Audience: Mahito

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Comments

[touchups]

Yeah, but it's important stuff.

[Like Virginia Woolf quotes, apparently. With a sigh, he lingers on the sample for Paranoia Survivor.]

[probe]

Hm...tell you what. If you get a higher score than me, I'll stop bugging you to remember basic information. Okay?

[touchups]

[PERKING UP. Less because he wants to not use his memory braincell and more because he just digs competitions in general...]

Okay, sure! One shot only, yeah?

[probe]

Yup! Make it or break it. Think you can keep up?

[they also like competitions. terrible.]

[touchups]

[VERY TERRIBLE why do they vibe.]

I can! But I'll have to do better than that, huh? Ready?

[When they give the okay, he'll slap the start button and launch them into another round of DDR. God.]

[probe]

You bet! [AND THERE THEY GO. rng a winner because lust is always good at this.]

[touchups]

[im not rnging a winner i refuse to let mahito have anything, he is losing.]

--Wah, you're really good at these, aren't you?

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I've been dancing since I was really little. This is pretty easy for me. [haha.]

[touchups]

[POUTING ABOUT IT as one does when they lose.]

Ugh... Well, fair's fair, I guess! But we should compete at something I've got the edge in sometime.

[He doesn't know what the fck that might be, it's fine.]

Why've you been dancing for so long?

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If you ever figure out what that is, tell me! It'd be fun to compete in something new. [haha.]

What do you mean why? I just like it a lot, so I started doing it all the time before making it a career.

[touchups]

[PUNK. There's just a little hum of acknowledgment though, because he sure will do that.

As for the second part:] Oh... I figured maybe there was a reason for you to start so early. [A little shrug! He does not know how humans work perfectly.] It's pretty rare for humans to find something they're good at and really like enough to stick with at a young age.

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You think? [they hum to themselves, doing another neat little spin.] I don't really know why. I've always just liked moving my body even if there isn't any music. I don't think I can imagine not dancing, even though I think my producer wanted me to focus more on my singing now instead.

[touchups]

Huh... Are you some kinda idol or something?

[Have they already told him this?? i aki do not remember but fortunately Mahito has holes in his brain anyway.]

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Yeah. I'm most famous online right now, but I've been trying to get more work for myself.

[they don't seem to mind sharing that.]

[touchups]

Oh! [...] Ooooooh.

[As some of the things they said in their first few conversations finally click into place... God.]

Isn't that a hard job? Is it fun?

[probe]

It can be hard, but it's really fun! I love my fans and getting to do my live streams and stuff, but trying to get other work is taking a long time. I don't mind though.

[touchups]

What other work are you trying to get, anyway? Just stuff that isn't online?

[probe]

Yeah. Even getting a gig for being a back-up singer takes a lot of effort. But I don't mind the extra work if it means I can make it happen.

[touchups]

[GIVING HER A THUMBS UP.]

Sounds like a real mountain to climb! But, I mean - that's what makes this kind of stuff satisfying, right?

[probe]

Yup! And it's sort of like what you guys are doing here, isn't it?

[touchups]

Sort of, yeah! I guess you die a metaphorical death when you fail at reaching your goals, too.

[Is that what they were getting at.]

[probe]

Something like that, yeah. [hm.] If you don't reach your goal...it's kinda like what's left, you know?

[touchups]

Yep. It's pretty sad, but a lot of people die that way, don't they?

[He says "it's pretty sad", but they'll be able to tell it's just a reflection of The Proper Words Normal People Use In A Situation Like This.]

[probe]

Yeah. That's the thing about dying though. Most people never know when it's gonna happen to them.

[touchups]

That's true, that's true! I wonder if it would make things better or worse if they could see it coming.

[He says, leaning against his DDR bar like this is a normal casual conversation.]