. That's what the drugs were for. Make him unable to fight back. He should leave. He should get up and never talk to either of them ever again. That would show them. No. No maybe that's just what Beau wants!!! She wants to make him look terrible in front of Anaido. She wants to ruin everything!!! Her acting like she didn't care this whole time was a trick!!!
Well he won't stand for it. He won't let them get their way!! He will... he will.... he doesn't know what he should do. His brain is not working it is too busy going off on an insane paranoid tangent. So all he ends up doing is lie there, silent and expressionless as his body slowly becomes tenser and tenser, his hold around Anaido tightening slightly.]
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or tries, anyway, she's high as balls, anaido is in the middle of them, and ogata's squirrelly. her intent might not actually be reality. ]
Whatever you're doing or thinking, quit it.
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[Sorry, Beau, but a NOODLE is in the way. That is, Anaido, at his full six feet, just lets out a little yelp as he tries to kick up to block Beau's foot, but that just sends him rolling over on top of Ogata.]
He's just disappointed we won't be drilling me! Stop! [And to Ogata, his blue hair all over the man's face, probably:] I'm sorry, I would've let you drill me, but we don't have a drill...and Beau said there was a magic way of doing it...
[Just. Plunks an index finger against Ogata's forehead.]
Brrrrrrrr.
[He's so high right now.]
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He exhales sharply to blow Anaido's hair out of his face. Anaido's on top of him. His whole weight is weighing down on Ogata. And, ah, it's just because Beau has a magic way of doing it? What a cheater. But Anaido would have let him do it otherwise, huh... Maybe he's just saying that. But any suspicion he still had is shattered when Anaido mimes drilling a hole in his head, at which point Ogata turns red and lightly flustered like a teenager being asked out by their crush.
Ah, Beau said something, didn't she? He can't remember already, but;]
You're not the boss of me, Beauregard.
[Slightly breathless, though that might just be due to Anaido's big noodle body crushing his chest.]
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she is vaguely upset that she kicked anaido instead, but she's more upset that anaido is now on top of ogata. also, phrasing. she just scowls so heavily.
a pause, and then she grabs anaido and tries to pull him back. stop indulging the cat man, she hates it. ]
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[And he just flops back down to the bed when Beau pulls him back, grinning like a pleased fox. He giggles, making the drill sound again, which makes him giggle harder.]
[He then turns to Beau, still giggling a little.]
Beauregard sounds so fancy. Wow. Even Ogata's given name is like. A samurai. Soooooo cool.
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Well, at least Anaido is having a good time. And Beau still seems mad. Maybe she's jealous that Anaido didn't offer to drill a hole in her head. That's probably it. Between that, and Anaido's continued laughing, Ogata starts his quiet little laugh again too.]
That's because my great grandfather was a samurai, you know.
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she settles down when anaido sprawls out though. it's hard not to grin at the giggling, and it's hard to stay mad when she's high as balls, so! she doesn't laugh, but she relaxes, curling up on the bed and absently petting at anaido's hand. ]
Are samurai the firefighters, or the swords? [ beau has gotten her japanese history from galo, please excuse her ]
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[Anaido, please. He does shoot a rather befuddled look at Beau for a good moment, before frowning.]
Beauuuu. Samurais aren't firefighters or swords. They're people.
[Firefighters are not people, apparently.]
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I’m not... That’s besides the point.
[But honestly.]
Warriors who fought with swords and upheld the warrior’s code. Now that it’s mostly illegal to carry a sword there aren’t really samurai around anymore.
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she does giggle a bit at stern and serious and grumpy though. ]
It's illegal to carry a sword around? Why? That's stupid. [ how are you supposed to be a d&d party if you can't carry swords around in public? ]
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