[ hesitation again, fyodor is clearly thinking over something. or plotting but when is he not? ]
you know the set of small houses near that atrocious statue place, yes? third door with the scuffed handle. beneath the stairs is a door, easy to miss.
[ when chuuya arrives he'll find said door halfopen, and fyodor waiting inside. it isn't much of a space really-there is only a circular window high up which provides a clear escape route. the stairs over the room creak whenever someone uses them, alerting fyodor to any movements in the house. there is a bed, neatly made and mostly unused, then a desk, two chairs and stacks of books and notes. nothing here is too important, the notes are clearly a sort of guidelines of this place fyodor has been working on in his spare time.
his ushanka is folded on top of a stack of books, and there is the bow of a musical instrument on the floor by the bed. the only thing that looks recent is how the chairs have been arranged and the two chipped teacups that will serve as glasses. the bottle is unopened and clearly expensive despite the rest of the room's things which probably are closer to garbage than anything.
[You know, he really shouldn't judge how a guy lives when he spent his childhood calling a dried out sewer tunnel 'home' but...
Damn. What the fuck? He's living like this willingly?
Chuuya looks around the dingy room from where he stands on the steps, the wood creaking ominously beneath his feet.]
You know, I'm pretty sure the inn isn't so crowded you couldn't find a place less likely to fall down around your ears if you sneezed too hard? But I guess this works.
[He'll take a seat in one of those chairs, quirking a brow at the strange dissonance between the teacups and the clearly pricey vodka.] Nice taste in booze, though.
[ he lives like this willingly and it's more presentable than his second hiding place. you got the tour of the luxury accommodations. the second place doesn't even have a bed. the second place is not even a room intended to be a bedroom but...no one is ever seeing that location.
fyodor looks up, gesture towards the chair as chuuya takes a seat and plays the part of perfectly polite host as if he's not in ...well, here. ] It would be rude to offer you anything else. [ he would offer it to anyone who he trusted enough to invite here, which honestly? not even a list of names. ]
The inn is also loud, out in the open, and thus an easy place to kill someone. [ he pours out a generous cup of vodka for both of them and then sits. ]
[Fyodor please, have some care for your own comfort??? At least bring in some bedding, damn. Chuuya's already memorized the location of this place and is planning to bring a few things over just so he isn't stuck thinking of the man living this pathetically.]
Well, you have my thanks for your hospitality. [He settles into his chair, quirking a brow as Fyodor pours.] Yha know, there are ways to make that a little less likely even in a crowded inn.
[he'll take the cup up, raising it in a toast.] Cheers. Or is it 'Nas Zdorovie'? Can't quite remember.
[ which, if he does, might cause fyodor a minor crisis or two because he expects nothing of the sort. he inclines his head. ] I am certain there are ways to do that but the risk is still high, especially given that we have no control as to who comes and what they remember when arriving.
[ fyodor raises his own, a small but genuine at the phrase. ] Close, it's vashe zdorov'ye, to your health, Chuuya-san.
[ because toasting to his own is simply a terribly ironic toast. down the vodka goes and he feels the warmth spread instantly. ]
[Too bad, Fyodor's gonna find a care package left here within a week.] Fair enough, I guess. But you could at least get a few throw pillows and a rug for your own comfort, if nothing else.
[There's clear humor in his tone, but in truth he does think the man could use a few more blankets.
He smiles at Fyodor at the toast, downing his own cup and savoring the quickfire burn of the alcohol.] Right, vashe zdorov'ye.
I'm afraid I don't speak Russian fluently, I just picked up a few things over the years. Languages are useful in the business.
[And as Kouyou had been delighted to discover, Chuuya had a knack for them as a teen.]
My own comfort? [ he looks momentarily perplexed about the notion of it before catching onto the joke, and fyodor offers: ] I suppose I could hide something under a rug with which to kill someone.
[ a half-questioning eye is kept on chuuya to see how he enjoys the vodka. as far as he knows the other drinks often, and prefers expensive drinks despite his seeming status as a lightweight. fyodor only notes to get water at some point from the sink upstairs. ] You have rather good pronunciation for not being fluent, picking it up wouldn't be difficult.
Japanese, French, English, what else do you speak?
Yeaaah, no I mean like... Something so you don't get splinters if you go barefoot down here. [Though maybe Fyodor is allergic to removing layers, who knows.
He hums in appreciation as he takes another sip. It's a nice, smooth burn.] Damn this stuff is good. Hits hard but hits nice.
