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Independent RP blog for Atsuro Kihara from Devil Survivor. Any artwork used is not owned by me. Multi-ship and Multi-verse blog Note I will Rp with anyone from any fandom so don't be scared to ask! Magic Anons Status- None but accepting

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no hate on Beatles, I love it, they are just listening to the same song

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I need more time to use to that jeans 

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They grew up listen to this ;o;

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ofstarsandskies​:

“The lab tries to minimize subjects and personnel becoming sick, so keeping rooms a comfortable temperature year-round is high priority.” Subjects especially– all treatment would have to be done in-house by the very few doctors the lab employed. God forbid a subject catch a disease only a specialty doctor could treat… 

Backpedaling a moment ago, the way Atsuro hesitated once he heard the date caught Ludger’s attention, along with how fast Atsuro latched onto the next topic. It wasn’t like Ludger to be blunt, but… “Does today’s date mean something to you? Is it a friend’s birthday or someone you know’s anniversary?” Ludger still asked.

“Yeah makes sense” he mumbled.  After all not like they would want anyone here to get sick enough that they would need to be sent out to a hospital or have a specialty doctor come in to treat them.

Darn seems Ludger went back to the topic about the today date.  Time to get him off it again...if he could.  In the almost year he’s been here he knows Ludger can be just as stubborn as him on certain subjects.

“It’s not an anniversary or anything like that.  It umm is a birthday tho....but it isn’t a friends birthday.  One of their birthdays were back in April and the others isn’t till about two months from now.”

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ofstarsandskies​:

“Good morning, White-san. I hope last night treated you well.” Or at least, as well as it could considering Atsuro’s situation. Ludger set those dark thoughts aside to hand Atsuro a warm plate of tomato omelettes. The dish practically made itself as his mind wandered to how his brother was doing. 

Before he took a bite, Atsuro had a question for him: what’s today’s date. “Let me check…” Ludger skimmed through the pages of his checklist for a date. The days tend to blur for Ludger too, most of them consisting of work or staying home. “It’s June 11th. Not too long before summer officially begins– I’m not looking forward to the warmer weather myself.” A shut-in like himself relied heavily on a working AC to make it through summer heat. 

Atsuro went to take a bite of his omelette but stopped once he heard the date.  “June 11th....I see” he mumbled softly before he started eating.  Two more months he’ll have officially been stuck here an entire year.  He couldn’t believe that much time had passed.  If anything it also made him realize that if someone had filed a report on him missing there was no way it was still open now.

Still long as he wasn’t stuck here for twenty more years he wouldn’t be declared dead yet.

Still of all the days to ask for the date it was on his birthday.  Well not like he would have done anything for it anyway minus maybe hanging out with Kazuya and Yuzu.  Anyway it was best to just forget about his birthday and focus on a different topic for the time being.  Not like Ludger could do anything for it.

“Well...least there is AC in here.  Then again I guess they regulate the temperature in this place pretty well.  I didn’t even know winter had come and gone.”

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“I won’t get in trouble. The lab is not liable for any personal injuries, so it’s up to my digression how much faith to show my patients.” Which in Ludger’s case tend to be “too much”. It was a mistake that almost cost him his life once, but the lesson didn’t stick for long. Seeing his patients’ faces and talking to them, Ludger couldn’t detach his emotions.  

Like now, when Atsuro questioned his brother’s want to cooperate. “Nii-san will tell the truth.” Ludger strongly objected. “Nii-san only keeps secrets when he’s protecting someone. With what I know now, he doesn’t need to protect me from Spirius anymore.” Besides him living apart from Ludger; allegations of him being a possible accomplice still hung in the air, and hiding his criminal brother would only boost those suspicions. In every other case, Ludger wanted to believe in his brother. Or rather, he wanted Julius to stop lying to him. He wasn’t a child anymore. 

Giving himself a moment to stew, Ludger checked the time. About an hour before he tend to spend the rest of his shift submitting his daily findings. Atsuro didn’t like being alone, but… it’d be okay this one time…? “It’s a bit earlier than I usually leave, but I think it’s best I take off now and submit my report to the Director. I’ll send a message to Nii-san the minute I get home.” Grabbing the dishes and his clipboard, the assistant bowed as he scanned his card to leave the room. Time to finish up quick and pray Julius responded tonight. 

