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txt, un: everblooms

[everblooms]

Hellooooooo! I need you to settle an argument for me!

[seemagicshit]

Oh hey, Aerith-chan, what's up? What kind of argument is it?

i'm sorry.

[everblooms]

Oh, some guy asked me a silly question.

So, shrimp! Bugs? Are they?

[seemagicshit]

[If his culinary soul had a body, you just kicked it in the balls, good job!]

what the fuck NO NO THEY AREN'T!

What kind of bug do you know that swims in the fucking ocean?

Wait, unless they do that wherever you're from?

[everblooms]

[ ...Not that she's not sure that bugs don't swim in the fucking ocean, but also: she's only ever seen the underbelly of the plate and the inside of a laboratory, so. ]

I don't think they do, but to tell the truth, I'm not really that well versed on bugs. I mean, sure, they definitely are normal in my garden, but in the ocean? Not my domain, really.

But they have bug legs and all that, right?

[seemagicshit]

[Okay, that gives him pause. Maybe she's never seen the ocean or the sea before coming here? Given that Zhao's from Japan and specifically Ijincho, it'd be impossible not to see the sea. Unless you were blind. But he's getting off track in his own head.]

Okay, they do have crazy legs, but they're in the same family as...uh...lobsters and shit like that. So bugs in your garden are like ants, wasps, beetles and they're in one family and everything in the ocean is a separate family.

[everblooms]

[ Admittedly, she would answer if he would broach the subject— not like she's hiding the state of her neighborhood. Just... never comes up, does it? ]

Makes sense to me. So I should just ignore this goofball telling me he eats bugs at least once a week then?

[seemagicshit]

Yes, he's being dumb. But you can turn it around on him. Call him out. Or say, "hey that's neat" and get him grasshoppers to eat or shit like that.

But he enjoys shrimp? Good thing I have a shrimp dish I'm pretty decent at, so it's something you can both taste test. I haven't forgotten you'd be able to help!

[everblooms]

Oh, that guy? He's already offering to eat bugs to prove a point. He said he'd eat a caterpillar for me. [ Gross, right? ]

So you know he's honest. I'll drag him by whenever you make some, Zhao. His name's Zack— one of my crewmates.

[seemagicshit]

[Oh fuck. No way. He has to ask. He absolutely has to ask this.]

Oh I've seen him around. He's got guns for days.

But I assume he's probably already dating someone.

[everblooms]

[ Honestly? Game recognizes game. But, that's a fair question— part of her wants to get a little jealous, but the other part wants to tease him a little bit. But how... ]

I think he's competing in the lifting competition... Do you think I should, too?

[ yeah that's funny she's sending that. ]

[seemagicshit]

[This conversation is certainly going places. Zhao is always quick on the draw, but this is leaving him legit confused. Is she asking the literal "Should I work out", the figurative "oh you like his body, you should see mine" or the fantastical sexual "you wanna join us?"

He's suffering choice paralysis here. Because now there's an idea in his head. But obviously the way to go is to be cool.]

Oh well. I enjoy everyone's right to have the best guns they can. Great way to improve the view overall.

[Nice.]

[everblooms]

[ Yeah, that is exactly the response she wanted. ]

Speaking of looking, I know Zack's available for that! But just that.

[ A little birdie told her as much— the birdie is her nosey ass. ]

You'll come watch me lift then, right?

[seemagicshit]

[Well shit, that figures.]

With an ass like that, not surprising someone's claimed it. But hell yeah, I'm open to watching you lift. Maybe spot you if you need it.

[Where is this metaphor going? No idea.]