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[welcome to a long month of gifts, yoichi, because mob's got that warmblood gift giving effect and he already likes doing this so. it's going to be a thing.

meaning yoichi will find things on his doorstep the first week of february. a cool rock, a little plant in a little pot, a teacup and saucer with cats on it. mysterious. one day he'll get a text though.]

are you allergic to anything?

[because he found peanut brittle and had the urge to leave that next, but he knows sometimes you have to be careful about that stuff.]

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bankvault

[Meanwhile Yoichi has the oddest desire to find hugs, he hasn't been hugged in over a decade at this point! ... But there's .. things at his door, and it's a wonderful distraction!

They're all collected, one by one, and placed around his otherwise barren dwelling. Plant in a pot goes in the windowsill, easily seen by anyone who passes by, as is the cool rock.

The teacup and saucer are put to more practical use. But eventually!!]

Not that I know of! But if I have too much caffeine my heart gives me some trouble, which I think isn't too uncommon. Why? Did you find a new crab? Be careful if it has blue rings just in case.

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centile

are those bad crabs?

[ah the trench, where beware of a crab could mean anything from poisonous to it will try to eat you. always fun.]

i wanted to give you something, but i wasn't sure if you could have peanuts or not

[hey he'll even send a pic! just some peanut brittle from one of the little shops around, very basic. ]

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bankvault

Maybe. Blue ringed octopus are dangerous, so probably blue ringed crabs are too. This seems like the kind of place that would do such a thing.

I don't mind peanuts! If you're going to come by I want to show you this neat rock someone left at my door. Just warn me before you show up and I'll see if I can get a soup or something on. It's still cold out.

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centile

yeah, i heard about monster crabs too. oh, or when i came here fish were walking around trying to eat you

i'm glad you liked the rock though. i left some other stuff too. the tea cup is really cute. i like the cats

can i come over soon? i can just leave it again if you're busy

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bankvault

I'm glad I missed being eaten by fish, that sounds backwards food chain and makes me uncomfortable on principle.

You left the rock and the teacup? What about the plant? Why didn't you say so before! I could have found you something nice in return.

[He's definitely going to have to make some soup now.]

I'm here, you can come over. I'm never really 'busy', just sometimes I'm wandering looking for new teleport points. I'm pretty sure I have some clams left and some of a potato I traded for. Give me at least.. twenty minutes.

Edited Date: 2023-02-01 01:05 am (UTC)

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centile

i forgot to say. [sorry he's just like this] yeah, i left the plant too. i've been learning more about plants, like bonsai and at the trenchwood farm

[he'll probably leave more now, hope you like plants yoichi...]

okay. should i bring anything else?

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bankvault

Well thank you, they're quite nice, all of them.

If you can find any pepper or any spice besides sea salt I would be eternally in your debt.

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comecatchthesehands

I picked up something from The Watchmen. It's not like we can order them here, but what I read wasn't so bad. There's blanks to fill in, but what's the fun in collecting if I don't have to try hard?

Sarcastic? Maybe. No one will ever know the double entendre. Well. Yes they will, but not today.

I get what you were saying about, basically anti-heroes.

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bankvault

Oh, hey. It's true, half the point of collecting is spending way too much time trying to find that thing.

I'm glad you like it. ['it's not so bad' clearly means liking it in Yoichispeak apparently.] Some writers are better than others about nuance or rounded stories.

I'll keep an eye out for other titles with more than 40s era camp that are actually here.

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comecatchthesehands

Guess I'm a collector then. I know someone here who hoards. Does that mean he's prepared or does that mean he's paranoid?

[In that case, that's exactly what it is. He likes what he's reading or seeing and that makes it 'not so bad'. He says nothing of a correction on that.]

Yeah, alright. Do that.

[Which is 'please' unspoken.]

They had other books, actual novels. Don't know if you need the pretty pictures to go with it, but I gave one of them a try when I was bored.

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bankvault

I guess it depends on the level of hoarding. The sort that busts walls out with stuff is pretty unhealthy. But in Trench, where everything's out to get you for real, it's not actually paranoia is it?

Just because I prefer comics doesn't mean I don't know how to read books! No recs to make there though, I have no idea what's actually in this city and what isn't, and don't want to suggest something that isn't possible to get ahold of.

Which one did you try?

Oh side tangent, March is coming and that's the month of the patron of RNG apparently. Last year it seems it (he?) caused Jumanji to happen. Actual Jumanji. Hope you have your tabletop skills sharpened just in case.

