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[tosa]

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I'm looking for a woman who likes to bite people.

She turns into a BAT. /\/\/(｀⌒´)\/\/\

I never got her name and I've been looking all day.

(Context matters but no one tell him that. Or do.)

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[tosa]

I guess.

( I G U E S S . )

I should have treated her way better before.

[regrede]

Yes, you should have.

You’d go much further in life if you learned how to hold your tongue. That’s some womanly advice.

[tosa]

I'm working on it! Until then, I got something for her because of one of the quests and I thought that would make it up a little.

[regrede]

[ oh, that’s… sweet. she really doesn’t dislike this little brat, if he’s who she thinks he is, so a gift is only going to help. ]

Oh, really? What did you get her?

[tosa]

She might see this message so I don't want to spoil the surprise.

But I'll say it's nothing real special since it's hard to find things in this place but I did the best with what I had to work with.

[regrede]

I think as long as you present it with the appropriate gratitude for her presence and contrition for your behavior, she’ll happily accept it.

[ hm. ]

[tosa]

I guess.

( He supposes. )

I don't have a lot of experience with women but it was never really a problem until now.

[regrede]

I get the impression you’re not the sharpest sword at the blacksmith.

Do you realize who you’re talking to?

[tosa]

Well, I wasn't going to say anything if you weren't.

[regrede]

See? We had a perfectly nice conversation just now, and you didn’t insult me once.

I’ll still take the gift.

[tosa]

( He didn't insult her before??? But he won't say that now. )

I'll bring it to you! Special delivery.

[regrede]

Do you know where I live?

[tosa]

If I did, I wouldn't be looking for you in the first place.

( Duh? )

This is the part where you tell me.

[regrede]

[ of course, of course…

sierra just sends him a private message with the specific location of her home, because the last thing she needs is people showing up at her door thinking that she’ll just bite anyone for a sexy fun time!! ]

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[tosa]

( Look, Mutsu never said he liked it. Anyway, he'll definitely show up! It would be a lie to say he isn't still a little wary but he'll at least do his best to pretend he isn't. This is fine. He! Is! doing! a good! thing!! )

I'm here!

( And he's definitely got something tucked away behind him? )

[regrede]

[ sierra probably won’t attack him unless he’s gearing up for the prank of his life, so when she hears him announce himself, she greets him at the door. ]

My hearing is quite good, you know. You don’t have to yell.

[tosa]

I'm not yelling!

( He's just naturally loud. )

You and me got off on the wrong foot when ya got here. ( Cutting straight to the chase here because he's a direct sword spirit. ) This place is real small so it's no good being on bad terms so let's start over.

What d'ya think?

[regrede]

I think you’re an optimist.

[ but she’s not going to reject him, so that’s as good as accepting his apology. she holds out her hand, but she’s definitely expecting him to kiss it like he’s groveling. ]

Go on, then.

[tosa]

That's me.

( And he's pretty dang proud of it too even if he identifies more as an optimistic realist. He'll look at her hand, wondering what the heck she wants him to do with that. Shake it???? He's not going to grovel or anything like that so she can just hold her hand out as long as she wants.

Actually, that's a good thing because he'll show what's behind his back and hold out




A small pumpkin that he's carved and decorated just! For! Her! Look at his autumn leaf wings? He even donated his bandana to the artistic cause?

He's very proud of his work, can you tell? )

[regrede]

[ sierra should have expected that mutsu wasn’t going to take her hand, but she’s not embarrassed by the way he keeps her hanging. once the pumpkin is presented, sierra automatically turns her hand palm-up instead, so that she can cradle the bottom of it without actually taking it. ]

Oh.

[ softer, more sincere than she’d like it to be. ]

Is this… me?

[tosa]

That's right! It's a bat!

( She better take it because hes' giving it to her right now! )

Can ya tell? Gahaha, I guess I'm not too bad at this pumpkin carving thing!

[regrede]

[ sierra does take it, examining the pumpkin’s face closely, but anything she can think to say would just be nitpicky. it’s a fine pumpkin, from someone who didn’t have to do this at all. ]

You know I’m a vampire, not just a bat.

[ but she seems grateful, anyway. ]

[tosa]

Ya know, I figured that out after ya bit me.

( Right back at you!! But he nods, look at his work. )

A bat's easier to make than a person though. And this one's small and round just like you!

[regrede]

…

[ any soft humor or gratefulness instantly disappears off her face. ]

I’m sorry, I thought I just heard you say something like I’m “small” and “round.”

[tosa]

( That moment when you realized you hecked up...

His expression drops. )

Aw, c’mon! I can’t even say that?!