Audience: Mahito

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Oh, yeah. There's lots of stuff I didn't know!

[The only things he knows innately all have to do with The General Bad And Sinful Nature Of Humans, good work humanity.]

That's why I like reading so much, you know? Or watching movies, or exploring new places, or just talking to people.

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If you wanted something new to read you could ask your Avatar? They probably have a few books you could borrow. But I think it's better to learn stuff from exploring and talking to people anyway. It's not really the same otherwise.

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Really? I'll go ask later, then! [Greed in the rafters like "please stop sending this goblin to me thanks".]

But you're right about that. Books are great for things you can't easily experience yourself, and I guess there are a lot of things that fall under that category... But first-hand is always best, where it's possible!

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At least being here has been giving you a chance...you got to meet a cat, right? So that's a good start.

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Yeah! I love cats. [NOT AS MUCH AS GLUTTONY... Nobody does, though.] And everyone here comes from really interesting places! Almost all of them are fun to talk to, too.

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"Almost"? Are there people here you're not interested in besides Mr. Satoru?

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Yeah! Some people are boring, like Vlad. [lmao] People who get too serious about all the trials and deaths and stuff aren't fun to talk to all the time, either.

[He's a misery sponge but he's also a curse trying to pretend to be remotely human!! Which means he has to like, feign concern and care, and it's TIRING.]

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I don't know if it's that Mr. Masters is boring. He just thinks really highly of himself. [lust is maybe still mad about what vlad said about wrath on saturday.]

Do you think it's wrong for people to feel sad about the deaths that are happening?

[do curses actually care? all signs point to no, but still.]

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He's definitely boring, too. [Granted, Mahito's definition of boring does not align with the definition of most other people...

ANYWAY, perhaps his answer will be somewhat surprising.]

Nope! That's the way things are for people. Sad things happen and they feel sad about it.

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[the worst is that they laugh at that.] Okay, okay, maybe he is.

But you don't want to be involved in talking about their sad feelings, basically.

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[LOOK SOMETIMES YOU JUST LAUGH ABOUT THESE THINGS!! He didn't even hear what Vlad said about Wrath but he'd probably agree with whatever Lust's gripes are, because he likes Wrath way more than Vlad. Tragic.

Either way, he just looks satisfied with the agreement before moving on.]

Oh, is that how it seems? I don't mind it at all!

[On the contrary, he loves it when people talk to him about their sad feelings!]

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[hilarious that vlad ends up dead later this week and by hilarious i mean terrible.]

...right. Curses are born from bad feelings. Forgot about that part.

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[yeah who could have done this to poor sweet innocent vlad]

Yep! They're the most familiar to me, and they're usually the most interesting to watch, too.

[All the bad vibes! All the rancid vibes!! He soaks them up like a little demon sponge.]

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Have you ever tried soaking up good feelings? I bet you could find a lot of those, too.

[can we reverse a curse? we just don't know.]

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I do that, too! It's not always fun when things are just peaceful and people are having a good time, but sometimes it is.

[He seems to be telling the truth... Mahito is just a funky little flea enigma, soon to be a flea with an ass bite. Don't ask too much of him.]

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[they tilt their head.]

You really don't have an agenda most of the time, huh? [MAHITO IS TRULY JUST OUT HERE DOING WHATEVER HE WANTS.]

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Nope! [HE SAYS BRIGHTLY, with a laid back smile... He really, truly is. Cannot emphasize enough how he really just does whatever the fuck on a whim and vibes.]

It's better to live your life unconstrained like that, don't you think?

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Well....maybe not all the time! Especially not if something else comes up and changes your entire life.

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Yeah? You sound like you're speaking from experience.

[He says it in the tone of someone curious who also does not expect an actual answer.]

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Sometimes things happen to the people around you and you just have to change things. [...and they figure mahito actually doesn't care, but they can at least mention it.]

When I was younger, my mom was in an accident. She lost the use of her arm because of it, so we had to change some things around our house. Or like when I was even littler and I fell from somewhere really high when I was dancing. I hurt my leg pretty bad and I thought I wasn't gonna be able to dance ever again.

[these are such basic examples, but it's just to provide minor context.]

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Ah...

[He may not really understand in a human way, or care, but he at least listens when people talk to him and explain things. Unfortunate, honestly.

Also unfortunate: humans in general. Imagine not being able to just fix your body any time it breaks, can't relate.]

It's true in that way, yeah - some things are pretty unavoidable for humans. But it's saddest when people restrain themselves in mental ways, you know? Like not wanting to do this or that because it'd go against what you're known for, or whatever. Oh - we've talked about this before, haven't we?

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We have, yeah. And I know how you feel about that, but...what if...what if your brain wasn't really your own? What if there was something you would do, but the person you look like doesn't match those thoughts?

[what in the fuck.]

[touchups]

[the sound of aki hysterically sobbing PERFECT BLUE??? ANIMORPHS???? in the distance in confusion, throwing spaghetti noodles at the wall and collapsing onto the floor

Mahito just looks vaguely intrigued, though. Unfortunately.]

What, like, you're a brain hijacking someone else's body and you gotta act like them to blend in?

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[dumps your noodles back in your lap.]

Yeah. Like...let's say...switching bodies with somebody else. You keep your own memories, but you have access to that person's memories and stuff, too, so you know how to behave like them while still being you.

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[PICKS THEM UP WITH MY FISTS AND YELLS AT THE HEAVENS]

Is that what you're dealing with? Something like it? Mmm... [As he taps a finger against his chin, he seems like he's giving this some genuine thought.] I guess I can see what you mean, then. I know someone in that kinda situation, but it's not totally the same.

[Then, with a curious lilt:] Seems kinda easy to start blurring lines, if you have all of someone else's memories, too.