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[busternaut]

@flyguy54

username

@YOUR USERNAME

name

Dearka Elthman

age

21 years old

hometown

Februarius City, PLANT

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Comments

[busternaut]

Huh. And uhhh... You haven't been spotting people, have you? Buying strangers coffee? Collecting IOUs?

[coordination]

No! Why would I do that!?

[ Like, without an actual good reason, anyway. ]

[busternaut]

I dunno. To share the milk of human kindness?

OK actually I know I just said it, but man, have you ever wondered where the hell that phrase comes from? I just realized I don't actually know.

[coordination]

Shakespeare.

It refers to one who's compassionate because they were nurtured well themself. But it's not a compliment in context, because it's telling Macbeth that he's too kind to commit regicide.

[ 🚨 NERD ALERT 🚨 ]

[busternaut]

Oh

Yeah ok now that you say that it does ring a bell. Huh.

You're a nerd for being able to pull that out of thin air though. FYI.

[coordination]

SORRY FOR REMEMBERING WHAT I READ

[busternaut]

Cool guys try to live their lives unburdened by the memories of every little thing they ever had to read in 4th grade literature class.

[coordination]

Cool guy, my ass.

Anyway! This is weird! And a couple of them offered me more if I let them touch my tail!

[busternaut]

[WTF. That IS weird... But instead of saying so, he'd rather just:]

Well, did you?

[Let them touch??]

[coordination]

OF COURSE I DIDN'T

I'd never be that desperate for money!

And who knows what kind of freak reasons some people might have to want to do that!

I'd wonder if this was some sort of joke, but I'm actually getting the funds transferred to my account.

[busternaut]

Come on, you think people would seriously come up to you and ask to touch your tail because of some barely disguised weirdo fetish? Here? In the repression capital of the universe?

...How much money have you gotten so far, anyway?

[coordination]

I wouldn't put anything past anyone here.

[ Though no comment on the repression thing, from who could be the leader of said universe. ]

But, I've gotten quite a bit. Enough to justify taking a day or two off if I felt like it, without having to really worry about the rent.

Not that I'm planning to do that. I'd much rather save it for something needed.

[busternaut]

Eh. I say don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The BIG question is: is there enough there to maybe buy your Best Friend something extra nice and tasty for dinner tonight?

[coordination]

You realize it's really hard to tell right now if YOU'RE asking that, or your Natural Soul is.

[ Fuckin' dogboy. ]

[busternaut]

What if I told you it's almost definitely both?

[coordination]

Then I wouldn't be surprised.

I guess I can treat us tonight. But neither of you better expect this to be a common occurrence!

[ And then, a short time after that tsundere message. ]

... They're doing this for luck.

moves this down to the reposted(?) comment

[busternaut]

Huh... What, do they think you're some kind of walking maneki-neko?

[He doesn't actually know for sure that this has anything to do with Yzak being a literal Cat Man, he's just making the obvious joke.]

[coordination]

I have no idea, but that would hardly make this whole thing any less bizarre!

[ And yet... ]

I'm used to handing out the good luck charms. Not

being one.