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[Hm.]
Are you injured? Or have you been smoking the herb that was being passed around at the festival?
Are you injured? Or have you been smoking the herb that was being passed around at the festival?
Sit down and drink some water.
[That should help exhaustion and with any possible hangover.]
Are you buying up all their wares? What kind of work are they asking you to do?
[That should help exhaustion and with any possible hangover.]
Are you buying up all their wares? What kind of work are they asking you to do?
[it's probably like nature's Gatorade or something, so yes.
Also, boy, with an attitude like that you are way too easy to take advantage of.]
At least get some onigiri for your effort. The combination of calories and hydration might help you feel your legs again.
Also, boy, with an attitude like that you are way too easy to take advantage of.]
At least get some onigiri for your effort. The combination of calories and hydration might help you feel your legs again.
They’re the little riceballs wrapped in blades of grass. They have fruit and seeds in them. They were at the festival, but they sell them at the market, too. I traded for some earlier.
They’re a staple in Japan. The ones here are a little different from what I’d find back home, but they’re not bad.
[Honestly it’s just nice to have fresh food and not just the canned and price non-perishable stuff in Borderland.]
[Honestly it’s just nice to have fresh food and not just the canned and price non-perishable stuff in Borderland.]
really? that's so neat you'd find something familiar to you all the way out here
[ is iris making a mental note to ask one of the hivawei how they make their onigiri so he can attempt one back on the station for chishiya? maaaaaaybe. ]
okay so
something filling to eat, and a drink
should i do anything else to help?
[ is iris making a mental note to ask one of the hivawei how they make their onigiri so he can attempt one back on the station for chishiya? maaaaaaybe. ]
okay so
something filling to eat, and a drink
should i do anything else to help?
[Bro, he’s not going to know what to do with that kind of thoughtfulness, wtf.]
Maybe take a long break from the heavy physical labor, if you’re not used to it.
Maybe take a long break from the heavy physical labor, if you’re not used to it.
[He doesn’t know, really. Not the way Iris does. Chishiya is so accustomed to being ruthlessly pragmatic that his kneejerk reaction is to feel like it’s pointless. These people might be dead in less than two weeks, the planet obliterated. Why bother to try so hard?
But Arisu and Kuzuryu, they’d say that’s even more reason to be kind, wouldn’t they. Kuina might say that, too, come to think of it. Chishiya sighs before responding.]
There are other types of work you can do. They’ll let you help with things like mending and weaving. That’s what I did.
But Arisu and Kuzuryu, they’d say that’s even more reason to be kind, wouldn’t they. Kuina might say that, too, come to think of it. Chishiya sighs before responding.]
There are other types of work you can do. They’ll let you help with things like mending and weaving. That’s what I did.
（ within twenty minutes of their conversation she is in the marketplace. she's dressed very simply — her clothing suggestive of traditional japanese attire but not wholly so, clearly more cobbled together into an elegant array from what could be dug out of the ximilia supply closets — and her hair, as she had suggested, is artfully bound into a thick braid down the front of her chest.
when she sees the boy — the only other human in the market at this hour — she gives him a faint smile and cuts through the crowd towards him. with a respectful incline of her head, she says, ）
Chishiya-san, is it?
when she sees the boy — the only other human in the market at this hour — she gives him a faint smile and cuts through the crowd towards him. with a respectful incline of her head, she says, ）
Chishiya-san, is it?
[Chishiya is currently mending some toys for some of the Hivawei children in exchange for onigiri and some drinks. It’s a fair enough trade and gives him plenty of opportunity to eavesdrop on the locals chatting at the market.
He glances up at his name and notes her hair and attire.]
Ah. You must be Unohana.
He glances up at his name and notes her hair and attire.]
Ah. You must be Unohana.
Yes, that's correct. Unohana Retsu.
