soul_campaign | 009 ♥ video (january 28th)

[ Haru makes his first network appearance in a while, in an expensive tub filled with bubbles. From the fancy decor to the well-polished floors, this is obviously a hotel room. A casual smirk slowly splays across his lips. ]

Woooo, woooo....it's the sound of the DEMISE network police, coming around to remind you newbies of the three very important rules of living here in Death City.

[ His sud-covered hand lifts toward the screen, one finger extended. ]

Rule number one~! No nudity without censors. [ He pans the feed down toward his barely covered body with just enough bubbles pooled around to conceal. ] See. This is okay because you can't really see anything.

Rule number two! You need to watch your language. There are plenty of children who can't hear the words cock, fuck, dick... [ He claps his hand over his mouth in mock innocence before continuing on: ] -- so find creative words for those things. Do you want to suck my lollipop works.

Rule number three! [ And there's a bitter, dark laugh at this. ] You're not allowed to be anything other than happy, perky, heroic or anything along those lines. Anything darker is just not allowed. So sorry for you bad guy types. Sorry for you not-so-good types. You're gonna have to change who you are to please them if you want to live peacefully in this city~! But if you can follow those three rules, you should be just fine.

[ He wears the brightest of smiles. Passive aggressive, much? ]

Oh. And for all you newbies who aren't prudes? My name's Haru. I'm a sex pro. Call me sometime and we'll discuss rates, mmmkay~? ♥

[ He blows a kiss. ]

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Drinking's no excuse. A lot of times it just brings out the things we really wanna do but are scared to do sober~

And often those are things we have good reason not to act out on. One's actions say far more about his character than any stray thoughts he might have.

Why would you live like that, though? Filled with regret. Always wondering. Life's too short to hold yourself back, ya know.

Regret doesn't only come from what we avoid, and it's better to regret what you've not done than what you have. It's a better way to reach heaven as well.

Really? Isn't there that saying that it's better to have fucked and lost than to not have fucked at all? Something like that? If you try something and don't like it, there's no reason to regret it. And if heaven doesn't let you in because you let yourself have a little fun then I'd say it's not worth going anyway!

The saying is love, and that's only true if the love isn't harmful to you. I've had loves I'd never want to forget, and loves that I'd be better off having never met. You're sorely oversimplifying satisfaction and regret if you truly believe that nothing can have a negative effect beyond being dislikable.

I ask you not to speak blasphemy to me, it's aimless. [And a potential source of stress.]

If I knew what blasphemy was, that'd help.

[ He sounds dismissive. ]

But I think you're making a bigger deal outta these things then necessary. You and so many of the people here. Maybe it's 'cause I'm part animal I can see things better than you. You don't find a dog mulling over and regretting humping you leg, do you? Humans just make things way too complicated. The best way to live is from moment to moment.

You're as human as the rest of us, regardless of what nonsense you have to say about yourself. [It's easiest to be dismissive of Haru's claim, better to ignore it than have another thing to be concerned about.]

It's nothing to be proud of if your highest standard for yourself is to be no better than a dog. Animals know no better, and that only leads to inferiority. I'd have quite a bit of respect for an animal with manners.

[ A nerve was struck. If Haru had a tail, it would be whipping viciously. ]

And yet I'd say the animals are the superior ones. You humans always think you're at the top of the food chain, the most important existence out there. We halfs get to see the ugliness that's in you, get to see it from both sides.

I'd rather die than ever be one of you.

And yet here you are, living just as any other irresponsible human being. Heaven knows what makes you think you're above me because of your poor self-control, but it's not remotely impressive.

Because I don't live with regrets. I live to live and then to die. In the end, my life'll be more fulfilling than yours would ever be -- no matter how short it is.

If you're so convinced of that, there's no reason to even bother associating with me. [That's not necessarily an effort to drive him away, believe it or not.] What good is someone like myself to you?

'cause maybe around me you'd lighten up.

And then you'd be able to sleep with me, is that right?

Is it so weird to think I'd wanna be friends with no strings attached?

I mean, yeah. I'd totally fuck you.

But that ain't the whole reason I talk to you.

[With Haru? Yes, it's an odd thought. Somebody so obsessed with sex surely wouldn't be happy with a platonic companionship.]

That's not much of a complement, you know.

[...although it actually kind of is. Gilbert never seemed particularly interested in him, specifically.]

All right, why else?

[ He frowns thoughtfully. ]

'cause you're smart. And I'm not. And you're a good person, and I'm not. I kinda hope some of these things will rub off on me, ya know?

[He can sympathize with that. Very much, in fact. If Haru was willing to admit that, there was hope that he could change after all.

That is, if he was serious and not simply as good at arousing Jules' interest as he was with... arousing other things.]

You might have said that in the first place instead of mocking me.

...I don't think you're not smart, though. Quite the contrary. [Scheming to get people into bed with you takes intelligence!]

I've had a rough time lately.

[ He uses that as an excuse and shrugs his shoulders with a little laugh. ]

But no. I'm only street smart. Not book smart or talking smart. Not like you, Mr. Papercut-Books-and-Antiques.

You could be if you directed your energy toward studies and reading.

[Yet another way he's like Gilbert, in fact. Rosemariné would have even more competition from the younger students if his priorities were non-sexual.

...Jules would still be the smartest of them all, though. That's not something he's willing to give up.]

I don't know what your childhood was like, but it's about time you grew up and improved yourself for the long term/

I'm already grown, though! Can you really teach an old cat new tricks~?

One could try.

["I could try" almost comes out, but that would be considered volunteering and he is not a tutor.]

Wouldn't that make you too human for your taste?

[He's tried to remove the bitterness from his tone -- it's not doing him any favours right now -- but some of it persists.]

[ Haru only meets that with amusement right back. ]

I still stand by the fact that I'll never be human.

[ A pause. ]

At least not like the humans from my world. I still have a lot to learn about you humans from different worlds, I suppose~

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