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regallibellbright · 1 year

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WIP Sunday! In the hopes that posting something about it forces me to get back to this one sooner rather than later.

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“I suppose not,” Joshua says, back to his normal smirk. “And if I said ‘oh, that’s the only reason’ and left, what would you do then? You already knew about my ‘evil plan’ when you called me here.”

“I wanted to know what you wanted,” Shiki says. “That doesn’t mean I’d take any offer you made. Some things aren’t worth selling your soul for.”

“But apparently, some might be?” Joshua fiddles with his hair again. “We don’t actually do that, you know. It’d be a waste of a perfectly good soul.” Like Shiki cares? But Joshua just laughs and continues. “I admit, you have me curious. What kind of deal would you sell your soul for?”

She should tell him to knock it off. She should run. She should forget this whole stupid plan and tell Rhyme she was dumb for even considering it. (But Yamasaki’s Partner thought he should put the jacket back on. But even if it was cheating, it might be worth it, for Neku. But a favor for the evil plan just doesn’t feel right, after this many months.)

#writing with regalli #Joshiki Timeskip Fic #Shiki two years later: *listening to and gleefully enabling Tin Pin Slammer fandom drama with rapt attention*#it’s great entertainment #part of the reason this one’s tricky is that I’m probably going to write this scene from BOTH POVs #because Joshua’s playing into what Shiki thinks of him here so much #the other reason is that the first few scenes will need heavy reworking #reel and deal #ultimately keeping the legacy tag because wow throwback to before this got a title #but I still love this snippet on its own it should get its proper tag #(sadly I CANNOT find my original Like A Butterfly-inspiring post. alas.)#(it got into the final author’s note.)

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