Audience: Mahito

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week 1, monday

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[a text back:]

for sure, what's up? come to the circus this room is hysterical

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just want to meet you properly thats all!
be right there

[AND AWAY HE WILL GO, TO THE CIRCUS, WHERE HE FUCKING BELONGS ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER CLOWNS HERE. Where is... this fire-footed creachur.....]

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[this is where he belongs

they are in the center ring, staring up at the ceiling. their flame feets are going strong.

... they fingergun at mahito, what's up.]

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[CAN'T DENY THAT.

Anyway he fingerguns right back, with both hands!! Before sliding them into his pockets as he moseys over with a grin.]

Whatcha looking at?

[He too will stare up at the ceiling?! Is there a secret body in the tent, he hopes so.]

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[yeah, it's actually mahito and he's been dead the whole time]

Nothing, just - sort of marveling over what this place looks like, you know? A whole-ass circus! Crazy.

[there's nothing up there, just vague circus noises.]

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[god please country gnomes take his bones

He stares up and sees nothing but circus top... Still, he stretches his hands up, anyway.]

A whole-ass circus... [Just echoing it back as he nods in understanding.....] I've never been inside one before. [EVEN THOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN THERE. Though he'll shoot Wrath a curious glance after that!]

Are these places just as new to you guys, then?

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[they shrug a little.]

Not entirely. It is the first time I've been in here, though. The smell of popcorn usually makes me feel sick.

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Yeah? Bad experience with it?

[He lowers his arms down again and begins walking a little circle around the center ring. Stopping by... the Hisoka outfit.....]

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One time, me and my brother ate so much of it we got super, super sick.

I think it's been long enough that it doesn't bother me as much anymore. [they watch him go... please don't take the hisoka outfit.]

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[What if he took the Hisoka outfit and became Hisoka...2!!!!

Just kidding he'd never deprive the real Hisoka of his clothes, as he is probably scuttling about naked in the vents looking for them as they speak.]

Ah... Kind of funny how food memories like that last so long, huh? [Wild! He pokes at the cloth, but turns back to face Wrath curiously.]

Your brother isn't here, I take it? Back wherever it is you came from...?

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[wow that's horrifying, i hate that.]

Yeah, right? It's like you get smacked with the sense memory sometimes. [they kick at the ground a bit.] He's back where I came from, yeah. I haven't - uh, well, it's complicated! But I haven't been able to talk to him for years.

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[we all hate that and yet]

Mmhm! Like the smell of a theater or hospital room, right?

[Why are those his examples... God. He'll abandon his inspection of this area of the circus, moving over to look up at the tightrope.]

Yeah? That must be pretty hard. [A quiet little hum.] Not that I have any brothers, but I know someone who has a lot! And he loves all of them a lot, too.

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For sure. Hospital smell is the worst. [...]

And yeah. It is hard. Having a sibling is the worst and best thing in the world. This person a friend of yours, or just an acquaintance?

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Sounds like you've got some personal experience.

[Said with a curious little tilt of his head... He abandons the tightrope soon too, and makes his way back over to i almost typed rage WRATH.]

Is it? [He doesn't know these things!!] Ah - I'd call him a work colleague, I guess. We haven't known each other very long, but I like him!

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Maybe!

[they seem to be watching him pretty closely.]

You like a lot of people, it seems like. [they say this dubiously.]

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[DON'T DUBIOUS AT HIM!! He looks amused, though... Honestly amused and curious are just his two default emotions, god.]

Yeah, I do. [He doesn't seem to be lying when he says that, either.] Is it that surprising?

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Considering what I looked up on you, it sure is.

[sniff.]

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[That seems to pique his interest a little, if only because the idea of the avatars having to read up on people here like plebes is hilarious to him on a personal level.]

Eh? I'm curious! What did you find?

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[shakes open my mahito newspaper]

Well, I found out what you are, what you like to do to people, and what you're here for. All of the above are horrifying! [they don't sound that horrified.]

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[THE MAHITO NEWSPAPER STOP...

Anyway yeah Mahito's gotten used to people not being horrified by him here, which he finds both perplexing and also intriguing. He loves it!]

Yep! [DON'T JUST AGREE.] But that doesn't mean I can't like people, too.

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I don't know if what you're doing is liking people. [they say, with a sniff.] But uh, I guess that makes you perfect for this place.

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[Unfortunately, he really is a hellishly perfect fit for a garbage heap with (ty voice) no rules except to stomp on everyone else.]

Yeah? It isn't? [He says this with seemingly genuine curiosity, folding his hands behind his back.] What would you say it is, then?

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[i didn't get this notif, wow]

Seems kind of more to me like you're, uh, playing with them. Like toys. It's not a real sort of thing. Wigs me out a bit.

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[dw is really saying no flea rights this game im in tears

ANYWAY that's exactly how Mahito views things, they are so right! There are a scattered (non-human) few who have risen above the "haha neat toy" level, but even then, his emotional scope doesn't extend far.]

Oooh... [Said as if he understands something now, but who knows what the heck that something is. Then, with a nod:] Mm, yep! That's the way most people feel, but usually a lot more of it.

[BEING WIGGED OUT BY A CURSE IS PUTTING IT SO LIGHTLY.]

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[hmmm. it's clear they don't approve, judging by their body language.]

I don't, uh. I can't get on people for seeing things differently because they're not human. That'd be hypocritical.

I'm keeping an eye on you. That's all. [very foreboding, wrath.]