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SOBA

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CHARACTER NAME

Geto Suguru

CIVILIAN NAME

Zaru Soba

TEAM

Brimstone

HOUSING NUMBER

003

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Comments

[rikugan]

If it was anyone else, I'd just kill them. [ ice cold. ]

[gorb]

You're free to try.

( Bored sounding in answer, as though the threat is nothing. )

At least then I'd be saved all this hassle. I've been perfectly reasonable. Your gnat of a student keeps bothering me.

[rikugan]

Tell her to leave you alone or just ignore her. You can do either without calling her a fuckin' monkey, Geto.

[ all he's hearing rn are excuses. ]

[gorb]

( ...

Ow. )

I think we're all forgetting who I am, and how I've been playing nice.

[rikugan]

Maybe it's been a while for you, but using slurs against someone ain't playin' nice.

[ tell him he's wrong ]

[gorb]

I'm not actively trying to throttle her with my bare hands, isn't that enough?

( He doesn't want to redeem himself, it's too haaaaard. )

[rikugan]

No.

[gorb]

No?

You can't possibly be serious.

[rikugan]

I'm completely serious.

[ how to frame this in a way he'll understand? ]

If I were to call Nanako and Mimiko by a slur and then told you that I'm at least not throttlin' 'em with my bare hands, will that be enough for you?

[gorb]

I massacred an entire village for them, Satoru.

( Tone weirdly pleasant, because Gojo has touched a nerve and this is his only defence against it. )

I don't know what you expect from me. I don't know what any of you do, but it's getting tiresome.

[rikugan]

Don't give me that load of crap. You know what I expect from you. [ it isn't rocket science. ]

Treat my students like how you want me to treat either of your girls. You don't need to be friends with them. Avoid 'em for all I care. But at least be civil with 'em. They might not be important to you, but they are to me.

[gorb]

( The silence is DEAFENING for a long, long moment. Geto's half tempted to just disappear. But he promised he'd try, and having it laid out so plainly is hard to avoid. )

Fine.

( Short, sharp. )

I'll leave her alone. Is that it? Or do you need something else from me?

[rikugan]

No, that's it. An apology would be asking too much of you.

[ his sheer lack of faith. ]

[gorb]

( S i l e n c e. )

You're right, it would.

( Too bad he's going to try, too bad Gojo will never find out. )