i'd write catchall for ray but this is the last day he's alive

[moralhyperopia]

[ for a dude about to go on death row who is also wanted dead by everyone here, itachi seems pretty calm. he's drinking tea again! what a perfect time to talk to him ]

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[moralhyperopia]

[ he gives Ray the most tired "no offense but you're literally 12" look he can muster. like yea he has 0.5% "aw, babby" at his brother being like that because itachi has a PROBLEM, but the rest of him is mostly tired! thanks! ]

I worry more about his own sake.

[ they're kind of in a, like, cycle? like that ]

[selfimmolates]

[it's okay even ray knows he can do shit to itachi?? sasuke was completely extra???]

Yeah, not unwarranted.

[moralhyperopia]

[ ... ]

I won't ask anything of you for his sake [ because ray is 12 and even itachi has, somehow, Limits ], but know I won't hold it against you should something happen to him. [ a beat ] Not that I assume you'd worry about the feelings of a dead man.

[ a murdering dead man. this is layers of shitty jokes. that aside: ]

He's stronger than me, now. He might be reckless and foolish at times, but he wants to win. Once he focuses on a goal, he doesn't stop. Because of that, I don't believe he'll attack in the next few days. Should he attempt to do anything rash, I'll try to act, but your main recourse may be to ask the gods themselves in preparation.

[ how do you both stan and throw someone under a bus at the same time. ]

[selfimmolates]

Good, because you're right in that I wasn't exactly going to ask for your permission.

He and I have something resembling [very loosely] an alliance, so I'm kind of stuck with him for now. Should I be more or less concerned?

[moralhyperopia]

[ itachi was not around for the newest bouts of sasuke stabbing his comrades, but he did see him with naruto, so like. ]

... Not so long as you can help his goal.

[ yikes ]

[selfimmolates]

And once I'm no longer useful to him?

[moralhyperopia]

You should be careful.

[ yeah, that's not worryingly vague ]

[selfimmolates]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[moralhyperopia]

I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[ he has, in fact, probably made ray's life More Difficult, but like, who hasn't lived that life when meeting itachi ]

[selfimmolates]

To be honest, I didn't think you'd throw Sasuke under a bus like that, so this is more than I expected.

[though he is still tired,]

[moralhyperopia]

[ ........... he doesn't know what a bus is but it sounds bad? but also like. he's done worse to family. he's done worse to sasuke specifically!!!!! ha ha ]

... As he is, right now... Sasuke shouldn't win this game. For others' sake, as well as his own. [ sips tea ] That's all.

[selfimmolates]

It'd help if you elaborated on what his wish is.

[moralhyperopia]

[ this is asking so much from itachi "one truth a decade" uchiha, yknow ]

... You lack context, for most of what it means. [ like. it's very. stupid ninja specific ] But he intends to change our world by bearing the weight of its hatred alone.

[ it's really dumb ]

[selfimmolates]

That explains absolutely nothing.

[moralhyperopia]

[ NARUTO IS REALLY DUMB, RAY, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME EXPLAIN NINJAS ]

He intends to achieve peace by making himself a target for the world and destroying our village.

[ potentially killing everyone in it, i don't know, naruto is STUPID ]

[1/2]

[selfimmolates]

[uh






what.]

[selfimmolates]

... No offence but your brother's a moron.

[moralhyperopia]

[ yea. he inclines his head in acknowledgement ]

... He was inspired by my past actions, so I've only myself to blame.

[ and madara, who could've just shut his whore mouth >:/ ]

[selfimmolates]

So it runs in the family.

[dear god ray hopes his own siblings won't take after him]

[moralhyperopia]

Our lineage was called cursed.

[ and then itachi killed them all so idk what ray expects from this ]

[selfimmolates]

I don't think you can chalk this all up to a curse.

[moralhyperopia]

It isn't.

[ like, wow, let him finish. he's not done being dramatic. ]

Those who believed so did because our clan's genetic skills are activated by loss. The stronger we are, the more grief we carry. The more unstable. Even within our family... Legend was that the only way to attain our strongest technique was to kill the person closest to you.

[ i want off naruto's wild ride ]

[selfimmolates]

[.......... okay but that sounds like a lot of BULLSHIT to ray but whatever.]

Huh.

Bad hand, I guess.

[moralhyperopia]

[ no naruto is just stupid and the uchiha clan just needed ninja therapy ]

It's an excuse. On both sides. Everybody grieves, Ray-san. Everybody hurts. We weren't special because that hurt happened to make us stronger. We weren't anymore predisposed to letting that hurt consume us. For any person... If all you do is wallow in your own feelings and think of your own hurt without allowing yourself to see outside of it, you'll never grow past it.

[ ok someone with a guilt complex and familicide on their statue should probably not have an opinion on this ]

My brother is blinded by his own pain, and what he perceives to be mine. [ the. the world's, really, but this is a bit too much to deal with. ] He's not so far gone that he can't be brought back from it, but he's refusing to move past it on his own.

[ and that's the tl;dr on uchiha sasuke thanks for coming to his ted talk ]

[selfimmolates]

[yeah, uh.




what the fuck. what does he say to that.]

... Well, we have some stubbornly friendly people around here, so better hope they befriend him.

[read: not ray.]