"In cento anni o cento mesi, l'acqua torna a' suoi paesi."

[sharktrash]

Who: Squalo and YOU!
What: birthday catch-all! Squalo's turning 23 on the 13th. Yes he is Pisces because his character wasn't fish-related enough yet.
When: 12th-14th
Where: All around Vista city, the mall, the bars, Pride HQ, MANTICORE penthouse, Junkyard Carnival penthouse, etc.
Warnings: Squalo language, violence, substance abuse, (mentions of) banging, will update as necessary


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cw: domestic violence (ish)

[sharktrash]

Well, yeah. [ shrugs. ] It's part of who he is, I guess.

[ And there goes that smug, almost giddy smirk again. ]

'Sides, he wants to start over.

[ Without beatings. ]

[ Or so he promised. That's really the painfully familiar reality to anyone who's ever been stuck in a loop of abuse. "That was the last time. Come back and I'll never do it again!" And so on. He's either not aware of it, or he doesn't care. ]

[scalpedsociety]

[...She's heard this before. From other people and she may have said this herself once or twice. Still, she can believe it for now. Xanxus hasn't been violent with any of his lovers so far...

It's still weird as hell. The Squalo she talked to about Xanxus like he's dealt with the violence for a long time.]

Well... I'm glad for you.

[sharktrash]

As you should be. It was great! [ Careful, mom, you might hear things you'd rather not once he's done chewing that sandwich. Three, too, one -- ] We broke the bed. [ He seems to think it's hilarious. ]

[scalpedsociety]

[Well, it's going to take her a little while to fantasize about that sort of thing with Xanxus without thinking of Squalo again...]

You must be exhausted.

[sharktrash]

Ha, yeah. Guess I did sleep through most of the day. Totally worth it. [ They did it at least six times, okay. RIP Squalo's ass, clearly. ] All good now, though. [ Well, aside from the very obvious limp. ]

[scalpedsociety]

[Varia quality stamina.]

That's good at least.

[sharktrash]

[ Oh yeah. And stubbornness and the need to make up for the time lost, or something. And they probably had breaks but you know. ]

[ He makes a non-committal confirmation sound and gets up to check what other food they have. ]

so should we wrap this up?

[scalpedsociety]

[She'll let him go. So far she can trust Xanxus with Squalo.

She gave him a pass because he doesn't remember anything and perhaps wants to use this strange memory loss as a new beginning... (After all she can't blame Xanxus for wanting to do that.)

But if she hears (or experiences) one violent misdeed... he's cut off from her. She hopes Squalo keeps his promises as well, to get away from him and never go back.]

iiif you want o/

[sharktrash]

[ Well, he's not gonna go far. But apparently he's hungry so he'll be whipping something up. Possibly sharing with her if she's still there. ]

[ And that would be nice... except Squalo had made no such promise this time. He'll be taking anything Xanxus has to offer, even if it's his fists, his guns or his Flames. Which are amazing, by the way. Has she seen them up close? ]