SCP r4 > Dazai Osamu

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I'm glad... electrical burns are really painful. Just more bandages for your collection, huh?

[a pause, then;] I know you probably can't tell me, but... I gotta ask. What the heck was that about? [Silver frowns] Did the higher ups think you were going too easy on us...?

[guileturncoat]

Something like that. It was just a gentle reminder that I'm supposed to be tough on all of you.

[He sounds absolutely thrilled about that, too. And by 'thrilled' I mean 'ugh'.]

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[Silver rolls his eyes]

You were being tough. Our hints came at a price, three peoples' lives were in danger, and the puzzles were tricky. It's not your fault that we're not behaving like the higher ups expected us to. .... Still, I'm sorry you got punished for it.

[guileturncoat]

...it's alright.

[The hesitation there is because he didn't expect anyone to say 'sorry' over it. What is this warm, friendly feeling he feels?]

I would rather it be me than all of you.

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[WELL TOO BAD BECAUSE SUNSHINE BOY IS HERE TO MAKE YOU FEEL THINGS]

... Because you think you deserve it?

[guileturncoat]

[Wow rude he didn't sign up for feelings!]

No, it's because I'm not a wimp for pain like some of you are.

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Hey! I can handle pain! But don't change the subject.

[guileturncoat]

Don't change the subject from what?

[Yes he's doing that on purpose.]

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From you! We were talking about you.

[guileturncoat]

What about me, exactly? Is it how handsome I am?

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[SILVER IS IMMUNE TO YOUR WILES!!] I dunno about handsome, but... About how you're willing to take a lot of pain for something like this. Did you even choose this assignment..? Or did they throw it at you like they did us?

[guileturncoat]

I did choose this assignment. The offer was given, and I had the chance to refuse it, but I chose to take it.

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... Did they tell you everything that would be involved? All the... [gestures!]

[guileturncoat]

It was in the fine print. And I read the fine print, so yes, I knew about it.

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Not sure if that makes you brave, or sadistic... but for all that you talk about being a "bad guy", you sure don't seem like it to me.

[guileturncoat]

[SMILE SMILE}

I have to put on an act for the camera as much as anyone else. Telling everyone that I'm the 'bad guy' reminds them of that fact.

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Uh huh. I'm getting the feeling you're a villain like Moriarty is.

[guileturncoat]

What do you mean by that?

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He says he's a villain, and he likes to act like a villain, and he's always going on and on about how evil he is... but he's not, really. I think he wants to be good... he just... doesn't think he's allowed to be.

[guileturncoat]

...an apt comparison, I see.

[Hm. Maybe Silver is onto something.]

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Do you feel the same way....? That you are expected to be a villain?

[guileturncoat]

Someone has to be.

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Not every story has to have a person as a villain. Sometimes the villain is a force that everyone has to act against... and it's never too late to change yourself. It's never too late to hope for a better future.

[guileturncoat]

I like your positive thoughts, but this isn't a game where some unknown force can be the villain. The villain needs to have a face.

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It doesn't need to be... just the vague idea of "The Foundation" could be the bad guys, for right now. Wouldn't that work?