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WELLA WARBLER
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LORD OF THE WINGS
AN EPIC (AND SEXY) JOURNEY
【 Once upon a time, in a magical land far, far away...
The Lord of the Wings, a massive dragon with no equal, demanded a bride tribute from all of the kingdoms across the continent. Every month each province was required to send their most beautiful men and women to become the dragon's next bride(s). Ever greedy, the dragon was not satisfied with having one bride. Not with twelve brides, nor two hundred brides. The dragon always demanded more. The number of hot people around to bang dwindled. Things were looking grim.
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【 Once upon a time, in a galaxy, far away...
The Palm Warblers and the Pine Warblers, two different legions of the massive Warbler fleet, began to battle. Whenever their ships would meet in space they would fight with the winner taking prisoners of war. After one such battle, a captured Captain of the Palm Warbler legion held in prison met a Lieutenant of the Pine Warbler tribe. After some rivalry, the two fell deeply in love.
They had a ton of kinky prison sex. However, the two were not satisfied with fucking between prison bars. They wanted to properly marry. But how could they with their two legions at war?
They each gathered friends and more sex was had between all. More matches between the Palms and the Pines happened, leading to even more kinky space sex. Bolstered by friendship and newfound fetishes, they gripped their laser guns and seized the science lab where some important keystone gemstone was being examined and researched by space scientists. This stone was very important for the future breeding of the Warbler race.
By holding the lab hostage, the ship's Commander put down their weapons and handed over the keys. The Palm Captain and the Pine Lieutenant held hands as they steered the ship off to find a new planet where they could live in peace together. The war between the two tribes ended because of good sex. All was well. The end. 】
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( stop and face the music!! she's not exactly secretive or good at hiding her expressions so good luck not seeing the disappointment.
but he's moved on with a different topic and with one last firm stare she wanders off to swap out what she has in her hands for the next set of things she'll need. he shouldn't need too much considering the humbler role, and it doesn't even seem like he needs much help to begin with, but she's nothing if not thorough. )
[can't see the disappointment if he closes his eyes again... so that's what he does.]
The acting? Yes. [And then, with just a touch of defensiveness as he realizes what that could sound like, he adds:] For movies with a plot and more than a page of dialogue. Well, and some commercials, but I usually keep my clothes on for those.
["Usually," as if his shirtless G-rated ads are anywhere comparable to filming a porno.
Halfway through his response, something makes a quiet, almost sticky sound that's just audible from where Nei's standing. The next time she turns back, whether to go on with the next stage of makeup or to find out what sort of weird thing he's doing to make that noise, there's what looks like a solid black tattoo of a lizard splayed across one cheek. If she's quick about turning around, she might even catch a glimpse of it moving into position, following the contours of his skin as it slithers up his neck and around his jawline.
He's still sitting there with his eyes closed like nothing unusual is happening, waiting for the next set of products. The lizard doesn't seem to have undone all of Nei's hard work, but it's hard to tell; the area where it's sitting feels just like Natori's skin would normally, aside from this clearly supernatural thing on it, but rather than looking like she's smudged some too-thin concealer over a tattoo, it's more like the tattoo is on top of the existing layer of makeup.]
( see, she was about to get defensive about him getting defensive because it's not like she was going to assume he did sex work for a living!! not that it's inherently a bad thing, but still! it's just not something she would have wanted to consider!!!!
also it's a reflex to get prickly, unfortunately.
but it quickly dissipates when she hears the sound, and for a moment she thinks she might've spilled something so she's quick to react, but the direction of the sound is wrong? so she turns, and - )
.. ??!??
( sometimes having the reaction time she does is a curse. what the hell is that! it almost looks like a trick of the light? but it's shaped so specifically that she's just standing there for a whole second trying to piece together what she's even looking at. )
Uhm, ( she has no idea what his name is, she realizes, ) .. Mister, your pet lizard is in my way.
[For the whole second that Nei is standing there trying to figure out what's going on, Natori is just waiting patiently in his chair with his eyes closed. Sometimes the makeup artist has to grab some things, and it's understandable that they stop and start talking depending on how much focus they need; it's not as though their idle small talk should take precedence over their work. They're both here to do a job!
So basically: he doesn't realize that Nei has turned around and spotted the lizard until she speaks up. At that initial 'uhm,' he opens his eyes and looks over politely for whatever she needs to tell him.
