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[ it opens with the sound of walking, the creak of a door opening followed by hard soled shoes on an old wooden floor. there's a creak of a lid opening, and then the scrape of a chair across the floor. There's a pause without sound and then there is a song. After it's done, Takegami plays a couple simple scales and then sighs. ]

That was an interesting interlude. Do try better next time, mm? I think I lasted a good two minutes laying in that alley. Mind, I am still pissed about my jacket. Do you know hard it is to find a good leather coat in this place? Blood does not come out of leather, never mind the holes. People and their guns. How messy.

[ yeah, he does not care about dying. in fact, he finds it a little funny. ]

What did I miss while I was spending time among the dearly departed?

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[Raven comes out of the room she's picked for herself soon after he's stopped playing. She leans against a wall, arms crossed under her breasts.]

Trust you to come back from the dead and complain about the damage done to your jacket. You're aware of how vain it makes you sound, right?

[Welcome back, Teijirou. Your death didn't affect Raven. At all. Those who might tell you that would be liars.]

Better to sound vain than not to sound like it affected me at all.

[ Because really, he had to say something considering how there were a bunch of people that sounded concern. ]

You were there near the end, yes?

You don't sound like it affected you much.

[She looks away at that.]

I was but... [She couldn't save him.]

I was partly to blame for what had happened.

[ She knows his habits enough for him to say that and to trust she would not go running to the police about it. ]

Don't blame yourself.

I know. She said you followed her and taunted her.

[Still she does not think he deserved to be killed for that.]

I don't. I know there are limits to what my healing can do.

She is still getting use to the human condition and she was drunk enough to assume I was there to hurt her even before I said anything. We were both leaving the bar at the same time; I cannot help that we also are in the same building.

[ He finds the idea far too amusing. ]

I am sorry if I made you worry.

What do you mean 'getting used to the human condition'?

[She snorts softly.] I didn't really have enough time to worry.

From what I have heard and seen, she was once something huge and eternal. The human form, and the fears that go with it, are a curse.

Looks like you two got to talk a lot before the other night.

What's her name already?

Of course. I find her reactions... amusing.

Ionae.

Well apparently the feeling's far from being mutual.

Ionae. I don't believe I had talked to her before.

She believes I am insane. [ a pause as he thought about it and shrugs. ] By most standards, I probably am. I told her I just lack the ability to hold onto emotions the way most of humanity can. We shall see if she understands what that means.

The conversations with her are interesting. She was once like one of the horrors from Lovecraft stories, if I were to believe her tales.

Are you planning on having her kill you again and again until she gets it? [Because that's not only insanity, that's masochism.]

You don't believe her?

No. It is not like I had plan on her killing me the first time. I never thought she would dare to. She seemed so scared of breathing the same air as I.

[ he thinks for a moment. ] It might be true. She finds such simple things as bathing a hard concept to keep a hold of, let alone the idea of alcohol.

You like scaring people, don't you?

[Which makes Raven wonder why he seems to enjoy her company since she's not, nor has ever been scared of him.]

She told you all that? It seems she chooses the weirdest people to confide in.

I like seeing how they react when something they feel should fit in a mold does not. If it brings about fear or anger or sadness all depends upon that person.

[ Raven wasn't someone who expects him to be anything except who he was. That is always a refreshing thing in his mind. ]

I inferred. She was talking a lot about her true nature in the bar. The other information I gathered from how she reacted in other conversations and the fact that she is rather unkept.

[She smirks slightly.] Have you ever tried instilling positive emotions into someone for a change?

Hmm. Not used to the effect of alcohol on her system either, is she?

That I save for people I actually like.

[ slight smile and a shrug. ] She certainly was having problems with names.

[A smirk although her voice remains perfectly deadpan.] Be still my heart. Teijirou Takegami would have a heart that allows him to like people?

How did she call you, then?

I must have a heart; something keeps the blood moving in my veins. [ He smirks at his own joke and shrugs. ]

Usually I am 'that creep' though I think she upgraded me to 'you're fucking insane'.

Looks like it does a little more than that, though.

[A smirk.] So it seems that she didn't have that much problem with names.

I regret to inform you that even I have some inclinations towards humanity.

No. She just seemed to have problems with understanding that there are always exceptions to the rules.

I'm shocked.

Like what for instance?

Not all people are scared of dying. Not all people will run when a gun is brandished. Not all people will be ignorant and foolish.

If she doesn't know that then she really does have a lot to learn.

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