[because without their heels (and even with their heels?) they're quite a bit shorter than mahito. they don't seem to reach for anything yet either, though judging by how they're leaning forward they're examining the goods.]
Yeah, definitely. But it's not too surprising to see it here. [they don't elaborate on why, but there's a nod.] We had all kinds of cute cafes and stuff. I worked in a maid cafe for a while, so our set-up was a little different, but we had tables set out and decorated for our guests like this, too.
These poor foods are just going to remain uneaten if Lust doesn't have any though, because Mahito seems perfectly content to observe and does not seem keen on sticking any food thing in his mouth.]
Yeah? Why? [HE'LL JUST ASK because he's curious, but it's a fleeting sort of curiosity. He's way more interested in the fact that they came from a place with maid cafes because that's hilarious??]
Eh, really? I think that's the first time one of you has mentioned something that I have where I'm from.
[They are correct... He has no problems at all with shifting topics to discuss the apparent similarities in their worlds, tilting his head forward curiously.]
You could say that. [they hold up both hands, both of their index fingers pointed as if to measure a large distance.] It's a big city full of tall buildings and lots of people and all kinds of things like restaurants and parks and malls and stuff. And then there's all the forests and mountains around us, and there're beaches nearby, too!
[Awww yeah. Honestly, it's so nice hearing about something that's familiar?? Not that tons of people here are from vastly different planets or versions of the same planet, but still! Always nice to find a fellow could-be-mistake-for-someone-from-a-normal-ass-big-city-on-Earthling.]
Ah! That really is familiar. Sounds just like home... It kind of makes me miss the real beaches and mountains and forests, you know?
[He does dearly love the simulation room, but still.]
--Hah, well. I guess you do know, if you've been here a long time too.
Me too! [they mean this sincerely? they're even waving their hands a little.] This place is nice but it's been soooo long since I've gone for a good hike or explored an abandoned area or anything fun!
But at the same time there's stuff here that we don't have back where I'm from either. [for instance, lust has never been to an opium den.]
He seems to agree though, grinning at their enthusiasm and nodding in response.]
True! I like some of the things here. It's always nice, finding something new that you haven't really gotten to see before, you know?
[Even if his first instinct is more often than not to destroy and/or pick it apart... But! He's just as liable to chill out and enjoy it, especially in such a weirdly unpredictable place as this.]
Hey, what do you miss more? Between the ocean, the forest and the mountains?
Yeah, exactly! I think it's pretty fun to also see things that you know about but haven't seen in a long time, too. Kind of like the circus. It's plenty to keep us busy for a while.
[there's a light hum as they think, propping their head up with their hand.]
Maaaaybe the forest. It's kinda creepy at night, but that's what makes it cool. Especially when you're out looking for UFOs and other urban legends. But during the day? The ocean. I haven't been in a long time, but it's so pretty.
[these things happen...but there's an enthusiastic nod.]
Yeah! Not all the time, but I like reading about them and sometimes my friends and I would go out and look to see if we could find anything. We never did, but that didn't stop us from trying.
[they also just like. clap their hands together in delight? wow. they're really just out here vibin' with this curse.] Who doesn't love a warm sunny day and a cool ocean breeze? Oooh, I wanna go back! [they seem to be pouting a little.] Maybe another time...the simulation room is okay but it's not totally the same either.
You can't just try once and then give up anyway, right? Never know which time might work out!
[This is the same logic he used to trick White into slashing the door twice with just for shits and giggles, good lord...
ANYWAY THEY SURE ARE VIBING.]
Hah, right? It feels super real! But I think there's just a little something in your head that tells you it isn't... I've already been to Dagon's beach there plenty of times, but it isn't the same without them anyway, you know?
[He's truly just used that simulation room any time he needs to escape from being trapped in a circular base with humans running around in it... HIS (friend's) BEACH.]
Hey! You should come to a real beach with me someday. Maybe after I fix my world?
Well yeah, people always make an experience way more real. And each experience is different when it's different people, too.
[they consider this for a moment.] You think so? Are you sure? [they swing their legs a little under the table, just idly kicking.] It sounds like fun but you've got a lot you want to do for your world, don't you?
Mm, that's true! It really is the people that make it, huh?
[Such a nice statement that is so bad when it comes from a curse...
Anyway, here's the funny thing about Mahito's entire involvement in this mess.]
Yep! Even if things take a while, we already have a really good plan. Our work'll be done in just a few years. [HE'S JUST HERE TO FASTTRACK IT. Mahito was just given the opportunity to speed up the curse takeover and went "sure, sounds neat", even as his comrades work steadily toward endgoal in a much more reasonable manner back home. God bless.] But I guess some of the places aren't so bad even with the humans there, so you can visit sooner if you want?
But what if that plan doesn't work? Do you have a back-up plan just in case? You might have to indulge a lot here to get the amount of power you really need. [hmm.] If you wouldn't mind, it could be sort of cool to really visit a parallel world.
This is my back-up plan, I guess! [HE GUESSES.] Indulging isn't really a problem for me, at least.
