reserved at vatheon.

[madmadworld]

There's no game? [Well there is a game - just not the sort you're used to, Yuno.] If there's no Deus then... [She holds up her beloved cellphone.] I can't keep Yuki safe.

[That won't do.]

I have to keep him safe. [She is practically getting those shackles ready. Be afraid, Yuki. BE VERY AFRAID.] He needs me. Yuki needs me.

[This manic smile is not feigned, Dear Mun.]

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[observesthings]

[ ... what. ]

Umm... Yuno... [ Slowly backing up, now... ] s-shouldn't a lack of a Survival Game or Deus be a good thing?

[madmadworld]

I can't keep track. I can't warn you of danger. [This all makes sense. Time for a cage!] I love you, Yuki. I won't hurt you.

[observesthings]

[ A cage? Oh, come on, you of all people should know how cruel that is. ]

But-- but they still work! Just... not as well. [ Cornered. He presses himself flat against a nearby wall. Okay, think, think... there's really only one way to get through to her when she gets like this. ] ... how am I supposed to go on dates with you if I'm locked up somewhere?

[madmadworld]

[That last part does the trick. Yuno blinks and blushes profusely.]

You didn't say much... [If anything.] before. [Her expression softens.] Do you promise not to leave my sight?

[observesthings]

[ A massive sigh of relief. Okay... okay, crisis averted. ]

Well... mun asked the mods yesterday, so. [ As if he even can leave her sight, even if he tried. Yuno has stalking down to a science. ] ... yeah. I promise.

[madmadworld]

The mods are like Deus? [She tenses and looks quite serious.] They can control the diaries too.

I would like to meet them.

[observesthings]

Our muns do, too, if you think about it.

[madmadworld]

[She didn't want to think about that. Her mun thinks she's nuts 99% of the time.]

Do they care about us?

[observesthings]

[ Yeah, potential minefield of a topic here. How to put this... ]

I don't think they'd be sending us to this place together if they didn't.

[ Or maybe his mundane feels like he has a moral obligation to send him after Yuno before she starts chopping people to pieces there, too. Who knows? ]

[madmadworld]

There are other reasons. [She can sense them. Like a bloodhound.] I won't let them back us into a corner. Don't mistake them for friends, Yukki.

[tohko_amano]

You know..you don't have to keep Yukki save here. I've heard that this is a pretty safe game. You'll both be fine! You can live happily without monsters and with plenty of friends!

[madmadworld]

Who are you and how do you know Yukki?

[tohko_amano]

Oh, I'm Tohko Amano, the book girl. I've been talking with Yukki through a couple of different..'meme's, or so my mun likes to call them. We're just friends. Don't worry.

[madmadworld]

Why are you calling him Yukki? [>8|] He hasn't mentioned you.

[tohko_amano]

Oh. It's just a small nickname my mun keeps calling him by. I guess it stuck on me here. And he probably didn't mention me because he was afraid you would get the wrong idea.

[madmadworld]

That's what I call him. [RESERVED NAME.] ...what is "the wrong idea"? [Come on. Say it. Say it.]

[tohko_amano]

Can't I call him that too? And..the wrong idea would be that I love him. Which I don't.

[madmadworld]

No. [Don't sign your death warrant,Tohko.] Does he love you?

[tohko_amano]

Oh..why not? [Tohko shook her head.] No, he doesn't love me. We're just friends, that's all.

[observesthings]

[ Umm... Tohko... you might wanna clarify that, Yuno knows what can potentially happen in memes. ]

[tohko_amano]

[Sorry, Yukki. It's a bit too late for that, and Tohko isn't seeing a good place as to why she would have to clarify that. Plus..that might be embarrassing for her.]

[observesthings]

[ Yuno has gotten 'the wrong idea' from less before. ]

Please be careful with her.

[tohko_amano]

Don't worry, I will be!

[observesthings]

[ He loves Yuno with all of his heart, but he's not stupid. He knows what she's capable of. ]

Just remember that the only she's more of afraid of than losing me is hurting me. If you accuse her of that, all she'll do is deny it and get angry, and probably want to hurt you.

[tohko_amano]

But..wouldn't she want to think about whether the person is right or not and, if they are, how she can stop hurting you?