008 | OVERFLOW

[godsoffortune]

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[killsthebuddha]

Not her. There's this weird crow bastard- another Sanzo priest, Ukoku. [ The woman with his name is something else entirely, and he's not even sure where to start when it comes to her. There's something different going on there. ] We should start a damn union at this rate.

[bon_bon]

....how many of you are there?

[ Not that Konzen knows much about sanzo priests or priests in general, but he figures those who know about sutras that can explode and tame a rampaging Seiten Taisei surely must be few and far between. ]

[killsthebuddha]

Just the three, probably. Who knows how long that'll last.

I don't want this much power conveniently at hand for whoever started this, but...

[bon_bon]

[ How long, as in ... maybe one of them will disappear? Or another might show up (possibly from another dimension)? How funny strange it is that either thing is perfectly possible.

Though if Konzen were truly honest, he's not sure how he'd feel about Genjo disappearing. ]

Hmph. Well, I wouldn't be surprised if someone took notice. Or maybe they already knew.

[ He pauses for a moment before he broaches the next subject, if only because he doesn't want to sound like he's concerned. Because he's not. Well, not really. But maybe he's curious. ]

I heard about Elsa.

[killsthebuddha]

[ He stills briefly at that statement. Almost imperceptibly, a muscle jumps in his jaw as he clenches it. ]

Did you? [ He's quieter now, and only in part because he doesn't want his words to carry. ]

She made a bad call and she paid for it. That's all.

[bon_bon]

[ A bad call. Well, maybe. Konzen's not sure he wouldn't have made the same decision, had he been conscious enough in the aftermath. Instead, he stumbled outside after the gods who came for Goku, and then passed out before he could do anything to stop them. He's not exactly proud of that moment, even if it might have saved him from Elsa's fate. ]

...it should've been me.

[ he says quietly. Bad call or not, it's the truth. ]

[killsthebuddha]

Don't give me a bullshit line like that.

[ They're lucky that he hadn't. If Konzen had been just as stupid as Elsa, would Heaven have even released Goku? It had been Konzen who had saved them by recreating Goku's limiter.

The idea sends a chill down his spine. He can't afford to think about it. ] If you want to be killed, you're going to have to suck it up and wait.

[ At least until Goku could freely act on his own. ]

[bon_bon]

[ Konzen scowls. Who said anything about wanting to be killed? Sometimes, that's just how it is. And maybe it hits a little close to home, because he left Goku alone once before. He never wanted to die in front of him. He did what he had to and at the time, that was all he had in him. ]

I'm not rushing off to die, [ he says, a little testily. But he does understand what Genjo means, much as it irritates him to hear him say it. He glances at him. ]

I still have stuff to do, apparently. [ Too soon yet to pass the baton. And maybe that's his way of saying, you need to get yourself together too, Genjo Sanzo. ]