….. 

“I’ve got good news!” Ludger said before he’d barely stepped into the room, Julius’ letter in-hand. “My brother got back to me last night! He apologized for keeping secrets from me and I wrote down his answers word-for-word.” 

Hello, Atsuro. You already know who I am, so I’ll skip introductions and get to the point. 

Spirius has cameras installed both at the entrance and in key areas of the building. Between them and the covert security guards patrolling the floors, I’d recommend against any type of physical assault. As for getting into the data archives, you’ll have to somehow compromise an employee’s work PC and use their IDs to make any headway. I’ve been wiped from the system long ago, nor do I know if they’ve taken additional measures to lock everything down. I can possibly help you crack the encryption once you get an in; I still have the encryption keys if they haven’t changed the algorithm. 

Spirius’ building was within the Yamanote Circle, so anyone in the building that morning has first-hand experience with angels and demons. Some of the survivors, including me and President Bakur, were also Demon Tamers. If you’re worried Spirius may want the DSP though, don’t be– Spirius’ functioning fine as is, and Bakur wouldn’t risk rocking a working boat. 

I hope I’ve provided the answers you were looking for. All I ask in return is you avoid doing anything which might endanger my brother. He’s been through enough already. 

If you have further questions, you can ask Ludger to send them my way again. Good luck.

Julius

“Was that what you were looking for?” Ludger wouldn’t know, having no involvement with either subject matter. 

Atsuro just took the letter from Ludger and began reading it.  Sadly lots of the stuff he was hoping to get from Julius wasn’t what he wanted to hear but, then again it would have been dumb luck if Julius was still in the system.  Also looks like Julius was just as protective as he thought.

“It sort of was but, I was hoping better news.  I was secretly hoping Julius would be my key to access Spirius’s system easily but seems that won’t be an option.  It was dumb of me though for hoping that Julius would still be in the Spirius system.  After all what company would keep a wanted man in their system.”

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Atsuro just laid back down on his bed and looked up at the ceiling waiting for Ludger to come in for the day.  He had lost track of how long he had been stuck in this prison for.  He remembered it was only a couple weeks after the lockdown ended but, God knows how long ago that was since again...he lost track.  On the one wall there was some marks to help him keep track of the days but, he lost his pen when he tried to use it to stab one of the lab assistants.  

After a bit he heard the door open and saw Ludger walk in with some breakfast for him.  “Morning Ludger...umm can I ask you a question?  What is the date today?”

[rapidslash]

any of my mutuals wanna duel in the middle of a field of white flowers with me 

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Asturo just nodded a bit when Ludger said it would be better for him to ask Julius about Spirius and Bisley information.  Plus the older boy was right about one thing and that was Julius was probably not gonna keep secrets for a company that branded him a terrorist.  

Also from that one little detail Ludger dropped it sounded like Julius did some programming work.  If so then there was defiantly a good chance Julius could give them a lot of good information about the inner-workings of Spirius’s network.

“It should be fine.  No matter what going after someone like Bisley is probably gonna be going into some kind of hell.”  He wasn’t gonna lie to Ludger about that since there was no guarantee that going after Bisley wasn’t gonna dangerous.  Still for now it was best to see if he could even get into Spirius network to dig around for information. 

Though there was one other problem as well.  Atsuro was very doubtful that he would be aloud to even touch a laptop.  Most he could maybe do was watch over Ludger’s shoulder and tell him what to do.

“…Saying that only makes me more concerned, you know.” But he’d commend Atsuro’s honesty despite knowing it’d weaken his case. Fighting against an opponent who already stacked the deck in his favor naturally came with some level of danger– Ludger wasn’t so naive he’d believe the contrary. “Still, I’m curious what more my brother knows about Bisley, so I’ll ask him anyway.” It’d be nice if Atsuro could ask the questions he wanted to his brother directly than play telephone through Ludger. That line of thought did spark an idea…

“Oh, I have an idea. Give me once second,” Ludger grabbed his check board and flipped through for a blank page he’d move to the front. “If you’ve got any techy questions, write them down for me. He might understand your questions better if you phrase them than if a layman like me tries to translate.”

