Not Again! With Akira

[shortforever]

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[survivaltricks]

[. . . HUFFS A LITTLE, then shoves a hand at Chuuya. he hears that implication!!]

Okay, okay. Stupid question. I just know we completed tasks for the sisters in public.

So-- what? We're going to be trimming bushes and chasing thugs out of houses every day while we're here?

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What kinda stuff do you do at summer camp? I bet it's gonna be things like that.

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Swimming, archery, arts and crafts, hiking, riding horses. . .?

[he shrugs because he didn't really do the camp thing as a kid, but. he also lived in the country and did most of those things while living in said country, so]

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...are any of those any fun?

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[and in that moment he is reminded of Chuuya's shitty childhood]

[a tiny smile]

Swimming is definitely fun. I enjoyed hiking, too. . . and arts and crafts can be fun if you're the creative type.

Archer and horseback riding aren't exactly my thing, but that isn't to say they aren't fun.

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[He gives a little hum of interest at the things Akira says could be fun.]

I wouldn't be surprised if they're competitions, like 'win a swimming race'. Maybe I should try swimming to get prepared for it.

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I didn't see a lake when I was taking a look around, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's one tucked away in all that fog.

[another hum!]

My favorite summer pastime is fishing, too.

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[Just. Said flatly.]

You go fishing.

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Yep.

[equally as flat]

I go fishing.

[shortforever]

Why? To eat fish?

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No. I have to throw them back in after catching them.

[flexes his hand in and out of a fist]

But fishing helps my proficiency.

[he gets like two music notes!!]

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Why are you like this?

[survivaltricks]

[immediately, and perfectly evenly]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[shortforever]

Nerd.

[Time to WALK AWAY and go see what else there is to see at this foggy camp. And lament the fact that he can't gravity his way onto the roof.]

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[oh my god]

[LAUGHS and chases after him]

Hey, come on! I'm not done talking yet!

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I don't want to listen to you talk about fishing for the rest of today!

[But he does slow his pace so Akira can catch up and walk with him.]

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Do you want me to talk about coffee instead?

[HE TEASES]

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Do you want me to insult coffee to you?

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[hand over his heart, clearly OFFENDED]

Absolutely not.

You pick the topic of conversation, then.

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How about how none of those fuckos here are trustworthy?

['those fuckos' being the people from other games that Chuuya doesn't know. And NHS, he doesn't trust NHS.]

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[CHUUYA]

You know it's extremely likely that to get out of here we'll have to work with them, right? You can't just write them all off.

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Watch me.

[...okay, no, he actually should explain.]

The ones from that sex demon boat are the ones that can't be trusted.

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. . . are you saying that for any reason, or just because they knew an older version of you?

[shortforever]

[He's going to slow his walking as he glances away from Akira, instead looking out over all the cabins nearby. Gotta make sure nobody's eavesdropping.]

Wei Wuxian told me more about what happened there.

You know how all the dead in the murder mansion came back at the end, after we fought the house?

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Yeah.

[another glance at Chuuya]

And how those who died on that ship were left stranded on an island?