[He's going to be absolutely drunk within a cup or three.] Keeping tabs on me huh? Besides those, I can speak a bit of Russian and just enough Mandarin to get by. I can parse a bit of a few others by ear, but not speak 'em. I can also read French and English, though the first was for personal reasons.
[He shrugs lightly.] Pretty damn good for a guy who's never gotten a school diploma of any level.
[ fyodor brings the cup to his lips, an amused smile hidden as he takes another long sip. he will wait until chuuya finishes his drink before refilling their glasses. ] I think it would be dishonest to pretend I don't have information on you that would technically count as a boundary violation.
[ a tilt of his head, because he's not even sorry for it. ] You have done pretty well for yourself, Chuuya-san. There is no need to be modest about your achievements.
Nikolai would accuse the school system of being an instrument against finding true will. [ fondness. ] I do not put much stock in it. Nor the way most institutions in the world work.
Well obviously. You've already made it clear you know stuff about me that the government would be very keen to keep from getting out. I'm guessing those were among the documents you nabbed from the mafia, and if that's the case thank you for killing that snake Ace. [He downs the rest of his shot with a pleased sigh. It says quite a bit about how tipsy he already is that he's not shy about thanking Fyodor for killing another executive.]
I just didn't expect that research to extend to what languages I speak. Not particularly useful to you, is it? [He waves his glass idly before offering it to Fyodor once more. There's already a slight flush to his cheeks.] And hell yeah I have. School is overrated. I don't need to know who the emperor was 200 years ago, what's that info gonna do for me? Learning what you want, what you need... that's stuff you can do on your own. I'm sure as hell sure you didn't learn half the shit you know in a school, am I right?
[Said with a small grin. Criminals like them had a very different set of priorities.]
You are welcome, it was rather amusing watching him do the deed himself. [ he looks entirely too pleased with having caused a man an unwilling suicide. ] But if you must know, the more sensitive parts of your story did not come from his files. Even the military only has bits and pieces though far more extensive.
[ truly, chuuya's past had been a hunting down of information across two continents but it had been required. still. he leans across and refills both of their cups, making sure to keep his hands clearly in view. there are no tricks here, no attempt to slip anything into his drink and such.
fyodor shakes his head. ] I could not picture you at a traditional school, you would have been a delinquent either way. [ teasing. ] My own schooling was religious in nature, so I do not find it entirely a waste.
[ religion is important to fyodor after all, no matter how twisted it is inside. did he go to school though? who knows. at least it seems like he's willing to pretend he has. ]
Huh. That’s good to know. When I became executive i made sure those files were relocated personally, y’see. [They’d been part of his promotion reward, after years of hard work. By then he’d no longer been so desperate for answers, but the information was still welcome.] So unless you can read minds, they’d be hard to find through that route.
[there’s probably a fair bit on him back in france, since Verlaine and Rimbaud had managed to find him to begin with, but— he’s been very careful with what information he has.
Chuuya lets out a chuckle before knocking back his glass with a smug look at Fyodor’s guess, because—] Absolutely. I’d have driven teachers mad. But you… I can’t guess if you were a model student, or the ‘model student’ who made plenty of trouble but just didn’t get caught.
It does not bother you that I might already know? [ fyodor refills their cups, feels the warmth of the alcohol already setting into his body. oh, he is going to be well and truly drunk soon enough. good vodka will do that quickly, even if he is used to drinking this particular drink in moderate quantities. cheap vodka burns but it does not hit as hard as this.
a pause at the observation, he swirls his cup. what fyodor's past is has been burnt away from record, if there ever was anything to begin with.
dazai has already poked gently into his past, fyodor refused to give answers. but here he offers something:] I had the highest grades, and I was always in perfect trouble.
I'm not gonna say it doesn't bother me, frankly it annoys me a lil to have yet another person in on that baggage. But at this point there's more risk to various government and military big shots, if word gets out about what I am. Not a great look if it gets out that they ultimately provided the Port Mafia with a human WMD. And if they planned to make an issue of it after all these years of the Special Division knowing where I am, I'd be surprised.
[A nice humblebrag that he knows he's a little too strong for most conventional methods to contain. Maybe Meursault could with all the ability resistant building materials, but very few places existed that would withstand corruption.]
Plus, I doubt you're planning to try and ship off a feral vampire to a lab somewhere.
