In the middle of the night

[blueondeck]

[Standing outside the cabin, wondering about going in.]

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[blueondeck]

Like puking still. Like he's being a huge baby...

. . .

[pussyfortono]

[ he gets up & goes to his drawers. he rifles through it a bit before pulling out a small tin. he opens it & takes something out before walking over to you & holding it out to you ] It is a mint. It will help.

[blueondeck]

[takes it] Thanks.

[pussyfortono]

[ he goes over to the mini-fridge too, getting a can of ginger ale & then coming over & handing that to you too ] For nausea.

[blueondeck]

[takes that as well. I'll pop that open first and sip it]

He said my name.

[pussyfortono]

. . . [ you poor thing ]

[blueondeck]

The Basco we knew doesn't even acknowledge the rest of us who aren't Marvelous. We're just those people he's associating with.

[pussyfortono]

. . . what a charming man.

[blueondeck]

Marvelous wanted me to make sure you warned the rest of your team about him. If he get's his memories back, he might be able to take your powers from you.

[pussyfortono]

Ah, I will be sure to tell them.

[blueondeck]

I'm not sure what's worse.

[pussyfortono]

He is an enemy regardless of whether he has his memories or not.

[blueondeck]

. . .

That's not the kind of Pirate I am.

[pussyfortono]

He kissed you against your will.

[blueondeck]

I know ... He could have done anything, but he only did that.

[pussyfortono]

. . . Juuzou once lost his memories in camp.

[blueondeck]

. . . What happened?

[pussyfortono]

He became who he was in the past. Sick. He had a life threatening disease.

[blueondeck]

What did you do?

[pussyfortono]

I walked away from him.

[blueondeck]

...

[pussyfortono]

. . .

I still regarded him as my enemy.

Yes, he was sick. But his disease was one of the reasons he fell to Gedou. He used his skills as a samurai to assassinate people, taking pleasure in killing and shedding blood. And to prolong his life so that he would be able to satisfy his bloodlust, he fell to gedou.

[blueondeck]

I wasn't doubting your judgement.

[pussyfortono]

That is not why I told you that.

I am saying that I felt pity for him. For who he was. Because there was a time that he followed the way of the bushido. But that pity did not change what he has already done. It is not even that he fixated on me to fight. It is the fact that he knew that Akumaro had used his family to create his sword, Uramasa, yet he still used it to kill. He believed that it cried when in the presence of someone strong, a potential opponent he could kill.

[blueondeck]

A terrible person.