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“Well would you rather I lie to you about it?  Cause not like you would believe me if I said it won’t be dangerous at all.”  Atsuro knew Ludger wasnt dumb enough to believe there wasn’t gonna be any kind of danger so, there really wouldn’t be any point in lying to him.

Ludger then handed him his clipboard and a pen to write down any questions he might have for Julius.  It was a good idea seeing as it would be hard to relay the info in laymans terms.  “I’ll write them down quickly since not sure how much trouble you’d be in if you give me a pen.”  After all he could try and stab Ludger with said pen.

Atsuro quickly wrote down a couple questions for Julius being along the lines of what is Spirius security system like, how hard would it be to get past firewalls and also into locked files, would it be possible to get into Spirius system with Julius’s ID still, how much dose Spirius know on demons and angels, is there any chance Bisley would also want the summoning program, and finally did Spirius ever try to contact Naoya.

“Here all done.”  Atsuro handed the clipboard and pen back to Ludger.  “Hopefully Julius will be cooperative enough and actually answer these questions.  Your brother sounds like he likes to well....keep things to himself.” 

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Atsuro let out a small sigh hearing Ludger wasn’t upset at the joke he made.  After all it was still probably a sensitive subject and was going to be for a while.  Ludger also seemed happy to talk about Julius and told him about how Julius promised that Ludger and him would live together one day and, how that happened once Julius turned 18.  

It looked liked talking about Julius had really cheered Ludger up and the older boy asked if he had any other questions about his older brother.

“Umm okay.”  Atsuro thought about it for a couple seconds before asking Ludger another question.  “If I remember right Julius works for Spirius right?  Do you know exactly what his job was while working there?”  If he was lucky maybe Julius did something with computers.  If that was the case then maybe they could use Julius’s work info to get into Spirius and find something on Bisley.  Though even if he did any bet by now Julius’s work ID and login was probably deleted and taken out of the system by now.

“He did. I remember Nii-san got me a really big gift for my 15th birthday because he started working there.” And he meant big– that cat doll was about 3 feet tall and lying on his bed right now. It was something to hug “I can’t really tell you what he did at Spirius, though. He said he wasn’t allowed to talk about work outside the office. But I think I heard him ranting about ‘primary keys’ and ‘foreign keys’ once.” What those words meant, Ludger had no idea. And once his brother saw him in the doorway, he pretended as if he said nothing. 

But what he did realize is what Atsuro might be planning based on this random curiosity. If his brother had an in, digging through the company’s internal history could help dig up dirt a public search couldn’t reach. Whether or not this “in” still existed… only his brother had the answer. Though if Bisley went through such lengths to bury Julius’ image, whatever his brother knew was likely incriminating. 

“If you’re planning to do what I think you are, it might be better if I try asking my brother about Spirius and Bisley when I go home tonight. I doubt he’s going to keep secrets for a company that’s calling him a terrorist.” And there was no point in hiding them to keep Ludger from knowing who he was anymore too. 

“But! You have to promise me you’re not going to do anything that puts your life at risk first. I don’t want you going from one hell to another if you do somehow leave here.”

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Asturo just nodded a bit when Ludger said it would be better for him to ask Julius about Spirius and Bisley information.  Plus the older boy was right about one thing and that was Julius was probably not gonna keep secrets for a company that branded him a terrorist.  

Also from that one little detail Ludger dropped it sounded like Julius did some programming work.  If so then there was defiantly a good chance Julius could give them a lot of good information about the inner-workings of Spirius’s network.

“It should be fine.  No matter what going after someone like Bisley is probably gonna be going into some kind of hell.”  He wasn’t gonna lie to Ludger about that since there was no guarantee that going after Bisley wasn’t gonna dangerous.  Still for now it was best to see if he could even get into Spirius network to dig around for information. 

Though there was one other problem as well.  Atsuro was very doubtful that he would be aloud to even touch a laptop.  Most he could maybe do was watch over Ludger’s shoulder and tell him what to do.

[memeasaurus-promptus]

Knights and Royalty Sentence Starters

Requested by anonymous. Feel free to change pronouns. 

