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Gau Meguro 

Father:
Mother: Dahlia Hawthorne ( coreopsideae )
Sibling: Minatsuki Tamaki ( medacium )

Voicemail
(555) 587-8423

"Hello, this is Gau Meguro! I'm sorry that I can't answer you right now, so please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can!"


Beep!

 

Earned inventory:

-- Salary from the Agito, working as a waiter/staff from November 10th 2013 onward
-- Regain coupon, gained from the sticker event
-- Regain coupon + $1200, gained from being on island 11 for the castaway event.
--Receipt for $200 + banner with COMPLETE FAILURE on it from paintball event

--$200 receipt + t-shirt that reads I SURVIVED DARE-PALOOZA AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID T-SHIRT from dare event

Comments

phonecall

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[He has a point, one that delays Gau's reply by a few seconds.]

I know that. I can't make the decision for anyone else, when they might be suffering because of this, but...

...But I won't go anywhere where Raikou-san isn't going. I made the choice to stay by his side, and if he wants to stay here, then so will I.

Re: phonecall

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Who cares? He broke like a million fucking laws. He fucked with us. I don't care who's happy about it, he deserves ta get fucked back with.

[a pause]

D'ya know if he wants ta stay?

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I agree that he deserves punishment for what he's done, but...

[...But what? If the landlord is overthrown, then it's more than likely this idyllic life he's built with Raikou would be disrupted anyway.

It was selfish, and turning his back on quite a few of his moral standings, to say that he'd ignore the needs of the many to provide for the need of himself.

But, but, but-]

...I haven't asked him, but because of our circumstances, I think I already know the answer.

[And the last thing Gau would do, after all their sacrifices and pain, would be to deny Raikou the chance to be alive and happy with his family.]

Re: phonecall

[badbreak]

What is it?

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...

[A detailed answer would require a. speaking for Raikou when he wasn't exactly 100% sure if he was correct and b. explaining the personal details of Raikou's past thereby c. revealing information about the hidden world.]

Even if I think I know the answer, I can't speak for him. Please understand that, Badou-san.

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[...]

Ask him, an' get back t'me for sure, alright?

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.....

[More unusual silence, pause and hesitation, from Gau.

Even if he did ask and know the answer absolutely, it circled back around to requirement c. The reasoning behind Raikou's actions would always be entangled with his past, with the fall of the Shimizu family and the guilt Gau knew he still held for it. It would be impossible to separate an report and an explanation from all of this.

He wasn't sure what to call Badou. A pain in the side, an acquaintance, an annoyance, someone to argue with- nothing really covered the relationship well, and he didn't think "friend" would in any case.

But even if it was for Raikou's sake and he had no doubts about what to do, he was starting to actively dislike lying to him constantly, as he had to.

He knew that simple and now accepted fact of his life was why he couldn't really call any of his acquaintances on the surface word friends either. He accepted that, and he had to accept this now-

...But he didn't have to lie about accepting it, did he.]

...I can't do that either. I'm sorry.

Re: phonecall

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What? Why not?

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...If I tell you his answer, will you just accept that as it is?

[The problem wasn't with the answer itself, but with the questions that Badou (by track record) would logically ask as to why.]

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[he has to stop and think before he responds, similarly uncharacteristic; it's not often he pays anyone respect in this way, respects their right to have secrets]

[it's true that he wants to know for practical reasons how helpful Gau and his cronies would be in getting out. but it's more true that he just wants to know about Gau and his cronies, full stop -- they're all hiding something, and anything hidden is irresistible to the boy raised to dig at the heart of every secret and make everything known to him]

[but. it's not just somebody, some loser with feelings he doesn't care about trampling over in his desire to know everything -- it's Gau Meguro, and Badou has no idea how to treat the other boy's feelings]

[(his mother died, and he was left alone. one time, he made him a cake for a shitty birthday. he was smart and proactive and above all, unafraid)]

[there's enough for both columns (lie now, then force the issue; lie now, then don't), and that in itself tells him what to do]

Fine.