[He definitely woke up in the pit. However, he does not look in any way alarmed by this state of affairs, actually; instead, he looks as one might if they've stepped in a particularly large pile of dog shit and it's gotten not only on their shoes but on their trousers as well, and now need to deal with the inconvenience of cleaning it up when they'd really rather just burn both and have done with it.]
Again? Really? I thought we were done with this already! Aren't we supposed to be in the middle of a mission now?? What happened to finding the "king"???
[Ahhhh the smell of a terrible misunderstanding about to brew in the not-morning. Delightful.]
[ Sitting across the pit, his back to the soil wall and his scarred arms crossed over his chest, John regards this man with weary suspicion. Nearly all of the King's victims are mad, at least by the time he's finished with them— but generally they are mad in a quiet, creeping, paranoid sort of way. Frazzled and jittery until they buckle under his influence and become worshipful and serene.
He does not know what to make of this. When he speaks, his voice is too deep for his body and echoes with a strange distortion: ]
[Sorry, what. The King has found him? Isn't this the Krampus cage again, requiring them to speak their deepest vulnerabilities to be freed? Dazai blinks a couple times, and says:]
Ah. Is this is about blowing up the carriage door? I don't even remember getting arrested. ...Or you being there, actually.
HI RONA batty again. pulling this guy out of his jamjar for bonus shits and giggles
Again? Really? I thought we were done with this already! Aren't we supposed to be in the middle of a mission now?? What happened to finding the "king"???
[Ahhhh the smell of a terrible misunderstanding about to brew in the not-morning. Delightful.]
lets gooo
He does not know what to make of this. When he speaks, his voice is too deep for his body and echoes with a strange distortion: ]
It seems the King has found you.
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Ah. Is this is about blowing up the carriage door? I don't even remember getting arrested. ...Or you being there, actually.
[...]
Do quantum space trains have lawyers???
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[ John snaps it as though there was some implied accusation. Then he narrows his eyes and tries to parse this nonsensical string of words. ]
What are you even talking about? You were... on a train?
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Before I explain, a question of my own first, if you will. Does the name "Etraya" mean anything to you?