Lost and Found

[chalicejoker]

[There's images with this; Hajime is using Sensory Livestreaming to show off a weird playing card in his hand.]

Quick question--has anyone seen anything sort of like this, except it's the Ace of Diamonds? Has a stag beetle instead of a mantis.

Someone lost his.

Comments

[chalicejoker]

That's personal.

...so what kind of stuff do you want, anyway?

[justakamenthief]

Fine.

Well, things that could help beat something like you do help.

[chalicejoker]

...yeah, that's not anything I'm helping you out with.

I don't need to be beaten. I'm not a threat.

[justakamenthief]

Fine. I'll make sure to have the card become part of my collection. Or maybe I'll negotiate with it's ACTUAL owner.

[chalicejoker]

...you give that card back when you find it or I'll punch your face in.

[Negotiations are not Hajime's strong suit.]

[justakamenthief]

Scaring me, Joker. I'm serious...I'm actually shaking.

[Finger twiddle finger twiddle]

[chalicejoker]

Don't call me that!

[justakamenthief]

It's what you are. No use in denying it.

[chalicejoker]

The hell do you know?

I'm more than that.

[justakamenthief]

Remember: I've lived under your kind: You don't understand us, and you never WILL.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Hajime's kind is human. Remember that.

[justakamenthief]

[A new voice. And judging by the familiarity...]

Garren, I presume?

Human? No...he's a monster. I've SEEN the type of human you think he is...and he's nowhere near them.

[He's camped outside of Wataru's house a number of times, thinking of stealing the Bloody Rose.]

[triggerhappytraitor]

You know nothing about Hajime, so shut up.

[justakamenthief]

A Joker decided to take over my world. I know EVERYTHING about them. They manipulate, destroy and rule. Nothing else.

[uzoda]

And another Joker saved it. Don't talk about him like it's the same thing!

[justakamenthief]

[The guy from the shooting gallery? Now he realizes why he seemed familiar...]

And now Blade. I should've realized it was you sooner. I would thank you for the help again...but now...I'm not feeling as nice.

And...just so you know...Decade saved my world. So I don't feel any need to believe you.

[As much as he HATES to admit this.]

[uzoda]

Whatever happened in your world doesn't change a thing about what happened in ours!

What is it with you people from other worlds, thinking we're all some kind of tyrants, or monsters or... whatever?!

[justakamenthief]

Just like you treated Decade like a pariah? Trying your best to kill him? Calling him 'The Devil'? Sorry if I find that a bit hypocritical of you.

[uzoda]

What in the... you're going on about the same things she did! What in the heck, seriously, I'm not the guy you think I am!

[He's still angry, but now there's a kind of whiny tone to it.]

[justakamenthief]

'She'?

...I see you've met Natsumi.

[He shakes that off.]

I remember your face. Every word you said to us before you knocked him off that overpass. DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME!

[chalicejoker]

Kenzaki would never do anything like that!

I'm not a monster, but I'd sure as hell be one before he was.

[summerorange]

Hajime-san's right!

[whoops; guess who's been listening in for a while?]

Kenzaki-san...the one that's Travelling with us...he's not the same Blade that came after us, Daiki. He's a counterpart of that person, much like my counterpart in that one world...

And besides! Neither of them are like the one that had taken over your world before you and Tsukasa destroyed it! AS far as I can tell, they're not evil threats. They're fellow Riders. Allies...

[justakamenthief]

Jokers are no allies of mine! You saw how Fourteen manipulated Junichi! He's now just as much of a monster as any of them!

[summerorange]

[There's a vague sense of "emotional pain" from her part of the Network for a brief moment.]

...You're still upset about your brother...aren't you?

[She understands why he would be. She really does. That pain she's feeling is sympathy pain. However, she can't let herself linger in it for very long.]

But still...! They're nothing like Fourteen. I would've noticed something by now if they were. So would've Kivaara.

[justakamenthief]

So...you're out to betray me too. Just like HIM.