TEXT ♞ IT WASN'T ME, MA

[optimistical]

If Retrospec gives you an item that you suspect is a murder weapon, what do you do with it? Should it be turned into the police or do you just keep it somewhere...? And what if you accidentally already got your fingerprints all over it...?

... hypothetically asking.

Comments

[compendiem]

Do your best to forget.

[optimistical]

How...

[compendiem]

Alcohol. Sledgehammer. Willpower.
I don't know.

[optimistical]

One of those options don't seem to fit in with the rest.

[compendiem]

Sorry. Willpower was a cop-out but I wanted to give three options. Disregard it.

[optimistical]

[ naegi's starting to really understand what kind of person minato is just from these two interactions... ]

Well, what do you do personally to forget about things? I hope it's not the sledgehammer option...

[compendiem]

[ A good person who has never done anything wrong in his life, gives amazing advice, and never jokes about dangerous things ]

:)

[optimistical]

[ i was going to link you to a pic on how i feel about minato but i realized that you had it on your profile, that second pic because it's true ]

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[compendiem]

[ I'm glad that's people's view of Minato bc it's true ]

That was a joke. The sledgehammer's reach is too long for self-inflicted corporal punishment, and I don't have close enough friends who would assist me.

[optimistical]

Wouldn't close enough friends be more likely to talk you out of asking them to hit you with a sledgehammer? If my friends asked me, I definitely wouldn't go through with it.

[compendiem]

Oh, you're right. There's a fine line between close friends and sledgehammer friends... Would you hit me with a sledgehammer?

[optimistical]

I'd hit you with one of those inflatable toy hammers?

[compendiem]

I'm disappointed.

[optimistical]

Can't we just become close friends rather than sledgehammer friends?

I don't think I'm even strong enough to lift a sledgehammer...

[compendiem]

I guess we can become close friends, and work our way down to becoming sledgehammer friends. I'm not sure if I can lift one either... But with training, we can get there. I want to be able to return the favor when needed.

[optimistical]

You're really insistent on this sledgehammer thing, aren't you?

I do want to get stronger and actually lift things but not for these reasons.

[compendiem]

How else can I forget things?
What are you training for?

[optimistical]

With time? Distractions?

Nothing in particular. I just want to train in general since I want to learn how to defend myself if there's another wave of monsters or if I get mugged again.

[compendiem]

Think that will help you forget about murderous knife-wielding dogs?

Again, huh. You should keep the knife.

[optimistical]

I'd definitely try time or distractions before I take anything to the head.

I'm definitely not going to use a past murder weapon for self-defence! I might just invest in pepper spray or something...

[compendiem]

Do your best.
Somebody can still stab you through their tears.

[optimistical]

That's true... but I've been thinking of picking up some sort of martial arts or anything to learn self-defence.

I just don't really know what one to pick up.

[compendiem]

Bare-knuckle boxing.