( graveyard: we're cursed..........3 )

[nodo]

[ since there's more of us now, let's set up a scene...ish. we're at the beach! hooray!! it's our government mandated party game!! hopefully everyone is going to be well behaved because law won't give two shits. he's already arranging this for some reason unknown to man. indulgences? indulgences....... everyone get your sins in. taps on watch???

of course there is booze because there is always booze. law does not perceive the meth. (if there is any.)

NOW!! EVERYONE. TWO TRUTHS & ONE LIE. ]

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[touchups]

[Mahito's here, too, unfortunately!! He's wearing absolute shitpost swim trunks that have cats wearing sunglasses and party hats shaped like cake, surfing on pineapples. Also, he is buff under his weird clothing and it is terrible.

He'll pause in nursing his fancy mixed beach drink to play along, though. Also unfortunately.]

Ooh, this is fun! Let's see, let's see...

I can turn someone inside-out just by tapping 'em.
I don't remember the name of any human I've killed.
Aaand my favorite novelist is Franz Kafka!

[All of this is said without any sort of feelings of malice... In fact, the emotions radiating off of him (though they're slightly off-kilter, always) are just general chill vibes, cheeriness and mild entertainment. Who LET THIS CURSE BE.]

[holeful]

[Looks at Mahito. Looks at Vlad. Looks at Aoi. Please.]

Is the second one a lie?

[touchups]

[STOP HE DOESN'T CONSIDER AOI HUMAN HE LIKES HER TOO MUCH!! Technically Vlad isn't fully human either but Mahito literally fuckin forgot about him when he was thinking up his answers.]

Ah, you got it! I still remember Junpei's name.

[Sir.]

[holeful]

..... And Mr Vlad and Aoi, right?
[SIR!!!!!]

[touchups]

--Oh, yeah! Vlad, too. [THANKS, MAHITO.] But Aoi's not human! We're both created by humans.

[They are comrades!!]

[holeful]

....
[Frowning a little.]

I guess... I think you should still count her, though.
[He is... defensive of her.]

[touchups]

What, count her as human?

[A light, curious lilt. There is definitely still amusement present though, god.]

[niceguyferatu]

[ In the distance, radiating disgusted offense, and a shout: ]

You rat bastard!

[touchups]

[CALLING BACK OUT TOWARD THE DISTANT VOICE:]

Sooorry, I was thinking about older kills!

[niceguyferatu]

[ Honestly, this pulls him up short. He wasn't expecting that.

After a pause, another yell back: ]

What's my name, then?!

[brightred]

[Sorry she's just over here being horny for curse.

All you men and your exposed flesh!!!]

[touchups]

[ENJOY THE GUN SHOW MISS GRELL, he will just wink like the gremlin he is.]

[brightred]

[Blushes on cue! Glances away like she's been caught staring.

She's not embarrassed at all she's just playing around and enjoying beef flea.]

[touchups]

[THEY ARE TERRIBLE. Mahito is also just radiating playful gremlin energy right now.]

You wear shy well, too!

[brightred]

I am an actress, after all~

[commedia]

...

[kind of a vague feeling of "who let this flea in here"]

Who is Franz Kafka?

[touchups]

[Gu Yun did.

Anyway terribly he perks up both visibly and emotionally when Douman Is Here, Talking To Him. He's picked a new bully favorite!!]

Influential German writer! His works focused on sociopolitical stuff of the time and blended fantasy and realism a lot, and he wrote popular books like Prometheus and The Metamorphosis.

[He genuinely seems to enjoy talking about this... God.]

[commedia]

...I've never heard of him, but likely he was after my time.

[They are but a Ye Olde, after all.]

I didn't take you for the reading type, though.

[touchups]

Yup. He wasn't born untiiil... I think the 1880s?

[Why can he remember this but apparently cannot remember more than One Human Name (now two one and a half, thanks Vlad).

The amusement takes on a bit of a playful slant.]

Not many do! But that's how I learn about humans.

[commedia]

That's...

[Pretty far in the future! Wow!]

Why would you want to find out about humans, though? Isn't your role to antagonie them?

[kokytos]

Based on the things we've talked about, I have to think the first and third one are true. You like the bleak shit, after all.

[touchups]

Yay, you got it right!

[DING DING DING. Mahito applauds... There's a little spike in his amusement, but his emotions tend to stay at a general baseline.]

I remember one name. [REMEMBERS VLAD AGAIN.] --Two names!

[kokytos]

[ He looks vaguely amused at the somewhat level of entertainment just emanating off of Mahito here. ]

Go figure, good job. Don't bust your brain too much trying to keep a log.

[touchups]

[HE IS A CREATURE.

A creature who flashes a thumbs-up at Steven, smiling and radiating gremlin energy.]

Don't worry, I don't try! No point.

[kokytos]

[ Never change Mahito. ]

Good for you. The inside-out part is related to your soul manipulation, isn't it?

I figured you must've liked Kafka, when you brought up Meinong in our first conversation.