I feel so unsure

[wounds]

Who: MANTICORE, visitors
What: Dealing with the aftermath of I Will Twist The Knife
When: December 9, evening
Where: MANTICORE penthouse
Warnings: References to I Will Twist The Knife

[It's been a few days, people have recovered. Some better off than others. And today MANTICORE is gathered to deal and talk about what happened.]

Comments

[wounds]

[The first thing he thinks, "We're not close enough for me to worry."]

Hide it if you want then.

[dishevelment]

[Whatever Genos thinks is fine-- Koumei appreciates the young man's rationality.]

I plan to, for a while anyway.

[wounds]

Until you're properly healed up?

[dishevelment]

Maybe even after. Some people can't afford to be seen like this.

[As one of the few of the newer members who were on the other side of 25, Koumei felt a certain responsibility to everyone. Someone had to be the rock in this storm.]

[wounds]

You're not responsible for everyone.

[Says the man who willingly stepped into acid to save a little girl he didn't know.]

[dishevelment]

You weren't here when people disappeared for a few days.

[The tone was still mild, but there was no hiding the seriousness of his words.]

I don't care if I'm not responsible for everyone-- when people are putting themselves in danger, someone has to step in.

[wounds]

You think making them think you're invincible is how you're going to do it?

You can get injured just as easily as the rest of us.

[dishevelment]

I know-- and I don't plan on being invincible. Fighting doesn't seem to be my thing.

[wounds]

Good.

[It's his thing- or it was his thing.]

[dishevelment]

But what I can do is talk people out of being stupid-- and get them to be a little more responsible for themselves whether they know it or not.

[wounds]

Fair enough.

[People could use a voice like that.]

[dishevelment]

They could indeed.

...You never wondered where that fish in the lobby came from, did you?

[wounds]

It was you, wasn't it?

[dishevelment]

Don't act like it's such a bad thing. Nemo has brought in quite a bit to help the residents in HQ.

I assume you know his purpose, right? If I had been open about it, I'm sure Management would have shut it down right away.

[wounds]

Who said I thought it was bad? He's been an incredibly useful fish.

[dishevelment]

It's good that people are so fond of him. Convincing them in a more normal way would have been much harder.

[Never ever ever ever doubt the power of a cute bath toy.]

[wounds]

Trucy's very fond of him. We shook down an employee for some of his spare change.

[dishevelment]

Xanxus needed a swat to stop stealing from him.

[wounds]

Did it work?

[dishevelment]

He put the money back. That counts for something!

[wounds]

It certainly does.