“Do you need something, my liege?” 

“Get behind me, my lady!” 

“Sir knight, do come here.” 

“If I may be so bold, my lord, but is this really necessary?” 

“You sent for me, my king?” 

“I’m sorry, my lord, but I don’t trust him.” 

“You’re part of my personal guard now.” 

“No need for formalities here, my friend.” 

“I couldn’t possibly be so informal towards you, my liege.” 

“You shouldn’t run off like that, my lady.” 

“You must be a new guard.” 

“They shouldn’t speak of you like that, my king!” 

“A message for you, your highness.” 

“Running off without an escort again, my lady?” 

“Please forgive me, your highness.” 

“My dear knight, please take off your helm so I may look at you.” 

“I don’t think I’ve you seen around before, guard.” 

“Walk with me, sir knight.” 

“You were my late father’s favorite. You don’t look like much.” 

“Are you disappointed that you’re to guard me instead of an heir higher in succession?” 

“I didn’t know we hired your kind into our guards.” 

“I am merely a guard, my lord.” 

“I live to serve you. Always.” 

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Ughhhh poison in Code Vein is a biiiiiiiiitch. Only took like 10 tries to beat that stupid butterfly boss. Tho probably also my fault cause my stamina management wasn't good

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“You got me there,” Despite the dark subject matter, Ludger cracked a smile at Atsuro’s hot take. Making a joke of his two radical identities helped scale back their magnitude. “Even I’m not sure which is a worse image for me: titan of Japan Bisley Bakur’s secret bastard son or high-profile terrorist Julius Will Kresnik’s younger brother.” 

Speaking of his brother, Atsuro quickly moved on to ask about him. Ludger avoided talking about his brother ever since the terrorists allegations; while he believed in his brother’s innocence, Japanese society unanimously sided with the well-respected business owner. Though since Atsuro learned of their story through Remiel, Ludger didn’t see a point in keeping his brother secret anymore. 

Also it made a good excuse to gush over his big brother after months of keeping it to himself. 

“When you think of a typical older brother, that’s Nii-san. He treated all the younger kids at the orphanage like his little brothers and sisters, but he spoiled me most. I can still remember the day Nii-san promised me we’d go live in a nice house when he got older– mostly because I cried the entire next day when he went out to go find a job.” Ludger laughed at his own ridiculousness, distinctly remembering his crying made a few of his friends think Julius left the orphanage forever. He refused to stop until Julius came home. 

“Once Nii-san turned 18, he used the money he saved up to buy an apartment and adopt me; I was officially now Ludger Will Kresnik. That’s why I want to be thought of as just Ludger Will Kresnik. It’s the name Nii-san gave me.” 

Rambling about his brother brought back Ludger’s cheer, his dark thoughts overrided by fond memories of the man who first showed him love. He’d like to continue, if Atsuro indulged him. “Any other question you got about my brother? I miss talking about him, so I’m still open to anything.”

Atsuro let out a small sigh hearing Ludger wasn’t upset at the joke he made.  After all it was still probably a sensitive subject and was going to be for a while.  Ludger also seemed happy to talk about Julius and told him about how Julius promised that Ludger and him would live together one day and, how that happened once Julius turned 18.  

It looked liked talking about Julius had really cheered Ludger up and the older boy asked if he had any other questions about his older brother.

“Umm okay.”  Atsuro thought about it for a couple seconds before asking Ludger another question.  “If I remember right Julius works for Spirius right?  Do you know exactly what his job was while working there?”  If he was lucky maybe Julius did something with computers.  If that was the case then maybe they could use Julius’s work info to get into Spirius and find something on Bisley.  Though even if he did any bet by now Julius’s work ID and login was probably deleted and taken out of the system by now.

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ofstarsandskies‌:

So Remiel hadn’t said anything… In this instance, no news was likely “good news” by proxy that their talk didn’t mean stepping on the toes of God. And truthfully, it stopped Ludger from getting too incessant with questions to learn more about his forgotten past and his “father”. He’d no doubt hate the answers and most likely lash out again as a result. 

