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video | un: TeaOnRice | locked from Chuuya
Hello, everyone. I hope you're having a good day!
[Have an enthusiastic Atsushi, with his white tiger cub in his lap. He even makes the cub wave at the camera - which it accepts, even though it playfully attacks Atsushi's hand immediately afterwards. Atsushi is such an embarrassing egg mom...]
For everyone who knows Chuuya Nakahara-san: it's going to be his birthday on the 29th! We'll have a party at the mansion, and you're all invited. It's not a secret as such, but maybe don't talk about it unless you have to? It would be fun to surprise him with how many people show up. It's in Olympia, but anyone coming in from Wyver - well... We'll find a way to let you stay the night, so please don't worry about it!
[He has one guest bedroom, and other people can use the couch, or share beds, or -... The important thing is that everyone who wants to come should come!]
One thing that is a secret:
Since Chuuya-san likes alcohol, I'm getting a bar installed at the mansion. I think it would be really nice if everyone could give him a bottle of something or other to fill it up! I'm sure he would appreciate that as a gift.
I hope to see you on the 29th!
[The address is attached. Come one, come all!]
[Have an enthusiastic Atsushi, with his white tiger cub in his lap. He even makes the cub wave at the camera - which it accepts, even though it playfully attacks Atsushi's hand immediately afterwards. Atsushi is such an embarrassing egg mom...]
For everyone who knows Chuuya Nakahara-san: it's going to be his birthday on the 29th! We'll have a party at the mansion, and you're all invited. It's not a secret as such, but maybe don't talk about it unless you have to? It would be fun to surprise him with how many people show up. It's in Olympia, but anyone coming in from Wyver - well... We'll find a way to let you stay the night, so please don't worry about it!
[He has one guest bedroom, and other people can use the couch, or share beds, or -... The important thing is that everyone who wants to come should come!]
One thing that is a secret:
Since Chuuya-san likes alcohol, I'm getting a bar installed at the mansion. I think it would be really nice if everyone could give him a bottle of something or other to fill it up! I'm sure he would appreciate that as a gift.
I hope to see you on the 29th!
[The address is attached. Come one, come all!]
video | un: Foxy
It's Chewie's birthday, huh? I've never been to a human birthday party before. It sounds fun!
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How to politely correct someone about the pronunciation of a name...? It seems rude no matter what!! Maybe Atsushi will just... pretend he didn't hear it.]
Then that's even more reason to come!
It's normal to bring the birthday person a gift - but it doesn't have to be big! The gesture is what's important. In return, there will be food, and cake.
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I'll definitely be there! Oh, but I'm from Wyver, so someone might have to sneak me in. That's not a problem, right?
[His ears flick as he nods his head. He agrees!]
Alright! I'll bring him something amazing. Out of all the kitsune, I'm the one that's best at giving gifts.
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It will be fine! Try not to dress too Wyver-y, though.
[Atsushi doubts anyone would wear clothing that's too emphatically Wyver when sneaking into Olympia, but you never know! And while he's not worried about his reputation as such, he doesn't want to seem ungrateful to Olympia by emphatically inviting the city's enemies.]
As long as you only do treating, no trick-ing, haha...
[Somebody please stop him from joking ever again.]
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Don't worry about that! I'll wear a yukata. If I tell the tailors here how to sew one, I'm sure we'll come up with something amazing for me.
[Ohoho. Kaden tilts his head a little, a bit of a smirk forming.]
If you wanted a trick, you should've led with that! I'm great at those, too. [But that begs the question here:] Who are you, by the way? The host? I'm Kaden.
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T-That's not what I meant! Please stick to treats for this occasion. It's his birthday, after all.
[Sure, plenty of people would trick their friends whenever, but Atsushi has never been great at that. It just feels like it risks inviting people's wrath.]
Me..? I guess I'm the host, in a way. I'm a friend of Chuuya-san's, and we live together. My name is Atsushi Nakajima!
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Haha! I'll try my best. I get the feeling someone like him would enjoy a fancy gift instead of a trick, anyways. I'll have to think hard on this one.
[But he's the best gift giver ever, so! So.]
The pleasure's all mine, Atsushi! But can you tell me a bit about yourself? If you're the host, I should know about you, too.
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Of course! Like I said, I'm Atsushi Nakajima, age 18, formerly of Yokohama, Japan, Earth... I just joined the Royal Guard?
[He doesn't mind talking about himself, but it's harder than expected to know what to say. It was a lot easier back home to figure out what people wanted to hear.]
