The Old College Try

[mansbestend]

Sender: Denji
To: Everyone
Subject: i write in the book and people read this???


OK so

I had a genius idea and wanna test sumthin

someone come swing at me. one guy and one girl. kick my ass if you want.

then we go eat or whatever after. i dunno.

Comments

[helluvaboss]

They say "get you a man that can do both!" LOL

Bitches love dudes with a sensitive side! Some dudes too but sounds like ur not into guys

[your_best_friend]

Actually, I didn't kill a single person there. In fact, I SAVED someone from dying. Liv said I might've been the only Zendama there, everyone else Akudama.

The local police station was being raided by the others. I went in to check things out. Someone was trapped under rubble.

* But somebody came.

I was the one that SAVED them. I could have easily killed them and taken their SOUL, but I didn't.

[mansbestend]

nah, im not. saves you the trouble of vetting dudes i meet at least

[mansbestend]

[What... DID he wish to be remembered for?]

...i dunno.

i wanna have a normal life for a while first. three square meals, a place to sleep that's warm, a girlfriend.

after that, maybe i wanna be remembered for sumthin?

[mansbestend]

Do you... usually kill em and take their SOUL? Ya make it sound like it was a tough choice to make in the rush of stuff.

[stillarhino]

[So much for holding still! As soon as he sees what happens, Beat pushes himself off of the creature that used to be Denji. Scrambling backward, with brows raised high on his forehead and eyes wide as saucers, he doesn't tear his gaze away from whatever that thing is.]

Yo—

[The surprise is evident in his voice, still not sure what had just happened.]

What the fuck's going on?

[helluvaboss]

no fucking KIDDING thats a whole other can of worms. my hookups with dudes were always more annoying

[ectoherbology]

A girlfriend, I see. It would be nice to have someone who would mourn you and leave flowers at your headstone.

[mansbestend]

hmm. i dunno about that.

i'd rather she move on after I kick the bucket instead of bein sad over me. but i guess i can't ask her to do anything if im dead, huh?

[your_best_friend]

I admit I had grown bored of mindless slaughter and speedrunning killing people long before I was kidnapped to Kansai.

...

I just thought... "What would Frisk do"? And I SAVED them.

[ectoherbology]

Would you not mourn her if she died? It is an act of love to do so.

[mansbestend]

[He stood as the blades stopped rotating, shaking off the blood on his arms and face.]

What I was lookin' for! It's still me, dude!

[He even waved a mangled, chainsaw-ridden arm in greeting.]

[mansbestend]

its Hell, isnt it? i figure hookups are pretty shitty down there

[helluvaboss]

They can be fine theres plenty of people that know their shit at least.

you just gotta learn how to sniff out which fuckers are crazy and are gonna key your car or spike your drink

[mansbestend]

damn. ur right. i would.

[Because he has a heart. He only got to really understand that about himself recently. Pochita was his heart now, but it didn't make him any less human. He could feel things. Even now, he mourned so many people he'd lost, when before he had no idea if he should be feeling anything at all yet wasn't.]

so its not fair to ask her to move on, then
but mourning sucks. it hurts. makes you feel sick.

[mansbestend]

so should I vet Big Bird, or is he cool?

[mansbestend]

Yeah, you uh... should keep that question in your head. Shows you have a heart if you choose to help people instead of... speedrunnin killin' 'em.

[ectoherbology]

Life begets sadness and despair. There is no life without mourning death and being left behind, again and again.

[stillarhino]

[Beat blinks once, twice, still slowly trying to digest all this. But... It did sound like Denji despite everything.]

Yo, you look fucked-up.

[It wasn't said as an insult. In fact, he kind of sounds impressed. Definitely not what he was expecting but even Beat had to admit that this was pretty cool, now that he knew it wasn't something else.]

[your_best_friend]

[...]

[Flowey should feel touched at the advice. He knows he should appreciate the advice.]

[But nothing happened.]

[Flowey still has a long way to go.]

I had done everything else there was to do beforehand. But... yeah, you're right.

[The game between Flowey and the metaphorical Chara inside of him continues...]

[helluvaboss]

LOL

u know what, go for it

tell me if you get any dirt on Stolas at all

[Oh no... what is he planning?]

[mansbestend]

A spying mission? I'm in.

[mansbestend]

I mean, even if you're bored of everything else. Ya might wind up likin' what comes out of it way more than the kill.

[He shrugged.]

[helluvaboss]

ez pz just tell me what he tells others about me

[mansbestend]

The ladies love it!

[He threw his head back, tongue hanging out.]

Gya ha ha ha ha! Fuck yeah! I missed this! So it IS switched on by fighting! I'm a SCIENTIST!