“I don’t think it matters either way– Remiel-san wouldn’t be the first person to watch us.” Ludger nudged his arm towards the security camera in the corner. He ought to pay the office a visit before coming back, but all the weird, almost terrified stares he got just walking down the hall made him inclined to stay the course without taking detours. And the food would get cold. 

Thinking about all those eyes on him had Ludger trying to rub at his arms, only to be met with rough bandages instead of soft skin. A bad habit he ought to try and break before he got a rash from scraping the bandages against himself repeatedly. “I don’t mean to drudge up a bad topic, but… did you mean it when you said you still see me as Ludger Will Kresnik and nothing else? I wouldn’t blame you if you look at me differently.” Although he’d hope his friend wouldn’t treat him as if he suddenly elevated in importance because of his father’s legendary status. 

Though seconds after asking that question, Ludger regretted running his mouth. Atsuro had already said he saw him as “Ludger” and not “Bisley’s secret son”, and now he was asking his friend to repeat himself to confirm he really meant that. It was definitely a slap to the face, putting it generously. “S-Sorry, I don’t mean to sound as if I’m doubting you. I just… want to be sure somebody other than my brother won’t look at me differently because of what I am.”

“Ah yeah...you’re right”  Atsuro just looked up at the camera for a second before looking away from it.  He had been in this room long enough he had forgotten that there was a camera up in the corner.  Though if he wanted to be honest the angels watching was probably scarier than whoever was in this lab.

Atsuro went to take on the bowls of soup that Ludger had brought back with him when the older boy asked if he really did mean what he had said earlier.  

“Umm of  course I meant it.  I mean I’ve only known you as Ludger Will Kresnik so to me you’ll always be Ludger Will Kresnik not Ludger Bakur.   Though I’m guessing your asking cause words already out huh?”  It wouldn’t surprise him that everyone in this building already had heard that Ludger was Bisley’s son.  “Hmm I guess at this point I”m not sure if you’d prefer people to look at you as the son of the most powerful man Tokyo or, the brother of a terrorist.”  

Atsuro just shook his head a bit after saying that.  “Sorry that was probably pretty insensitive of me to say.  Just remember... you are Ludger Will Kresnik nothing more and nothing less.  Don’t let what other people say bother you.”  Though that would probably be easier said then done so, time to get off this topic and fast.

“So um...you’ve never really talked about him....what is your brother like?”

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Sentence Meme sentences

“Are you crazy?”

“Are you even listening to me?”

“Are you even listening to yourself?”

“Are you sure they won’t find out?”

"Are you sure this is legal?”

"Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”

"Are you threatening me?”

“Be mine.”

“Do I know you?”

“Do you love me?”

“Do you remember this?”

“Do you trust me?”

“Don’t go.”

“Don’t let me die”

“Don’t look at me like that.”

“Don’t make me beg.”

"Don’t you dare come near me!”

“Don’t you dare.”

“Explain yourself.”

“For you, I would _____”

“Give it back.”

“Give me another chance.”

“Have you ever even done this before?”

“How drunk are you right now?”

“I already regret this.”

“I am not wearing that.”

"I can’t believe you missed that.”

“I can’t do this anymore.”

“I can’t even look at you.”

“I could kill you!”

“I dare you.” or “I dare you to _____.”

“I didn’t do it.”“

"I didn’t know you could do that.”

“I don’t want to look at you right now.”

"I guess this is goodbye.”

"I hate you.”

“I have to go.”

“I just want to cuddle.”

“I know your secret.”

"I love you, but I really wish I didn’t.”

"I love you.”

“I miss you so very much.”

“I missed you.”

“I need a drink.”

“I need a hug.”

“I never really loved you.”

“I owe you.”

“I think I broke it.”

“I think I’m falling in love with you. ”

“I think I’m forgetting something.”

“I think it’s broken.”

"I trust you.”

“I want to be yours.”

“I want to try this thing I read in a book.”

"I want you. Naked. In my bed. Now.”

“I’ll be there in five minutes.”

”This is really inappropriate.”

"I’m all for spicing thing’s up, but isn’t this a bit much?”

"I’m bad for you.”

"I’m dying.”

“I’m going to be sick.”

“I’m not speaking to you anymore.”

“I’m pregnant and it’s yours.”

“I’ve never heard that one before.”

