catchall for julius! ha ha jk he's dying soon.

[moralhyperopia]

[ here's a fun fact, Julius is one of two people who when Itachi sees them, he actually seems to seek them out!

neither of those two people are sasuke, he's a great brother. ]

Kresnik-san. I meant to speak with you.

[ probably about the whole "doomed you to die" thing ]

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[hymned]

[ julius, unlike certain other Kresniks, isn't... visibly upset, or anything like that. maybe the echoed feelings have spooked him, but in general he seems fairly calm, even accepting. ]

Did you, now? I can't say I quite expected this, but go ahead, then.

[ there really isn't any hostility in his tone, just a measured sort of warmth mingling with the weighed neutrality. ]

What was it you wished to discuss with me?

[moralhyperopia]

[ hostility would be better, though julius won't get any strong feelings indicating itachi thinks so. bitch was a spy for too long for this ]

That bond... There's no doubt in my mind that should you or your brother ask, Love-san will sever it. [ he shrugs ] I'd do it myself, but she was... displeased with me, last we spoke.

[ thats a bit of an understatement. ]

[hymned]

[ he's not mad, just disappointed julius isn't good at condemnation of anyone for... anything, really, if it's not himself. besides, there's unfortunate enough commonalities between them that it'd just be pot calling the kettle black. ]

I believe Ludger was attempting to pursue that line of inquiry himself earlier. Perhaps you should be the one to tell him that.

[ interesting that he'd speak with his god despite ostensibly going against their wishes, though. ]

Did you meet with her before or after you'd committed the deed?

[moralhyperopia]

I will, then. [ he inclines his head in acknowledgment ]

Before. I felt it would be fair to warn her of my decision.

[ because itachi uchiha is an insane person ]

[hymned]

Fair enough.

[ he isn't here to criticize others' thought processes or decisions. just privately judge some of them, maybe. ]

... What was it? What you wanted so badly, that you would make yourself the first person to act as such.

[ you'd think people would establish more of a lay of the land, of all the personages here before... jumping straight to taking others out of the competition directly. but maybe that's simply mental backlash from a time when he might have done similar. ]

[moralhyperopia]

Forgive me. I'm not a person who spills his secrets before the grave.

[ or at all, usually, really, but that's something else entirely. julius might feel a small hint of-- protectiveness? he can try to guess what it's about. ]

[hymned]

Not much to forgive. We're all entitled our secrets.

[ he feels that, but he's not entirely too inclined to prod at it or dissect it. there's already enough similarity between them- he doesn't much want to see how far down the rabbithole goes.

instead. ]

... You really love him, don't you?

[moralhyperopia]

[ like a week ago literally no one knew that and itachi is really missing that time ]

I always will. Although I'm afraid it's been to his detriment, lately.

[ "lately" ]

[hymned]

[ "lately"

julius actually has to bark a short, wry laugh at that. ]

Don't I know the feeling. I have to say, whoever tied us either had no clue what they were doing, or knew exactly what they were doing.

[ it's too damn spot on. ]

[moralhyperopia]

If it came from so early on... [ since julius said like, monday. ] To have pinpointed our similarities already, they'd have to be quite dangerous. Though I'm not sure to what end they'd have done it.

[ itachi is still banking on it being a fuckin test or something ok ]

[hymned]

Either is fairly dangerous. On the one hand you have an element of chaos sown into every possible part of this numbers game; on the other, someone with an uncanny ability to read people, or at least make very good guesses, is the wielder of an ability with surprisingly devastating potential.

[ forced hostage situations, and all. listen i'm of the mind it was someone shitposting ooc but, ic ooc, the usual. whether it's yolo or some genius mastermind, now that he's been on the receiving end julius doesn't like this strung red business. ]

But I'm digressing. [ ... ] Will he be all right, without you?

[moralhyperopia]

[ ... he sighs, a bit ]

... I'd like to believe so. He's been without me more than not.

[ but seriously signs point to no ]

[hymned]

... That's what I'd have thought too.

[ that sounds like there's a heavy but there, julius ]

...... No hard feelings, right. Everyone who came here... well.

Ideally, they knew what they were getting into.

[moralhyperopia]

[ that's fine, there's a heavy but in itachi's own mind, so! ha ha. ]

I don't believe they did, but I don't seek forgiveness. [ it sounds like a very mild rebuke to julius's words ] Don't let your perceived notions of me color my actions.

[hymned]

[ 'ideally,' julius said, not that he'd thought that. ]

I'm not saying I was forgiving you. Neither am I going to condemn you, however. I feel that if you're anything like what I think you might be like, given these impressions the past week, you'll do plenty of that on your own regardless.

[ he smiles, but it's not friendly, just... there. killing shiki was unfortunate, but he knows itachi isn't guilty over that. ]

Accept your own advice, and don't make assumptions of my character from a single conversation.

[moralhyperopia]

[ ... hm. so maybe he is on edge, a little. he inclines his head in acknowledgment ]

Duly noted, Kresnik-san.

[ he doesn't disagree with his assumptions. ]