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.

[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]

[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]

Who are you and how do you know Yukki?

[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]

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.

[observesthings]

[ He's had the 'friends' argument one too many times with her to even bother with it anymore. It never goes anywhere. ]

If they wanted to torture us, they could have picked way worse places than Vatheon.

[madmadworld]

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

[observesthings]

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

[madmadworld]

[Everything is a trap, the world sucks, stick with the homicidal psycho instead~.]

It could be a trap. [Her parents conditioned her to never, ever let her guard down. Deus just reinforced that.] I won't let them trick us.

[observesthings]

[ Yuno, you could describe yourself in so many more attractive ways than that. He can only sigh at what she says next. ]

... just don't hurt them. Otherwise, we can't go anywhere together.

[madmadworld]

[Sure she can, but when you carry around the heads of your parents and kill without remorse...

There are not too many fitting words.]

I won't hurt them. [Unless they interfere.]

[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.

[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.]

[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.

[observesthings]

[ Yeah, he... tries not to think about that. ]

Yuno, promise me. [ Reaching for her hands, now. ]

[madmadworld]

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