He can feel where the lizard is at any given time, but he's so used to ignoring it while doing his acting work that it doesn't occur to him that it's the issue until she tells him. He knows by now that they're in some sort of supernatural realm, so the normal rules don't apply; it's just that the habits of how he compartmentalizes are so strong that he doesn't connect the dots.]
--Oh, right. Sorry. I can't control it, but it'll move eventually.
[Hm. Well, his previous makeup artists have never had problems blissfully applying makeup over a thing they were incapable of seeing, which is why in an attempt to be helpful he suggests:]
Or you can just apply the makeup on top of it. It won't take it with it when it moves.
[just, y'know, blindly apply makeup without being able to check your work?]
...This hasn't come up before. Normal people usually can't see it.
( once again, with far more emotion than the first time she's done this: )
Hah???
( so this is just normal? this is just a thing that happens? alright, sure, she can accept that. she's seen some arguably strange things in her time, but - )
But isn't that rude? ( to the lizard! she can't just do that even if it won't take!! ) I'm not doing it. I'll wait until it moves.
( yes, welcome to the world of discovering she'll dig her heels in about the strangest of things.
she should probably still ask, since she's going to wait it out anyway in a staring contest. )
[Rude to...? He looks over at her blankly as he tries to figure it out. Is it... Rude to him somehow? Even though he proposed it? Rude to her work? He has a feeling she's the sort of person who would scold him for suggesting it, if that were the case. It truly doesn't occur to him that she could mean the lizard, since: he hates it and it doesn't deserve rights 👍 Since he can't figure it out, he just sticks with:] Okay, if you're sure. I really don't know how long it will be, though.
[Guess he'll just sit around in her makeup chair until it decides it wants to go somewhere else? Maybe he'll take that nap she suggested earlier...]
Some sort of ayakashi. Beyond that, I don't know.
[He knows that's not a very satisfying answer! But that's what he's got.]
( it's a little creature and that's all she knows and therefore it gets rights. 👍 )
Ayakashi...?
( it doesn't fit what image she has of them, but she also doesn't really work with that sort of thing either. not that they exist in her world. probably? maybe it does and she just hasn't run into one yet.
she's not sure she wants to either, but that's neither here nor there!
... this one seems fine though, so it gets a pass.
since he said it'll probably be a minute, she's pulling up one of the nearby chairs so she can sit and wait until it moves on. in the meantime, she's going to be cleaning some of the stuff she already used. )
How do you even end up with something like that anyway?
Mhm. Or 'spirit' or 'youkai,' whatever you want to call it. While I'm an actor for my day job, my true career is as an exorcist.
[One of those jobs makes a lot more money than the other, though. Which is why it's a little questionable that he's staying up all night hunting ayakashi in the mountains and making his makeup artists work that much harder in the morning, but so it goes.
She's settled into a chair, so maybe he will just rest his eyes a little bit... He can keep talking even with his eyes closed. It's fine.]
I don't know. I don't really remember a time when it wasn't there, and no one else could see it when I was growing up. [No one human, anyway.] Maybe it's just attracted to my charming personality!
( it's a good thing he's got his eyes shut, huh? oh dear. oh my. she might just break out into a cold sweat just thinking about the possibility that ghosts are real............. )
You do both?
( having a second job wasn't really something she's ever considered before, having poured her everything into this one, but now she wonders if she could've managed more if he's done it.
also, this guy? an exorcist? again, does NOT fit what she had in mind when it comes to that either, but that one she's saying out loud.
skirting right on by the fact that he called his own personality charming like she doesn't do the same damn thing, )
You don't look like one. ( ? ) Also, if you were one, why is the small one on your cheek just kind of.. hanging around?
Hahaha, I'll take that as a compliment! [About not looking like an exorcist, because all exorcists, himself included, suck. There's a real commitment to the aesthetic, and while Natori can definitely indulge in that aesthetic from time to time, what a pain it would be to keep it up constantly.
He's been pretty good about maintaining a pleasant, enthusiastic tone of voice this whole time even when he looks like he's about to doze off. It's not as though he sounds less pleasant when she asks her last question, but... He opens his eyes to give her an appraising look, still smiling.]
That's a little rude, isn't it?
[Assuming what she means is 'why haven't you chased it off yet,' and he does assume that because: he can't. He can't figure out how. No one has.]
Oh, but do you want to know something creepy? This thing will crawl just about anywhere on my body, except it's never once gone on my left leg.
