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[heirdisqualification]

This is the voicemail of Byakuya Togami. Leave your business here, and I'll determine whether or not it's worth my time.

Comments

[unholey]

1. You are typing an awful lot for someone who is being murdered.
2. See 1.
3 & 4. I'm pretty sure that I'm right about both of these things.
5. Are you suggesting that your lawyers have a chance against Giorno's disgusting amount of wealth and the full extent of his charm? Note: He's been operating at about 15% effectiveness in the city.

[heirdisqualification]

Listen. I don't care how powerful you think he is, or how powerful he thinks he is, because he's never going to be a Togami, part of the family that runs the world. It's cute that you think he could possibly beat me--charm doesn't matter.

Also, I'm still very much MURDERED. I just have good typing skills.

[unholey]

You're entitled to your wrong opinion. It's not cute, though.

Typing skills should be moot I think when you're a corpse. Are you a zombie? Or are you a ghost. If you're a ghost, please tell the library ghosts to fuck off and haunt another building already their shenanigans are entirely tiresome.

[heirdisqualification]

Alright, Fugo, I'm dropping this frankly ridiculous act of post-mortem messaging. I'm not murdered, but I am slightly offended that you don't see me fit to tell what seems like a fairly trivial piece of information to. It's disheartening.

(That was a joke. I am never disheartened, but I am curious.)

The ghosts in the library are fine if you give them space. I lived there for a short time before I came into possession of the bookstore.

[unholey]

In the interest of honesty.

It's not a trivial piece of information. It's very personal. And it's not something I like talking about. I don't think I even really meant to say anything to you about it, it's just

I'm very upset about Lucy. I shouldn't have said anything, but it slipped out.

[heirdisqualification]

Right. Of course.

[Mentally, he makes a note to look into anything Fugo might be hiding. It's annoying that something exists as a secret to him, because Byakuya Togami is long beyond childish things like secrets. He wants information, and he gets information.]

Can I tell you something? In the interest of honesty.

[unholey]

Go ahead.

[heirdisqualification]

I'm also very upset, and I would like very much to not be. How do I stop?

[unholey]

I don't

Know if I should answer that for you. Because stopping these sort of feeling doesn't really make them go away. They're just elsewhere. And turn into something much uglier.

[heirdisqualification]

Oh, you mistake me for someone who isn't used to this kind of thing. Let me make it abundantly clear: I have not felt a single unmodified feeling in a very long time. I have a very ugly pile of ugly things. I know what I'm doing.

But I've never been worried.

[unholey]

I don't know how not to worry. Because I worry all the time about-- everything, I guess?

It's easier to try and list the things I don't worry about.

[heirdisqualification]

Alright. I am not worried about the weather; it doesn't look like a storm so I can leave my clothes outside to dry. I am not worried about the cats; they have been fed for the morning and appear to be doing well as a collective. I am not worried about you. I am not worried about

ah

Fugo, I think I may be worried by more things than previously estimated.

[unholey]

See what I mean? It's a much more efficient method. Make sure to write yourself a note about the laundry, though, it will get dewy if you leave it out after dark.

It's funny, though. Most of the time it doesn't feel like a lot. I don't know if I'm just good at managing concerns or if I've just forgotten what it's like to not worry about things. I can't remember not worrying.

[heirdisqualification]

Already done. I run a tight ship; I'm not going to forget anything as crucial as laundry.

I don't feel anxious. I never feel anxious. Am I supposed to feel anxious when there's this much to worry about? I'm only feeling it now with Lucy, and I don't know why. I want to stop feeling everything. It's inconvenient at best and debilitating at worst. I want it gone.

[unholey]

Okay. That's good. I'm not surprised, but I'm glad it's not a concern.

I don't know. Feelings are stupid. Worrying is always worse when it's about or involves other people, maybe because it's impossible to completely anticipate what they'll do.