tentatively reserved at cityofariel

[takesthecake]

Mun,

Firstly, I find your choice of venue tasteless, but let's leave that aside for now.

I don't agree with your temptation to pick such an early "canon point," whether or not it would save me a headache. That ignorance is apparently bliss, as the saying goes, is irrelevant to me. I don't run on bliss, I run on determination and sugar. I would much rather remain aware of the Kira case and my own death than have my unawareness of the facts of my situation come back to haunt me.

...

I doubt I have to say this, but if you are really serious about this, you'll have a lot of work to do for the next few days. It has been almost four years since last time we worked together. In your position, it would be wise to avoid overconfidence.

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[casuistor]

[The minute Light saw where L might be headed, he's had to hold back a laugh. He hasn't had much to laugh about recently so it's nice to have some schadenfreude in his life once in a while.]

You're being shipped off to a sex game without any of your more significant memories?

[Because obviously the Kira case is the most important thing that has happened in L's life, yes. He smirks. It's definitely not at all sympathetic.]

My condolences, Ryuuzaki.

[takesthecake]

[He will simply give Light his usual, unreadable stare. He saw what you did there.]

... I suppose you could say all of my memories are significant in some capacity. They are what build up my mind, and are the combined foundation that all my theories balance on. Losing memories would mean backtracking in progress. I don't find it acceptable.

[casuistor]

I wouldn't disagree with you in principle.

[Stated casually because as far as conversation with L goes, this one is fairly harmless. Subject matter aside, dear mun isn't a place where L has any influence. Games, too, for that matter. It's only back home where L had been a threat that needed to be taken seriously.]

But surely you'd agree with me that not every memory is equally important?

[takesthecake]

While it's obvious that some memories are more important than others, it should be equally obvious that one can never know which will turn out to be important in the future, however insignificant they appeared at first glance.

More importantly, Yagami-kun. What are you getting at?

[casuistor]

[If indeed L has a future - which, Light is quite pleased to note, he does not. Misery loves company.]

Nothing at all, Ryuuzaki. My only intention was to express my sympathies for your eventual plight.

[Double meaning? Of course not.]

Four years is quite a long time to be gathering dust. I'll hope, for your sake, that the process goes smoothly.

[takesthecake]

[Idleness isn't something he likes being associated with. L looks slightly disgruntled, then he looks away, almost as if bored.]

You are wasting your sympathy. [If, of course, it's possible to waste something that isn't there to begin with.] If something doesn't go smoothly, it will be the fault of my mun and not myself.

I'm sorry he's being so rude.

[casuistor]

A pity, that..

[Stated with vague indifference; it isn't like Light was ever sympathetic to begin with. The air of boredom that L tries to craft, however, manages to needle him very slightly.]

Why City of Ariel, by the way? Has your mundane clued you in on that or are they the usual garden-variety lowlife with nothing better to do with their time?

[theworstluck]

[sup L's mun, is their other case the canonpoint you were looking for? Naomi herself takes a moment to speak because it's only dear mun's fourth wall that lets her put this man as 'L' and it's honestly very strange getting used to. Especially the part with the dawning mix of horror and pride from the fact that she kicked him down stairs once.... ahem, no, let's focus on all the things his mun is doing that are worse by comparison.]

... What would be the point of doing that? I mean, from a mun's point of view...However unusual they may be, I wouldn't think the specific cases you worked on would have any effect on-

[wait what the hell is she seriously going straight for questions about sex life? Well that's basically on topic but. SO UNPROFESSIONAL. She's just going to trail off, looking vaguely mortified. It'll take a bit more to get used to talking casually with him.]

Ah, n-no, forget I said anything.

[takesthecake]

[Mun hasn't come to a decision quite yet, but it's definitely a possibility being considered, fft.

L looks at her, seemingly unembarrassed.]

I suppose that even in a place where sexual relations is paramount, there is bound to be room for other types of interaction as well. As well as... introspection. It seems my mun is under the impression I would spend too much time brooding over leaving the case unsolved, and feels the need to threaten with mind alterations to cheer me up. I can't quite come to a conclusion on whether it's out of some illusion of compassion, or simply despicable.

[Because being slightly grumpy and brooding about his mun insinuating that he might be prone to brooding in the first place is totally not childish, or contradictory for that matter. Nope.]

[theworstluck]

[hrm. That makes sense on... some level. Though Misora is a bit of a cynic, so she's dismissive of the potential for compassion. After all, if it's truly the case, then it would also be much easier on the mun to have it that way, and so it could just as well be pure selfishness. She smiles bitterly.]

In the real world they'd call that kind of treatment a lobotomy. I'd agree with 'despicable'.

[she also thinks L is strong enough to get through a slump, but she's not going to say that. She thinks for a moment. Griping about mean muns is nice and cathartic, but it would help to be prepared. So she tentatively offers,]

Whatever does happen, maybe you can think of it as a second chance. For what, I'm not sure, but.... Any world you end up in is probably better off for it.

[she's saying she's sad he had to die, in a roundabout way]