badfic_manor | Taunt 002 - M - [Video] Always Something to Prove

[Mello is neither impressed or excited about a Hawaii beach vacation. He had been living in LA as it was, what was Hawaii but LA beaches with hotter weather and more idiots to cause problems. Tourists. He didn't need them. Nor did he desire anything to do with swim trunks or sun block. All foolishness and vanity when there were bigger fish to fry and better things to accomplish than a full body tan.

But

He has ventured outside for one reason and one reason alone: Near has NOT gone outside.

How does he know this? Did he ask? No. Why the fucking hell would he bother to ask? Just LOOK at the kid, he probably doesn't know that the sun exists outside of fancy screensavers. There is no way that he could have ever gone into the sunlight because if he had he might actually have some hint of a skin tone.

Anyway.

Mello now stands on the beach in a getup entirely inappropriate for such a location -

-but fuck it, he's still gotten farther than you Near.

And he smirks to himself behind his gas mask. A small victory has been won today]

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And your foolishness is obvious in your assumption that I am trying to remain unseen [Mello responds with his usual smugness.] Clearly I am trying to be seen if I bothered going outside.

[Though you are not the person whose attention he is trying to get, but he won't give you any possible satisfaction in knowing that.]

[[There's no visual response as in emotional change on his face, but there is a little bit of a mental eye-roll in his tone.]]

I meant your face.
Eventually you'll attract the attention of something who wants to see.

[He's smirking - though perhaps it is only best to point out when he's NOT smirking.

Its true, the mask calls even more attention to himself, but the one who wants to see his face most of all - 'kira' - could not risk being so outwardly aggressive as to try and take the mask, and anyone who DOES try and take it would be people worthy of investigating as minions of kira. And thereby giving Mello a smaller pool of suspects to work with.

And also it is always fun to make people feel uneasy, which a strange mask seems to do quite well. ]

Exactly.

[[Distorted voices behind masks don't do much for relaying smirking, but the attitude behind the voice does even in one word. To someone who doesn't use many words himself (In fact his above was a monologue and a half), it speaks volumes.]]

You're looking for trouble, you understand, correct?

Always have been

[And here Mello tops of his overly ~~undeserved given the fact that he was taken from right before he'd have to blow up his hideout~~ confident attitude by sitting down in the sand, and laying back with his arms crossed behind his head]

Hn.

[[He closes his communicator feed, he's no one's mother and he has enough interesting trinkets to bring back.]]

Taunt 002 - M - [Video] Always Something to Prove

[Video - because audio would just prove Hiiro's point]

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