[He doesn't even have to actively think about it... He literally lacks all human inhibitions, nothing stops him but his own wildass whims.]
But yeah, I don't mind! I like the people here a lot better than most of the people where I'm from. I wouldn't mind showing you around at all. I can take you to all the real haunted places, even!
Really? [well.] I guess not having any rules does make it easier for you, huh? I'm kind of jealous, but I think I'd be too scared to just do whatever I wanted all the time.
[but that's also nice.] That'd be really cool! What do you have? Ghosts? Demons? Zombies?
Yup! [A BRIGHT SMILE. And then, with some genuine curiosity:] What about it makes you scared?
[Wow though, very funny?? UNFORTUNATELY HE DECIDES HE LIKES LUST, TOO. THIS IS TERRIBLE. WOW. HE HASN'T RUN ACROSS A SINGLE NPC HE DISLIKES!!]
Curses, mostly! But we come in all shapes. Some are a little more like ghosts, some are a little more like zombies, some are like monsters, some are like animals...
I've got an image to uphold! I can't really do anything that goes against that too much. [that's a good part of it, maybe there's more to it but lust won't tell. can't believe mahito's out here liking all these npcs.]
How do you know what a curse is and what's just a normal ghost or animal or anything? Can you tell just from looking?
Still! It's not like going against your image makes you a different person or anything, right?
[Please don't let him start getting into philosophical talks about authenticity GOD NOT TWICE. Anyway this is hilarious, he loves this topic.]
You can tell by their curse energy signature! All curses have one. Most of them don't look exactly like animals or bugs or even people anyway, even if we come from them - so you can usually tell by sight, yeah.
[He says this like 99.9% of curses aren't visually monstrous as hell.]
[ALL VAGUENESS. Unfortunately that makes Mahito more curious, and he leans forward a little.]
Yeah? How so...?
[The intricacies of authenticity are very fascinating to him! Again, unfortunate. As far as curse DNA goes, with a laugh:] Yep! Though souls are actually pretty similar at the core... Mm, where I'm from, anyway.
[Mahito looked at the souls are unique narrative and threw it into the garbage. Also wow imagine if one of these curses had show up instead of Mahito, wild.]
There's a difference between being yourself and having a public persona. Like an idea of who I am instead of who I really am. They're pretty much the same, but I don't want people getting the wrong idea either.
[THIS CURSE IS TERRIFYING NO. anyway.] Does that ever get hard to keep up with? If all of them are similar, how do you know what's a good soul and what's not?
[Mahito like, gets it, but also, he does not get it. He gets it in theory only. He gets it in an "I was born understanding this because it's part of human eccentricities but also, what the fuck is a caring about how people view you" kind of way.]
Ah, right... You guys are always really worried about how you look to everyone else, huh? It's so weird! That kind of thing will definitely hold you back.
[YEAH THOUGH AIN'T IT. WE LOVE TO SEE DISGOSTIN CURSES they're all over the place.]
Hm? What do you mean? Souls aren't good or bad - they just are. Like people!
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Yeah, definitely. But it's not too surprising to see it here. [they don't elaborate on why, but there's a nod.] We had all kinds of cute cafes and stuff. I worked in a maid cafe for a while, so our set-up was a little different, but we had tables set out and decorated for our guests like this, too.
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These poor foods are just going to remain uneaten if Lust doesn't have any though, because Mahito seems perfectly content to observe and does not seem keen on sticking any food thing in his mouth.]
Yeah? Why? [HE'LL JUST ASK because he's curious, but it's a fleeting sort of curiosity. He's way more interested in the fact that they came from a place with maid cafes because that's hilarious??]
Eh, really? I think that's the first time one of you has mentioned something that I have where I'm from.
[Curse in a maid cafe...]
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so yeah. there's a little laugh.]
I think that's just because we're from pretty similar places.
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Yeah? Like, another Japan?
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Ah! That really is familiar. Sounds just like home... It kind of makes me miss the real beaches and mountains and forests, you know?
[He does dearly love the simulation room, but still.]
--Hah, well. I guess you do know, if you've been here a long time too.
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But at the same time there's stuff here that we don't have back where I'm from either. [for instance, lust has never been to an opium den.]
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He seems to agree though, grinning at their enthusiasm and nodding in response.]
True! I like some of the things here. It's always nice, finding something new that you haven't really gotten to see before, you know?
[Even if his first instinct is more often than not to destroy and/or pick it apart... But! He's just as liable to chill out and enjoy it, especially in such a weirdly unpredictable place as this.]
Hey, what do you miss more? Between the ocean, the forest and the mountains?
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Yeah, exactly! I think it's pretty fun to also see things that you know about but haven't seen in a long time, too. Kind of like the circus. It's plenty to keep us busy for a while.
[there's a light hum as they think, propping their head up with their hand.]
Maaaaybe the forest. It's kinda creepy at night, but that's what makes it cool. Especially when you're out looking for UFOs and other urban legends. But during the day? The ocean. I haven't been in a long time, but it's so pretty.