[Chuuya is, quite frankly already drunk, but it's a nice mellow sort of drunk for once as he accepts the refill with a small grin.] 'Perfect Trouble' huh? Yeah, sounds about right. You wouldn't settle for anything less, I bet.
I have never had an interest in selling the truth of your existence to others. I asked because I thought...perhaps you'd prefer if I pretended not to know. [ that it would make chuuya comfortable. fyodor knows he's not exactly...personable but he can try to be an effort to be polite, especially if it means chuuya might be more inclined to listen later down the line.
fyodor slumps back a little on the chair, the smile appearing with a hint of pride. ]
I enjoy doing things properly. If I was going to cause trouble, of course it had to be well executed and while there was never any proof of my involvement, I would be punished regardless.
[ a pause ]
They weren't wrong, of course, but it always seemed arbitrary to punish a crime with no evidence.
If you know, you know. It'd be way weirder if you pretended not to just for my comfort, frankly.
[Chuuya was a brutally honest man at times, and he preferred honesty from others. Irony given his profession, given the people he knows, but... it's the truth.]
Just don't bring it up all the time, or in the company of people who don't. Dazai knows, but otherwise? Keep it between us.
[Oh, that prideful little smile gets a cackle out of Chuuya. He's already quite inebriated, warm and comfortable, and the answering grin he gives after a moment speaks volumes.]
Yeah, that sounds exactly like you. The satisfaction of a perfectly executed plan. I feel for your classmates and teachers, damn! Unless they had it comin', of course.
[ fyodor places a hand over his heart. ] I swear not to speak of your origins to random strangers, cross my heart and hope to die. But I do not know if your accident with Corruption will cause questions in future. [ not that fyodor saw that but ] It shouldn't be too hard to misdirect anyone who gets curious and has more brain cells functioning than the average person.
[ leaning across, his ankle nudges chuuya's with ease. the advantage of looking like a pool noodle. ]
Who is to say if they did or did not? [ fyodor replies with a smile, sipping again. ] Maybe if you had been my classmate I would have been less inclined to mischief, it would have been too distracting to have had you in the same room.
Whoa hey, don't have to go all solemn and shit like that, geez. But that's much appreciated, nonetheless.
[He waves a hand through the air, sighing at the mention of last month.] Yeah I didn't quite make it all the way into town before Dazai got to me, but that doesn't mean nobody saw me using corruption, unfortunately. Luckily, there were a lot of people acting fucking crazy at the time and not just me.
[The offer to misdirect anyone who gets curious is nice honestly. Hopefully Fyodor won't need to, but... well, he's better at this stuff than Chuuya is.
The nudge of an ankle against his gets a look of surprise out of Chuuya, but it's quickly followed by a tipsy laugh, his own ankle sliding up against Fyodor's. Cute.]
From what little I can guess, I'd have made the perfect distraction for your troublemaking, since I'd have been a troublemaker myself.
Oh yes, I would've used you as a scapegoat time and time again. You would have wanted to punch me any time we crossed paths in the school halls. It would have been the bane of all teachers and students like, they would have avoided us like the plague. [ and honestly fyodor why are you getting so carried away with a hypothetical like this???
admittedly, fyodor will never stop being surprised when people are nice to him like this: easy touches, easy words. he nudges back, then shifts so chuuya's ankle is trapped between both of his feet. ]
Oh, probably. But we'd have ended up in the hallways or detention together, if I did. Maybe we'd have bonded over that? [It's a fun hypothetical to think about over several shots of vodka, honestly.
Oh Chuuya is so very drunk, from the near giggle that escapes him when Fyodor's little trap catches his foot. He wiggles it back and forth in the man's hold.]
Definitely. But it's a good kind of drunk when you've got someone to be drunk with, ain't it?
[And here comes Chuuya's other foot-- playfully tapping against his toes before sliding against the curve of one of Fyodor's feet... trailing up his calf, a little.
[ he refills both of their teacups to the brim and almost, almost spills over because they are now playing footsie.
fyodor's laugh is quiet, barely a breath lost under the sounds of their feet doing something as if they were teenagers in detention instead of two grown-ass men who regularly engage in crime for different reasons. ]
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[ he lies, he wouldn't even be offended if a joke about that cocktail was made
there is a long pause. then:]
how good is your sense of direction?
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[Though he might be offended if Fyodor made it with milk-- He's a perfectly fine height, okay!!!]
Pretty good. You can't rely on maps all the time on the job. So where do you want me?
