Audience: Mahito

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Comments

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[The flea is filing this answer away for later use.]

Yeah, it's kind of hard to explain, too. Only one other person where I'm from can perceive a soul in any way at all... Hard to talk about something with no reference point, right? You can just think of it like an invisible second stomach or something!

[IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.]

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Hm...I don't think stomachs and souls are even close to the same thing, Mahito. But if you say so.

[touchups]

Yeah, maybe not where you come from.

[Said with a little shrug. HE SEES HIS OWN WORLD'S SOULS THOUGH, and they are just another organ that produces things.]

You guys probably wouldn't like being able to see them.

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Probably not. I barely like seeing some of the things I see here.

[touchups]

Somehow I get the feeling you're wording that as nicely as possible.

[Said in a little jesting tone, because yeah, "SOMEHOW" HE GETS THE FEELING...]

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Maybe just a little. [equally jesting but also damn you bitches keep ruining so much.]

But even with everything happening here it's still not all bad. I get cool powers here so that's a plus.

[touchups]

[THEY'RE ALL MIDAS!! With a golden touch of destruction and sometimes murder.]

True, I guess! But you'd still go home right away if you could, right?

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Well...wouldn't you?

[that is not an answer.]

[touchups]

Probably!

[P...probably. But since he notices that is indeed not an answer:] Is it a probably for you? Or a maybe?

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Probably. I'd like to, someday, but only when everything's done here.

[touchups]

Which is something you still can't tell the rest of us about, I'm guessing?

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Hm? No, it's like I've been telling people. Once you earn enough indulgence for the things you guys want, you can leave. It's that easy.

[touchups]

Yeah, and? What about you guys? What is it you're looking for? You've done this like, tons of times, right?

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It's been a while, yeah. But I guess the thing is that people are always gonna want stuff, and as long as people want stuff and will work for it, we'll be here.

[touchups]

[His head cants to the side a little and he seems to consider something for a second, but after mulling it over, all he says is:]

Sounds like a pretty shit deal.

[Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE HERE FOR ALL ETERNITY.]

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Yes and no. I don't mind the immortality, even if it's maybe temporary.

[they seem weirdly at ease with that idea, too.]

[touchups]

[It is kinda funky, but Mahito doesn't have a good perspective to look at things from here, being both 2 and also immortal and eternal at the same time.]

Mm... Well, I guess that's something not a lot of people get. And it's fine, picking the good out of the bad or whatever, yeah?

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Why not? [they shrug, tilting their head briefly.] I feel like I have a lot of conversations with you about what's actually good and what's actually bad.

[touchups]

Haha, I think I just kind of lean that way naturally...

[If left to his own devices, Mahito has two settings and they're "ramble about the nature of the soul" and "blow bubbles with a bubble wand".]

What kind of things do you usually like to talk about, anyway?

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[me as well.]

I like reading about conspiracy theories sometimes, and I told you about the urban legends and stuff right? I could spend hours theorizing about stuff because it's fun to think about what these weird phenomenons mean.

I also like talking about music and video games and stuff.

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Oh, right! I heard you talking about streaming that one time.

[Heard and not seen, because he was in a closet at the time, where he should have honestly just stayed.]

What do you think about video games based on urban legends and stuff? Like that one Slenderman game?

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I really like the different takes on the stories because none of them are totally the same. Some of them are really creepy, too, so they're fun to play when you know the story attached. I've been thinking about playing more of them lately but I'm really into some sandbox games right now.

[touchups]

Yeah? Minecraft or something? Those games always take up so much time... I guess I can see the draw, though. Hey! We should play some creepy games together, sometime.

[He is the embodiment of human hatred but also he loves games!]

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Mmhmm. Envy and I play together sometimes. It's nice to just kind of explore and do things without a big objective waiting for us.

[but they seem delighted by that! wow! i would love if they were even remotely afraid of this flea!]

That'd be fun though! There's a lot of them in the rec room, or I can grab something from my collection upstairs.

[touchups]

[IT'LL BE FINE the flea is just a little guy? It's his birthday. He seems excited, too!]

Let's play some of yours! Whatever you want. I've played a lot of the games in the rec room and I don't really have any favorites or anything. Ah, but I do like horror...

[OF COURSE HE DOES.]