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[He kicks his feet out a little, listening attentively as they talk. U...urban legend hunter... who worked at a maid cafe...]
Did you used to look for that kind of stuff? [TOO BAD THEY FOUND WHATEVER LED THEM HERE INSTEAD...
His expression brightens as they talk about the ocean, though. A PLACE HE LOVES.]
Good pick! That's my favorite place during the day, too. There's really nothing better than a big, big beach!
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Yeah! Not all the time, but I like reading about them and sometimes my friends and I would go out and look to see if we could find anything. We never did, but that didn't stop us from trying.
[they also just like. clap their hands together in delight? wow. they're really just out here vibin' with this curse.] Who doesn't love a warm sunny day and a cool ocean breeze? Oooh, I wanna go back! [they seem to be pouting a little.] Maybe another time...the simulation room is okay but it's not totally the same either.
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You can't just try once and then give up anyway, right? Never know which time might work out!
[This is the same logic he used to trick White into slashing the door twice with just for shits and giggles, good lord...
ANYWAY THEY SURE ARE VIBING.]
Hah, right? It feels super real! But I think there's just a little something in your head that tells you it isn't... I've already been to Dagon's beach there plenty of times, but it isn't the same without them anyway, you know?
[He's truly just used that simulation room any time he needs to escape from being trapped in a circular base with humans running around in it... HIS (friend's) BEACH.]
Hey! You should come to a real beach with me someday. Maybe after I fix my world?
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Well yeah, people always make an experience way more real. And each experience is different when it's different people, too.
[they consider this for a moment.] You think so? Are you sure? [they swing their legs a little under the table, just idly kicking.] It sounds like fun but you've got a lot you want to do for your world, don't you?
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Mm, that's true! It really is the people that make it, huh?
[Such a nice statement that is so bad when it comes from a curse...
Anyway, here's the funny thing about Mahito's entire involvement in this mess.]
Yep! Even if things take a while, we already have a really good plan. Our work'll be done in just a few years. [HE'S JUST HERE TO FASTTRACK IT. Mahito was just given the opportunity to speed up the curse takeover and went "sure, sounds neat", even as his comrades work steadily toward endgoal in a much more reasonable manner back home. God bless.] But I guess some of the places aren't so bad even with the humans there, so you can visit sooner if you want?
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But what if that plan doesn't work? Do you have a back-up plan just in case? You might have to indulge a lot here to get the amount of power you really need. [hmm.] If you wouldn't mind, it could be sort of cool to really visit a parallel world.
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[He doesn't even have to actively think about it... He literally lacks all human inhibitions, nothing stops him but his own wildass whims.]
But yeah, I don't mind! I like the people here a lot better than most of the people where I'm from. I wouldn't mind showing you around at all. I can take you to all the real haunted places, even!
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[but that's also nice.] That'd be really cool! What do you have? Ghosts? Demons? Zombies?
[lust.]
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[Wow though, very funny?? UNFORTUNATELY HE DECIDES HE LIKES LUST, TOO. THIS IS TERRIBLE. WOW. HE HASN'T RUN ACROSS A SINGLE NPC HE DISLIKES!!]
Curses, mostly! But we come in all shapes. Some are a little more like ghosts, some are a little more like zombies, some are like monsters, some are like animals...
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How do you know what a curse is and what's just a normal ghost or animal or anything? Can you tell just from looking?
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[Please don't let him start getting into philosophical talks about authenticity GOD NOT TWICE. Anyway this is hilarious, he loves this topic.]
You can tell by their curse energy signature! All curses have one. Most of them don't look exactly like animals or bugs or even people anyway, even if we come from them - so you can usually tell by sight, yeah.
[He says this like 99.9% of curses aren't visually monstrous as hell.]
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So it's like...how people say all souls have their own reading, like a curse DNA? No two curses are alike?
[see the thing is that currently, right now, mahito doesn't look horrifying so their idea of curses is probably very off-base.]
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Yeah? How so...?
[The intricacies of authenticity are very fascinating to him! Again, unfortunate. As far as curse DNA goes, with a laugh:] Yep! Though souls are actually pretty similar at the core... Mm, where I'm from, anyway.
[Mahito looked at the souls are unique narrative and threw it into the garbage. Also wow imagine if one of these curses had show up instead of Mahito, wild.]
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[THIS CURSE IS TERRIFYING NO. anyway.] Does that ever get hard to keep up with? If all of them are similar, how do you know what's a good soul and what's not?
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Ah, right... You guys are always really worried about how you look to everyone else, huh? It's so weird! That kind of thing will definitely hold you back.
[YEAH THOUGH AIN'T IT. WE LOVE TO SEE DISGOSTIN CURSES they're all over the place.]
Hm? What do you mean? Souls aren't good or bad - they just are. Like people!
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[but they also don't seem to mind that mahito doesn't get it, so they move on.]
...people can be good or bad, you know. That's kind of the whole point of morality and humanity isn't it?
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