Audience: Mahito

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It's a good one. [HIS NEW FAVORITE. Goodbye, simulation room, he will never see you again. He's going to plant himself next to the roses here and wait until his friends show up.

While talking, he runs a finger around the outermost layer of petals, propping his chin up in the palm of his other hand.]

The air is fresh and the flowers are nice to look at. It's hard to find some of these rose colors where I come from, too. We get a lot of reds, pinks and whites... You'd probably like Hanami's flowers too, if you like these.

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[if pride comes in here and sees mahito among the rose bushes, mahito is going to die before he gets to flea circus anybody.]

Hanami?

[touchups]

[HIS FLIRCUS!!!!!]

Mm, Hanami! A good friend. They were born from the way humans mistreat the planet, but they're really gentle. They make sure no one disturbs the forests and can grow anything in a blink without even having to think about it. Anything at all! Any flower you could think of.

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[that's kind of okay, though, in pride's opinion.]

Didn't know you had friends.

[touchups]

Yep! [Said with an easy grin. He is not at all offended by the fact that Pride is like the fourth avatar to say something along these lines to him. They are all correct.]

There are only a few other curses that share my grade, and I'm proud to call all of them my friends.

[probe]

[they've all read your file, mahito, they know your crimes. probably.

mahito has more friends than pride, i'm very proud of him.]

What are you here for?

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[Probably.

ALSO STOP THAT'S SO SAD HELLO. I HATE IT HERE ACTUALLY]

Here, like- [POINTING AT THE FLOOR, gesturing to the flowers...] -here in this moment, talking to you? Or here as in, in general?

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Both, I suppose. I'm more curious about the latter.

[touchups]

I just wanted to say hi since I haven't talked to you yet, but you didn't seem really happy having to deal with a bunch of people at once, earlier.

[Unfortunately, Mahito is keenly observant.]

But I guess you could say I'm here for them.

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[... huh.]

I'm not a fan of crowds. [they say, after a moment.] You're here for them. What does that mean?

[touchups]

Yeah, I figured. I get it.

[Which is strange considering he spends all his time NYOOMING AT EVERYONE AT WARP SPEEDS, but also. He does prefer an empty beach.]

I'm here for their wish! Well - our wish, but at least one of them's waaay more invested in it than me. [JOGO. He says this with a teasing fondness, though, before clarifying.] A future for curses.

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[pride is not sure how to feel about being seen by a curse.]

Are you in some sort of danger?

[touchups]

[It's bad, probably. Or maybe it's fine!]

The balance shifted - the balance between humans and curses. [The world can thank Gojou Satoru for that one.] So we're not really in a good position, yeah.

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[hm.]

Can't blame you for fighting back. Or whatever it is you're doing.

[touchups]

[There's a beat, and then he's canting his head to the side with a smile.]

You're not so bad, huh?

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[all these people being nice to them is weird.]

I don't believe in good and evil. Whatever side you're on tends to be the good one. Whatever side you're against tends to be the bad one. Two sides of every dagger.

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[He looks like he's considering saying something for a moment, but eventually just shrugs, pulling his hands away from the flower.]

Not many people walk a line where they're allowed that kind of perspective, though. I can't fault humans for it; it's just as much a part of their instincts as anything else.

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[they shrug.]

It is what it is. No point in fighting it.

[touchups]

Yep! I agree.

[It is probably not great to have so many aligning opinions with a flea!! But he seems pretty content with it.]

--Hey, just curious. Most of you guys don't seem to be human, really. Are you?

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None of your business.

[oh. touchy? calm down, pride.]

[touchups]

[me, pointing: THAT ONE'S ROYCE FOR SURE

Mahito seems unbothered as ever though, raising his hands.]

Alright, alright. Let's talk about something else, then! If you could put any plant in here that isn't already here, what would you choose?

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[STOP YOU KNOW NOTHING JON SNOW]

... I don't know. [they say after a moment. they look at the other flowers.] I don't know many others.

Monkshood, maybe. Oleander. Hemlock. [those are all poisonous, pride.]

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[I SEE YOU!!!!!!!!

Mahito also sees Pride.]

Any that aren't poisonous? [But he says it in a light and lilting way that implies he's not at all bothered. Poisonous plants are great, honestly.]

Ah - have you ever seen passionflowers before?

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[there's the smallest hint of a memory as they glance up at the flowers. a tall man with brown hair and a beard looks down at you, amused, as you explain to a horrified court assistant the various ways you could kill the duchess --

pride shakes their head.]

Maybe. Why?

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[Somehow, a little blip of memory is almost more disorienting than the big chunks of alternate lives he's been dealing with lately - maybe because it's new. He blinks a couple of times, quiet for a second, but chooses to leave it unaddressed.]

--I think you might like it! It's a really unique-looking flower. Most volcanic flowers are.