（ she gives her name in the style of surname first — for most everyone else she adapts to the western default.
she notes the clever hands, and the neat and careful work he's doing. her expression is soft in its observation, at the little children gathered around to watch. ）
That's lovely work you're doing. Your stitches are exquisite.
（ she gives her name in the style of surname first — for most everyone else she adapts to the western default.
she notes the clever hands, and the neat and careful work he's doing. her expression is soft in its observation, at the little children gathered around to watch. ）
That's lovely work you're doing. Your stitches are exquisite.
[He snorts, and there’s a brief almost imperceptible pause at her observation, but he doesn’t miss a stitch.
She’s smart, he thinks. Perceptive. He can respect that but it also makes him wary.]
Chishiya Shuntaro.
[He hasn’t given out his full name before, but he figures he can return the favor. A sort of acknowledgment, if nothing else.
He finishes with the doll he’s working on and hands it to a little mushroom child waiting nearby.].
That’s too kind. It’s pretty basic work.
[He'd also say he’s out of practice, actually. He didn’t use this skill often in Borderland.]
She’s smart, he thinks. Perceptive. He can respect that but it also makes him wary.]
Chishiya Shuntaro.
[He hasn’t given out his full name before, but he figures he can return the favor. A sort of acknowledgment, if nothing else.
He finishes with the doll he’s working on and hands it to a little mushroom child waiting nearby.].
That’s too kind. It’s pretty basic work.
[He'd also say he’s out of practice, actually. He didn’t use this skill often in Borderland.]
It's lovely to meet you.
（ she speaks formally, her language just slightly antiquated, and perfectly polite. she drifts towards seat a short distance away from him, and sits on a little bench that seems to be carved for anyone to take their ease. so many things here are communally made and given, it honestly makes her a little rueful. ）
Does it being basic preclude it from being so?
（ she speaks formally, her language just slightly antiquated, and perfectly polite. she drifts towards seat a short distance away from him, and sits on a little bench that seems to be carved for anyone to take their ease. so many things here are communally made and given, it honestly makes her a little rueful. ）
Does it being basic preclude it from being so?
[He notes her way of speaking and her demeanor, remembering what Sabriel said about her being the only “properly dead” person on the crew. He wasn’t sure about that observation at the time, but it is interesting that she carries herself like someone from pre-Meiji Japan.]
Who knows. Maybe I’m just a perfectionist.
[His own language is thoroughly modern, and maybe not outright rude, but casual and a touch arrogant. Which may seem at odds with the apparent humility he was showing a moment ago with regards to his stitching.]
But that’s not what you’re here for, is it?
Who knows. Maybe I’m just a perfectionist.
[His own language is thoroughly modern, and maybe not outright rude, but casual and a touch arrogant. Which may seem at odds with the apparent humility he was showing a moment ago with regards to his stitching.]
But that’s not what you’re here for, is it?
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No.
（ she gives the boy an acknowledging nod. if he wishes to speak of their business, she won't tarry otherwise. ）
I admit, I'm curious why one might wish to have their goal sabotaged, though I would of course be grateful for the opportunity to complete my own.
（ she gives the boy an acknowledging nod. if he wishes to speak of their business, she won't tarry otherwise. ）
I admit, I'm curious why one might wish to have their goal sabotaged, though I would of course be grateful for the opportunity to complete my own.
[He shrugs, nonchalant, and picks up another toy to mend.]
It’s not something I’m interested in doing. I was thinking about ignoring it, but that was before I knew we could get sabotage related goals. This way at least one person profits. Hypothetically.
It’s not something I’m interested in doing. I was thinking about ignoring it, but that was before I knew we could get sabotage related goals. This way at least one person profits. Hypothetically.
[He huffs a deeply ironic chuckle at her describing literally anything about him as altruistic.]
You’re a practical woman. I suppose the argument that you’re helping me to avoid something I don’t want to do wouldn’t be especially convincing to you?
You’re a practical woman. I suppose the argument that you’re helping me to avoid something I don’t want to do wouldn’t be especially convincing to you?
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