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[optimalsolution]

[Mori is indeed observant, and while he wasn't exactly looking for the tattoos of a Submissive it doesn't take long for him to spot it on his subordinate when he draws closer to him. He stops n front of where Akutagawa is seated, hands in the pockets of his doctor's coat. Even though he is smiling there's no excess of warmth in his words.]

Your designation has changed.

[He doesn't even feel it necessary to comment on the scar; he knows who did it. After all, no normal person would be allowed close enough to Akutagawa to do such a thing, and even if they could manage to get within range he doesn't doubt for a moment that they wouldn't have lived long enough to make such a clearly purposeful scar.]

[aheartlessdog]

[ Hearing it out loud makes Akutagawa grit his teeth. This shouldn’t be possible. He’s worked far too hard to be kicked back into the slums. He isn’t a stray dog anymore, and he’s certainly no one’s Submissive. ]

It has.

[ He doesn’t bother to hide the anger in his voice. Someone has to pay for this — someone will pay for this — but still has the courtesy to let Mori know before he barrels in headfirst to deal with it. ]

[optimalsolution]

[That rage certainly doesn't surprise Mori, although his expression does become a little more solemn. He has heard about designations being changed and perhaps he should have monitored Akutagawa a little more closely to ensure that he had been contracted, but with Fort Harmony he had admittedly been dealing with other matters.

But the situation is still salvageable. There is always an optimal solution.]

Is Dazai-kun aware of this yet?

[aheartlessdog]

No. I haven’t spoken to him.

[ It said something about the situation that Akutagawa had chosen to go to Mori over Dazai. Not telling Dazai isn’t an option; sooner or later he will find out. Still, having Dazai be the first to know had felt too much like letting him win.

Dazai may be their ally here, but Akutagawa hadn’t wanted to give him the satisfaction. Especially since Dazai had gone so far as to slit his throat to prove a point. ]

[optimalsolution]

[That is something of a surprise, but at the same time Mori is aware of just how prideful Akutagawa is. Even if he has accepted that Dazai is working with them in this place he undoubtedly still doesn't trust him or want to show that the executive holds any power over him.

Of course More knows better and he's certain that Dazai does too.]

Well since it's come to this point it's no longer an option for you to remain uncontracted for long. [Perhaps he should have required Akutagawa to contract Chuuya back in the Fort when he was still a dominant... But that could have also aroused suspicion. Regardless there was no point in wasting time on thinking about lost opportunities.]

Have you at least found anyone who would be suitable?

[aheartlessdog]

I haven't.

[ It isn't that he hasn't tried, but an actual partnership with someone remains entirely unappealing. It's unavoidable here, but that isn't encouragement enough. He prefers working alone.

It's worse now that his new designation means he that said partnership will mean that someone owns him. The only person he'd ever felt comfortable giving true power over him is Dazai, and Dazai had made that... complicated when he'd betrayed the Port Mafia. ]