ic contact 2 mask or menace

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"Gone fishing."

[ so don't leave messages to ruin the after fishing glow !!!

your one stop shop for not leaving him alone, previous contact post can be found here ]

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[Ken effectively rules out Registration as an answer. Not that Will could blame him; everyone has their own thoughts on the government, it's not his place to change minds. Officially he has no business with them outside of his own status, and he likes it that way. But without changing status, without killing, and being unable to get bodies...what's left, graverobbing? How desperate. How easily messed up, and then what would the papers say about imPorts? Damn them all, put that burden on Ken.

Not happening.]

Your usual rivers are all dried up. [It's...just a statement. But it's delivered so grimly and almost abruptly it sounds rather like Will didn't mean to say it. Thinking out loud.] Have you ever spoken to an imPort by the name of Jesse Pinkman?

[Usually, Will isn't the biggest fan of dropping names. But this is in private, this isn't smeared across the Network for all to see. This is different. And while it's also exceedingly bleak and grisly, Jesse seemed accustomed to that. So accustomed to it, getting to use something seen as similar for the good of others wasn't immediately viewed as the same sort of terrifying. Worst came to worst, it didn't work out, and Jesse didn't appreciate it. Best come to best? That was worth the risk.]

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[ kaneki did resort to grave-robbing before. But it's messy and he'd be more inclined for the labs than that - and it's not like Hinami would be able to do it, too. Far too morbid for a girl like her - the fact that she has to eat what she does, is already too morbid for her, in a way.

but Will is right. His rivers have dried up.

The name causes Kaneki to pause for a second, before he shakes his head ] No, I haven't. Who is he?

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A friend of mine. [Stated with no hesitation, no uncertainty. Jesse seems like a guy who needs more friends. Real friends, not...well. Friends Without Any Friendly Benefits Because Wow You Fuckers Don't Understand Friendship Huh? sort of friends.] Who may be able to help you with this. He's good at knowing when to keep things confidential, too.

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[ kaneki goes silent for a moment. Confidential is good, but should he ask?

He has to. ]

... he can get bodies? [ from where? ]

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He may be able to. You'd have to ask him. Tell him I sent you.

[It's all very mysterious, Ken, just embrace the mystery. Except Will doesn't want to leave it too vague, doesn't want to seem like he's handing this off, so he adds:]

In the meantime, I'll look into anything I can do about this. If there's something I'm capable of pulling off, I'll find it.

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[ mystery is terrible, kaneki hates it. But he trusts Will and if Will trusts this Jesse Pinkman person... then Kaneki will trust the man too.

Kaneki nods ] Alright. I'll do as you say.

Thank you, Will. [ he has to add: ] I'm sorry. [ for asking for something like this ]

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You have nothing to be sorry for.

[Sometimes people say that just to be polite. This isn't one of those times. His voice is confident, careful, each word coming out very, very clearly.]

I'm glad you came to me with this. You don't have to go through it all alone.

[It's an honor, not a burden.]

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[ he has so much to be sorry for. Like bringing into this bullshit someone who has nothing to do with said bullshit.

He smiles very softly and nods ]

Will-

you do know things like this, you don't have to help. [ he can go through it alone. he is a ghoul after all, and Will isn't. ]

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[He's a cannibal, though, so. Solidarity. Accept it.]

Of course I don't have to. I want to.

[Which makes all the difference in the world.]