[He is indeed at the ocean at some point! He doesn't exactly live here, but he might as well because it's probably the nicest spot in town, especially after ALL OF THAT.
We ain't got time to unpack any more of it, I think we got enough dirty laundry for 800 lifetimes at the least.
Anyway his head pops out of the water nearby eventually -- his daemon is a fin lurking behind him where it's deep enough, just slowly swishing along.]
Haha! Right? I really thought I was goin' to run out of water and popcorn. Also hearing.
Apparently that's how families go?? You're all stuck in a room for like, ever, and none of you can leave, and then half of 'em are screaming at each other. Hey, you know if that little blind girl is related to 'em too? She's got guts to put up with those guys.
[She seemed to be?? Or at least she was a Xie Lian stan, so anything is possible.]
Anyway, just imagine all of that for 800 years or however old those guys are.
Pretty sure the guy in white has a fake age listed or something like that.
[To be fair, he's kind of used to lots of screeching and noise, it's not like his team's quiet. But also. Damn.]
Who knows? He's a hard one to pin down, but that type always is -- I'm pretty sure they can both wrap a lotta people around their little finger without too much effort. There's a lot of suckers here, you know.
[That's not even entirely disparaging; to Xie Lian and A-Qing, that is. Sometime you are just two-faced enough to Win The Thing, and there is something to respect about that!!
Also, it's not as though he has much sympathy for Qi Rong, even if he isn't going to bother getting self-righteous about it.]
Plus, the kid's blind, she's got more skills and tricks up her sleeve having gotten this far. [she's a year younger and the same age as Ulrika, it's fine] Seems to me like he just enjoys lookin' the other way and she rewards him for it.
[ she's just. barging into his room now, i guess, with her dear ferret on her shoulder, grumbling and hiding himself behind her hair. she's so embarrassing... ]
[That's definitely said in a tone of, oh, right, that explains everything, though it's not exactly derogatory -- it's not like he's always particularly in the habit of knocking either. It's just that all his non-knocking procedures are a little more difficult here, maybe.
That said, she's almost opened the door into the local jellyfish, which means the door goes through some of Naito's bubble and splashes some water around. Oops. He waves his tentacles around, seemingly a little agitated, but moves away calmly enough... so it's probably not that big a deal.]
Man, it's weird having so many people asking after my health? I usually don't even catch colds...
[Idiots don't catch colds, yada yada. That said, he is flopped on the bed and looks like he was either just going down for a nap or waking up from one.]
If I didn't want to be seeing you, you'd be hearing about it. Probably?
[Glancing at his jellyfish -- well. To be fair, none of his daemons make especially much noise unless they're running into something, so that's literally a bit difficult there but: the daemon is waving back at Ulrika quite pleasantly, so it's fine.
Suigetsu himself just snickers at the exchange.]
Wasn't to the chest, was more... down here? [it was more of an abdominal wound because chest wounds may be more dramatic but also more annoying, also googling impalement is a pain literally and metaphorically] Mostly hurts if I laugh too much or try moving too suddenly, I guess. Kinda forgot what that was like.
[Forgot about what impalement was like?? Who knows.]
I don't live under the sea, genius. Just in the middle of it.
[But the jokes are totally fair and he's snickering because what is his sense of humor if not about that sophisticated. ☆
Have a semi-accusatory, semi-dramatic point. From the floor, yes. He'd make a great Ace Attorney character if court allowed Really Large Swords and creative stabbing.]
--Ha! Says the girl who fell right into the flowers an' set off the whole thing! Besides, there were less weeds 'cause we took out a bunch and then my water bottle got used, too, don't forget.
[This fine Tuesday, there is a merry red gnome sitting atop a roof nearby wherever their base(s) is; anyone who spots the gnome or comes into its general vicinity? Gets a ninja dropping down next to them. (Well. It's not just anyone; it's probably mostly the old guard of the graveyard, because for as gregarious as Suigetsu is he chooses his people in certain ways.)
The gnome is still on the roof like a problematic weather vane.
Suigetsu waves a little.]
Yo. Turns out I need to trade secrets to get somethin' back from the Watchers. Got the time?
[What if the collective of gnomes are the 7th Watcher?
Their gnowledge cannot be surpassed........ Speaking of knowledge, though. Suigetsu makes a face, but it's more reflexive than reluctant; he's a shinobi, so of course he has Secrets, but Personal Secrets™ aren't a huge currency with him, funnily enough. He just likes digging up dirt on other people more most of the time.]