( well, now. that's not a look she gets often, is it? she hadn't imagined that one could even slip reproach into such a pleasant smile before. most people just express their displeasure cleanly and openly, like she does! comes with being poorly socialized.
but strangely enough, this version of it seems to be far more effective in getting her to reflect than the hard handed approach. because now she's sinking in her chair juuuust a little like she's been scolded. it's so much easier to deal with people when they're more straightforward??!? it gives her the excuse to bite back.
but, well. )
?
( uh, yeah? she'd agree that's creepy? like, she didn't understand how those kinds of things work to begin with, but that seems outlandish even by supernatural standards. )
That seems kind of like a weird line to draw if it's going to make itself at home everywhere else anyway.
Right? [he agrees cheerfully. The moment of pushback over and done with, they can return to fun commiserating over the weird behavior of the ayakashi that invited itself onto his body and if it causes physical pain. But luckily:]
No, not at all. It's not like a bug crawling on you, either. [The lizard shifts up across the bridge of his nose, but doesn't commit to moving any further than that. Unprompted, as best anyone could tell.] But it's still... Hm. Do you know that feeling when you can tell someone's in the room with you without looking up? It's sort of like that.
she's weighing both options in her head... and finding neither of them appealing whatsoever. would she rather feel something crawl over her skin like a bug, or constantly feel like she's not alone? both are bad. awful. absolutely not. eugh. )
You know what? Now I'm real glad that's not the sort of thing I have to deal with. Mine at least stops moving if you know where to cut it.
( easy! simple! and more importantly: corporeal! )
Yours? [He looks over consideringly. He assumes if she had her own variation of a weird moving tattoo (but, like, cutable, he guesses?) she would've had a very different reaction to seeing his; he certainly would have, if the tables were turned. She doesn't fit the exorcist aesthetic either! But she must deal with something.]
Don't tell me your true job isn't as a makeup artist?
[He says it with that same sort of sincere, friendly entertainer energy as when he matter-of-factly praised his own charming personality, like he might've genuinely believed that she was a professional makeup artist this entire time. It's 100% a performance, but never let it be said that Natori Shuuichi doesn't commit to the bit.]
( unfortunately, even if she did catch on to the fact that he's being fake as all hell, she's going to eat it up regardless with a toss of her hair and a smug little grin because she's simply Like That. )
Right? ( she beams like she knows it, changeable as ever like the winds. ) I know I'm real good at it, but no. I didn't really have that kind of time with my kind of workload.
( then, dramatic as they come, she holds up a finger as some vague sign that she's about to elaborate a little, eyes sparkling all the while. it's a moment where she can preen about her skills, so.... )
I'm trained in swordplay to hunt down these things we call disaster beasts! Or Maga, whichever. I have the highest mission clear count of all of us, with the least amount in bills for public destruction of property! The best, fastest, most selfless and prettiest of all the Maga Killers we've got.
( ✨hehe.✨ )
But just because I have to fight for a living doesn't mean I can't look nice doing it.
[Aww, she's cute. Like yes, he was teasing, but still: go off queen. For one, she is doing a good job on both their makeup.
And also, more interestingly (no offense to the art departments out there, he's just biased), it sounds like she's also exorcist-adjacent. She might see some distinction in the sort of creatures they're combating, but "ayakashi" is such a broad umbrella that something called a "disaster beast" should surely be covered, Natori thinks confidently as if he's the expert in both of their worlds.]
That's impressive! [He means it! There's still a slight bit of that "aged mentor (read: dude in his 20s in anime) humoring a teenager" energy, but that's more because he's talent making small talk with makeup. (And maybe because she snuck 'selfless' in there.)] And a close-range fighter, too. I can only manage a staff as a last resort.
[She seems a little young to have the highest mission clear count out of... whatever group she operates out of, unless it's like saying Seiji had the highest success rate out of the two of them when they were picking up odd jobs in high school. But he was picking up odd jobs in high school, so it's not like her age strikes him as that unusual. A little nostalgic, maybe. He was also pretty overconfident at that age. (Maybe not that overconfident.)]
...Bills for public destruction of property, huh. [Okay, that element isn't as institutionalized in his exorcist community-- but then again, she did say she was in a city. A lot more property around to destroy!]
sniffles. i always worry abt her obnoxious ass bein a lot. just like how i dunno how to stop yapping
( you know that saying about feeding stray dogs.. and how you shouldn't do that lest they keep coming back for more..... )
Isn't it just?