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comecatchthesehands

I wouldn't want to have to defend that much. I have enough as it is. I'll say it's paranoia because he's an asshole.

[Read as his one and only real friend.]

Called 'The Last Vampire'. They had the series in a single book so I didn't feel like I had to collect more needless things. I'll go back and leave the book there, send you a pin if you're interested. It's paid for. I'm the boogieman, not a thief.

[No, he's been that too.]

Re: Boogieman. They can try to send a herd of elephants, but they're going to get disappointment instead. It sounds fun.

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bankvault

Wow, what a random thing to point out. Do you have a guilty conscience about being accused of stealing before now?

Don't take that seriously. I don't think you're a thief, I have no reason to.

I'll keep an eye out for it either way. Vampires aren't usually my thing but a good story is a good story no matter the genre. How well do you know this paranoid asshole? Offer him a book, it might help distract him. Or annoy him, either way, something other than hoarding to focus on!

This place isn't big enough for elephants. Maybe one very large, very angry rhino.

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comecatchthesehands

I'm whatever I need to be when I need to be. Like everyone else, just not a petty thief. You've caught on that you're not talking with a "nice person", right? I'll be clear on that.

[Sometimes pushing away people teaches you who can stay close. Time to put that to the test.]

I can just leave it for you.
The paranoid asshole and I are from the same world. We know each other and have ambitions that cross each other's path. I gave him a pokemon game for his birthday, it hasn't shown up broken on my doorstep so I guess that went over well.

[Alright that one got him. You get the coveted:]

lol.

I heard about Jumanji being a real thing last month. I also watched a river dredge up every regret a teenage boy ever had. We had no choice but to watch it happen. This place likes to try to dick with your head.

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bankvault

Naughty and nice are subjective, P_1. You could be a literal frothing homicidal axe-wielding maniac for all I know, but so far you seem pretty normal to me so I'm going to say homicidal axe murder isn't really on your average daily to-do checklist given your scorn for guns. Or perhaps the gun derision is because you prefer axes, who knows! Point being, you haven't been terrible to me as of yet.

And that's worth something to me. Especially when we're using a faceless, anonymous sort of communication as this, where there are no true consequences for being as horrible as one chooses to.

Do you suppose with all this "other worlds" stuff, there's somewhere where you could have actually given him a pokemon instead of a pokemon game?

that would definitely dick with MY head. Hey yeah that game/movie/comic you like? It's real and RIGHT THERE, go catch a pikachu. But more seriously, are you doing okay if this place likes inflicting all kinds of horrible things? Not trying to imply you're ~weak~ or anything, but sometimes the best way to get something off your back is by throwing it at some rando online.

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comecatchthesehands

Beasts.

Still human and worth saving, or not? Your answer has consequences.

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bankvault

Considering I was one a week ago, I can't give an unbiased answer to that. I do assume you mean the ones that are people changed into them, not just random wolves.

How do you define 'saving'?

Biased answer: obviously not human, but there are ways to cure them apparently, through ritual or straight up murder, whereupon they return to being human once they come back. They should be able to have a return to some semblance of normalcy. Odd choice of baseline, 'human'. What about people that never were human to begin with? 'Human' is no longer the baseline for personhood you know!

Unsure how one would NOT save a beast. Put it in containment and look at it?

Edited Date: 2023-03-22 09:58 am (UTC)

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comecatchthesehands

I do mean those. I already have a pet.

For the sake of it, define a human as a standin word with sentience and control of their body. Until then they're a meat suit for whatever's controlling them and that's no longer a human. I define saving as whatever it is the consequences of this conversation have. The rituals are straining for both people, I've been told sometimes people don't come back when we're sent OHKO to our watery lobbies. Or come back changed. Whatever changed meant I didn't stop to ask.

And, yeah. Not saving looks like the death of others left wild or the worlds worst punishment: left in a cage.

Knowing the possibilities, having heavy risks, having been one of them-- What would you do? Greentext me.

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bankvault

Need a lot more context, there's no broad catch all answer for everything. Is your beast hurting people including you? Is it potentially a risk, or an active risk? What happens if you act vs do nothing?

Honestly a bit of strain to save a life seems a good deal. I did not enjoy what little I can remember of it but I am grateful to those who stopped me, then gave me a chance to have limbs again.

Are you facing a beast right now?

Edited Date: 2023-03-22 04:40 pm (UTC)

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comecatchthesehands

It could hurt people, that's a very real answer. I've never had a problem with any "beasts", I don't get hurt. I don't get bothered by injuries even if I do. If I don't act, then I walk away, if I do, then it dies.

