"Oh, spare me the self-pity." Kou growls at Maruki's little speech. Boo-hoo, the mad doctor isn't getting the answers or results he wants. Truly, the epitome of a pitiable wretch who has never ever had anything good happen in his life. It makes Kou want to puke. "You do the shit you do because you just can't leave well enough alone- because you think yourself a god. The only one capable- no, the only one allowed to dictate what others feel." He narrows his eyes. "But you're no god of mine. And I told you, keep my name out of your damn mouth!"
He really hates Maruki's little woe-is-me act. As if Kou can't see right through it. This is a man hellbent on taking over the world- it's just that he tells himself he's doing it to 'take away pain'. Right- brainwashing everyone to forget that things are bad isn't dystopian at all. Fulfilling wishes? Bullshit. This guy never bothered looking further into why people are the way they are, or what they actually want. Only what he thinks is best for them, their actual wishes be damned.
So, hell yes is he going to make him regret it either way. After everything Kou's been through today, he's going to make this bastard pay. All he had to do is give Kou the tape when he entered the Palace- or hell, just asked someone to give it to him. Maybe, just maybe Kou wouldn't have been so fucking hostile if Maruki hadn't used his dead brother to lure him before trapping him in his Palace.
"Nothing is going to happen to me," he laughs, somewhat manic, "unless I don't play along- isn't that right?" He hasn't forgotten the way Maruki forced Sumire and her Persona to go berserk, back in his own world, just because he, Goro, and Amamiya wouldn't accept his world. Perhaps this one hasn't done that yet, but this maze is proof enough that he's not above such things.
And by god, he's going to tear this place to the ground. Whatever the next thing the maze has manifested for him- per Maruki's words- he doesn't care. He's not playing along. He's getting his tape back, and he's going to-
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He really hates Maruki's little woe-is-me act. As if Kou can't see right through it. This is a man hellbent on taking over the world- it's just that he tells himself he's doing it to 'take away pain'. Right- brainwashing everyone to forget that things are bad isn't dystopian at all. Fulfilling wishes? Bullshit. This guy never bothered looking further into why people are the way they are, or what they actually want. Only what he thinks is best for them, their actual wishes be damned.
So, hell yes is he going to make him regret it either way. After everything Kou's been through today, he's going to make this bastard pay. All he had to do is give Kou the tape when he entered the Palace- or hell, just asked someone to give it to him. Maybe, just maybe Kou wouldn't have been so fucking hostile if Maruki hadn't used his dead brother to lure him before trapping him in his Palace.
"Nothing is going to happen to me," he laughs, somewhat manic, "unless I don't play along- isn't that right?" He hasn't forgotten the way Maruki forced Sumire and her Persona to go berserk, back in his own world, just because he, Goro, and Amamiya wouldn't accept his world. Perhaps this one hasn't done that yet, but this maze is proof enough that he's not above such things.
And by god, he's going to tear this place to the ground. Whatever the next thing the maze has manifested for him- per Maruki's words- he doesn't care. He's not playing along. He's getting his tape back, and he's going to-
-is that a fucking pack of cigarettes?