( but yes, it's very likely that all disaster beasts are some form of youkai but not all youkai are disaster beasts. for some reason she's divided the two, and is spooked by the latter but not the former. (????)
humoring her as he may be, praise is praise to her since it hasn't really hit the point of condescending, so she doesn't care! )
Yup! And I have never once come back injured!
( ✨✨✨this is hubris✨✨✨ but also corroborated by her handler and weapons maker. it's a whole situation. she can't afford to get injured to the point of bleeding lest she attract the unwanted attention of said beasts. having blood that's extra tasty by their standards will do that.
and yeah she keeps bottles of it just in case. this is definitely in part why she's the fastest in clearing missions! her target will simply come after her, skipping the whole scouting and investigating bit altogether. )
So if you ever want to train in close quarters, I've been checking out a few places.
( then, she tilts her head. ? )
Mm.. yeah? It can get pretty messy, but I don't really like giving the cleaners too much trouble, ( he will find sooner than later that service worker-types are quite literally the only one she will ever use respectful language with. everyone else? even her mentor? no. ) And sometimes Yoki cries whenever some of the others give him the bill... So I try to keep things contained best I can.
it's ok he's obnoxious too they can sparkle together
[Natori has never been critically injured from his work, but that's mostly due to a combination of magic that can be used at a distance, a collection of familiars with close-range fighting abilities who are sworn to protect him with their lives, and a good amount of luck. He escaped being eaten two days before arriving here based solely on how drop-dead pretty he look. That's doubly impressive if she works with a sword, even if she's discounting smaller injuries.]
Haha, it's probably a good idea for me to do some training, but you have to promise to be gentle, okay? I'm really going to disappoint you!
[He also. starts sparkling back. Even though he's talking about how he's going to get his ass kicked by a teenager. sigh.]
Ahh, that's awfully considerate of you! [It sure sounds like there's a lot of administration happening behind the scenes... way more organized than Natori's one-man-and-three-monster-girls shop.] Are you from a fairly large clan?
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but he's moved on with a different topic and with one last firm stare she wanders off to swap out what she has in her hands for the next set of things she'll need. he shouldn't need too much considering the humbler role, and it doesn't even seem like he needs much help to begin with, but she's nothing if not thorough. )
So you've done this sort of thing before?
( it explains why he's used to the setup.. )
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The acting? Yes. [And then, with just a touch of defensiveness as he realizes what that could sound like, he adds:] For movies with a plot and more than a page of dialogue. Well, and some commercials, but I usually keep my clothes on for those.
["Usually," as if his shirtless G-rated ads are anywhere comparable to filming a porno.
Halfway through his response, something makes a quiet, almost sticky sound that's just audible from where Nei's standing. The next time she turns back, whether to go on with the next stage of makeup or to find out what sort of weird thing he's doing to make that noise, there's what looks like a solid black tattoo of a lizard splayed across one cheek. If she's quick about turning around, she might even catch a glimpse of it moving into position, following the contours of his skin as it slithers up his neck and around his jawline.
He's still sitting there with his eyes closed like nothing unusual is happening, waiting for the next set of products. The lizard doesn't seem to have undone all of Nei's hard work, but it's hard to tell; the area where it's sitting feels just like Natori's skin would normally, aside from this clearly supernatural thing on it, but rather than looking like she's smudged some too-thin concealer over a tattoo, it's more like the tattoo is on top of the existing layer of makeup.]
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( see, she was about to get defensive about him getting defensive because it's not like she was going to assume he did sex work for a living!! not that it's inherently a bad thing, but still! it's just not something she would have wanted to consider!!!!
also it's a reflex to get prickly, unfortunately.
but it quickly dissipates when she hears the sound, and for a moment she thinks she might've spilled something so she's quick to react, but the direction of the sound is wrong? so she turns, and - )
.. ??!??
( sometimes having the reaction time she does is a curse. what the hell is that! it almost looks like a trick of the light? but it's shaped so specifically that she's just standing there for a whole second trying to piece together what she's even looking at. )
Uhm, ( she has no idea what his name is, she realizes, ) .. Mister, your pet lizard is in my way.
( nailed it. )
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So basically: he doesn't realize that Nei has turned around and spotted the lizard until she speaks up. At that initial 'uhm,' he opens his eyes and looks over politely for whatever she needs to tell him.
