Audience: Mineo Enomoto

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[hmmm. they are shockingly quiet for a long moment.]

Well... haha, funny thing! When you have a front door job, you see a lot of people! Like, a LOT! But there are so many... well, you don't get to talk to them for very long! They have to go right on through, day after day, all hours.

You just don't get many friends that way.

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[ . . . . front door job. so you see everybody who - dies? and they come and go, and they don't get to linger around for very long. in a way, mineo's glad that there's theoretically something after death. even if it doesn't quite soothe him enough to give up on living.

so he straightens up a little bit more before he just - takes a few steps back on the new stairs and bows suddenly at the waist posture ramrod straight]

Sloth-san!

Enomoto Mineo, Former Field Operations Team 2! Age 23, Blood Type A, and I really want to win this indulgence race to get back to living and meeting Date Masamune might be really cool too...!!

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[ . . . and then he straightens up, lifting his head and holding out his hand this time rather than only offering out a fist.]

I'm in your care - for as long as we're here.

So please look after me, as an avatar and as a friend.

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[this startles the heck out of sloth. they visible jump, and quickly raise their hands to wave them back and forth dismissively. but they don't interrupt mineo's speech.

slowly, the hands lower in surprise. they're looking at mineo's extended one!]

I... I don't know what to say! Wow... I... You really... want to be my friend?

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I do.

[and he looks very serious about this]

I don't think we're always gonna agree, because our backgrounds are really different. I can't just wave off death happening super easily, even if I know it'll happen to everybody. The point is that I wanna keep people alive as long as possible, especially if they're important to me.

But I don't think you're bad at your core - so I wanna get along.

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Wow. You know, you really sound like a legendary hero when you talk like that, Mineo!

[they will shake mineo's hand! theirs is pretty cold, but it's also extremely white, like snow.]

I'll take care of you the best I can! I promise!

[sengokus]

Whoa - cold!! Is this 'cause you're on the death job all the time or something?

[but he doesn't actually flinch away, instead clapping sloth's between both of his and giving it a warm shake. also trying to just warm them up a little?]</small But ah... No, I'm no hero. I can't even tell up from down right now... so I don't think fits me much at all.

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Whoops! Sorry about that!

[they don't try to get their hand back. in fact, they look a little shy when mineo grabs onto it to warm it up! there go one or two feathers.]

Maybe because I was born where no light could reach! And, well, I never went anywhere else after except to work!

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No light...?

[he looks thoughtful at that]

Then have you never been outside or anything? Do you get to eat wherever... you are?

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Oh, nope! Sure haven't!

I don't really have to eat, I guess, but I can.

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Huh...

[Well alright, then he'll take the hand he's holding and gently tug it for Sloth to come along with him as he heads down the stairs - ]

Then let's go to the simulation room! I'll take you to some of my favorite spots, and show you the best food.

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[oh! hm. this feels familiar. they go along with the hand pulling them along.]

Okay! But... I'm not sure I really have anything very exciting to show you back!

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Aw, don't worry about that. Just show me what you want.

But I was actually gonna ask - do you think I can get a first aid kit? I asked Despair and they wouldn't hand one over...

[he's just

so sure white's gonna stab someone soon

but off they go to the simulation room! hand in hand]

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Oh. Okay.

[the horn lifts like they are thoughtfully peering up. they are floating above the ground by a few inches, and they float right on it after mineo, hand in hand.]

I don't think I can, but... I can tell you that you don't have to worry about it!

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Why wouldn't I have to worry about it?

Do we not have blood anymore?

[why is this

what]

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[they have a hood on, but they literally look like ????]

If you didn't have blood, you'd definitely be dead!

[haha!]

[sengokus]

Mmm... then how come we won't need it...? I mean - everyone's got knives and encouragement to indulge, so I'm pretty nervous. Seems like an accident waiting to happen!

[haha]

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Oh! Well, because... you just won't! If something happens, there will be a way to fix it!

Probably.

[sengokus]

.... probably.

[he looks

a little worried]

No chance I'll get more details about that...? What if I ask nicely?

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[they sort of shrug.]

Don't worry, I'm a big fan of details! But, uh... there's none! Not a single one, sorry! Don't worry, though. Once something happens, we'll figure out a way to help!

I said I would take care of you, right?

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[ . . . . he just looks thoughtful at that]

You did....

I guess - I just want to look out for other people when I can, too.

[HE'S TOO NICE TO BE HERE]

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[mineo, why are you here, the hell.]

Oh, you don't have to worry about them. They'll be just fine, too.

[hmm.

they reach into they robes a second. and then produce... a single bandaid. they hand it to mineo. :D]

[sengokus]

[



fuck

he

he takes it. and honestly he's just losing it as he's laughing]

Thanks, Sloth-san!

[THAT WAS A GENUINE ATTEMPT. he'll reach up to pat them on the head again..... cute......]

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[they don't know why mineo is laughing, but they do not seem offended in the slightest.]

No problem!

[they will accept the pats. be careful not to get stabbed by the horn.]

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[somehow he doesn't! but he'll at least bring them to the VR room - ]

Oh yeah, you good with the robe and stuff? Do you have to wear it?

We're probably going to a place where it'd be hard to move around in...