[It's later in the night when Haruka returns to the cabana... mostly in tact, largely thanks to Wei Wuxian helping him get back because the idol is decidedly not anywhere near sober anymore. He's not blackout, but there's a flush to his cheeks and a sway to his walk as he collapses onto his own bed, even if he is well aware that Billy is just... right there. And he may have invited Kanon over last night, and he may have also called Billy a pervert at the trial while he was fighting(??) Sonya...
Ah...]
Did your injuries get healed up?
[Oh, he's also slurring.
(Which I am not going to type out because I'll die.)]
[Well, right as he's about prepared for bed (whichever sleepwear is the most comical for this situation tbh) Haruka stumbles his ass in. With a slight sigh, Billy folds his arms and once again finds himself taking the "Dad caught you coming home at 2am" tone. A bandage around his arm is fastened pretty well. Thanks.]
I'm right as rain, son. --it legal where you're from to get piss-drunk in public?
[He prefers this to bringing in Kanon, at least. And he didn't actually hear that last part since he was too busy head-butting Sonya to perceive the peanut gallery.]
[It's just Haruka! Unfortunately. Maybe Magolor or Vergilius will show up soon enough and make it a party.]
I don't usually... do this.
[The legality combined with the hell it would do for his image and a general disinterest in drinking... But, this place is already so different from the norm already.]
[Billy relaxes a bit hearing he doesn't do it often.]
Ain't worth makin' a habit out of it--fucks with your head without fail no matter how long it's been. Plus here, gettin' in your cups alone is just asking to be a target.
[He frowns, his tone much less coarse than it's been in public or around the cabana as a group.]
...take it you've never seen a dead man before here, huh?
Didn't think you would, you're civilian as they come. Lotta blokes turn to booze to not think about shite like seein' someone die right in front of ya. Knew plenty of those types in Armed Forces.
[Since they're on the subject of hard circumstances, Billy feels the need to ask.]
That's how they all are. Supes, folks with powers, whatever you wanna call 'em...they see blokes like you and me as playthings. If someone took away their powers, they'd all be pissin' themselves because the world ain't their oyster anymore.
[Some of his usual edge comes back as he speaks. If there are good people with superpowers, they're very very rare exceptions.]
Y'know what? I'm makin' you a shiv tomorrow. I'd say to tell Lobelia you'll cut his tongue out with it if he pervs on you again, but the freakshow might start gettin' his rocks off to that.
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week 2, post-trial
Ah...]
Did your injuries get healed up?
[Oh, he's also slurring.
(Which I am not going to type out because I'll die.)]
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I'm right as rain, son. --it legal where you're from to get piss-drunk in public?
[He prefers this to bringing in Kanon, at least. And he didn't actually hear that last part since he was too busy head-butting Sonya to perceive the peanut gallery.]
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...Not at my age.
[It's just Haruka! Unfortunately. Maybe Magolor or Vergilius will show up soon enough and make it a party.]
I don't usually... do this.
[The legality combined with the hell it would do for his image and a general disinterest in drinking... But, this place is already so different from the norm already.]
cw implied alcoholism
Ain't worth makin' a habit out of it--fucks with your head without fail no matter how long it's been. Plus here, gettin' in your cups alone is just asking to be a target.
[He frowns, his tone much less coarse than it's been in public or around the cabana as a group.]
...take it you've never seen a dead man before here, huh?
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He's surprised by the change in tone, and he does an awful job of keeping that surprise from his face.]
...No. Never. Why would I? I'm... just an idol, and this kind of stuff only happens in dramas and games.
cw implied alcoholism
[Since they're on the subject of hard circumstances, Billy feels the need to ask.]
Any of these cunts been threatenin' you?
Re: cw implied alcoholism
Itās funny, isnāt it? Kanon threatened me into hanging around with her.
[Probably because she gets a kick out of it, and Haruka very much doesnāt want to get exploded.]
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Dodgy bitch don't know any other way to keep people around when the crumpet act don't work for her then.
The nutter that gets off to breakin' bones, too--Lobelia. He make you think he might hurt you?
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[She's far from the worst person he's met, but considering some of the rest of the people on this island that's not a hard bar to clear.]
...I don't know. He seems like the kind of person who won't hurt you so long as you're valuable to him, but when that value runs out...
[He thinks he's fine for now, but in the future? When Lobelia's run out of things to record - or whatever it is that he wants from Haruka.]
Well. I hope that doesn't happen.
cw tongue gore
[Some of his usual edge comes back as he speaks. If there are good people with superpowers, they're very very rare exceptions.]
Y'know what? I'm makin' you a shiv tomorrow. I'd say to tell Lobelia you'll cut his tongue out with it if he pervs on you again, but the freakshow might start gettin' his rocks off to that.
cw self-harm, tongue gode
Yeah, I mean - heād probably definitely get a boner from that and heās already a lot to deal withā¦
[He huffs.]
It would probably be more effective to say Iāll cut out my own tongue.
Re: cw self-harm, tongue gore
Yep. Those types of freaks always get the nastiest when they can't think they own ya.
[Lobelia might be the type to call that bluff. Who's to say?]
...most Supes are like that, y'know. You meet anybody with these kinda powers where you're from?