So I really liked the idea of Dazai following through on that voicemail he left Mori in chapter 2, but my timeline was too squished to fit it in, so this is Dazai's dream, the night before he goes into labour (so Chuuya is home, and the kids are feeling better, I think he was supposued to be sick all of this night but apparently he did get some sleep?)
This is more psychological torture - there is no violence.
For reference - this is what the uhh creatures? In the shows mentioned look like - I have no clue of their country of origin as they're entirely action based so they can be sold worldwide without the need for dubbing into the local language
This is Booba
This is OddBods
Chapter 5
Dazai found himself in the reception area of Mori-Corp, the sunset casting a blood red glow into the open space. Dazai made his way to the elevator, it opened as he reached it. He entered and pressed the button for the basement floor, he admired his reflection in the elevator mirror, he was dressed in an outfit he hadn't worn since he was 18. He wondered where Chuuya had found a maternity suit, the trousers were comfortable and the crisp white shirt emphasised his large bump perfectly, the black tie had been swapped for the blue bolo tie he wore when he went to the ADA, a black blazer completed the look. He smiled, even without his bandages he felt confident, powerful. The elevator dinged, doors opening, he smiled, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
He greeted Akutagawa outside the cell door.
"Dazai-san" he bowed
"Did you play the presentation like I requested?"
"It's been on loop for the past seven hours. I started the additional audio half an hour later."
"Good, and the toys?"
"I set them up and turned them on about three hours ago."
"Perfect, you are dismissed Akutagawa-kun"
"Thank you, Dazai-san"
He bowed and left, taking the stairs next to the elevator.
Dazai opened the door to the cell to a cacophony of sound, on the floor were some of their children's noisier toys – fire trucks, tractors (complete with farmyard animals) and singing princess dolls, the sort of toy that would sit there. Silent. Until 3am when their shrill sounds would wake up the whole house. The additional audio was a whole day recording of their children playing, and fighting, and having tantrums. Mori was chained to the wall, whimpering. His coat was gone, and his trousers had been ripped away at the knees. Elise nowhere to be found.
Thwack. The sound of a plastic toy hitting skin. The shrill scream and cry of Mama that followed belonged to Alma. Dazai turned the audio down.
"Having fun Mori-san? Do you like my presentation?" he gestured to the screen, it was playing a variety of baby and toddler shows, some Dazai enjoyed, others he and Chuuya would be happy to pay a lot of money to never see or hear of again, "It's some of mine and Chuuya's children's most favourite shows." He smiled, (it didn't reach his eyes)
"What is this 'Booba'? What does the weird grandfather looking imp want? Why does he never learn? What are OddBods? They act like mini adults when they've got to be kids right?"
Dazai ignored him, going to pick up the bag Akutagawa had left for him on the table,
"Dazai-kuuun," Mori's voice was wavering, "just tell me what they are, what the point of their weird antics is."
"I can't tell you that Mori-san. Where's the fun in that?" he dumped the contents of the bag on the floor, the plastic clattered out, "How about we play a game instead?"
He pressed a hidden button, the shackles holding Mori undid and he fell to the floor. He screamed when his bare legs landed on the Lego Dazai had just emptied out.
"Build me a tower," Dazai instructed.
Mori shifted so he was sat on the floor, grumbling as he picked another piece of Lego out from under him, and started building a tower. Dazai let it get about ten bricks high, before he pushed it over, doing his best impression of a child like laugh (he wouldn't admit it, but he could see now why his children enjoyed destroying his creations)
"Again,"
The farmyard creatures started bleating and mooing. Dazai turned up the audio again, in time for Eulalia's voice to shine through,
"Let it go, let it goooooooooooo!" her voice was high and out of tune, Fabian started up over her,
"Oh, I just can't wait to be kiiiiiiiiiiiingg!" his voice clashed beautifully with Eulalia's
"I was singing first!"
Dazai pushed the tower over again.
"Princess songs suck! Animals are better!"
"Make it stop!" Mori sobbed,
Dazai turned the audio up,
"Animals don't have sparkly dresses! Tell him Dada!"
"Mama! Eulalia's being mean to me,"
The quadruplets joined the noise of their siblings squabbling by screaming and crying, the noise had woken them up. Dazai turned the audio down again, he didn't need to hear himself yelling at their children.
"Please, Dazai-kun, you've made your point, I'll give you whatever you want," Mori was in tears on the floor. Dazai smiled, searching in his bag for the final piece, the cherry on top, the –
"Mama! Time to get upppp!" He opened his, Eulalia's face was next to his. She grinned in victory, Fabian was on the other side of their bed, having woken Chuuya up in the same manner.
"We're up," Chuyua told them sleepily, "Go downstairs quietly as your brothers and sisters are still asleep and we'll be behind you."
Eulalia and Fabian left,
"What were you dreaming about Dazai? You were grinning and laughing,"
"Oh, just torturing Mori with our kids tv shows and toys,"
"O…kay…" Chuuya gave his husband a look, "Why?!"
"I may have got carried away when I left him that voicemail yesterday…"
Chuuya laughed, pulling Dazai in for a good morning kiss, before helping him out of bed. Eulalia and Fabian wouldn't stay quiet for long.