time5kip | Continuation

You really walked yourself right into it for me, I can't take any credit.

Fair enough.

I'll still consider it your victory just this once. And either way, I've been going easy on you - I've only asked you about things I'm concerned about.

So it doesn't count.

It definitely counts. That's hardly a free pass.

Fine. How about we blame both your issues and my increasingly embarrassing desire and acceptance for physical comfort on Lahabrea and Emet-Selch and decide never to talk about either of those ever again?

That isn't the source of my issues.

......But we can pretend it is so we don't have to talk about it.

It's fine, we're blaming them regardless of actual involvement. I mean, Emet-Selch is only the cause for the acceptance of physical comfort for me anyway, not the desire.

[ a pause ]

I'm going to go get coffee.

Well of course, we have that in common, it's the loneliness.

[Why does this keep happening.]

...Please do.

I'm starting to consider we really should get a contract to force us to stay silent until this is gone.

You couldn't have suggested that earlier?

It could be potentially inconvenient if we, you know, end up in a game and need to be able to speak.

Somehow I doubt that will happen while all this is going on. At the worst, even if we can't speak, we can write, can't we?

I suppose. But I'm still not willing to risk it.

I can make one to force silence on you if you would rather, though.

It's fine... I plan to stay here and not have to worry about it. At least you already know my secrets.

Well. Now you already know my embarrassing ones too.

Though speaking of secrets.

I assume by now you know everything of Lahabrea and Emet-Selch. In the interest on not making things too complicated, I think it's time I explicitly told you there are things the rest of Taisho can't find out.

Under any circumstance.

...I truly would cut out my tongue and drown in my own blood to keep from uttering a word of their secrets. The same of yours.

I know, but I thought it'd be best to let you know. It's different for you, since you never met Auracite, so nobody is going to expect you to care.

But I am helping them out, and Auracite is a shard and a member of Taisho. You can imagine how well that would go if the rest of the unit if they were to find out I'm helping others kill him.

I've made a contract with both Emet-Selch and Lahabrea that prevents me from talking about what we've been working on in any capacity - if I try to speak of it with people that are not already included in the contract as exception, I'll be unable to speak for a time.

Given our current situation, I am thinking of making a similar contract with you as well, just in case. I mean. It's likely better than you biting your tongue off and drowing in your blood.

[His eyebrows rise, but he's by no means upset by it. Quite the opposite.]

Time travel, I assume? Had I any such skills to offer, I would do the same, for any of you.

...If you can speak of it, does that mean I'm already an exception?

You're already included as an exception, yes.

And you'd be correct in guessing it's time travel. ... Though you know. Given your sword's power I wouldn't be surprised if you could really time travel as well. Being able to travel through space is a part of it, after all.

Then put me under oath too. Be certain I can say nothing under effects like these. It would Be preferable to having to kill myself.

[If he tries to ignore the idea of being able to time travel he won't have to blurt out how badly it makes him want to save his mother, right?]

[ time to get a new unhealthy obsession vergil ]

The enforced silence is the negative effect for it. If you start talking about my involvement in their schemes, then you'll be unable to talk for about 48 hours - that should take care of removing most of these truth effects.

Is there anything else you'd like to add to it?

[At least it would be more productive than dwelling on the idea that an 8 year old should have saved her and he's useless and weak because he couldn't. And therefore has to become the single most powerful thing in existence to make up for it.]

Hmm... No, I don't think so. That's clearly been effective enough for you so far. If there's anything else you want to keep me silent about, that would be fine too.

Well.

We could add that thing about you hugging me just earlier, I feel like it'd be apt.

You want me to not be able to speak of hugging you?

[He's kind of amused by that.]

I'd say yes just to see your reaction, but I can't lie, so no, it was a joke.

Give me a moment.

[ he always carries pen and paper with him for contract bullshit so he's gonna write it up - it's essentially exactly like the one he has with Lahabrea, if he tries to speak about Five's involvement with the Ascians he won't be able to talk for 24 hours. He will also not be able to WRITE about it and if he tries it will come out as gibberish.

There are exceptions - Lahabrea and Emet, obviously, and Glacies and Wildfire. ]

There we go. It only needs your signature.

Wildfire and Glacies?

[Well he's not complaining about it, that makes no difference to him. The rest is all fine too, and seeing as he's never had to have a signature, he hopes just writing "Vergil" is good enough.

At least he's finally learnt how to spell it. Does he have a surname? He doesn't know, probably not.]

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