[ @SuitePrwnsLove ]
[ hanahaki au! i’m setting this back to before hiso regains his memories of citron- for uh. obv reasons ww ]
[ tws also for mentions of blood and hanahaki ]
@LiarsMagic you...
[ ... he has a point. there's no point in being hasty here. with a click of his tongue, sherlock moves to the source of the panic, where watson was surely waiting. ]
[ mr holmes! ]
[ sherlock smiles ever so politely, taking a seat across moriarty. ]
i shall accept that invitation.
[ this is how it should be, a clash of wits and ideals, all hidden behind a smiling facade. ]
@lillyusagi why not...?
[ what a strange man, and what a strange feeling. even with his neutral expression, hisoka can see the sadness rolling off him in waves. ]
... who are you to me...?
[ maybe... that might be the key. ]
@lillyusagi [ a bunny hops out, pure white fur and red eyes. it scampers up to hisoka, who picks it up. ]
baran…
[ the bunny squeaks, nuzzling hisoka’s arm. ]
wait… why did i leave this place then…?
@LiarsMagic —!
[ … so he was planning something after all. ]
you don’t actually suppose i’d let you leave when what i just heard was basically a confession, do you?
[ sherlock stands too, a hand curling around his sword cane. ]
@lillyusagi [ there’s a non-committal hum from him, who doesn’t look up again just yet.
milky white flesh that almost seems to glow in the dark… under the moonlight, he feels rather out of place. ]
i… used to…?
[ there’s a a rustle from the bushes. ]
@LiarsMagic that might be so, professor.
[ sherlock takes his time, moving his pieces accordingly. ]
however, it is only that i haven’t uncovered the pieces yet. though frustrating, it does make the rest of the puzzle that much more intriguing.
[ soon, i’ll figure out how you tick. ]
@lillyusagi [ … it sounds like a familiar name. hisoka raises his head, looking at the man towering above him.
how strange. he feels like he knows this person, but he doesn’t. or perhaps, what he recognises is the whirlpool of emotion in those steel blue eyes. ]
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@LiarsMagic i don’t believe i see any, and you don’t seem all that bothered about it.
[ sherlock wonders what the monocle-wearing man is playing at. click. ]
@LiarsMagic [ an uncovered peridot gaze flickers over to moriarty, then back to the chessboard. ]
even while the sky is such a vibrant blue?
[ click. it’s moriarty’s move again. ]