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Where it came to his longstanding, often-estranged relationship with the currently-peeved-off-prince standing in his bedroom-office — L knew a handful of truths. He knew that when he left — which he did, often — it meant that he was slamming and locking some kind of proverbial door that made it so he really didn't have to listen to Soma talk about ... this.

What was it? Have you figured it out yet? You're so smart, aren't you, Detective? Are you still calling yourself that?

But that wasn't the only thing. The thing was, when he came back — which, just as sure as leaving, he always did — he found himself unwilling or unable to shut the proverbial door. He could not make Soma leave. He could not even focus on his longstanding Tetris game.

( Which, given the deflated music his computer has played out — he's just lost. )

L makes no big note of it. The bigger deal is standing in the middle of his office. Soma is speaking up again — vexed, obviously, by his inability to make real eye contact.

@raajasii asked ❛ i'm not leaving until we talk about this. ❜

The man shifts in his stationary crouch, shadowed eyes peering from a mass of black hair — overgrown, thick at the back of his neck. A regular recluse. It was a wonder Soma continued to seek him out whenever he came back. He thinks that they couldn't be more unalike, and that makes Soma a very good person.

❛ Yes ... ❛ He murmurs, appearing sad as his gaze lowers into his mug of old coffee. ❛ I suppose I should have expected that. ❛

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𝚅𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾𝚄𝚂 " 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 " 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂!

below is a list of starters from both sides of the conversation , with prompts geared toward scenes involving some sort of confrontation. prompts rage from friendly to not so friendly. please consider following for more prompts and please do not steal!

❛ i can't believe you hid this from me. ❜

❛ that's it. we need to talk about this. right here. right now. ❜

❛ don't see how we can get around talking about this anymore. ❜

❛ you can't just keep avoiding me! ❜

❛ i'm not leaving until we talk about this. ❜

❛ come on just . . . talk to me. ❜

❛ all this time . . . and it was all a lie? ❜

❛ i trusted you. ❜

❛ did you think i wasn't going to notice? ❜

❛ start talking. now. ❜

❛ when are you going to stop lying to me? ❜

❛ i just wanna talk. ❜

❛ can we talk about this? please? ❜

❛ i came to talk this out. ❜

❛ you and i can work this thing out. ❜

❛ enough lies. tell me the truth! ❜

❛ i just wanna know what happened. ❜

❛ you can tell me. ❜

❛ just . . . start from the beginning. ❜

❛ are we gonna talk about this like grownups? ❜

❛ can you just be an adult about this for once?! ❜

❛ i didn't think it was gonna be so hard to talk about it. ❜

❛ i don't wanna talk about it. ❜

❛ i said leave it alone! ❜

❛ it's not that simple. ❜

❛ can we just . . . not talk about this right now? ❜

❛ i didn't want to see you get hurt. ❜

❛ okay fine. you wanna talk about it? here it is , ❜

❛ i kinda hoped you would just ignore it. ❜

❛ okay , fine just . . promise you won't get mad. ❜

❛ i don't wanna lie to you. ❜

❛ i wish it were that simple. ❜

❛ we passed the talking stage a long time ago. ❜

❛ the truth is more painful. ❜

❛ the beginnings , still a little hazy. ❜

❛ stop saying i'm not taking this seriously! ❜

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remember when light was just imagining L as like his ultimate detective wet dream fantasy. because I do.

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L's least favorite cake? arguably a toss-up between coconut and carrot. it's for sure a texture thing regarding coconut cake and a taste/ethical thing regarding carrot cake.

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heartless?

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L's Apple Computers

death note is now twenty years old & the anime replaced the logos with generic knockoffs so it's no longer visually obvious that L's computers are macs but he is canonically an apple user. i've decided to gather up all this incredibly vital information about which specific devices he uses. his computers his laptop is a powerbook g4 titanium. his desktop is the powermac g4 mirrored drive doors version.

his operating systems for some reason, he is using a different OS on his laptop and desktop. both his computer models came pre-installed with Mac OS and macOS (then called OS X) in a dual-boot configuration. Mac OS is the classic line of operating systems; macOS is the current one. on his laptop, he's running one of the the classic Mac OS systems. this would most likely have been OS 9, as that was the version installed on the g4 laptops. macOS/OS X was the default option, so this was an active choice he made. he has his language set to japanese.

on his desktop, however, he's using the more contemporary macOS/OS X in english. (this also suggests english is the language he's more comfortable in, since the desktop is the one no one else sees.) these are a bit more difficult to visually distinguish, but it's probably panther, which would have been the contemporary one, since previous versions didn't have borders around their windows. he's got the dock collapsed, which was a built-in option.

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thinking abt jon sims, as a surprise to no one

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I miss s1 Jon's sass dearly I cannot lie...

details here because i actually like this

...and the ref!

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Jonathan Sims

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you don't have to believe me. i'm going to show you. -To L!!

❛   ... ?   ❛   He  is  not  one  to  convey  immediate  interest  without  cause   —   though,  shadowed  eyes  peer  out  from  beneath  a  mass  of  raven  black  hair  to  gauge, with some curiosity, the woman in front of him.  Yasuda  Eiko   —   a  sort  of legend in the underground world of heists, ploys and plots. L momentarily pauses his  never-ending  game  of  Tetris.

