soul_campaign | text; 024 - MAY 18/'10

Yeah, you got him there. Mind you don't be an asshole and rub it in by repeating the winning experience.

[ guys stop nearly getting killed, he's beginning to care about the outcomes. ]

So hey, kinda pressing question here I have to ask.

Don't worry, I'm already pretty enough.

What is it?

[ Now his tone gains something a little more serious. ]

There's someone using your handle in casual conversation. Baiting, I think. I don't recognize the user name, number, or voice.

[There's a brief pause while Mello gets caught up on recent network activity.

For fuck's sake, he thinks. Does B think he's stupid enough to take such obvious bait, when doing so would only call attention to Gemini as someone he'd intervene for? B has no reason to think that right now. To the public view, Mello and Sollux speak occasionally, but no more. Maybe the psycho is throwing out mentions at random, hoping to hit someone useful (or vulnerable) by chance. Luckily, Sollux isn't stupid either.]

He's from my world. One of the predecessors of me, Near, and Matt. Completely fucking around the twist, and obsessed with Ryuuzaki, and by extension, anyone remotely connected to him.

You're right, he's clearly fishing. Good job fending him off.

[It goes without saying, but he's going to say it anyway.] Gemini, be very careful around this one. But don't let on that you're being careful.

[ A noise of pure derision, and maybe a little of pride. ]

Who the fuck do you think I am? You think I hatched in your soft, primitive little world?

[ Hah. ]

I extend the same warnings to you. Don't get your bony glutes in trouble just because you get cocky about the superior grey matter between your aurals.

[ A pause, an audible huff of breath. ]

I happen to like you and your cohort as is: whole and relatively undamaged.

[Mello gives a quiet 'heh' at Gemini's first question.]

I prefer us, and you, that way as well.

I know more about this guy than almost anyone. I can handle him, and I'm not going to underestimate him.

Good.

[ huff. ]

So what is this schmuck capable of anyway? Beyond great feats of grey-matter usage and being a grade A creep?

He was prepared to burn to death just to present Ryuuzaki with a case he couldn't solve. He's on the same level as the rest of us, intelligence-wise, but utterly amoral.

[Mello doesn't have to spell out the conclusions to be drawn; Sollux will get them.]

[ This guy sounds like he'd be right at home in Alternia with those kind of tactics. The mindset of an indigo. ]

In layman's terms: an utter fucking psychopath. Great, that's awesome isn't it?

Exactly. I'm sure you can imagine how thrilling it is to have that in the family, as it were.

He shouldn't take any particular interest in you, though.

[Paranoia and making every damn thing private as soon as it turns slightly personal: they pay off.]

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