WEEK 3 DAY 5: ......?

[wonderful_mods]

Mission:
Time Limit:
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions:
Wall Rewards: 5,000 Zeny
Reaped Rewards: 10,000 Zeny
Mission Rewards:

[Still no mission! But there's a couple things of note. Santa was gone yesterday, but now he's apparently come back to his house. And there might be familiar faces going into the Toy Factory. Other than that, though, there's nothing really different. It may also be of interest that there doesn't seem to be any repercussions for doing nothing yesterday...]

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[vexed_snake]

[Yeah, he's holding that stick down at his side. Even a psychopath has to eat, and while he's far from a picky eater, something that didn't qualify as crazed homeless man food was always welcome.]

Alright, then. Show me where it is.

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy smiles warmly and nods, landing and walking her way over to where the restaurant Ryoji took them to.]

...Thanks for, um, not eating the cute slime.

[vexed_snake]

I'm not sure the one I ate yesterday is agreeing with me, anyway.

[...at least you saved that particular slime?]

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy pauses and gasps.]

Y- you ate one...?

[vexed_snake]

It tasted a little bit like burnt sponge cake, actually...I think I overcooked it a bit.

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy is now upset.]

How could you do something like that!?

[vexed_snake]

I was hungry. I had a stick. Things just went from there.

[Like he cares what you think, pony.]

[shy_kindness]

['Shy sighs, knowing she can't do anything about that in the future. This human DID tell her he didn't know where any restaurants were.]

W- well, um... You could have asked other people where the restaurant if you were hungry...

[vexed_snake]

A restaurant's not the first thing I think of when I'm hungry. I'm used to having to fend for myself.

[There's a grin.]

You want to know what happened the last time I went into a restaurant?

[shy_kindness]

Oh, my goodness... That sounds just awful. You shouldn't have to fend for yourself like that all the time...

What happened?

[Fluttershy no don't ask that.]

[vexed_snake]

It's just the sort of life I lead. People don't seem to like having me around much.

[Not that he sounds particularly upset by that.]

The police were vexing me that day. That restaurant was the perfect place to pick up a few hostages at gunpoint.

[Taking him to a restaurant is still a good idea, right?]

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy's eyes go wide. Holding hostages? Fluttercruel's ready to take the rigns if anything goes wrong.]

O- oh my... Hostages?

[She shuffles her hoof a little and hides behind her mane.]

Um, w- what could you need hostages for...?

[vexed_snake]

The police won't shoot at you if they have to shoot through a hostage first. It was the easiest way to get out of there.

[Because going quietly with the police is never an option.]

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy sputters a bit. She' trying so hard to be patient with the human, but his attitude and actions are making it hard. What's making it even harder is that she's trying to keep Fluttercruel from taking control and beat Asakura into a bloody pulp.]

Y- you could've just turned yourself in...! And why were the police after you anyway...?

[vexed_snake]

[If Asakura has bothered to pick up on Fluttershy's discomfiture, he clearly doesn't care.]

Why would I turn myself in when I spent all that time escaping from jail in the first place? My lawyer was too incompetent to get me out...you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.

[When he talks about his lawyer, his fists clench, and there's a certain disgusted tone in his voice.]

[shy_kindness]

Why were you in jail in the first place? If you don't mind me asking, that is...

[vexed_snake]

I don't mind at all.

[He grins.]

I was vexed...and a few people got hurt. Some died.

[...really, it's a wonder the lawyer got his sentence reduced to only ten years.]

[shy_kindness]

That's... that's just awful! You can't go around doing those types of things!

[Aaand Fluttershy's starting to get frustrated again.]

That's probably why you ended up in jail! ...And used those poor hostages...! And, um, it's probably why your lawyer wasn't able to get you out of jail, either...

[Let's just tear out his throat and be done with this already.
No. That would be doing the same thing he's doing.
We'd be killing this bucker so he doesn't end up killing anyone else!
Fluttercruel, no. I mean no. No.
But- He- You- ...Urgh, FINE.]

[vexed_snake]

Why not? There's not much else I can do if I'm vexed.

[There is a very good reason many of his later visits to jail also included straightjackets...]

And that lawyer was useless. I should've killed him when I had the chance...

[Failure to kill said lawyer was what drove Asakura into the suicidal rage that led him to this place. Whoops.]

[shy_kindness]

There's plenty of other things to do when you're feeling angry or frustrated! What you do is just plain awful! What would your mother think if he saw you doing such things!?

[vexed_snake]

[That...makes him laugh more than it should.]

Nothing. My mother's dead. My parents vexed me. So did my brother.

[And there's absolutely no hint of remorse.]

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy... just stares in wide-eyed horror. Fluttercruel is just as shocked.]

[vexed_snake]

[Yes, Flutters, you're dealing with a genuinely terrible excuse for a human being. And he doesn't seem to care. He just grins in response to that wide-eyed horror. It's not the first time he's gotten a look like that, nor will it be the last.]

[shy_kindness]

[After a few moments, that horror transforms into anger. Ever feel what it's liked to be pulled by the ear? Because that's exactly what Fluttershy's doing to you. She'll be dragging you to the nearest bathroom to wash his mouth out with soap.

Fluttercruel is very amused by this.]

[vexed_snake]

[For a second, Asakura is too confused to react, but ow, hey, watch it, pony, that's his ear you're tugging on! He's making a few attempts to punch her off, but thanks to the way she's yanking on his ear, nothing connects.

Asakura's kind of stumbling in whatever direction she's pulling him, and he's got no idea what's going on here.]

You're really starting to vex me...

[And let's face it. Soap isn't high up on the list of "things Asakura makes use of regularly" anyway.]