Audience: Shinobu

[gatonina]

Comments

[wisterin]

Are you sure that won't be too rude?

[gatonina]

I'm giving you permission! It'd be, like, way worse to ignore that, if you ask me.

[wisterin]

[ She laughs softly. ]

All right. It'll be a little odd, but Wizard, it is. Do you dislike most formalities?

[gatonina]

[they nod.]

Pretty much. As long as nobody acts like an asshole, I don't really care.

[wisterin]

That's easygoing of you. Can I ask, will all the tasks you request of us be in a similar vein as what's found on that board currently?

[gatonina]

As long as no one starts throwing rocks at us for asking for help with our chores, yeah!

[wisterin]

[ She tilts her head to the side. ]

Is that something you expect?

[gatonina]

It's hyperbole! Or, well, I hope it's hyperbole. [a huff of laughter.] You never know. Some people hate cleaning.

[wisterin]

There are some things people hate more than cleaning. It' much nicer to clean than the subject that's been talked to death lately. I think most would agree.

[ cleaning > murder. ]

I've done the tasks already, but can I still do one with you?

[gatonina]

True... The only thing you should be killing right now are tough grease stains.

[at that, they nod.]

Nothing says you can't! I don't have enough time for more than one task, but I'm here for it. As long as it's, um, not the one I came up with.

[wisterin]

Are you not allowed to do the one you came up with?

[ That's a little strange. ]

[gatonina]

No, nothing like that. I just want to be fair to B and P, you know? I'm great at dancing! But, erm, less great at what they came up with.

[wisterin]

[ She nods. ]

That's kind of you to be fair. How about you tell me something about yourself, then?

[gatonina]

Going with the second one, huh? I don't think anything I could tell you would count for what P asked for. You're, like, already in my turf.

[wisterin]

That's fine. What if I simply want to get to know you better? Trust can only come if I get to learn more about you.

[gatonina]

Fair, fair. What would you like to know? We can play 20 Questions.

[wisterin]

Twenty questions?

[ This cultural divide because she's from before Japan got too much western influence. ]

Are there rules?

[ Since they said play. ]

[gatonina]

Yup! We take turns asking questions, until we've asked twenty questions total. Simple, right?

[wisterin]

[ She nods. ]

All right. What's your favorite thing to do?

[gatonina]

[they tilt their head, tapping a finger against their chin thoughtfully.]

Well, I like to read... What about you? Same question.

[wisterin]

I love ghost stories.

[ It's her canon stated interest. It's the best thing. ]

But what I like to do more than that is helping others. Do you have a pet peeve?

[gatonina]

I think we can both agree that helping others is awesome.

[that said...]

It drives me up the wall when someone doesn't flush the toilet after using it. Like, please clean up after yourself. [blease.] What kind of story is your least favorite?

[wisterin]

It's such a simple thing to flush.

[ She has only learned about modern plumbing days ago, and she doesn't understand why it's such a problem for people to do it. ]

I don't care for stories without happy endings. Life is already unhappy enough. [ And happiness is such a precious, fragile thing. ] What's your family like?

[gatonina]

I think we can both agree on that. Unhappy endings are super unsatisfying.

[either way, they pause... and tilt their head. when they respond, they sound a little confused and caught off-guard.]

Uh. I know what a family is, but we don't really...

[wisterin]

You don't have families?

[ Shionbu's expression softens. That's sad. ]

What do you consider Purple Heart-san and Black Shadow-san? Who are they to you?