How'm I supposed to know if it's an equal trade then... Ah, fine.
Might as well tell you somethin' about the time we totally failed to sneak out of samurai country. It was a whole big mess, too.
[Well, here they are, still in a weird sort of limbo: maybe a calm before the storm, maybe not; maybe on the cusp of a new existence, maybe not.
All the Watcher fuss seems promising, but in the land of the dead, you really shouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Speaking of chickens and other sustenance, though, fun fact — the dead don’t need to eat but here’s Suigetsu sneaking up to sample the buffet anyway. What else is he supposed to do, man.]
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Date: 2021-10-03 02:22 am (UTC)because something about water???????? maybe he's just chilling in a wading pool somewhere, i won't tell him how to live his life
Ulrika will come wandering by, Albin hiccuping between gamboling ferret and loping hyena, and collapse on the closest sitting spot ]
Uuuuuuuuuugh.
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Date: 2021-10-03 02:25 am (UTC)We ain't got time to unpack any more of it, I think we got enough dirty laundry for 800 lifetimes at the least.
Anyway his head pops out of the water nearby eventually -- his daemon is a fin lurking behind him where it's deep enough, just slowly swishing along.]
Haha! Right? I really thought I was goin' to run out of water and popcorn. Also hearing.
[There was so much screaming, y'all.]
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Date: 2021-10-03 02:44 am (UTC)[ and no ear plugs... ]
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Date: 2021-10-03 02:52 am (UTC)[She seemed to be?? Or at least she was a Xie Lian stan, so anything is possible.]
Anyway, just imagine all of that for 800 years or however old those guys are.
Pretty sure the guy in white has a fake age listed or something like that.
[To be fair, he's kind of used to lots of screeching and noise, it's not like his team's quiet. But also. Damn.]
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Date: 2021-10-03 03:20 am (UTC)[ for a moment, she dwells on the last bit of trial, and how A-Qing pretty much murdered Wrong's chance for children. ]
I mean, he deserved it, but still. There's no way she's as sweet and innocent as she keeps playing at! No kids are!
... Then again, if Xie Lian's actually been around for 800 years or whatever, there's no way he could've fallen for it... could he?
[ these people are so much? so two faced??? must be exhausting ]
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Date: 2021-10-03 03:28 am (UTC)[That's not even entirely disparaging; to Xie Lian and A-Qing, that is. Sometime you are just two-faced enough to Win The Thing, and there is something to respect about that!!
Also, it's not as though he has much sympathy for Qi Rong, even if he isn't going to bother getting self-righteous about it.]
Plus, the kid's blind, she's got more skills and tricks up her sleeve having gotten this far. [she's a year younger and the same age as Ulrika, it's fine] Seems to me like he just enjoys lookin' the other way and she rewards him for it.
[He's not a dog.......]
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Date: 2021-10-10 10:42 pm (UTC)[ she's just. barging into his room now, i guess, with her dear ferret on her shoulder, grumbling and hiding himself behind her hair. she's so embarrassing... ]
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Date: 2021-10-11 03:18 am (UTC)[That's definitely said in a tone of, oh, right, that explains everything, though it's not exactly derogatory -- it's not like he's always particularly in the habit of knocking either. It's just that all his non-knocking procedures are a little more difficult here, maybe.
That said, she's almost opened the door into the local jellyfish, which means the door goes through some of Naito's bubble and splashes some water around. Oops. He waves his tentacles around, seemingly a little agitated, but moves away calmly enough... so it's probably not that big a deal.]
Man, it's weird having so many people asking after my health? I usually don't even catch colds...
[Idiots don't catch colds, yada yada. That said, he is flopped on the bed and looks like he was either just going down for a nap or waking up from one.]
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Date: 2021-10-11 03:32 am (UTC)[ she's not taking it personally, though she does wave an apologetic hand at Naito as he goes... sorry, mr. jellyfish guy. ]
Do you usually get harpoons to the chest though?
[ and, speaking of harpoons... ]
... Does it hurt a lot?
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Date: 2021-10-11 04:42 am (UTC)[Glancing at his jellyfish -- well. To be fair, none of his daemons make especially much noise unless they're running into something, so that's literally a bit difficult there but: the daemon is waving back at Ulrika quite pleasantly, so it's fine.
