nysalogs | Closed ♪ You think you know about me

Of all the shit I've done, getting random people sick with a dirty bomb isn't exactly on my list of to-do's. [ He'd been quite turned off by the entire episode, if he's honest. That's not his brand of terrorism, in round about terms, as bad as that sounded. Of all dirty tactics in the world that Duo wasn't opposed to, giving people potentially life-threatening illnesses isn't on his list even remotely.

And, of course, to toot his own horn - ]

And if you really know me, you know that had I rigged this place it, and we, would be sky high right now.

[ And speaking of sky high - ]

Like you can be if you really think I don't see that.

[HOLDS HIS HANDS UP LIKE-- well, like there's a gun in his face.]

Oh? See what? You never did say I couldn't move, did you?

Besides, for you to be this confident-- I'd say you're probably not going to shoot me.

[At least, probably not fatally. That's the sort of move one might pull when they think they're cornered, and he's seeing now that he can't buff his way into making Duo think that he is.]

No, but you'd think a gun under your chin would make you smart enough not to try to grab. [ He's unamused and his face says it all, a cross of bemusement and .. well, being irritated at the situation, honestly. How the hell was he striking out so much in this damn place? It's frustrating as hell. ]

Oh? You're too used to dealing with normal people I think. I can still be confident and put your grey matter on the ceiling at the same time. Of all people that spook at gore I think you know I'm the wrong one.

[ Duo is, of course, armed to the teeth - when isn't he? But he's not going to back down so easily, either. Mephisto isn't the first or last person he'll pull a gun on if he has to in this place. ]

So, how are we solving this? I'm leaving, either way.

Well, I'd say you have a few options in front of you! You could simply turn and leave and hope that I won't follow or try to stop you.

[He taps the side of his own head.] You could put a bullet through my head and walk out of here a free man.

Or... I suppose we could make a deal? One of mutual benefit, perhaps!

The fact you bothered to stop me so dramatically in the first place makes me think there's no way you're letting me just leave now.. [ Again that sort of lips drawn back expression, not very amused with the situation and mostly wanting out of here with the least amount of fuss. Sometimes a guy just wanted to raid a place without it being a big deal, okay? Sometimes he just wanted to info grab for the sake of it.

The idea of a 'deal' of mutual benefit, though.. Duo's eyes narrow slightly, giving him an intent look. ]

Elaborate, would ya? If you take too long I'm just gonna go, as a heads up.

I'm glad you catch on quickly. [Yeah, that one wasn't really much of an option...]

My offer is simple. I'll allow you to leave unharmed, and shall even assist you in escaping unseen... and in return, you'll tell me anything you discover about this place and its secrets.

I can't exactly afford to risk losing my job by snooping around myself, after all. Why, if your information proves to be promising, I might even consider sweetening the deal with a bit of silver.

Consider silver? [ Nope. Doesn't seem to strike a deal just yet Mephisto. Duo, in fact, stuffs his hands on his hips pretty quickly, brow raised to the sky as he looks at him, as if waiting for the laugh and just joking or something like that. ]

So basically what you're saying is I take on all the risk and you don't even have to give me anything for it? What the hell says I can even trust you or why you're asking me to do all of this for you?

[ Yep, spinning his gun round his finger, a little bit agitated - ]

Get out with that. I'm leaving.

Oh, are you now? Hmm, it seems there's something of a misunderstanding here...

[Duo better hope he has a good grip on his gun right now, otherwise he might just drop it. In an instant, he'll feel a strange force barreling towards him, throwing him up against the nearby wall on his back, as if gravity suddenly decided to work horizontally. It pins him there, hanging a few inches off the ground with no real way to kick off of it.]

[Of course, the force on his arms and legs is a bit weaker -- if he struggles enough, he should be able to at least move his arms.]

It appears I've given you the impression you have a choice in the matter!

[ Thankfully he'd done the spinning number hundreds of thousands of times by now - it doesn't clatter to the ground, caught as Duo tries to put it back in his palm. Which he doesn't quite get right away, actually, laughing lightly.

