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[killectric]

so i just got here

and yeah i got the whole welcoming spiel so can it

i got separated from my friend somehow but hes gotta be here somewhere. if u see a kid named gon that wears all green and is way to cheerful lemme know.

oh and what happens if u just skip school? theyre telling me i have to go to school when the new semester starts. ive never went to school before though and it sounds like a waste of time.

[Something about the tight-knit government around here, how he arrived, and everything they knew about him just rubbed Killua the wrong way. Normally he wouldn't even care to ask, but he has to wonder if there's some ridiculously disproportionate punishment for playing hooky. He's been here all of a day and he already doesn't trust the place.

The last thing he remembers from home was using Accompany On with Gon. By all means they shouldn't have been separated, and yet they were, which is why he's convinced his friend has to be here somewhere. Not that anyone at the base would tell him.]

Comments

[killectric]

[Killua's response doesn't come for a few minutes; he's not sure what Chrollo's connection to his brother is here, but he wants to stay out of it.]

theres no reason to get him involved

[cephalothorax]

I'm not getting him involved. He's already involved. I'm simply watching from the sidelines.

Your family always adds so much to a gathering!

[killectric]

[This is bad. Dealing with Chrollo alone was one thing, but if his brother's involved...

He can't just ask him how deep this goes. Chrollo already knows it's a weakness; Killua doesn't need to give him reason to abuse that.]

figures my bro would have bad taste in friends

[cephalothorax]

What an unpleasant thing to say. You certainly have a mouth, child.

[killectric]

[Damn, that didn't tell him anything. He doesn't know what else to say...what to do. Killua doesn't have any friends here to help him.

It's been a long time since he felt this vulnerable, and at someone else's mercy. Even if he had something to hold over Chrollo, it felt like less and less compared to what Chrollo had over him..

He can't do anything. Gon--he's all alone.]

its just the truth

[cephalothorax]

I suppose I could be offended, but I'll try not to be. For your sake, of course.

[killectric]

[Killua has nothing left to say, so he doesn't.

"For your sake"--yeah right!]