Muse woke up; tentative plans

[neverlikeddolls]

This again? Can't you be content to play with the other dolls you already have and leave me well alone? I thought you'd finally seen sense when it came to putting me in these ridiculous situations but it seems I was too optimistic.

And of course, this time you plan to make it even worse. I don't suppose it's occurred to you to think that I have better things to think about than that, and that I care far less for Orihara's liaisons than you seem to think I do?

That woman has my sympathies. I just don't see why I have to deliver them in person.

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[knifedances]

Ah, Namie-san. You're feeling is pleasantly disposed towards me as ever, I see.

[Though believe it or not, on this occasion he'd prefer for you to remain exactly where you are :|]

[neverlikeddolls]

You say that like you have any reason to expect anything different.

[For once, they agree. Shame it does nothing to help them]

[knifedances]

What a cruel woman. It's almost good to know that some things never change, at least.

[neverlikeddolls]

If you thought it would, you've been out of Ikebukuro too long.

[knifedances]

You're not entirely incorrect, on that account.

[neverlikeddolls]

And yet, you've never been away. What a strange reality these mundanes enforce upon us.

[knifedances]

At least I can rest safely in the knowledge that I'm not missing out on anything ☆

[neverlikeddolls]

Unfortunately. Better for the rest of us if you'd disappeared, though.

[knifedances]

I guess that depends on your point of view.

I feel I should mention that 'that woman' certainly won't be requiring your sympathies. If anything, they should lie with me.

Yeah... Masaomi will just be stalking ALL your DRRR!!chicks -_-;

[kida]

Orihara?

That's just what he does. One day he'll get the crazed otaku too xD

[neverlikeddolls]

Yes. I assume you've heard of him.

Hee, he'd love his big not!sister XD At least there'd be no hitting on her. :p

[kida]

If it's Izaya-san you're talking about... Yes, I have.

How do you know him, if I may ask?

Nope. Just lots of teasing about him and Mikado

[neverlikeddolls]

Hmm. Ah yes, now I think of it there is a certain familiarity to you. You'll have to forgive me; after a while his pawns all begin to look and sound the same.

[Which sort of answers the question in the vaguest possible manner]

Well, who could blame her? XD

[kida]

[So lucky you're not a guy, Namie. You might've gotten punched if you were.]

I'm not one of his pawns.

[But, yes, he's starting to piece it together now, too. To be fair, he'd had other things on his mind at the time - and it's not like they'd been introduced...]

Truth!

[neverlikeddolls]

Not now. Whatever he was getting from you, clearly he has no use for you now.

[She knows how Izaya operates. Not even she's immune, she's just better equipped to strike back]

[kida]

[That's what she thinks. Sooner or later, she'll learn better.]

But he has use for you?

[neverlikeddolls]

We have an arrangement that is of mutual benefit. The details are no concern of yours.

[Granted that she has a lot more to lose than he does]

[dissectinghersmile]

[Oh. Well, that's one person from home Shinra wasn't too keen on seeing. He gives her a bit of a formal nod.]

Namie-san. Shame you ended up here as well.

[neverlikeddolls]

[She can't say she's thrilled to see him either]

Don't worry. I'm quite certain we can endure this with minimal contact. I dare say I'm in no hurry to see things in ruin through Kishitani means.

[dissectinghersmile]

[Geez, Namie, rood.]

I certainly haven't been ruining anything.

[All he did was kill a few kids here and there on memes. Totally innocent.]

You make it sound as if I'm untrustworthy. You'd think after working together so long, you could give me the benefit of the doubt.

[Not that he's doing the same for her.]

[neverlikeddolls]

So quick to take it personally, Shinra-san. Don't think I've forgotten the role your father played in ruining my life.

Besides. Benefit of the doubt gets people killed.

[dissectinghersmile]

Well, it's not like I'm particularly a fan of him either. I've had my life ruined by him as well.

How does the saying go? The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

[neverlikeddolls]

Funny definition of ruined you seem to have.

I don't need friends. I certainly don't need friends who consider Orihara to be a friend.

[dissectinghersmile]

I simply was harmed in a different manner.

And Izaya is only my friend because he trusts me. He's a bastard, but I can't get on his bad side.

[neverlikeddolls]

I'm not sure trust is the word. More likely he still has uses for you. In that, perhaps, he does trust but only so much as he can control.

[Just like her]