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[Mushverse: Greeed-party!]

[Main thread probable post order: Kazari-Ankh-Gamel-Mezool-Uva repeat? For the main thread, anyway, but if any two or three Greeed want to have separate conversations, feel free to make side threads.]

I've got to get Gamel and Mezool back together, mostly because I'm not about to share my parents with Gamel, and also because Gamel really just wants Mezool back. And maybe this time around she can actually give a shit about him instead of just pretending to.

Also I told Ankh that I'd keep him informed and that maybe we should all get together sometime and make sure all the backstabbing and hating each other is in the past. Or at least something we're better able to control.

Something I'm better able to control.

Also that was before Gamel came back, and so now we should probably all get together and talk about what the hell we're going to do if Maki comes back, too.

It takes some figuring out but in the end I send them all text messages telling them to come to the school, which is not in session today, so we can hang out in the courtyard and probably not be bothered.

I asked Megumi to help me make some food, because I think everyone would be in an awful mood if there wasn't any food. I guess it's like a picnic or something.

Ice cream for Ankh, he likes that, right? And no sushi, much to my unending disappointment. Don't want to put Mezool off. No chicken either, so it's mostly rice, vegetables, and sweets, that kind of stuff. I'll survive. I guess.

I bring Yummy too. He is the best cat in the entire world.

Now it's just a matter of waiting to see if they all show up. And whether my first instinct is to betray every single one of them. Again.

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I look around nervously. But there's no need for nerves, right? We're all human now, no one's taking my Cores or giving me extras.

Is that Gamel?!

Gamel seems pretty stoked on the candy he found, and I did make sure it was actually candy, so I'm kind of awesome that way. I'm like a seriously awesome older sibling.

Mezool and Uva show up before long, and everything is super awkward for a second because, oh yeah, Uva and Mezool didn't know Gamel was back.

And then Ankh fucking jumps out of the tree I was sitting under. Yummy hisses loudly because I totally jumped.

"Fuck! How long have you been up there?"

I wait until everyone's there, then hop down from the tree. Not quite as gracefully as I once would have, but pretty damn close. I share a private smile with myself when Kazari's cat hisses at me, then cross my arm over my chest and shrug.

"I was early." I answer simply, sparing an extra long stare at his feline friend (I still have a knee-jerk reaction to dislike cats, though whether it's to do with my lingering bird instincts or my lingering distrust for Kazari, I'm not sure) before looking over each of the former Greeeds that have gathered.

Gamel doesn't seem to have changed, nor has Mezool. Uva's hair seems like less of an eyesore, and Kazari has changed his quite suddenly since he stopped by the restaurant. Other than that it's just... we're human now. Not just pretending, not just posing or possessing. It's real.

But for how long? That question still nags me, a little singsong voice in the back of my mind.

Louder than that though is the echo of Eiji's voice telling me to play nice. That they're family, as close to biological family as any of us will get.

I clear my throat. I do my best to smile. "You're all looking... well."

Ankh here, Uva here, and...MEZUL HERE.

Mezul so pretty. Mezul always so pretty.

"Mezul!" Go to Mezul, smile at Mezul. "I give you candy."

Give candy to Mezul. Pretty blue candy.

...Gamel. I stare at him in blank surprise because I had no idea at all that he was back. Relief at seeing him again - perfectly well, although that shouldn't be surprising - mingles with guilt at the way I treated him the last time I saw him.

I take the sweets off him and pat his arm the way I used to. "Thank you, Gamel." Instead of throwing them away, however, I slip them into my pocket instead.

I watch Gamel and Mezool's exchange with vague interest. Even now, there seems to be some small difference, and maybe that's hope I'm feeling. After all, our old alliances meant I was pretty close to the both of them...

But I turn my attention back to Ankh, answering him with a soft "Heh," under my breath.

"So we are." Abrasive instincts are rising again, but my common sense tells me not to be a complete ass.

"Ass." I grumble at Ankh. Yummy doesn't like him. Smart cat. But, no, damn it, Kazari, you're trying to make sure we don't all do the back-stabby bit again.

"Alive." I agree with his assessment. That's pretty much all any of us can say, right?

What are we supposed to do? What was I even thinking, getting us all together like this?

They still feel like family. Even Ankh, stupid jerk.

Mostly I'm just glad I got Gamel and Mezool back together. Gamel's the only truly decent one out of all of us.

"So here we are."

