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[ashioki]

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USER NAME

AHHHHHSHIOKI

NAME

OUSHI ASHIOKI

AGE

20

HOMETOWN

KYOTO, JAPAN

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un: bloodbag

[deathpainting]

Any trouble sleeping? Are you eating the strange food?

[ashioki]

[ that username is never going to not give him pause....... ]

i'd be worried about anybody who can sleep like a baby through all this

[ which is to say, yes, sleep has been quite the elusive beast. ]

there's nothing else to eat
i've mostly been trying to stick to the bars

[deathpainting]

I think I should have your room number, then.

( yeah, he's still on about that. )

In case something happens. The food looks untrustworthy, and a lack of sleep will make it worse.

[ashioki]

have you given up on finding me on your own?

[ why's he such a jerk, tho. ]

are you thinking i'm going to pass out suddenly? how would you even know
unless you intend to check up on me every day...

[deathpainting]

Oh? I guess that's a good idea. Every day, then.

[ashioki]

THAT WASN'T A SUGGESTION??

listen aren't you being too excessive

what is it you really want anyway
you want to be friends or something??

un: walrus

[mantlebearer]

[ the message is preceded by three knocks on the wall that separates their rooms. ]

You awake there, neighbour?

[ashioki]

if i wasn't, i am now

is your hand made out of wood? why do you knock so loud

[mantlebearer]

Next time I'll be sure to knock with the metallic leg.

Now that we're both awake anyway, might as well spend the time nicely, right? Tell me something about you. Something I don't know yet.

[ashioki]

[ . . . ]

my last name is ashioki

[ 😌 ]

[mantlebearer]

[ is it possible for a bang on the wall to sound disgruntled? because it does, ]

Anyone could have guessed that from the name you have on, here. Tell me something else. Like... your favourite book. Or what the child you wanted to be when you grow up.

@hades

[crowjobs]

( late at night as he is wont to do. )

I've been thinking about your problem.

[ashioki]

[ da fuq. ]

what
what problem

[crowjobs]

Your girl problem.

[ashioki]

[ ... ]

don't contact me anymore

[crowjobs]

( they had a bonding moment??? and he's acting like this??? )

Why?

[crowjobs]

( there's an odd looking crow tapping against oushi's window one night. looks to be clutching something in its lil clawed foot. )

[ashioki]

[ these days, oushi is always up at night. so of course he notices the crow coming to his window, and while he's aware they are naturally intelligent creatures, there is a slow pause as he wonders if this is... actually... someone he knows...






IT'S NOT THAT FAR-FETCHED A THOUGHT, OK.

cautiously, he opens the window. ]

Uh. Hello?

[crowjobs]

( the crow squawks softly, his head tilting slightly to look toward oushi with one, red, beady eye. he hops over and deposits his trinket in front of him on the window sill and does nothing else. what he drops is a small parcel wrapped in the remnants of a brown paper bag; inside is a small cherry blossom shaped flower carved out of... something, with a note attached that simply says: it's dangerous to go alone.

and once oushi has taken it, the crow will tilt his head again, squawk, and then simply fly off into the night. )

[ashioki]

[ honestly, what the hell just happened? oushi is left staring off after the crow for far longer than is probably socially acceptable, but eventually he stirs out of his reverie to glance back down at the carved flower in his hand... and that note.

his mind, unsurprisingly, initially draws a blank.

but then suddenly he is brought back to an evening where the night air had been crisp, but dulled by the warmth of the solid body walking side-by-side with him... and his mind conjures up a handsome face marred only by an infuriatingly knowing smile.

and he crushes the note in his hand like it had just personally offended him. ]

@Penderyn

[historicallyloaded]

AHHHHHSHIOKI,

Heeding your advice from a while back... Should I wear a dark green vest with beige slacks or a black vest with black slacks to my shift tonight?

Black seems a bit much but not many sorts see my legs behind the bar anyway.

The black one fits a bit neater and I've gotten better tips with it.

[ashioki]

[ ... yeeeah, so like. he didn't really think "fashion choices" was a right-or-wrong kind of situation, but. ]

my name's oushi

you're bartending? that means it's at night, so you can't really go wrong with black

i'm not much of a fashion guy though so idk

[historicallyloaded]

Well you helped solidify my decision so you can't be all that bad at it.

Thank you.

[ashioki]

you're welcome

is this part of your community service thing or did you actually get a job?

[historicallyloaded]

Yes and yes. I was making good tips at The Black Dove and management recognized it would be more financially beneficial to them to get me on the books proper.

Though, they could only accommodate an Augmented for partial night-time shifts...