JOKERYesterday at 07:36
Are you okay?
salz auroraYesterday at 07:37
ah, don't worry, mr thief. i'm alright.
JOKERYesterday at 07:38
I'm sorry she lashed out at you.
salz auroraYesterday at 07:41
truly, it's alright. it's not that bad.
she is a friend of yours, yes?
JOKERYesterday at 07:44
She is.
She's important to me.
salz auroraYesterday at 07:45
i see... i'll let you speak to her, then.
JOKERYesterday at 07:47
You know more than I do, but.
She has a good reason to be distrustful.
And being thrown somewhere like this...
It's not good.
But you shouldn't be called names, either.
salz auroraYesterday at 16:27
i completely understand, mr thief. being pulled out of one's environment can be rather distressing.
i'll be alright. hopefully it is only a one-off occurrence.
JOKERToday at 02:15
I hope so too.
Can I talk to you about something?
salz auroraToday at 02:15
of course. what is it?
JOKERToday at 02:16
Akechi.
He's hurting, a lot.
salz auroraToday at 02:17
..... yeah. i've been able to tell.
he's... really not doing well.
JOKERToday at 02:18
It got worse after the visions.
salz auroraToday at 02:20
The visions?
He hasn't told me much, but... from what I know, they were bad.
JOKERToday at 02:20
I can tell you.
He might be mad at me for it, though.
salz auroraToday at 02:21
I don't think you should.
... he told me he was meant to cause the end of the world.
Do you know about this?
JOKERToday at 02:22
Yeah.
I was part of it.
salz auroraToday at 02:24
You were?
JOKERToday at 02:25
Yeah.
salz auroraToday at 02:28
... he seemed incredibly distressed over it.
I don't blame him.
JOKERToday at 02:29
He was manipulated.
I was too.
But he's blaming himself for it.
salz auroraToday at 02:34
He told me it's "telling of him as a person" that he was chosen to bring about the end of the world.
He doesn't seem to want to listen to me tell him otherwise.
JOKERToday at 02:47
Me either.
I just
I don't know how to make him see it.
How much he makes other people happy.
He's not a curse.
salz auroraToday at 02:52
If I knew, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
It's so... frustrating.
I told him I'd do anything for him, and he told me I shouldn't.
JOKERToday at 02:59
It's not your fault.
After everything that happened, anyone would feel that way. But...
He doesn't deserve that.
How to make him see it though.
salz auroraToday at 03:04
Don't worry. I know it's not.
I'm not sure, though. I've tried to be there for him whenever possible, but...
JOKERToday at 04:10
I think that's all we can do.
I'll keep trying to change his mind.
It's just
Nevermind.
Thanks for talking to me, Blühen.
salz auroraToday at 04:14
No. What is it?
He is my friend as much as he is yours. Tell me. What did you want to say?
JOKERToday at 05:57
You're a good friend.
If I tell you I know it won't be confidential.
salz auroraToday at 10:33
Eh?
... well, alright, then. I won't pry.
It's no problem, mr thief.
JOKERToday at 10:39
Sorry, Blühen.
If it helps, it's not
How to put it...
It isn't world changing.
salz auroraToday at 10:41
It's okay. You don't need to come up with reasons why.
I understand you can't just share everything.
JOKERToday at 10:42
I don't know if sharing it would help.
It might not matter.
Thanks for not pushing.
salz auroraToday at 10:45
Don't worry.
haha, i'm glad you know i'm always here if you ever need to talk, though. ^^
JOKERToday at 10:46
Same here.
I'm not as warm, but I can try.
salz auroraToday at 10:48
ah? i'm sure you're doing just fine. i'll keep it in mind. :sparkles:
i'm glad you're here, though. there's not really been much of anyone i could talk about goro to.
JOKERToday at 10:54
I'm glad you're here too.
He deserves people who love him.
You don't talk to the others about him?
Herrscher... Anular... Akatsuki...
salz auroraToday at 10:58
i mean, i bring him up casually, but i don't really talk about what he's going through. he tells me a lot, and i don't want anyone else to figure out something secret.
herrscher is the only one he's as open to as with me, and we don't talk that often.
JOKERToday at 10:58
He seems pretty withdrawn.
But... yeah. I can understand that.
salz auroraToday at 11:01
he is really withdrawn. haha, i'm sure you know. he acts all cheery and social in the chats, but there's a lot going on with him.
i wish there was more we could do. it hurts, seeing him hurt like that...
JOKERToday at 11:02
It feels like... things keep happening.
Me, Yusuke, the visions, Futaba.
And I don't think it's over.
It feels like something is coming.
I want to protect him.
But...
I don't know if I'll be enough.
salz auroraToday at 11:07
i wouldn't be surprised if something is about to happen. it's been quiet for too long, and it doesn't sit well with me.
but that's why i'm here, you know? maybe that's why you're here, too.
we'll be able to protect him if we do it together. ^^
haha, as cheesy as that sounds.
JOKERToday at 11:09
It's not cheesy.
It's more like a cupcake.
But you're right.
If nothing else, we can protect him while he heals.
He's resilient, too.
salz auroraToday at 11:12
cupcakes are good...
but, he is. i coddle him a little, truthfully, but he's quite strong.
JOKERToday at 11:13
He is.
Maybe if I argue with him enough it'll sink in.
salz auroraToday at 11:14
haha, good luck. he's really stubborn, too.
but i have a feeling that so are you.
JOKERToday at 11:15
It's my one strength.
salz auroraToday at 11:15
oh? i doubt it's your only one. give yourself some more credit.
JOKERToday at 11:16
No, it is.
Maybe winging it.
Keep arguing too okay?
salz auroraToday at 11:20
don't make me have to argue with you, too? i'm only one person...
but, don't worry. i will.
JOKERToday at 11:21
I'm sorry, Blühen. I'll be good.
Hopefully two against one will work.
salz auroraToday at 11:22
we'll just have to keep trying until it does.
i like seeing him smile.
genuinely smile. not just because he's being polite.
JOKERToday at 11:26
Yeah.
Yeah me too.
I've seen different smiles from him, but
I want to hear him laugh.
Not out of anger or disbelief just
Because he's having fun.
salz auroraToday at 11:28
you're cute, you know that?
don't worry. it'll happen. it's happened quite a lot.
right now is just a lot for him.
JOKERToday at 11:29
???
I know.
But I'm afraid
salz auroraToday at 11:33
i'm glad you know you're cute. ^^

all jokes aside... don't worry. i understand. but it'll be okay. you'll get to hear him laugh.
you don't need to be afraid.
JOKERToday at 11:36
Cuteness is subjective.
But...
I meant I know it's just a lot.
I'm afraid it's a lot at once and
I'm part of it.
Why he can't laugh, or smile.
That's why i asked you to tell me to go.
salz auroraToday at 17:15
don't worry. i know what you meant. i was just messing with you a little. ~
if i had to be honest? you might very well be. he was rather safe from everything that happened between him and the phantom thieves here. i wouldn't be surprised if you arriving made things worse. however...
i do think it'll be better for him if you stayed.
even if he feels bad now.
he'll feel worse if you left him now.
once he's recovered from everything, i'm positive he'll be happy you're here.