Uva still smells good, god damn it. Why is that even a thing? And why am I smaller than all of them except Mezool? I don't remember it being like that, damn it.

"Now what?"

I actually smile softly as I watch Gamel and Mezool interact. It has the feeling of a reunion, and I remember that Gamel is probably just recently revived, probably seeing Mezool again for the first time right now.

Mezool seems more genuine with her affection for him. And earlier Kazari let it slip that Uva apparently smells good. And Kazari helped put this little gathering together. And everyone came.

Maybe we really don't have to all hate each other anymore. I don't know if we'll ever love each other like family is supposed to, or even if we'll all end up liking each other. But this... well, it's a start.

I tilt my head, zeroing in like a hawk on the basket Kazari is carrying. "Is that food?"

Mezul take candy, give me pats. "Heeeeee."

Am happy. Am with Mezul.

Sit with Mezul, hope for more pats.

Everyone here. Can be...family. Again.

I smile a little as he beams at me, linking my arm through his and sitting down as Kazari brings over a basket of what seems to be food.

"You're eating proper food, aren't you?" I ask, giving him a stern look. "Not just candy, it'll make you sick now when it didn't before."

This stuff is really sappy. I'm cynical but I always was--this working would take all of us. It'd be rough, too.

Maybe I could hope, hesitantly.

I cross my arms but I glance the basket over hesitantly. Food wouldn't be terrible.

"Oh, yeah." I turn around to look at the basket, then pick it up and open it and start bringing out all of the stuff Megumi packed for me.

"I tried to be sensitive. I told her no poultry... No fish... Lots of sweet stuff. Cold stuff. Right? Does that cover everyone?" I'm not even hungry, so I just sit back with Yummy in my lap and watch them curiously.

Kazari seems to have thought of everything. I perch down, examining the food with a critical eye.

Of course I want the frozen sweets, but again Eiji's voice creeps into my head, reminding me to eat proper food too. I grab at the onigiri, then take most of the frozen things for myself. There are plenty of other sweet things for Gamel to share with Mezool.

I bite into the rice, chewing for a moment and looking around again. I find I am actually curious about all of them, in a genuine, not too critical, not backstabbing sort of way.

"So do you all have families?"

What else am I supposed to talk about? 'Hey remember that Maki guy? Fuck that guy.' 'Did you know Eiji and I are sort of dancing around whatever the fuck we are to each other now?' Yes. I'm sure they all care about my sex life.

Nod at Mezul. "Kazali nice, give me food. Not all candy."

Kazali open basket with food. Will get food, give to Mezul!

Grab white ball things (not candy) and brown squishy things (not candy) and stripy sticks (candy!) and bring back to Mezul.

"See? Not all candy." Am proud.

"So I see," I reply, taking in the somewhat squashed food that he's holding out proudly. "That's good, Gamel."

I should go and see what else Kazari's brought, I suppose. I'm not eating Gamel's food, he needs to eat more things that aren't candy. They'd better be treating him well, wherever he's staying.

...Where is he staying? "Gamel, where are you staying? With good people?"

"I'm covered," I say, looking to the side. This is all still weird to me, but I can't do much else.

Thinking about it, I can't really want much else, either; as awkward as it is, we're really a family, I guess. Lines are awkward but we have a lot of history... so.

I look at the basket but decide I'm not hungry right now--I'm more interested in listening to what everyone has to say, and I'll get mine once everyone's eating theirs. Habit?

Ankh's question intrigues me. I'd gotten a pretty good idea where most of them were staying, except for Gamel of course. Not sure what to do with Gamel. My family can't keep him, and I think he needs to be with Mezool anyway.

I rock back on my heels a bit, my eyes keep drifting back towards Uva for some reason, which is really irritating me. Only not.

"You're not going to eat?" I ask. Innocent enough, right? I hope.

I listen as they speak, both to their answers to my question and their little conversations between each other. Observation, that was always my thing, probably coming from the animals I was based on, especially the Hawk core.

After a few more small mouthfuls of rice I set that aside, unwrapping one of the icepops Kazari so thoughtfully brought along.

"So, do... do any of us know why were here?" I take a bite from the icepop, letting it melt a bit on my tongue before I chew. "Not here today. I mean, why we're back?"

I pause, then swallow, then look down at the palm of my free hand. "Why we're human now?"

"Staying with...Kazali?" Eat white ball thing. Not tasty like candy.

Look at Mezul. Maybe stay with Mezul?

Put head on Mezul's knee. Comfy there.

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