The cub you saw is called Daifuku! [Of course Daifuku has wandered off by now, because what is not getting Atsushi's full attention?] Oh - I have a weretiger ability. So please don't worry if you see me like that.
[It feels like such a random thing to bring up, but ever since he forgot to tell Sorey about it, Atsushi is trying to be a bit more proactive about mentioning his ability.]
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[Kaden is teasing, though it might be hard to tell. He's had enough of having enemies. He just likes Wyver because it's better for frolicking.]
I like him already! Daifuku and Sushi...you've got a theme going on, huh? So, what's a weretiger?
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[Here, have some laughter that's even more awkward than that smile was. It's very subtle.]
It's... not "Sushi", though. [Why would anyone think that?
What if his own name will now make him hungry?!] It's Atsushi - written as "kindliness/industry".[He's just going to draw that kanji in the air, because... clearly that helps.]
A weretiger is a person who can change into a tiger! Though I can't change completely into a tiger at will... It's more like this. [And he transforms an arm in front of the camera.] See?
[... Is there any way to not see that, though?]
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[And that isn't a joke! Besides, Kitsune are better at luring soldiers outside of their safe walls and chomping through their armor.
He nods during the name lecture, but he doesn't say anything. His point stands, he thinks! And the demonstration that follows is so much more interesting anyways.]
Hey! That's amazing! I can transform, too. I'm a kitsune—it's sort of our thing. I've seen a lot of people who can transform here, but you're the first one who can do that. So, your people are called 'weretigers'?
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Oh - of course! Is it only a fox you can transform into, or can you take other forms, too? [Asking for science.]
No, I'm just a human. But where I'm from, some humans have special abilities, and mine just happens to be turning into a weretiger... [This had seemed pretty normal at the time, but the longer he's here, and the more often he explains himself, the weirder it feels.] There are all sorts of other abilities too, though!
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[He can say that with certainty! Because he's the most handsome fox in all the land. Wait--]
...Er. I've met humans with abilities, too, of course. But...are you sure you're human? You don't sound very human to me, and I've never met a shapechanger that still calls himself human.
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T-That definitely sounds incredible! You should show me one day. Please!
[Fixed? Totally fixed.]
I don't... sound human? What do you mean by that?
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[He smiles! He might forget by then.]
I know humans can use magic. There are different types, too, like wind and fire tribes. But if you can shift from one thing to another, aren't you both of those things at once?
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[He's being extra emphatic so you know he means it!!! ... He really does mean it, he just doesn't want to accidentally insult Kaden again.]
I don't... think I'm part of any tribe... and it's not magic! I don't think my world even had magic - and abilities were pretty random too, though there are a few cases where they're passed down by parents to their child...
[Aaaand he's rambling. Good thing he quit the Institute: he will never make a very good scientist.]
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Oh, maybe that's it! I bet your parents were weretigers, too, weren't they? Maybe you're the only weretiger family?
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[He doesn't think so. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that he's never had any reason to believe so - but he'd like to think that his parents would have made arrangements to see him taken care of, if they knew about his ability.
Then again, who knows? Until he met Dazai, everyone had just cast him out.]
I don't really remember my parents.
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Er...mm. That's my bad, huh?
[He's quiet for a moment. In the end, it's not his job to police this sort of thing, right? He clears his throat.]
You know, I do remember another type of shapeshifter that lived with humans, so...you're definitely human, I think. I was making it too complicated!
[Said human shifted into a dragon and killed Kaden while the Storm was happening, but you know. These things happen.]
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There's no need to apologize! If I don't remember them, there's nothing to miss either, is there? Haha...
[His fake laugh doesn't get much more convincing, the more he tries it, but what else can he do? He doesn't want Kaden to feel bad! If anything, he'd as soon forget all about this awkward part of the conversation.]
No - it definitely depends on your definition! I don't think ability users were seen as anything but human, even back home - but that's my own world's bias, isn't it?
[It probably helped that abilities were still pretty new on the general public's radar.]
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It's best to play along at times like these.]
That's one way of looking at it!
[But just like Atsushi wants to forget this part of the conversation, so does Kaden? Yikes? Yikes.]
I don't know a lot about your world, so you're the one who has to make the final call on that. But...hey, does your world have kitsune? I hear we're pretty popular in some worlds.
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You're still pretty popular, though~
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[Why? Because furries.
It's a recurring theme, isn't it.]How popular are we? ...Wait, wait. No, you can tell me in person. I'll want to hear all the stories about kitsune from your world.
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If the furry fits...Atsushi gives a soft laugh.]All right. Then, I'll see you at the party?