Suigetsu himself just snickers at the exchange.]
Wasn't to the chest, was more... down here? [it was more of an abdominal wound because chest wounds may be more dramatic but also more annoying, also googling impalement is a pain literally and metaphorically] Mostly hurts if I laugh too much or try moving too suddenly, I guess. Kinda forgot what that was like.
[Forgot about what impalement was like?? Who knows.]
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Date: 2021-10-11 05:17 am (UTC)You... kinda forgot was pain is like? I feel like there are better ways to experiment with that. Maybe you and Akira could punch each other a bunch?
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Date: 2021-10-16 05:48 am (UTC)This sucks...
[ she's sulking. Ulrika is sulking and Albin is perched on her head, laughing at her ]
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Date: 2021-10-16 05:57 am (UTC)[Suigetsu is just flopped on the ground??? Naito is in jellyfish form flopped next to him. They may have gone on strike.
Everyone is still squeaky, including, apparently, the daemons themselves. Not that a jellyfish is going to be saying much—
Also Nero was valid but they’re terror children.]
And I think I’m done with gardening for life.
[Drama queen.]
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Date: 2021-10-16 07:14 am (UTC)[ she's never going to stop making those jokes ]
I can't blame Nero though, you and Flat were totally useless!
[ as if she wasn't ]
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Date: 2021-10-16 07:24 am (UTC)[But the jokes are totally fair and he's snickering because what is his sense of humor if not about that sophisticated. ☆
Have a semi-accusatory, semi-dramatic point. From the floor, yes. He'd make a great Ace Attorney character if court allowed Really Large Swords and creative stabbing.]
--Ha! Says the girl who fell right into the flowers an' set off the whole thing! Besides, there were less weeds 'cause we took out a bunch and then my water bottle got used, too, don't forget.
[What's the point of arguing about this.]
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Date: 2021-10-17 06:09 am (UTC)[ honestly i do not even remember the order of events anymore ]
And if we're talking who helped move more water, it was definitely me! I have three times the number of bottles you do, that means I win.
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Date: 2021-11-11 06:30 pm (UTC)The gnome is still on the roof like a problematic weather vane.
Suigetsu waves a little.]
Yo. Turns out I need to trade secrets to get somethin' back from the Watchers. Got the time?
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Date: 2021-11-11 08:48 pm (UTC)why is there a gnome here. when ]
"Trade secrets"? Does that mean I have to give you one of mine too? I don't think I have any-
[ and then, because honesty week ]
-except for a really embarrassing one about Lily that I haven't told anyone before.
Dang it.
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Date: 2021-11-11 10:31 pm (UTC)He just laughs a little and gestures between them.]
Yeah... Yeah. Pain in the ass week to get any of these assignments, but I'll do it if it'll get me stuff back.
Long as it's something ya haven't told before, that'll work?
[She's going to want something embarrassing in return though, huh.]
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Date: 2021-11-12 12:00 am (UTC)Uhhhhhh, uh uh, I am definitely not going first. It's your job, you have to take the initiative!
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Date: 2021-11-12 04:03 am (UTC)Their gnowledge cannot be surpassed........ Speaking of knowledge, though. Suigetsu makes a face, but it's more reflexive than reluctant; he's a shinobi, so of course he has Secrets, but Personal Secrets™ aren't a huge currency with him, funnily enough. He just likes digging up dirt on other people more most of the time.]
How'm I supposed to know if it's an equal trade then... Ah, fine.
Might as well tell you somethin' about the time we totally failed to sneak out of samurai country. It was a whole big mess, too.
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Date: 2021-11-21 05:00 am (UTC)All the Watcher fuss seems promising, but in the land of the dead, you really shouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Speaking of chickens and other sustenance, though, fun fact — the dead don’t need to eat but here’s Suigetsu sneaking up to sample the buffet anyway. What else is he supposed to do, man.]
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Date: 2021-11-21 05:29 am (UTC)why is he sneaking ]
What're you doing down there?
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Date: 2021-11-21 05:36 am (UTC)He looks up with what looks like half a gold nugget sticking out of his mouth. Totally sneaky.]
Uh. Taste-testing? You sure this is edible.
[What the fuck is he eating.]
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Date: 2021-11-23 11:54 pm (UTC)[ she has no idea, gold is too valuable a resource to use in healing foods in mk2 ]
You just gotta chew harder!