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Baren "Good End: You die." Kumou ([personal profile] crudest) wrote2017-04-24 01:26 am

ic inbox.

Baren Kaiyou
i think the fuck not my guy 💩


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concasse: (pissed↠ gettin' down to business)

[personal profile] concasse 2017-12-29 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Regardless of what Baren truly means --

Sanji's stare suddenly turns to stone. He stops walking.

His memory ended over half an hour ago. No more pinpricks of a past life, no more of those intrusive feelings. Not unlike shedding dead weight, and he'd been fuckin thankful to be free of the shackles.

... And yet he still feels it in his chest, a grip over his heart that squeezes. Some long forgotten oath in pirate's blood. He's free to mock himself, his past life's choices, because self-sacrifice is little better than some cute fantasy to him.

For Zoro? It's different. He did what was necessary to save his (their) captain. Sanji would expect nothing less of the bastard

So he glowers at Baren, a little more pirate than he was moments before.]


He had shit worth protecting.

So he did.
concasse: (blank↠ not right now)

[personal profile] concasse 2017-12-30 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Sanji can see some of the frustration bubbling underneath Baren's expression and -- God, please, give him a fight. Something to snarl at. A bridge to burn. A bastard's smirk nearly lights up his face, and why not? Sanji's old hat at spitting in the face of people who piss him off, and if Baren's got a bug up his ass over this, all the better--

And then Baren is just. Gone. Still physically present, yes, but as Sanji watches the light in his eyes abruptly turn to phantoms, Sanji is left standing there with his posture rigid, adrenaline seeking an outlet -- and absolutely finding one when it's immediately funneled into concern.]


Oh don't you start with me too--! [The urge to shake Baren free of the memory builds like a pressure cooker in his chest, but fear of complicating the situation stays his hand. All he can do is prowl like a caged feline, keeping everyone at bay with a glare that could melt glass. Baren, you goddamn fuck, do not do this to him.]

... She's not here. [And then at last, that-- just... that. The heat cools from his voice. A hand goes to card through his hair. Looking at Baren's naked fear tightens his stomach, so he forces his stare to the ground]

Oi, relax. It's-- relax, alright?
concasse: (irritated↠ try and make me)

[personal profile] concasse 2017-12-30 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
[The problem is they're too similar. Baren's memory is ironclad. So is Sanji's. He put the pieces together the moment he saw that reaction.

But it's not his right to pry, or dig, or do anything more than keep Baren grounded long enough to remember what's real. And even that is a passing acknowledgement quickly killed and buried. He pushes the responsibility off on Zoro, instead, pretends it's a favor to a man he doesn't like -- someone's gotta take care of him, eh? Someone besides his cousin.

When he looks up from the floor, watches Baren watching him, it's not unlike a cornered animal.]


... What.

[Not a promise. Just a willingness to listen. That's more than he offers anyone.]
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[personal profile] concasse 2018-01-01 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Listen to Baren talk, Sanji folds his arms, chin held aloft while his face tries to fall back on old habits and hide itself behind a scowl. Not to say he doesn't manage it - he looks as foul tempered as always - but it's not enough to hide the assessing sharpness of his stare, either.

It doesn't take him long to form an answer]


I can't stand liars. [There's an irony in that, perhaps. Regardless, his voice is ironclad.] But I don't do promises unless I get the same in return.

[The pirate, the one who'd stick his neck out blindly for others, who'd make promises with no benefit towards himself -- that bastard's gone, hidden back in memories. All that's left is a Sanji who demands payment in oath.

Baren wants trust? Then he better give it in equal measure.]
concasse: (glance↠ pretty sure that's illegal)

[personal profile] concasse 2018-01-03 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
... I swear it.

[Another glance sent in Baren's direction, but it is less calculated now. Almost casual. The closest expression he wears after being properly appeased. His posture relaxes.]

Better?
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[personal profile] concasse 2018-01-05 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, regardless of whether Baren's itching to talk--

Sanji's just not one to press.

He turns on his heel, pausing long enough to send the other a beckoning glance.]


Oi, c'mon, I'll show you to his room.