[ Axel enjoys being able to tell jokes and get laughs. He'll consider it a win, of course. ]
Well then, I think I can save it for them, then.
There are other ways to wind down after a rough day, anyway. Like chatting away. Oh yeah, speaking of which...how were or are you feeling about all of that action between trial and execution yourself?
[ have it your way. the question makes them scoff quietly. ]
If the rules didn't restrict us, I'd have been very tempted to kill him myself. [ threatening their team? unacceptable. ] But it doesn't matter, now that he's gone.
Rules, eh? So even if someone goes buckwild you can't just jump in and neutralize them even if you wanted?
[ Probably has to do with the entire voting system thing or whatever. ]
...Guess you're right. But, I wouldn't be surprised if you've even seen someone that kind of crazy before. There seems to have been enough going around here, after all.
Yes, because our rules prevent us from directly interfering with trials.
[ they're not happy about it, but it is what it is. ]
There are all kinds of people in every world. While I've never seen one exactly like Adlet, some have come close. When you feel that hopeless, you can do just about anything.
That being said, Axel gives a grimace at the latter half of the sentence there. ]
I suppose so. Hope's a powerful thing to have. Without it, people can get lost in an instant...even if it doesn't excuse whatever people do afterwards.
It doesn't. [ they shrug. ] But humans are like any other creatures. When they've been backed into a corner, or feel like they've got nothing left to lose, they have no more reason to hold back, do they?
Is there anywhere else you've been forbidden to interfere in?
[ Axel gives pause, seeming to give those words weight. Desperation leading to more desperation.
Is that what he can look forward to more of as time goes on? Axel just shakes his head, not to say he disagrees, but because it's true, and it isn't a pretty thing. ]
...Though, the person that's responsible for this doesn't seem to be holding back. But, not because of any desperation.
I've had plenty of missions like that before. Sometimes, things are supposed to go certain ways, no matter how much we like or dislike it. Sometimes, that's for the better.
I'm not so sure that this is one of those times. [ their lips press together in a frown. ] It feels like we're being toyed with.
[ He says that with an intense degree of disapproval, aha. ]
...Say, it makes me wonder. This somebody has been hiding who knows where, right? I don't suppose it's likely, but have you gotta like hints about secret villain hideouts and stuff? Or tips?
[ What are the chances...and he supposes that those kinds of things would be probably looked into, but he figures it can't hurt to ask anyway. ]
A place created to confuse and disorient people, trapping them in some kinda crazy cycle for funsies, except the kind to be only enjoyed mostly by one person.
[ ...Help, that sounds extremely crazy, but Axel seems hardly surprised regardless. ]
Anyway, I think I'll be heading off now. Consider it to be part of the continuing to decompress thing. But I hope you can do the same.
[ A light salute with a smile before he begins to head on back. ]
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Sparring is second nature to me. It helps, when I'm frustrated.
Yellow Rabbit is a good sparring partner, but if you ever need someone, you're welcome to ask me, too.
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Plus, keep's someone from getting rusty when there's a lull.
[ Not that there's much of a 'lull' in this place.
They're also still around the dorms area, but... ]
Including now?
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[ ... ]
I'm working with a different power than usual, though.
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...Well, you any good at hand to hand?
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Feel like teaching me some pointers with a sword?
[ Axel feels proud for making a sword pun. You can say he's got the edge on this joke (no) ]
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I wouldn't mind, no. But you could just as easily ask your own leader, if that's what you want.
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Well then, I think I can save it for them, then.
There are other ways to wind down after a rough day, anyway. Like chatting away. Oh yeah, speaking of which...how were or are you feeling about all of that action between trial and execution yourself?
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If the rules didn't restrict us, I'd have been very tempted to kill him myself. [ threatening their team? unacceptable. ] But it doesn't matter, now that he's gone.
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Rules, eh? So even if someone goes buckwild you can't just jump in and neutralize them even if you wanted?
[ Probably has to do with the entire voting system thing or whatever. ]
...Guess you're right. But, I wouldn't be surprised if you've even seen someone that kind of crazy before. There seems to have been enough going around here, after all.
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[ they're not happy about it, but it is what it is. ]
There are all kinds of people in every world. While I've never seen one exactly like Adlet, some have come close. When you feel that hopeless, you can do just about anything.
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[ Too bad none of them can be rulebreakers...
That being said, Axel gives a grimace at the latter half of the sentence there. ]
I suppose so. Hope's a powerful thing to have. Without it, people can get lost in an instant...even if it doesn't excuse whatever people do afterwards.
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It doesn't. [ they shrug. ] But humans are like any other creatures. When they've been backed into a corner, or feel like they've got nothing left to lose, they have no more reason to hold back, do they?
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[ Axel gives pause, seeming to give those words weight. Desperation leading to more desperation.
Is that what he can look forward to more of as time goes on? Axel just shakes his head, not to say he disagrees, but because it's true, and it isn't a pretty thing. ]
...Though, the person that's responsible for this doesn't seem to be holding back. But, not because of any desperation.
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I'm not so sure that this is one of those times. [ their lips press together in a frown. ] It feels like we're being toyed with.
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...Since this has been going on for awhile, you mean? Or because of something else pointed about it?
[ Like the verbiage in some of those notes. That definitely smacks of the entire feel of 'toying around with people'. ]
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And I've seen some of those pages you've all been receiving. That makes it clear that someone is having fun with it, doesn't it?
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[ He says that with an intense degree of disapproval, aha. ]
...Say, it makes me wonder. This somebody has been hiding who knows where, right? I don't suppose it's likely, but have you gotta like hints about secret villain hideouts and stuff? Or tips?
[ What are the chances...and he supposes that those kinds of things would be probably looked into, but he figures it can't hurt to ask anyway. ]
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If we knew, don't you think we'd have done something about it already?
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I guess I also figured there might've been some weirdness mixed in even in the event you guys tried.
This city seems to be pretty good at throwing nonsense at us on so many levels, you know?
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It's almost like it's designed that way, isn't it? I don't understand it.
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A place created to confuse and disorient people, trapping them in some kinda crazy cycle for funsies, except the kind to be only enjoyed mostly by one person.
[ ...Help, that sounds extremely crazy, but Axel seems hardly surprised regardless. ]
Anyway, I think I'll be heading off now. Consider it to be part of the continuing to decompress thing. But I hope you can do the same.
[ A light salute with a smile before he begins to head on back. ]