He can feel where the lizard is at any given time, but he's so used to ignoring it while doing his acting work that it doesn't occur to him that it's the issue until she tells him. He knows by now that they're in some sort of supernatural realm, so the normal rules don't apply; it's just that the habits of how he compartmentalizes are so strong that he doesn't connect the dots.]
--Oh, right. Sorry. I can't control it, but it'll move eventually.
[Hm. Well, his previous makeup artists have never had problems blissfully applying makeup over a thing they were incapable of seeing, which is why in an attempt to be helpful he suggests:]
Or you can just apply the makeup on top of it. It won't take it with it when it moves.
[just, y'know, blindly apply makeup without being able to check your work?]
...This hasn't come up before. Normal people usually can't see it.
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Hah???
( so this is just normal? this is just a thing that happens? alright, sure, she can accept that. she's seen some arguably strange things in her time, but - )
But isn't that rude? ( to the lizard! she can't just do that even if it won't take!! ) I'm not doing it. I'll wait until it moves.
( yes, welcome to the world of discovering she'll dig her heels in about the strangest of things.
she should probably still ask, since she's going to wait it out anyway in a staring contest. )
.. What is it anyway?
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[Guess he'll just sit around in her makeup chair until it decides it wants to go somewhere else? Maybe he'll take that nap she suggested earlier...]
Some sort of ayakashi. Beyond that, I don't know.
[He knows that's not a very satisfying answer! But that's what he's got.]
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Ayakashi...?
( it doesn't fit what image she has of them, but she also doesn't really work with that sort of thing either. not that they exist in her world. probably? maybe it does and she just hasn't run into one yet.
she's not sure she wants to either, but that's neither here nor there!
... this one seems fine though, so it gets a pass.
since he said it'll probably be a minute, she's pulling up one of the nearby chairs so she can sit and wait until it moves on. in the meantime, she's going to be cleaning some of the stuff she already used. )
How do you even end up with something like that anyway?
( is that rude to ask? well. )
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[One of those jobs makes a lot more money than the other, though. Which is why it's a little questionable that he's staying up all night hunting ayakashi in the mountains and making his makeup artists work that much harder in the morning, but so it goes.
She's settled into a chair, so maybe he will just rest his eyes a little bit... He can keep talking even with his eyes closed. It's fine.]
I don't know. I don't really remember a time when it wasn't there, and no one else could see it when I was growing up. [No one human, anyway.] Maybe it's just attracted to my charming personality!
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You do both?
( having a second job wasn't really something she's ever considered before, having poured her everything into this one, but now she wonders if she could've managed more if he's done it.
also, this guy? an exorcist? again, does NOT fit what she had in mind when it comes to that either, but that one she's saying out loud.
skirting right on by the fact that he called his own personality charming like she doesn't do the same damn thing, )
You don't look like one. ( ? ) Also, if you were one, why is the small one on your cheek just kind of.. hanging around?
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He's been pretty good about maintaining a pleasant, enthusiastic tone of voice this whole time even when he looks like he's about to doze off. It's not as though he sounds less pleasant when she asks her last question, but... He opens his eyes to give her an appraising look, still smiling.]
That's a little rude, isn't it?
[Assuming what she means is 'why haven't you chased it off yet,' and he does assume that because: he can't. He can't figure out how. No one has.]
Oh, but do you want to know something creepy? This thing will crawl just about anywhere on my body, except it's never once gone on my left leg.
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but strangely enough, this version of it seems to be far more effective in getting her to reflect than the hard handed approach. because now she's sinking in her chair juuuust a little like she's been scolded. it's so much easier to deal with people when they're more straightforward??!? it gives her the excuse to bite back.
but, well. )
?
( uh, yeah? she'd agree that's creepy? like, she didn't understand how those kinds of things work to begin with, but that seems outlandish even by supernatural standards. )
That seems kind of like a weird line to draw if it's going to make itself at home everywhere else anyway.
( ok, so what's a LESS rude question to ask? )
.. Does it hurt?
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No, not at all. It's not like a bug crawling on you, either. [The lizard shifts up across the bridge of his nose, but doesn't commit to moving any further than that. Unprompted, as best anyone could tell.] But it's still... Hm. Do you know that feeling when you can tell someone's in the room with you without looking up? It's sort of like that.
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she's weighing both options in her head... and finding neither of them appealing whatsoever. would she rather feel something crawl over her skin like a bug, or constantly feel like she's not alone? both are bad. awful. absolutely not. eugh. )
You know what? Now I'm real glad that's not the sort of thing I have to deal with. Mine at least stops moving if you know where to cut it.