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[ hesitation again, fyodor is clearly thinking over something. or plotting but when is he not? ]
you know the set of small houses near that atrocious statue place, yes? third door with the scuffed handle. beneath the stairs is a door, easy to miss.
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Inside or outside?
[He's already on his way out, frankly looking forward to an excuse to drink.]
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[ when chuuya arrives he'll find said door halfopen, and fyodor waiting inside. it isn't much of a space really-there is only a circular window high up which provides a clear escape route. the stairs over the room creak whenever someone uses them, alerting fyodor to any movements in the house. there is a bed, neatly made and mostly unused, then a desk, two chairs and stacks of books and notes. nothing here is too important, the notes are clearly a sort of guidelines of this place fyodor has been working on in his spare time.
his ushanka is folded on top of a stack of books, and there is the bow of a musical instrument on the floor by the bed. the only thing that looks recent is how the chairs have been arranged and the two chipped teacups that will serve as glasses. the bottle is unopened and clearly expensive despite the rest of the room's things which probably are closer to garbage than anything.
yes bitch he does live like this.
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Damn. What the fuck? He's living like this willingly?
Chuuya looks around the dingy room from where he stands on the steps, the wood creaking ominously beneath his feet.]
You know, I'm pretty sure the inn isn't so crowded you couldn't find a place less likely to fall down around your ears if you sneezed too hard? But I guess this works.
[He'll take a seat in one of those chairs, quirking a brow at the strange dissonance between the teacups and the clearly pricey vodka.] Nice taste in booze, though.
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fyodor looks up, gesture towards the chair as chuuya takes a seat and plays the part of perfectly polite host as if he's not in ...well, here. ] It would be rude to offer you anything else. [ he would offer it to anyone who he trusted enough to invite here, which honestly? not even a list of names. ]
The inn is also loud, out in the open, and thus an easy place to kill someone. [ he pours out a generous cup of vodka for both of them and then sits. ]
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Well, you have my thanks for your hospitality. [He settles into his chair, quirking a brow as Fyodor pours.] Yha know, there are ways to make that a little less likely even in a crowded inn.
[he'll take the cup up, raising it in a toast.] Cheers. Or is it 'Nas Zdorovie'? Can't quite remember.
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[ fyodor raises his own, a small but genuine at the phrase. ] Close, it's vashe zdorov'ye, to your health, Chuuya-san.
[ because toasting to his own is simply a terribly ironic toast. down the vodka goes and he feels the warmth spread instantly. ]
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[There's clear humor in his tone, but in truth he does think the man could use a few more blankets.
He smiles at Fyodor at the toast, downing his own cup and savoring the quickfire burn of the alcohol.] Right, vashe zdorov'ye.
I'm afraid I don't speak Russian fluently, I just picked up a few things over the years. Languages are useful in the business.
[And as Kouyou had been delighted to discover, Chuuya had a knack for them as a teen.]
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[ a half-questioning eye is kept on chuuya to see how he enjoys the vodka. as far as he knows the other drinks often, and prefers expensive drinks despite his seeming status as a lightweight. fyodor only notes to get water at some point from the sink upstairs. ] You have rather good pronunciation for not being fluent, picking it up wouldn't be difficult.
Japanese, French, English, what else do you speak?
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He hums in appreciation as he takes another sip. It's a nice, smooth burn.] Damn this stuff is good. Hits hard but hits nice.
[He's going to be absolutely drunk within a cup or three.] Keeping tabs on me huh? Besides those, I can speak a bit of Russian and just enough Mandarin to get by. I can parse a bit of a few others by ear, but not speak 'em. I can also read French and English, though the first was for personal reasons.
[He shrugs lightly.] Pretty damn good for a guy who's never gotten a school diploma of any level.
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[ a tilt of his head, because he's not even sorry for it. ] You have done pretty well for yourself, Chuuya-san. There is no need to be modest about your achievements.
Nikolai would accuse the school system of being an instrument against finding true will. [ fondness. ] I do not put much stock in it. Nor the way most institutions in the world work.
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I just didn't expect that research to extend to what languages I speak. Not particularly useful to you, is it? [He waves his glass idly before offering it to Fyodor once more. There's already a slight flush to his cheeks.] And hell yeah I have. School is overrated. I don't need to know who the emperor was 200 years ago, what's that info gonna do for me? Learning what you want, what you need... that's stuff you can do on your own. I'm sure as hell sure you didn't learn half the shit you know in a school, am I right?
