PENANCE IC INBOX

[whichiest]

Hello, this is Belladonna! I'm sorry to have missed you on such a lovely day. Please leave a message, and I'll return your call as soon as I can.

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[whichiest]

[She has to read this a couple of times before deciding that this assortment of responses and seemingly random pieces of trivia is all a very complex joke that's going over her head. It would probably be polite just to laugh.]

You're an incredibly funny person! Yes, it would be very nice to talk in person! Is there any place in particular you'd like to visit? Oh, I must warn you, I often attract the local wildlife when I'm walking about.

[monsterphilia]

How charming, like a fairytale princess! Any that could maul us?

[whichiest]

Oh, most certainly!

[You can practically hear the adoration in her text.]

But they become quite gentle around me, so it's safe.

[monsterphilia]

Okay, I've decided to trust you on this! What's the most scenic or beautiful view here to you? Let's have a lovely atmosphere for our background check, how about that? I promise I'll pick on our next outing that we'll inevitably have.

[whichiest]

Well, in that case, it's not very far! I'll meet you on the hotel's roof!

[monsterphilia]

Great, then I'll see you there!

(High places were always preferred. It wasn't out of any sense of superiority or through a need to observe, as he had no interest in looking down at all. What held his interest captive was always the sky, and what existed within and beyond it—beyond the nitrogen and oxygen and any components that could be broken down, it was just a matter of preference.

Yes, he'd take the most ordinary sky over the most spectacular terrain any day. There's something beyond it, immeasurable, Valhalla. What else did it hold, if Hell had been real as well?

When he makes it up, he's earlier than Bella, if only by a minute. He's being good, hasn't brought any of his medical supplies, and intends to keep this strictly an emotional examination of observed behavior. This is one of the more interesting and unexpected things he's seen Izaya get involved in, with elements he couldn't have even predicted. And, well, he's terribly nosy and shameless about it.)

Ah, Belladonna! (Shinra flings his arm up for a quick and enthusiastic wave once she enters the roof area, wearing an expression that seemed effortlessly familiar, like they've known each other for years.) I was just thinking that if you wanted to be really evil, you would bring me to a spot like this only to push me off!

[whichiest]

[In the brief time they've known one another, Belladonna's come to find Shinra just delightful! This, of course, hardly means much since she seems to feel this way about most, if not every person she meets. In any case, she waves back with a bright smile when he greets her, quickly making her way over.]

That's such a fun thought! But oh, no, I wouldn't dare do that to a friend!

[Because, clearly, they're friends now. She laughs.]

Isn't it such a splendid view? I believe that this is the highest spot you can get within the gates, and you can really see so much!