[Yes he does get bothered by injuries, but he won't say that. Regen may be a great thing but he still suffers through it and if it's bad enough... he suffers a long while through it.]

I'm facing it as in I'm turned toward it. It's pinned down.

[Skewered down more like. Yet another great quirk.]

Here's a question, ignore all the rest of that. What would your favourite hero do in this situation?

Edited Date: 2023-03-22 05:28 pm (UTC)

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bankvault

[There's a pause as Yoichi considers not just the situation, but who he's talking to. His nephew has been raised by All For One, which means there's likely to be certain .. default thinking patterns, ALONGSIDE the scorn for heros.]

There's always a first time, Shigaraki. That's the problem with a multiverse, you're not the biggest fish possible, and sooner or later something will turn up that can hurt you, and it will bother you because that thing wants you to be bothered.

Life's a pain in the rear like that.

My favorite hero is Captain Hero, and is one of the Superman types. His story doesn't sell a lot of nuance, and it would be Save The Beast, Because It's The Right Thing To Do.

And in fairness that's not wrong. In a purely practical sense, it's a good idea to be kind and respectful to all life, because this world has magic and magic and karma are closely linked. Hell, there's an entire Patron that revolves around revenge for injustices, so it's a good idea to practice justice whether or not you truly believe it, and store up brownie points so the end boss doesn't shankbang you into a new game+.

The law suggests you should alert the guard and let them take care of the problem. The just thing is to see if it can be cured through ritual or released from its suffering.

Be kind. If it must die, and seek its humanity again afterward, then do it without suffering, and quick and clean. Not because ~heroism~, but because what goes around comes around, and it's only practical to do yourself a favor. One day it'll be you, a beast, seeking mercy from someone else be it cure or final peace, and I'm certain you wouldn't want to suffer pointlessly even more in the doing.

Pointless cruelty is a low level mook move. The powerful have the luxury of mercy.

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comecatchthesehands

[The pause doesn't bother him, he's got one of his own while he looks down at his pierced target. It had attacked him, but maybe for a reason he hadn't considered. He wishes that made a difference to him, but it doesn't. It makes no matter. Just that it attacked him.]

Let them try. Then you'll see who the big fish is.

[He has staved off beasthood before, but only barely and only by the skin of his teeth. It wasn't pleasant. He's giving this hero musing the time of day, which might say something for the person saying it. It also might be because he speaks to Shigaraki on his own level as well, no joke intended. He understands whatever gets thrown at him in a way no one else bothers to. Or wants to.

Blabla the law, blabla be kind. But the last part? The powerful have the luxury of mercy. There it is.]

Mook? Lol. What are you, 90? You drive a hard bargain. A really hard bargain. Normally if someone attacks me, they end up food for the crows. I wonder if they'll remember that you saved their life to be restored instead of telling me to do whatever I felt in my heart.

Speaking of. If I ever turn into a beast, feel free to murder me. Or call someone that'll respond to "Deku". I already have it worked out with him what I want done.

[Because boy his heart said things. However, he did stop, took the time to keep it pinned and ask out of curiosity.]

Killing is killing though, no such thing as doing it kindly. I'll call someone to take it and do whatever it is people who care do. Maybe I'll get a few hearts with the villagers.

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bankvault

Twenty four, thank you! Would you prefer goon? Cannon fodder? Redshirt? Intro dungeon boss?? Big fish don't go around trying to convince everyone how large they are, you know. Here, if you thought that makes me sound old, this one will date me: 7H475 N07 4 Pr0 64M3r M0V3.

That hurt me to write, I want you to know that.

Feeding the crows doesn't necessitate making the meal for them suffer needlessly in the process. There is absolutely a way to kill kindly. Scenario: You have yourself a beast. Before you kill it, you torture it a while for the giggles. Or, you have yourself a beast. You just cut off its head, killing it within seconds.

One sure as hell is a lot kinder. Dead is dead, but there's no point to prolonging getting there except to twirl a moustache evilly, especially when dead isn't always dead.

Don't grow a moustache. Nobody ever pulls it off.

Hey, maybe it really will get you some rep bonuses with the locals. Which frankly doesn't hurt given the weird stuff that happens around here. Speaking of dead, I don't think I have the power to kill a beast, but I'll be sure to find someone who can handle it quickly and neatly. Nobody deserves to suffer, not even a big fish. Deku, huh? Not that guy you told me to talk to earlier about learning to control fire and ice?

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