( easy! simple! and more importantly: corporeal! )
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Don't tell me your true job isn't as a makeup artist?
[He says it with that same sort of sincere, friendly entertainer energy as when he matter-of-factly praised his own charming personality, like he might've genuinely believed that she was a professional makeup artist this entire time. It's 100% a performance, but never let it be said that Natori Shuuichi doesn't commit to the bit.]
closes my eyes. im.......... so sorry for her
Right? ( she beams like she knows it, changeable as ever like the winds. ) I know I'm real good at it, but no. I didn't really have that kind of time with my kind of workload.
( then, dramatic as they come, she holds up a finger as some vague sign that she's about to elaborate a little, eyes sparkling all the while. it's a moment where she can preen about her skills, so.... )
I'm trained in swordplay to hunt down these things we call disaster beasts! Or Maga, whichever. I have the highest mission clear count of all of us, with the least amount in bills for public destruction of property! The best, fastest, most selfless and prettiest of all the Maga Killers we've got.
( ✨hehe.✨ )
But just because I have to fight for a living doesn't mean I can't look nice doing it.
( okay, now she's satisfied. )
no I love her
And also, more interestingly (no offense to the art departments out there, he's just biased), it sounds like she's also exorcist-adjacent. She might see some distinction in the sort of creatures they're combating, but "ayakashi" is such a broad umbrella that something called a "disaster beast" should surely be covered, Natori thinks confidently as if he's the expert in both of their worlds.]
That's impressive! [He means it! There's still a slight bit of that "aged mentor (read: dude in his 20s in anime) humoring a teenager" energy, but that's more because he's talent making small talk with makeup. (And maybe because she snuck 'selfless' in there.)] And a close-range fighter, too. I can only manage a staff as a last resort.
[She seems a little young to have the highest mission clear count out of... whatever group she operates out of, unless it's like saying Seiji had the highest success rate out of the two of them when they were picking up odd jobs in high school. But he was picking up odd jobs in high school, so it's not like her age strikes him as that unusual. A little nostalgic, maybe. He was also pretty overconfident at that age. (Maybe not that overconfident.)]
...Bills for public destruction of property, huh. [Okay, that element isn't as institutionalized in his exorcist community-- but then again, she did say she was in a city. A lot more property around to destroy!]
sniffles. i always worry abt her obnoxious ass bein a lot. just like how i dunno how to stop yapping
Isn't it just?
( but yes, it's very likely that all disaster beasts are some form of youkai but not all youkai are disaster beasts. for some reason she's divided the two, and is spooked by the latter but not the former. (????)
humoring her as he may be, praise is praise to her since it hasn't really hit the point of condescending, so she doesn't care! )
Yup! And I have never once come back injured!
( ✨✨✨this is hubris✨✨✨ but also corroborated by her handler and weapons maker. it's a whole situation. she can't afford to get injured to the point of bleeding lest she attract the unwanted attention of said beasts. having blood that's extra tasty by their standards will do that.
and yeah she keeps bottles of it just in case. this is definitely in part why she's the fastest in clearing missions! her target will simply come after her, skipping the whole scouting and investigating bit altogether. )
So if you ever want to train in close quarters, I've been checking out a few places.
( then, she tilts her head. ? )
Mm.. yeah? It can get pretty messy, but I don't really like giving the cleaners too much trouble, ( he will find sooner than later that service worker-types are quite literally the only one she will ever use respectful language with. everyone else? even her mentor? no. ) And sometimes Yoki cries whenever some of the others give him the bill... So I try to keep things contained best I can.
it's ok he's obnoxious too they can sparkle together
[Natori has never been critically injured from his work, but that's mostly due to a combination of magic that can be used at a distance, a collection of familiars with close-range fighting abilities who are sworn to protect him with their lives, and a good amount of luck. He escaped being eaten two days before arriving here based solely on how drop-dead pretty he look. That's doubly impressive if she works with a sword, even if she's discounting smaller injuries.]
Haha, it's probably a good idea for me to do some training, but you have to promise to be gentle, okay? I'm really going to disappoint you!
[He also. starts sparkling back. Even though he's talking about how he's going to get his ass kicked by a teenager. sigh.]
Ahh, that's awfully considerate of you! [It sure sounds like there's a lot of administration happening behind the scenes... way more organized than Natori's one-man-and-three-monster-girls shop.] Are you from a fairly large clan?