Audience: Tsurumaru

[gatonina]

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WEEK ZERO, MONDAY

[gatonina]

[after feeding the purple bunny, it zips off past the receptionist desk and out the door, bounding its way across the grounds. tsurumaru will have to be quick to keep up, but the bun seems to be leading him straight to the camp store. the door swings open for the bunny and as tsurumaru enters, he'll find purple heart seated behind the check-out counter. they bend down to scoop up the bunny as it approaches, depositing it on their desk before turning to wave a hand toward tsurumaru.]

Ah, good morning! Might you be interested in our wares? [they're aware that's not why tsurumaru's here, but that's okay.]

[preowned]

Perhaps later. You can tell me what stands out in your collection?

[ it's fine. tsuru is good with small talk ]

[gatonina]

To be quite honest I believe everything here stands out in one way or another. It depends how you look at it.

[preowned]

Hm...

Are you the one who runs this place usually?

[gatonina]

The camp? Yes. The camp store? Not so much. We tend to work in shifts just like any other job.

[preowned]

[ what the fuck is a normal job ]

... even when no one was here?

[gatonina]

Well when no one was here we didn't have to open the store, but we took turns with other tasks. Similar to your citadel, I suppose.

[preowned]

[ he blinks ]

You know about the citadel?

[gatonina]

Of course we do. We know quite a bit about all of you...it was important for us to learn to prepare for your arrival.

[preowned]

How did you learn about us then? Were you told?

WEEK ZERO, TUESDAY AFTERNOON

[gatonina]

[after feeding the blue bunny, it zips off past the receptionist desk and out the door, bounding its way across the grounds. tsurumaru will have to be quick to keep up, but the bunny will lead him to the mess hall. the door swings open for the bunny and when tsurumaru enters, he will find winter wizard filling a tray with individually packaged snacks and soda cans. the bunny approaches them, settling by their legs as winter glances tsurumaru's way.]

Oh-- Hey, sport. [the nickname stuck.] Can I offer you a snack?

[preowned]

Of course!

[ tsuru will never say no to free food? he refuses to provide for himself

but he will walk over happily enough. ]

Are you hungry?

[gatonina]

Well, it is lunchtime.

[they wait until he's closer to gesture at the assortment of snacks.]

What do you want? Twinkies? Oreos? Banana nut muffins...? Grab something, and we can head somewhere with more privacy.

[preowned]

[ he's looking over the options. what the fuck are twinkies and oreos




he goes with all of them. ]

Okay, let's go.

[gatonina]

We learned quite a bit about all of you prior to your arrival. Call it an ability of ours. We have ways of being in touch with the multiverse.

[preowned]

How much is 'a bit'?

[ he is... curious ]

[gatonina]

Ever heard of cliffnotes? It's a shortened version of information and that's sort of an accurate way to describe what we know. We've learned the basic amount about you, plus the history of where you most recently came from.

[preowned]

I see...

[ huh. ]

How did you get this information?

[gatonina]

[at least he's adventurous...

the bunny will follow after them as they exit the mess hall, and start heading north-- at some point veering to a nice, somewhat foggy spot with trees and plopping down on the ground. the blue bun settles down next to them, and they look at tsurumaru expectantly.]

Well? Lay it on me.

[preowned]

[ this is a good spot. ]

What do you like about your home?

[ he gestures around them ]

[gatonina]

[excuse them as they start unwrapping their food to take a bit.]

Um... The nature? It's really pretty out here.

[gatonina]

[they place a hand over their heart.] The moment your path was interrupted, we were connected.

[preowned]

I guess it is... but it's hard to see most of it with the weather.

[ he means all the fog ]

[preowned]

[ damn can't believe this bitch is roxas

but anyway. he tilts his head. ]

You mean, from when we were supposed to go home and instead ended up on the bus?

[gatonina]

I know, right? It's a bummer. We end up swimming in fog every time there's, like, a single drop of rain.