[At the time, it seemed like a really good idea. To be fair, most of the hairbrained ones that Ryuji has typically do, but this one had to be particularly made of the stuff of dumb cause and effect that even he shouldn't seen ahead. Not talking about playing a chess match and getting yourself stuck in a corner between a queen and a bishop to throw your king down. But just not pushing a pawn into an adjacent opposing cross diagonal for no good reason other than to just be captured.
Because Ryuji gets captured. Hard. As Akira tugs on the pool swabber, the blond hand't expected the jut of movement to be a) so quick and b) so powerful, and unfortunately, it catches his bad leg completely off balance, propels his body forward until...
A belly flop in the pool of hell.
This isn't how he wanted to be dragged by a devil.]
GURGHMMMGNMMMM
[Gross, that shit got in his mouth. Some of it even swallowed, which might end up in space fungi growing in his stomach and cutting through his esophageal lining, but, fuck, right now all he has to do is get upright and gasp- ah, there's the air, there it goes filling his lungs.
The netting lays calmly on Akira's head and Ryuji is just. Aghast. Horrified. Stupefied. Taking a few steps forward, he grits his teeth and splashes a healthy fistful of the sludge right at his face.]
forgive my temporal lapse of judgment
Because Ryuji gets captured. Hard. As Akira tugs on the pool swabber, the blond hand't expected the jut of movement to be a) so quick and b) so powerful, and unfortunately, it catches his bad leg completely off balance, propels his body forward until...
A belly flop in the pool of hell.
This isn't how he wanted to be dragged by a devil.]
GURGHMMMGNMMMM
[Gross, that shit got in his mouth. Some of it even swallowed, which might end up in space fungi growing in his stomach and cutting through his esophageal lining, but, fuck, right now all he has to do is get upright and gasp- ah, there's the air, there it goes filling his lungs.
The netting lays calmly on Akira's head and Ryuji is just. Aghast. Horrified. Stupefied. Taking a few steps forward, he grits his teeth and splashes a healthy fistful of the sludge right at his face.]
YOU COULDA KILLED ME!