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You keep that up.

Toboe, really? It served me well in the halcyon days of my youth, I can tell you that much.

I'll pick up the pace once I'm sure you can handle it without cracking. <3

Yes Toboe. It's a wolf thing. He gets it. Loyalty and stuff. What's up with the Kalifa icon?

Also... are we suddenly going with a Greek theme here? Μιλώ αυτό επίσης.

I'm shaking in my metaphorical boots.

What do you mean, what's up with it?

'Halcyon' is a loan word from Greek, yes.

Tell you what, stop holding back your metaphorical punches and I'll do likewise.

Ah... nothing... I'm probably overthinking it, it's just the placement in the conversation is making me... ah... nervous. I guess.

I'm aware. It even has the dual-effect of also referencing birds, like sirens. Next you'll be calling me a harpy. <3

Hmm. Agreed.

How so?

That's a trifle uncreative, don't you think?

Awesome. Same rules apply though. I won't actually seduce you and you don't kill me.

... I don't know. Hn. Kaku once said I'd get along really well with her. ~~At the time I might have thought he was trying to set me up.~~ So... I guess I'm just wondering why you used it there?

Yes. Better than a medusa though. I wish I could say you remind me of something but really, you don't.

Fair enough, though it still amuses me that you think you could.

No reason.

That is because I'm an original.

Uh-huh. I just live to entertain you.

If you say do.

Of course. But I mostly just need a really good analogy for you. Besides all the obvious ones.

As well you should.

That easily? All right.

Obvious ones?

Mm-hm. As long as I continue to get something out of the bargain.

I was thinking it was a subconcious thing you didn't realize doing and thus couldn't fathom on a base level why you'd done it either. Now you've ironically convinced me otherwise and I'm ferociously curious again. Was she the last girl you played these kinds of games with?

Leopards, mafia, girls, trannies, and um ... okay admittedly I don't really understand the viking one. Maybe if you wore armor instead of suits. But... it's like I said with the other shirt. I have trouble really picturing you out of the suits.

What exactly are you getting out of it, I wonder?

Every one of my actions is intentional. Kalifa plays games with most everyone, in one way or another. She also tends to deeply disapprove of "lady-killing", as it were.

I'm a bit shaky on the connections to girls, the mafia, and transsexuals, but I can tell you that I was present for the viking decision and I don't quite understand it myself.

If you don't know, I'm keeping it secret. But I'm sure you'll have fun guessing.

Good to know. And also good to know. Playboys make me nervous. It's not that they're insincere, it's that they are both. They're well... Lupin. Suave, occasionally sophisticated, good at romance and in the end it amounts to nothing but toying with emotions and nothing earned for it. It's irritating.

Girly? I've been calling you girly for awhile now. It's become a theme. The mafia thing shouldn't really surprise you that much should it? You're something of the leader of CP9, no? And you've met Reborn. Most mafia are big on well-tailored suits, it's a type of disguise basically. They also have a tendency to commit mass murder. This would probably work better if you knew more than just the Vongola and Varia for mafia families. The French mafia can be especially cruel.

Yeah I saw with the vikings. I'm not sure how beards, killing addiction, and a hat make you a viking but I kind of like it. That at least strikes me as fairly masculine. Even if your beard is still weak.

I think I'll go back to not caring, if it's all the same to you.

It only amounts to 'nothing' if you were looking for something that was never promised.

Ah. I was never a fan of what approximates the mafia in this world, but Reborn and a few of his people are quite interesting.

I think beards, a killing addiction, and a hat are the defining characteristics of a viking, albeit typically in different permutations than mine. What do you have against my beard, exactly?

Keeps it secret either way so I don't care.

There are no promises. Just words. Words without meaning and thus are worthless.

I haven't seen much by way of mafia here. While in special ops they usually assigned me to taking down various organizations of the like, is it safe to assume you also did?

I don't like it. I mean your choice whatever but it doesn't look good. It sets up a special frame for your face that isn't flattering. I'm rather picky about facial hair. And I know you said it just grows that way but it looks silly. So I can only assume you keep it so that you look older or less girly, or both. And that seems like a weakness to me. A chink in the confident charismatic armor you wear. It's not too bad to the touch but I don't know I prefer a beard or goatee I can really sink my fingers into. Personal preference. It's just hn. Your smirk/smile/evil grin is your best feature as far as attractive looks go in my opinion and your beard sort of detracts from it. It doesn't go well.

I'll be honest: I did use meaningless words to lure people into sleeping with me when I was younger. The issue is in that I would have vastly preferred not to, but explaining to someone that the reason you are having a conversation is that you both want to have sex with each other, and the fact that societal expectation demands small talk, flirting, and tokens of affection in the form of liquor is a dull and pointless obstacle in the way of a common objective that has already been established, and that I have a very comfortable bed if that entices them to forego telling me about their cousin's wedding is more likely to get me doused in cosmopolitan than laid. Perhaps if people were more willing to admit to their desires up front, other people wouldn't have to lie that way.

We were often assigned to deal with criminal organizations of that ilk, yes.

Actually, it's my opinion that it accentuates the evil smirk. I happen to like it just because I do. It's my face; I don't need any other reasons.

