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[For a few seconds, Issei just sits in front of the camera, wearing his normal clothes and with his normal eye color. He waves, and then shuts the camera off.]
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Thank you very much for the rescue. Everyone, I'm all right now, and the rest of the affected people are going to be fine. I know, because I'm going to help save them. (I won't budge on this, so don't try to dissuade me.)

As for what I said and did... well, call me old-fashioned, but I still prefer regular therapy to the supernatural kind. So if you want to ask, I'll do my best to answer. ...That person is me, technically, but more than a little seems to have been lost in translation.

[Failed private, easily hackable]
I looked like a tramp. Forget looking like one, I acted like one! And I - with - if I didn't have people to rescue I'd spend the rest of the day in purifying myself! No, I'd spend the entire week doing it, just to be certain I was rid of the unclean influences!

Am I supposed to return Nakamori's undergarments to her now...? I don't have any use for them myself. But I've never been in such a situation before! I don't know how to deal with this!

((Okay! I don't know how other people are handling this, but I'm going to say that all posts made on the 15th (including Haruto's last one) are before Issei's rescue, and all posts made after that are after the rescue. It's easier for me to keep track of, and I'd be remiss in not letting his boyfriend have a good panic post. Also, holy crap guys, did you see how many comments were on there? I love all of you for making Shadow!Issei so fun to play~))

Comments

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor dear! You needlessly limit yourself! And just so you're aware, it isn't just Shadows who would agree with me~

[stripping.livejournal.com]

What can I say, I have traditional values. What you do is none of my concern, but I don't plan on changing what I do because of you.

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

The most I can hope is that you'll at least be open to new experiences. Because really, enforcing limits is just... just sad. So very sad.

[Yes, he's genuinely sad for you Issei.]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

New experiences are fine, but I'm not going to compromise what I believe in for them. That's even worse.

[Weirdo.]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Yes, I suppose that makes sense. Still, take advantage of a few viruses, try something new. You may end up liking it!

[Hey hey, limits are just so limiting, why make them?]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I don't 'take advantage' of viruses any more than I would take advantage of being drugged. I don't make the right decisions when my mind is altered.

[That would makes sense... only to someone other than Rules McRulerson over here.]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps you tell yourself that so you won't feel guilty for what you've done. You moralistic types seem to enjoy that.

[Ah, Issei. Live a little! That collar must be so tight~]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps it's actually out of my control. I think that's a more likely explanation.

[No, actually, it's fitted correctly. Why do you ask?]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Whatever helps you sleep at night, dear Issei~

[Because you're so starched and uptight!]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Please don't call me 'dear'.

[I was taught not to slouch.]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh but why not~?

[Proper posture is important, yes it is. But a little flexibility is a fine trait!]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I prefer not to be addressed as such by people I hardly know.

[Possibly... Still, I don't see where that comes in.]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Then we should get to know each other better, shouldn't we~?

[...It sounded better in my head. Something to do with "hot under the collar".]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Do we have to?

[Issei doesn't do innuendo well. At all.]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Well I'd certainly like to know you better. And I believe the other me would as well.

[Poor innocent dear]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

...Possibly the other you. After this.

[He can't help it!]

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Aw, why not me and why not now? I'm just as nice as he is~

[True, true]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Is he less likely to show me pornography?

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Only slightly, and only with a concrete "yes." Not that classical artwork or illustrations from the Kama Sutra, which is really just an instruction manual, count as pornography.

He shows such restraint, it's actually rather cute~

[stripping.livejournal.com]

That's better than just... what you do.

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Follow my impulses, you mean? Instead of planning everything out so far that I can predict exactly what you'll say ten comments from now? How deeply you'll breathe next?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

...How would you ever figure out what I would say in ten comments?

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

By directing the conversation in such a way that I make you say what I want, of course. It's all manipulation.

...now I'm going to start counting comments.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Suppose I ignore you?

Oh boy. ^^; From Issei's last comment? Or from Kurama's "ten comments from now?"

[ravagers-rose.livejournal.com]

Then I would have purposefully maneuvered you to a place where I wanted you to ignore me.