[ He forgets about it occasionally. He got to Ireland the usual way, and has been walking and playing the invisible passenger to random people the whole time ]
My shinki aren't exactly social butterflies, you know.
[ ...as if Chikusa was one. Though his shinki are indeed busy since the temple business has to be still running. ]
[ Is the kid trying to qualify for densest material on earth don't, that's actually Archer or just being deliberately obtuse? Or neither, because sometimes Chikusa just got to Chikusa around. ]
I just said why.
You know, you don't have to answer if you don't want to. That's totally okay.
[The answer to that question is "yes", in all honesty. Chikusa is both bad at people and doesn't care to people, and it all ends up in the same route anyway.]
[ Peopling is a complicated and hard skill, why to focus on it when there are more interesting things to do ]
Yeah, I mean it. That's okay. [ Sometimes talking about your day or what's going on can be a bother. Or just something you don't want to do. He ran to Ireland to avoid exactly that. ]
I'll watch your Valentine project - and cheer - from the sidelines.
[ S i g h. He was not supposed to return for a little while, but fine. He can be weak at times. And thus he appears before Chikusa, with hat in his hand- or ok at least tries to appear, hopefully, doesn't warp into the wall. ]
[Good news, Lancer. Chikusa is not in a very small room. Rather, he's sitting in a chill little cafe where he's mostly ignored by the regular patrons of the Near Shore, apparently going over a video. At the sight of the god, he immediately holds his hands out.]
[In the blink of an eye, the hat is yanked off the table, and Chikusa is already stuffing it into his bag along what look like a couple of other spare beanies. Why does he need more than the simple knit gray one he's already wearing? Don't worry about it.]
I'm bought. [As if he needed to be. Oh, and right- ] You were involved in that volcano thing, right...?
[As in, it's atrocious. Chikusa would expect someone who can blow up Heaven to be a little better at lying, if they're going to go on the attack like this. Or maybe he went on the attack because he sucks at lying...]
[ Alright- he can tell when he's being fished for information. Which is something he generally doesn't mind, Chikusa is part of this whole investigation and one of the people he drops the info he finds. ]
Sure he did. Mostly just being a weird kid. Like he never before saw people climbing an active volcano before! [ A beat ] It sounds like he did more than that with you. What did he try to lie about? [ Why are you so careful about the suspicious kid, Chikusa? Is it because the kid was suspicious? ]
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Grabbed and secured it! Once I drop by Japan you can be sure I'll deliver it, to your hands only.
[ Wear it, make him proud. ]
Alas, anything interesting has been going on?
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don't you have other people to ask when it comes to this
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My shinki aren't exactly social butterflies, you know.
[ ...as if Chikusa was one. Though his shinki are indeed busy since the temple business has to be still running. ]
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do you not have friends
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don't, that's actually Archeror just being deliberately obtuse? Or neither, because sometimes Chikusa just got to Chikusa around. ]I just said why.
You know, you don't have to answer if you don't want to. That's totally okay.
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what
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Yeah, I mean it. That's okay. [ Sometimes talking about your day or what's going on can be a bother. Or just something you don't want to do. He ran to Ireland to avoid exactly that. ]
I'll watch your Valentine project - and cheer - from the sidelines.
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bring a hat
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Like... right now?
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Shh, tell no one.
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Bribe me for it.
[ h a t ]
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[ He puts the aforementioned h a t and puts it on the table before Chikusa as if it was a bargaining chip ]
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[In the blink of an eye, the hat is yanked off the table, and Chikusa is already stuffing it into his bag along what look like a couple of other spare beanies. Why does he need more than the simple knit gray one he's already wearing? Don't worry about it.]
I'm bought. [As if he needed to be. Oh, and right- ] You were involved in that volcano thing, right...?
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Yeah, everything went to shit then.
[ Broken bones and broken relationships, like the one with Ginia. Memories he'd rather not remember being called forth, and acting on them. ]
Why do you ask?
[ It's either because it's related to their earlier talk. Or it might be about Ginia. ]
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[That will certainly make it easier to tell if he has anything interesting to say.]
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We met a weird kid up there, if that's what you ask.
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[Now where is the drink he stole from the cafe fridge...]
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[ Hah. ]
What's the deal with this brat?
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[As in, it's atrocious. Chikusa would expect someone who can blow up Heaven to be a little better at lying, if they're going to go on the attack like this. Or maybe he went on the attack because he sucks at lying...]
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Sure he did. Mostly just being a weird kid. Like he never before saw people climbing an active volcano before! [ A beat ] It sounds like he did more than that with you. What did he try to lie about? [ Why are you so careful about the suspicious kid, Chikusa? Is it because the kid was suspicious? ]
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