He  turns  his  head, bird-like   —   a  brief  cant  in  the  woman's  direction  to  indicate  SOMETHING  AKIN  TO  INTEREST.     ❛   I have my doubts.  But  you  have  my  blessing.   ❛     Skeletal  hands  grip  at  the  sharp  bend  of  his  knees.   ❛   — Though, if you do run into trouble, I  urge  you  to  bring  this  earpiece. That's how I'll be communicating with you.    ❛ @stealthrill

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thanks for sending in asks ! verrryy excited to get to them all

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you'll believe me? you promise? (For Jonathan Sims!)

BELIEF   —   AN   INTERESTING    CONCEPT    TO  PRESENT  WITHIN  THE  IVORY  TOWER  OF  THE  INSTITUTE;  though, one Jon  was  presented  with  time  and  time  again.  His gut instinct was annoyance. Though, perhaps it wasn't the plea for trust that annoyed him — but the fact that most people wrote their statements for Jon to record later. 

In   any   case,   the  plea  of  belief  often  preceeded  the  giving  of  a  statement.     Believe me, trust me, do you think I'm crazy?    These were   —   often difficult answers for the archivist to voice. 

( So  very  often,  those  that  came  to  the  Magnus  Institute  with  the  intention  of  giving  a  statement  were  troubled  in  their  own  right   —   whether  by  the  truly  paranormal  or  by  the  duress  of  their  own  mind   [  or both  ].   He'd  had  his  own  fair  share  of  strange,  somewhat  alarming  run-ins. In any case, he's gotten a bit more sensitive when approaching matters such as these ). 

With that in mind, Jon leans back in his chair.  Whatever  annoyance  he  might  have  felt  is  just  barely  visible  in  the  dark  furrow  of  his  brow, mouth drawn thin and thoughtful. The archaic tape recorder at his cluttered desk whirrs as long fingers tent at his chest. 

❛   I  can't  answer  that  yet.   ❛   Jon  replies  in  a  way  that  might  have  been  brusque.    ❛   You'll  have  to  give  me  your  statement,  first.    ❛ @burnlikeme

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wish i could go missing for a little bit and no one would freak out and then i could come back and they'd be like "did you have fun going missing" and i'd be like "yeah, thanks" and then i could do that every couple of months or so and it wouldn't be a big deal

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me writing L for the first time in 5 years and of course he's playing an endless game of tetris to pass the time

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" I just love interfering where I can" ( Lelouch & L)

❛ ...  I  had  guessed  as  much.  ❛  Words  quiet,  mumbled  against  the  pad  of  his  thumb   —   temporarily  affixed  to  his  bottom  row  of  teeth, where he nibbles at the nail with a quiet and difficult-to-break concentration.    BLACK  EYES  STARE  AT  THE  COMPUTER  SCREEN  IN  FRONT  OF  HIM.   Naturally  aware  of  Lelouch's  presence  in  his  office,  he's  still  rather  preoccupied  playing  a  game  of  Tetris  on  his  iMac. 

The game is somewhat endless. His free hand raises, jabbing a sole digit at a computer key. Clack-clack-clack.   ❛ Otherwise, why would you be here now? Maybe that's what I should be asking you.  ❛ Is he  actually  distracted, or is he just pretending to be so? We may not know.  @lightcreators

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what big teeth, pt. 2.

dialogue prompts from what big teeth by rose szabo.

i don't think anyone's asked what you wanted in a long time.

you're so young to be so cynical.

i've always wanted a daughter like you.

i need a little time to be alone.

i've never been very good at making friends.

god lives in empty places.

you have such a good heart.

let's talk about more pleasant things.

you'll believe me? you promise?

i just wanted to see you. i like looking at you.

why do people have to have a purpose?

i'm fine. more than fine, because i'm with you.

i wish you wouldn't pretend to rescue me.

you're generous. i like that about you.

i'm not sure i want anyone to know where i am.

you can't trick me anymore.

please. i need you to help me.

you don't know, or you don't like to know?

you don't know anything about me.

you don't know what i've suffered. what i've lost.

it's strange to remember how much i loved ___.

maybe i only liked the feeling of being wanted.

i've been alone most of my life.

i'm ready to hurt for what i've done.

all i can do is remember.

i will try to love all the parts of you, even the parts i cannot see.

i know it the way i know everything: metaphors, invisible signs.

you have a face like a renaissance saint's.

who are you when you're not with me?

charity can be another kind of spite.

you don't know what alone is.

you're lucky to have been born into a family that loved you.

i've never wanted to tell anyone, until you.

you don't have to believe me. i'm going to show you.

i felt like you do, once.

no one you love is ever fully yours.

are you going to kill me now?

is it you? tell me something only you would know.

you still ask for so little. i wish you would ask for more.

nothing you could say is silly to me.

i'm here. i'm going to fix this.

why be alone when you could be with someone who loves you?

you do like feeling sorry for yourself.

love feels like carrying an egg in your mouth.