voice-testing a new muse who's pretty cranky about it!

[demonofmist]

You're a fool if you think there's any purpose to this.

This stupid game you play is all about making bonds, you said? Then leave me be, I have no bonds and want none. Surrounding me with a flurry of squawking morons is only asking for me to bathe the ground in their blood.

You know this. Why the hell are you bothering?

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[sword_obsession]

You would be surprised about who you can find here.

[demonofmist]

That would require me to give a shit.

[sword_obsession]

What I mean is you will become attached to someone whether you trust it or not.

[demonofmist]

I'm not the type.

[used_bubble]

They don't seem to believe they actually need a purpose to place us anywhere.

[demonofmist]

[Well, look at that. A familiar face?]

Hn. Amusement is a purpose. A stupid one.

[used_bubble]

I suppose that's true. Some do it just because they can as well.

What plans does yours have for you?

[slipofnothing]

What's this? Squawking... uffff. There is no need to bother the likes of Zabuza-san with such a matter.

[demonofmist]

Hn. Precisely. There are things we need to be doing.

[slipofnothing]

...sir. When and where?

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

Zabuza.

[demonofmist]

Kakashi.

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

It seems you haven't changed all that much

[It had seemed like he turned over a new leaf when he was dying. Disappointing to see that he hadn't.]

[demonofmist]

[If his heart grew three sizes that day, you'd still need a magnifying glass to see it. Just not a microscope anymore.]

I don't make a business of it. Do you?

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

[Makes sense.]

I suppose not.

[Him just being here is an "I can't let you do that" towards killing all those people, and he's grown much stronger since their fight on the bridge.]

[demonofmist]

What do you want?

[If he gets sent to a game, there won't be much stopping him.]

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

[There are people stronger than either of them in a game.]

I suppose I wanted to see if it was really you. And if it was necessary, stop you from hurting anyone.

[demonofmist]

[As far as he's concerned, that's yet to be seen. But Zabuza always has been somewhat difficult in acknowledging the strengths of others.]

Who else would it be? [He snorts contemptuously.]

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

[Kakashi's seen someone shrug off a rasengan like it was nothing. He's seen someone else lift a building over their head. He was pretty definitively convinced.]

I've seen at least one person who can take other's forms.

[demonofmist]

[Zabuza's a skeptic. He'll believe when he sees, but not likely before.]

Tch. Some things can't be fooled by such trickery.

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

That's what I thought about my sharingan.

[demonofmist]

Maybe it's not so great after all, huh.

[Oh, come on, like he was going to admit to taking that as a caution.]

[crouchingtiger_hiddenface]

Not many things can fool it.

Is this posturing really necessary?

[demonofmist]

Do you think you've earned anything different from me?