That made me laugh. ^_^ I'm not going to pretend that would have cut the chase because I'm just that not that easy. But then, small talk, flirting, and drinks wouldn't have helped you either. At least I would have appreciated the upfront nature of it. Been more amused that you were certain I'd want to sleep with you as much as vice versa though.

Tch. It's not just worthless talk that I find irksome. And... if I tell you the other reason you'll probably just laugh.

It makes sense. They hurt governments business and governments being the bigger business ensure the competition is eliminated.

It doesn't but you're allowed to think whatever you want. It is your face and I'm not the one who has to look at it on a regular basis. Just remember, you DID ask. I like Jyabura's fu manchu. It has the right look of making him look a little exotic, it's unique, it's got a small history, and it's very fun to play with.

I wouldn't have used that on you. People I know for a fact wanted to sleep with me, though, yes. I did enjoy more difficult prey on occasion as well.

Oh? Try me.

Mm. It's true.

It doesn't according to you. You're just one person, and not one with a normal sense of aesthetics. How exactly does the mutt's mustache have a history, may I inquire?

Because you know it wouldn't have worked or you wouldn't have been interested. Oh yes, I'm sure many were. I meant more that had any man been that simply arrogant with me I'd have simply been amused. Not offended necessarily but definitely amused. Besides... you're good at reading most people on a basic reactionary level I assume? Than you should know, people don't like to be reminded when they're easy to read. I've gotten more people mad at me for understanding them better than they do themselves than any other "annoying" trait of mine. And truth hurts.

Hn. Fine. Sex for most people is about some form of intimacy. Guys stereotypically prefer physically, women prefer emotionally, whatever. I just don't like to get that close to people. And if I do... I don't want it to be nothing in the end. I don't want one night, I don't want a lifetime, but I want it to be something. I want it to be worth a lot. And valuable. And I don't want it to amount to just the same thing as practically everyone else because I'm not the same.

And you enjoyed the justice of it?

Mm-hm. Ah I should have said a story behind it. Sax Rohmer etc. There was a famous Chinese general who sported the look and goatee but I can't remember his name now. Damn that's going to bother me.

Wouldn't you like to know. But yes, I am good at reading reactions, and I understand that people don't like that, but I don't see what's wrong with people up front about what you want.

You want it to be special. I...hmm. I supposed I can't say that I don't understand that, but I certainly didn't used to. I was mystified for a long time as to why so many people insisted upon reading so much into a purely physical act.

I did.

Oh, I know there's a history behind the specific style, but that doesn't mean it's not ugly.

I would like to, yes. The curiosity is killing me. And hell if I know. I prefer it when people are upfront. I rarely accept that they are actually for a change doing so when it happens, but I still greatly prefer it. I even prefer the pretending to be upfront. Better to deal with.

No see I almost said it's not that I want it to be special because I knew you'd sy that. It's... not that I want it to be special. I just don't want to be the same as them. The act itself is fine in whatever way but I'm not going to be just another easy conquest to someone like Lupin. I'm not like that. Not better necessarily, just different and I don't want to be treated the same as them.

You can still do that without the government you know. Probably easier now if anything.

Look it's pretty simple. Jyabura's frames his grin. It sets it off. It highlights the exact features that get expressed. It doesn't work quite as well when he's grumpy, it just doesn't help anything, maybe makes him look more menacing but mostly like he's in the wrong place wrong time. But that works for him, that's the attitude he wants to convey when he's grumpy anyway. And when he's grinning, the fu manchu completely highlights it and frames it and offsets it perfectly. It accentuates it, brightens it, adds to it. Yours has the opposite effect. It's distracting. It pulls the eyes lower so people almost miss out on the best parts of the grin as if you don't want anyone to notice you're actually smiling for a change. It works best when you're confused and that doesn't really seem like the kind of look you should want to convey on a regular basis. Your style detracts from the smile even when you're being smug even though that's the point you should flaunt looking most confident.

Just saying.

It's going to have to continue to kill you, then.

Fine. You want to be special, then. I know what you meant.

I know.

You read further into facial hair than anyone I have ever met. Look, I shaved it off once for part of a disguise, and I didn't like it. Is it so staggering a thought to imagine that I might not care what you think of it?

I'll get over it. You're not that interesting. And it's a moot point. You're hardly my type.

... Not exactly. Forget it.

Good. Just double-checking.

I'm sure you don't care but you kept pushing the point so *shrugs*. And if you put no thought into how it would turn out then it just belies your subconcious thoughts. Really I'd come to expect better from you. Ah silly me.

If you say so.

I know what you mean; it's just not easy to say in five words.

I didn't keep pushing the point; you did. And the rest of that statement didn't make any sense.

Damn it. Can't I bribe you to tell me or something?

... Ah ok.

You put thought into how you dress depending on the comfort, style, and general message you wish to convey, right? Like Jyabura's is that he's barely conforming to standards only enough to flaunt that he's not following the meaning, just the letters. And that he prefers comfort and to be able to fight above all else. Yours is a more sophisticated urbane standard whatever. Point is, if you put thought into your clothes then you should do the same with a beard. It sends a message whether you know it or not. And if it's not the message you want to send, you messed up.

No.

In your opinion. You are one person, and you have poor taste. Didn't we just go through this?