Nice to meet you. Can I still get away with calling you Taka? [Weird how Merriment suddenly actually seems. Merry. Now that he's not dealing with an existential crisis.]
I'll take it. [Merriment's busy studying Taka's face again though.] ...sorry I couldn't tell you all of this earlier. I didn't want to keep lying to you, but I didn't want to risk messing up and losing you just in case I did disappear.
Yeeeah there wasn't a great way to say "by the way I drowned, was reborn by the moon and I create the winter" while you were still getting used to everything around here.
[...but there's a grin.] Then again I guess my powers as a god sort of give it away.
[Oh. Look Jack's old, not stupid, so he considers that for a moment and considers the things he's seen since Taka came into his care. And also taking into account what Senri's like.]
... hm. He likes Beauty, who I'm pretty sure likes him back, and they're going on a date tomorrow. I think they decided to do it beforehand...
[ basically taka is like 80% sure he's going to get dumped before he and senri even go on an actual date and he is trying to prepare himself for that ]
[Well that's not good, and Jack's face expresses as much as he mulls over that.]
Beauty's a really confused kid but I don't think he's that naive. If he knows about it, he's not gonna get in the way. [Jack has Thoughts about Beauty but that's neither here nor there.] Did…Senri say he likes you back though?
[He's not great at navigating stuff like this and it shows, but he'll at least try because Taka deserves to be happy.]
[ merriment calling people a kid now that taka can actually see his face is pretty funny
but also taka is very bad at navigating stuff like this too, considering the only reason he even confessed was because he got too jealous over the beauty+sasuke combo and senri accidentally annoyed him into it. so. ]
Yeah... but this kind of stuff isn't what I'm good at.
But you're sticking with him anyway. [You crazy, crazy kids...]
...it'll work out. All of that. Don't worry about the complications. You're the one he keeps clinging to the most. [Teasing, but also. Jack has a tendency to check on what Taka's doing and has seen Senri way too often thanks.]
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yeah, that does. ]
Shishimaru Takaomi.
[ a pause ]
Or the other way around, for you.
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I'll let it slide.
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[ he shrugs, before crossing his arms. ]
I do get keeping some things to yourself.
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[...but there's a grin.] Then again I guess my powers as a god sort of give it away.
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[ and then after this taka gets chilled bones too, life is suffering, ]
... thanks.
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Just thanks.
[ taka proceeds to not explain. ]
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Gotta say though, I was wondering when somebody else would use one of the other abilities. There a reason people keep going after you two?
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It's his fault!
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Don't clam up on me now, kid. [But it's still light enough that he can just ignore Jack, too.]
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... we might be...
[ saying the word "dating" is hard ]
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...are you happy?
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[ basically taka is like 80% sure he's going to get dumped before he and senri even go on an actual date and he is trying to prepare himself for that ]
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Beauty's a really confused kid but I don't think he's that naive. If he knows about it, he's not gonna get in the way. [Jack has Thoughts about Beauty but that's neither here nor there.] Did…Senri say he likes you back though?
[He's not great at navigating stuff like this and it shows, but he'll at least try because Taka deserves to be happy.]
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but also taka is very bad at navigating stuff like this too, considering the only reason he even confessed was because he got too jealous over the beauty+sasuke combo and senri accidentally annoyed him into it. so. ]
Yeah... but this kind of stuff isn't what I'm good at.
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You also said you weren't good at talking to people or trusting them or something to that effect. You still managed to do it, didn't you?
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I ran away from him and he chased me around the carnival until he knocked me to the ground...
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That. That's one way to do it.
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...it'll work out. All of that. Don't worry about the complications. You're the one he keeps clinging to the most. [Teasing, but also. Jack has a tendency to check on what Taka's doing and has seen Senri way too often thanks.]
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... mm. Thanks.
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