This is just great. His favorite thing that's happened to him to date.

Just wait until he gets his gundam. He exerts the most effort in getting his gun back in to his palm for the moment, finger on the trigger and the lot - ]

I always have a choice. I'm the God of Death, like you said. [ He ego also helps. Always. ]

I just missed a great chance to neutralize the problem before it became one. My mistake - but it won't happen again.

Either way, I'm not doing shit for no payment, buddy. Like it or not.

[God, the ego. Truly a human after his own heart.]

Oh, I can understand that. You may not have a choice in how you're going to secure your escape today-- but I never said I wasn't open to negotiation!

[No, but he also never said he was?? He's just having too much fun trying to piss him off, really.]

[He snaps his fingers and a handful of silver coins appear in his hand, which he juggles in the air by floating them around.]

How does 500 sound? Just as a baseline, of course... depending on just what you're able to uncover, I can double it-- ah, or even triple! This place is hiding many, many secrets, after all.

And as a fellow refugee from another world... I'm sure you're just as eager as I am to figure them all out.

And you're assuming I am. [ Sure he's in precarious spot right now, pinned against a wall and all of that. It doesn't seem to bother him much, but then again, Duo's stared down the barrel of Heero Yuy's gun before. There's probably not much that's more death defying than that.

The floating coins and all are a nice party trick and all, but Duo's not distracted from Mephisto's face for long. Occasionally his hands and feet give little movements, gauging how much control he has if the need arises. Of course it's not ideal to be pinned to a wall like this, but if he lost his head every time he was pinned he'd be dead by now. ]

Why the hell are you working here if you're so suspicious of it, anyways?

Better yet, who are you working for?

Ah, my mistake! I suppose you're welcome to refuse my offer no matter how I sweeten the deal, but I can't promise this little encounter will end on your favor if you insist on doing so.

[He makes a little show of flipping the coins up with his thumb and catching them in his palm -- each seemingly disappearing with a little poof of smoke as he does. Show off.]

But I'm not working for anyone. I may be taking advantage of the facilities here for my own purposes, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to dedicate myself to their cause!

Yeah, real scary. [ From the dude using party tricks and the lot right in front of him? He'd rather eat trash again and subsist than deal with that mess. Besides, if he's already pinned to the wall, his mood is already questionable as well to begin with.

Eyes roll as the coins disappear, one of those little disgusted side pulls of his mouth settling in. ]

If you aren't working for anyone and all that good crap then why the hell am I still against a wall while you're trying to get me to agree?

Not very friendly terms, you know.

Hm? Isn't that obvious?

Because it's more exciting this way!

[...HE'S BEING COMPLETELY SERIOUS it's not like he really intended to kill the guy, even if he were to be completely uncooperative. Maybe spook him a little before handing him over to the guards. Or make a deal if he proved useful! But his methods... well, just look at his outfit, he's pretty damn Extra in just about everything he does.]

Exciting? [ There's something about Duo's face and the disbelieving tone that says he thinks that the's screwing around, but... then again...

Considering everything else he's said and done since he ended up in this little precarious situation? Something telling him he isn't, and that's more than enough for the former Deathscythe Pilot.

Though, sometime soon he might want to learn to shut his damn trap.. ]

God, you can't be that dense, can you?

I could ask you the same, Mr. Maxwell. Should you really be leveling insults at me before I've released you from the wall?

[Dense? Or just crazy? Surely the latter is more likely here.]

If you know me enough to know my name and the like, I think you know that I don't really care about that. [ Duo is a little of both, honestly, still testing the level of pressure against his limbs and the rest in the moment. ]

I'm not agreeing to anything until I've got my hands.

And how can I be so sure you're not going to just shoot me once your hands are free?

[I mean, he could pretty easily take the gun away. But he figures that'll just fall into the same not-agreeing-until-I've-got-my-x gambit.]

You can't be, really. [ Well, he's a fairly honest terrorist at least. Annoyingly honest, considering he could've just lied to get down, but he has a feeling that if this guy knows him somehow that was going to be as see-through as glass dinnerware and he isn't really about that kind of life.

