Reaction: Chapter 53

[hemoeroticism]

Ahh... well... that was ironic. [ And that looked rather painful, even by his standards. But... he suddenly claps his hands. ]



At least I got my wish in the end, though, right? ✩ Even Toto and that girl did.

It's all up to her, now. I kept my promise. Now let's see what she'll do with her new freedom...

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here i come pain

[infirmitas]

....Yosuga's mun had to stop and stare for a while.

[...]

Maybe.

/SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY

[hemoeroticism]

[ ... why does he suddenly feel bad? No, that's ridiculous, he's not--... ]

Maybe what? Woodpecker didn't think that maybe Wretched Egg didn't want to be sealed away any more than Shiro did. Whatever happens now is his own fault.

[ Desperately trying to change the inevitable subject that's going to come up from this. ]

IT'LL BE OKAY

[infirmitas]

Yosuga doesn't exactly care about them either way.

...But.... Toto seemed to remember her near the end there. [Maybe she's a little happy about that, despite dying so quickly.]

[hemoeroticism]

[ In some way, she was right. The Toto she knew was still in there, somewhere. But without a translation, the exact degree to which he was wouldn't be known by this particular monolingual mundane. ]

If it makes you feel any better, I was still shot in the head.

[ ... just not by her. And he's again trying to deflect. ]

[infirmitas]

[If only she had known when she was alive what happened with him...]

Yosuga was supposed to be the one to shoot Toto full of holes...

It's almost not fair.

[hemoeroticism]

Woodpecker is amazingly cruel. ✩ [ He claps his hands. ] Robbing poor 'Nee-chan' of her wish and denying two people the chance to kill the one they love, all while wanting to hurt poor little Shiro. Even to a guy like me, that's cold.

[taintedwhite]

Ganta is not cruel! He'd never want to hurt Shiro!

[hemoeroticism]

Ahah, maybe not you specifically. ✩

[ Too bad he wasn't present to hear that "That's why I'll kill Shiro" bit, she'd love that one. ]

[taintedwhite]

Why is Toto saying mean things about Ganta? ...Shiro thought Toto was nice. Shiro thought was Toto was Shiro's friend.

[hemoeroticism]

I'm not trying to be mean, it's just the truth. He really, really doesn't like Aceman. And I'm not talking about the comic book character. ✩

[taintedwhite]

But Ganta needs Aceman to protect him. He always has. If he didn't, Shiro... I...

[infirmitas]

Yosuga guesses so. she just wanted Toto to come back...

Still, we were up against a lot of them, as much as we tried, Yosuga had a feeling it would turn out this way.

[hemoeroticism]

[ No comment. Toto was still in there, somewhere, but he was buried so deep that it took Hagire dying for him to come back for even a brief moment. ]

I might have gotten a bit spoiled off of Tamaki's pathetic Forgeries. [ ... and severely underestimated several of those Deadmen. ] You poor thing. ✩ Now you know how Woodpecker feels.

[infirmitas]

Like Yosuga said, she doesn't care about any of that...

[...]

Does Toto.... remember anything now? [like he remembered before he died.]

[hemoeroticism]

[ He falls silent. His expression darkens, and his eyes lower. ]

... I do... Nee-chan. [ She was right. He didn't completely rewrite Toto's personality. Somehow, their minds intersected during the last moments of Hagire's life. ]

But you realize I'm not the same Toto as before, right?

[taintedwhite]

Don't worry about us, Mockingbird~ We'll be fine~

[hemoeroticism]

Now you will be. ✩

[taintedwhite]

I never doubt I would. I didn't need that new chapter to be released to know.

[hemoeroticism]

That's all you ever talked about. But even in the Tower, it's been so long since I've heard that song that I barely remember how it goes. ✩

[taintedwhite]

You're saying that like you miss it.

[hemoeroticism]

Me? Hardly. But I think once Minatsuki figures out who you are, or heaven forbid Ganta shows up, he'll miss it more than both of us put together.

[taintedwhite]

What has Hummingbird to do with anything?

[hemoeroticism]

Not sure, yet. But I always did like how her Branch of Sin tastes.

[taintedwhite]

Ksha~ And still she's not the most powerful among deadmen~

[hemoeroticism]

No, she's not. Not even close, really. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy her blood! ✩