[Said with a small grin. Criminals like them had a very different set of priorities.]
tw; suicide mention
[ truly, chuuya's past had been a hunting down of information across two continents but it had been required. still. he leans across and refills both of their cups, making sure to keep his hands clearly in view. there are no tricks here, no attempt to slip anything into his drink and such.
fyodor shakes his head. ] I could not picture you at a traditional school, you would have been a delinquent either way. [ teasing. ] My own schooling was religious in nature, so I do not find it entirely a waste.
[ religion is important to fyodor after all, no matter how twisted it is inside. did he go to school though? who knows. at least it seems like he's willing to pretend he has. ]
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[there’s probably a fair bit on him back in france, since Verlaine and Rimbaud had managed to find him to begin with, but— he’s been very careful with what information he has.
Chuuya lets out a chuckle before knocking back his glass with a smug look at Fyodor’s guess, because—] Absolutely. I’d have driven teachers mad. But you… I can’t guess if you were a model student, or the ‘model student’ who made plenty of trouble but just didn’t get caught.
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a pause at the observation, he swirls his cup. what fyodor's past is has been burnt away from record, if there ever was anything to begin with.
dazai has already poked gently into his past, fyodor refused to give answers. but here he offers something:] I had the highest grades, and I was always in perfect trouble.
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[A nice humblebrag that he knows he's a little too strong for most conventional methods to contain. Maybe Meursault could with all the ability resistant building materials, but very few places existed that would withstand corruption.]
Plus, I doubt you're planning to try and ship off a feral vampire to a lab somewhere.
[Chuuya is, quite frankly already drunk, but it's a nice mellow sort of drunk for once as he accepts the refill with a small grin.] 'Perfect Trouble' huh? Yeah, sounds about right. You wouldn't settle for anything less, I bet.
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fyodor slumps back a little on the chair, the smile appearing with a hint of pride. ]
I enjoy doing things properly. If I was going to cause trouble, of course it had to be well executed and while there was never any proof of my involvement, I would be punished regardless.
[ a pause ]
They weren't wrong, of course, but it always seemed arbitrary to punish a crime with no evidence.
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[Chuuya was a brutally honest man at times, and he preferred honesty from others. Irony given his profession, given the people he knows, but... it's the truth.]
Just don't bring it up all the time, or in the company of people who don't. Dazai knows, but otherwise? Keep it between us.
[Oh, that prideful little smile gets a cackle out of Chuuya. He's already quite inebriated, warm and comfortable, and the answering grin he gives after a moment speaks volumes.]
Yeah, that sounds exactly like you. The satisfaction of a perfectly executed plan. I feel for your classmates and teachers, damn! Unless they had it comin', of course.
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[ leaning across, his ankle nudges chuuya's with ease. the advantage of looking like a pool noodle. ]
Who is to say if they did or did not? [ fyodor replies with a smile, sipping again. ] Maybe if you had been my classmate I would have been less inclined to mischief, it would have been too distracting to have had you in the same room.
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[He waves a hand through the air, sighing at the mention of last month.] Yeah I didn't quite make it all the way into town before Dazai got to me, but that doesn't mean nobody saw me using corruption, unfortunately. Luckily, there were a lot of people acting fucking crazy at the time and not just me.
[The offer to misdirect anyone who gets curious is nice honestly. Hopefully Fyodor won't need to, but... well, he's better at this stuff than Chuuya is.
The nudge of an ankle against his gets a look of surprise out of Chuuya, but it's quickly followed by a tipsy laugh, his own ankle sliding up against Fyodor's. Cute.]
From what little I can guess, I'd have made the perfect distraction for your troublemaking, since I'd have been a troublemaker myself.
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admittedly, fyodor will never stop being surprised when people are nice to him like this: easy touches, easy words. he nudges back, then shifts so chuuya's ankle is trapped between both of his feet. ]
Ah, have we drunk too much now?
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Oh Chuuya is so very drunk, from the near giggle that escapes him when Fyodor's little trap catches his foot. He wiggles it back and forth in the man's hold.]
Definitely. But it's a good kind of drunk when you've got someone to be drunk with, ain't it?
[And here comes Chuuya's other foot-- playfully tapping against his toes before sliding against the curve of one of Fyodor's feet... trailing up his calf, a little.
Hm. Hm.]
Damn, how are you so fuckin' cute?
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fyodor's laugh is quiet, barely a breath lost under the sounds of their feet doing something as if they were teenagers in detention instead of two grown-ass men who regularly engage in crime for different reasons. ]
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