It's annoying enough to be called out about it, to be honest. ]

But so long as you don't give me a reason to, I don't see the point in wasting my ammo, either.

Hmm, I suppose that's true. But that, too, is exciting in a way, isn't it? Very well!

[And with a snap of his fingers, Duo will feel the hold on his arms loosened. In fact, everything is, essentially freeing him from the wall. It would be a simple matter to throw him up against it again, after all.]

Fufu-- better?

If you're in to that sort of thing. [ Granted... Duo is probably a little in to that sort of thing. You know, the whole possibility of being hurt or otherwise maimed in an effort to keep himself his own actor and all. There's no being a gundam pilot if one isn't crazy enough to like some danger every now and then. He's glad to be released, but still feeling a little bit beefed by his entire ordeal - ]

Marginally. [ It seems unnecessary to say it'd be a lot better to be clear of this place as a whole, considering - ] Now I guess it's up to you to sweeten your deal some.

My, how quickly you fall back into bargaining! Didn't we already establish that I'm the one with the upperhand here? There's little stopping me from turning you over to the guards should you refuse to accept my proposal.

I've already made my offer of additional silver. But considering the extent of my own powers and influence, I would think it goes without saying that there's much more I could offer you should you prove yourself to be useful enough to warrant it.

After all-- I caught you rather easily! And as much as I may be a special case, I'm not partial to those who are so prone to failure.

What can I say? I don't like a shit end of a deal. [ Though the offer to turn him over to the guards garners a little laugh, hands flying up as if to say he was more than welcome if that's what stroked his ego. At least, he thinks, the guards wouldn't have freaky, weird ass powers and he could probably just pummel them and make it the hell out of there. ] Feel free to do what you want, and when your guards wake up a few weeks later you can explain to them who you gave them to willingly.

[ Since he seems to know so much abut him, anyways - ] Honestly, you keep talking about your power ad influence so much it's enough to make a guy think you might be talking out your ass. How much ego stroking does one guy need?

Prone to failure? [ Honestly he kind of wants to just blow his head off for that one (prone to failure that), but decides that's probably not the best idea.]

Excuse me for not providing for dudes with an ego the size of Jupiter and weird ass powers instead of brute force. Most people have balls enough to actually handle other people physically instead of standing at the other end of a hallway for their measuring contest. [ Flippant, as always, even when threatened. ]

[He just laughs-- please, did Duo assume he was going to just hand him over in one piece?? He's already made it clear enough he's not going to kill him, and for the moment, he's being pretty generous in not actually hurting him either. But that doesn't mean he won't.]

[...even if he is Duo Fucking Maxwell and he kinda wants to be tomodachis. But that's pretty unlikely at this stage.]

Oh? Have I offended you by not simply moving in for a more physical approach? Well, if that's what you're in into, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

[He says as he starts to slowly close the distance between them, hands neatly folded behind his back. He'll stop if Duo draws his weapon, but if allowed, he'll just get right up in his face.]

But don't you think you're underestimating me a bit too much? If anyone is talking out their ass here, I'd say it's you. After all-- you really have no idea just who or what you're dealing with right now.

[ You know, Duo isn't all that renowned for his brains (even tough he probably should be considering everything he knows is kinda sorta self taught) - but in the moment he's definitely not raising his weapon. Instead it's one of those devil may care kind of smirks where he knows he's up shit's creek but isn't about to back down on the principle alone, even if he's out manned and now has Mephisto looming over him. ]

If I was the type of guy who liked to know absolutely everything about a place or a person before I swooped in and turned it in to an absolute shit show I wouldn't have chosen terrorism, now would I? [ The smile cold be mistaken for sweet, but the look in his eye definitely isn't. ]

Ya leave that kinda mapping thing to a military salt.

I just prefer to barge in and blow it all up, but I think you should know that already.

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I somehow deleted this notif and forgot to hit post before, huffs

that feel... i've done this too

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