“If you stay quiet, no one will know.”

"Is that my shirt?”

“It was me”

“It’s so beautiful.”

"It’s time to choose.”

"Just five more minutes.”

“Just go.”

“Just leave me alone.”

“Just let me die.”

“Just relax.”

“Just what did we do last night?”

“Kiss me you idiot.”

“Kiss me.”

“Make me.”

“Marry me?”

“My Parents don’t know”

“My parents know.”“

"Never again.”

“Nh, don’t be so rough!”

“No, that can’t be my baby.”

“No! You can’t die on me now!”

“Put it away.”

"Put your trousers on!”

“Put. The. Weapon. Down.”

“Shut up and listen.”

“Take responsibility.”

“That isn’t mine.”

“That looked easier on TV.”

“That sounds painful.”

“That was a bad plan.”

“That’s mine!”

"That’s the cheesiest pickup line I’ve ever heard.”

“They’re coming.”

"This seems familiar.”

“This stays between us.”

“Truth hurts, don’t it?”

“Want to hear a secret?”

“We need to talk.”

“We’re moving too fast.”

"Well that was unexpected.”

“What are we doing here?”

“What are you afraid of?”

“What are you touching?”

“What are you?”

“What do you need?”

“What happened to you?”

“What have I done this time?”

“What if someone catches us?”

"What sort of noise was that?”

"What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“What were you thinking?”

“Where are my clothes?”

“Where did you find this?”

“Where do you even find this sort of thing?”

"Where were you?”

“Who’d have guessed you could pull such a face?”

"Why are you wearing that?”

“Why yes, I am as think as you drunk I am.”

“You could have died!”

"You could have killed someone!”

“You coward.”

“You don’t need to be so gentle.”

"You drive me crazy!”

“You have ten minutes, so make it quick.”

"You lied to me!”

“You mean everything to me.”

“You owe me.”

“You. Come. Snuggle. NOW!”

“You’re all out of ____.”

“You’re an idiot.”

"You’re bad for me.”

"You’re dead to me.”

“You’re pregnant and It’s mine”

“You’re really good at this…”

"You’re so weird.”“

"You’re under arrest.”

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Though a bit later than promised, Ludger came knocking on Atsuro’s door 45 minutes later, a tray with two perfectly warm bowls of soup in his hands and his keycard clenched in his teeth so he could open the door without any awkward fiddling. Once he put the tray down, Ludger spit out his card and started wiping away the saliva with his coat.

“Trying to sleep off all the bombshells, White-san?” He tried to poke a bit of fun to help lighten the rather oppressing atmosphere their earlier conversation spread. “ Not that I blame you– cooking just barely worked to settle my nerves. Although it was hard to really get into things when the few people I did pass by around the hallways either wouldn’t stop staring at me or backed away when I got close.” 

Ludger could already guess why– whoever was manning the security desk when Remiel said Ludger was Bisley Bakur’s son must have immediately thought to tell the Director. Few personnel were allowed to see him directly, so this person likely had to tell their director superior and pass the news up the grapevine; someone within the chain was bound to talk. And rumors got around fairly easy in a confined space like a secret laboratory. 

Just in case Atsuro didn’t catch anything he said, Ludger gently nudged his friend to wake him up (if he were asleep). “After you start eating, could I ask if Remiel-san said anything to you since I left? I was wondering since we did suddenly butt him out of the conversation after what he told us about Bisley…” Harder than ever not to cringe a little when saying that name. He wasn’t sure how to classify their “new” relationship. 

Atsuro didn’t hear Ludger when he came back in as he ended up passing out when he laid down to rest his eyes.  He hasn’t had any real good nights sleeping since he was take here so his body finally gave out and needed sleep, so anything Ludger said was completely missed.

Atsuro just groaned a bit feeling Ludger gently shake him to wake him up.  He wanted to continue sleeping but he knew that he had to eat and, Ludger did make him food so he didn’t want it to go waste.

Atsuro just sat up and rubbed his eyes before taking one of the bowls of soup.  “Ummm no he didn’t say anything else.  I think he left though to be honest he could still be around watching for all we know.”  He wondered if maybe Remial was indeed watching them to make sure no demons would be summoned.