[Just disregards her money comment, gurl, he knows.]
You know, I wasn't really the touchy-feely type back home. But I'm glad this place encourages it. I don't think it would have been as easy, being here, without someone to hold me once in a while.
[Is that too sappy? Maybe a little. But things like that have been on his mind. After all-- he was usually the one holding Inaba, rather than the other way around.]
[She doesn’t need to say anything for him to know. That’s one of the nice things about Ranpo. In a way, it’s like hanging out with Anne.
how does it feel to be compared to a creepy doll, huh...
But Lucy never has to explain herself to Anne. Her friend just knows. Ranpo is like her imaginary friend: He gets her and she doesn’t have to explain her painful truths. Like how it’s hard to suddenly get used to the cuddle life. Not bad, not miserable: Just hard.]
Mm... It’s less lonely.
[So for Ranpo, her friend who she doesn’t have to explain herself to, Lucy will cuddle back. She leans toward him and offers an arm around him, too. Because it’s Cordis!!! And he’s a kitsune and he needs chroma!!! And because it’s not bad, either... and some loser might be practicing so that she can hug a cat without punching him someday.]
There. It’s not much, but I won’t let you... chroma starve or whatever. Until Atsushi gets back. [...] Unless this is inappropriate.
[Well, he is the cuddle-senpai here. And with how warm and comforting moonlacing is, Lucy can’t argue against hugging her friend.
Her friend.
Is that even okay to think? Lucy closes her eyes, banishing the tsun concern. Right now, at the very least, Atsushi’s friend needs to be comforted. This is his fault. When she frames it that way, turning this into a job, it somehow becomes easier. There are less of her feelings on the line this way.
She does giggle at the purring.]
I’m going to have to start calling you Tabby Cat if you keep this up, you know.
Hmm, I dunno if I'm much of a Tabby. I don't really have the stripes.
[Is he getting away with the nuzzling? Good, because he's gonna keep it up. But nothing more than that -- mercifully, he doesn't have the usual Kitsune Horny Energy he usually gets in this form.]
[But also, because this thread isn't cute enough -- from the other side of the room, a tiny white blur nyooms over and leaps onto the couch beside Lucy, immediately snuggling up to her side. "Maudie!"]
[Now that there's more chroma in the room, he can be more active -- he needs it to maintain his form, after all. And Ranpo didn't exactly have much to spare.]
[He is getting away with it. Because under the excuse of Cordis and "being helpful," Lucy is able to cuddle someone. And she doesn't hate it. Actually, this is pretty nice. It's certainly unlike trying to get hugs from a cold doll like Anne.]
There you are, Watty! [And what a relief it is to see him! That must mean that Ranpo isn't low on chroma. The last thing that this horrible break-up needs is someone turning into a crystal. ahahaha......
She welcomes Watty into the cuddle pile, put even more at ease by Ranpo's cute son.]
Good. Now we're all together. [A happy hum slipping out as she considers,] Maybe not a Tabby Cat then. But close enough.
[Not Atsushi, but honestly? Lucy is beginning to trust Ranpo just as much.]
[Though she is sincerely more relieved to hear his appetite has returned, Lucy won't turn down free food. She giggles at Watty, who still thinks he should like caterpillars. He really is such a kid.]
I wouldn't mind, I guess. But I haven't gotten takeout here yet. Dunno what's good.
That's fine! Just tell me what you like, and I'll order something from the best restaurant I know that has it. I've tried pretty much all of them by now.
[Just opens up his phone and brings up PrismaEats, while Watty busies himself with crawling all over them.]
[What does she like? Lucy is usually picking from a menu based on price and convenience; Making leftover sandwiches or omelettes when she cooks for herself, or other simple and cheap meals.
Having free reign is exciting.]
I still haven't eaten much Japanese food. What's a favorite? [Have a food adventure! It's fun.]
[Is that a spark in his eye? Let it be known that one of Ranpo's favorite things is showing people new things. Especially foods--]
Then why don't we get one of everything from my favorite place? It's usually easier to just order a bunch of food at the start of cordis and live off the leftovers until it ends anyway. This way you can try a lot, and I don't have to cook!
[Truly a win-win scenario only a rich fuckboy could suggest.]
[She would protest, but he makes a valid point. He is going to need a lot to eat during cordis. Actually, a lot of her friends are cordis... Maybe if she pays attention to which dishes he likes, she can learn to recreate them?
Lucy grins; One of her wide grins, where she's too happy to hide her braces.]
Let's do it! I'm excited to see what you order! [being friends with rich fuckboys is the best.]
[Lucky for Lucy, Ranpo doesn't like mochi, so no dishes will be too chewy for her braces.]
This one place I like has a really wide variety! It's owned by this really nice koi prismal couple-- they didn't even get mad when I asked why they serve fish when they're... well, you know.
[They literally just look like koi fish with human legs. Some prismals are more wild than others.]
[She gives an uneasy chuckle, wondering if she's met them. Lucy has met a few prismals who looked so unusual that she may have screamed at first. More used to it now, but embarrassed to meet those individuals again.]
We really are on another planet, huh? Sometimes I manage to forget.
I guess our world is already pretty weird in it's own ways. I wonder if that's why I got used to it so fast-- ah, relatively speaking, at least.
[He did not get used to it fast, he was a disaster for the first few months.]
[But with the food ordered, he's just gonna go right back to cuddling, because why not? His three tails are even wagging behind him... didn't he only have two earlier? Hm.]
[For once, Lucy isn't saying this to drag the mood down. She's not about to start a pity party, even if her old self may have lept at the chance. Instead, she sounds curious. Maybe there's more to miss back home than she originally realized.
As Ranpo returns to the cuddling, Lucy becomes a sap.]
Never had a home. But now I have people, so I don't need one anyway. [That's you, Ranpo. The tsundere is talking about how ADA is as close as she's had to a home. But even Lucy knows that would be disgustingly sweet to say, so peppers it down with some tsun.]
Maybe that's why this place doesn't always feel alien to me.
Home has never been a place for me. It's always been people.
[The ADA wasn't home without the people he knew and loved there. Perhaps that's why it's barely even crossed his mind to consider opening a branch here. It wouldn't be home.]
[But while Lucy isn't going to be that sappy, Ranpo absolutely is--]
[She offers a mumbling and a pouting, but no attempts to break their position. It's embarrassing to be read like a book... Yet, that is something she likes about Ranpo. Even if him 'reading aloud' can backfire for her.]
I should be saying that to you. I'm the one who should be glad.
[After all, Lucy isn't contributing very much back.]
[He lets out a soft laugh -- not the sort of thing he thought he'd be able to do today, for how down he's been feeling. But it seems like Lucy's manage to perk him back up.]
I should hope so! But say-- does this mean you're looking to join the ADA officially now?
[Officially, he says, since she's very much been unofficially helping them for a while now.]
[She's grinning right along, especially when she hears him laugh now. Lucy knows how hard it is to laugh when you're sad. It's a relief to hear he still has a laugh in him. Sad Ranpo has been so surreal for the girl who only knows him for being amazing.
That question does throw her for a loop. Lucy can't deny the way her thoughts crash into a wall, denying herself the hope. He's probably joking. She can't actually join ADA, because--]
I... I can't. I attacked you guys barely a few months ago. [You can't invite your enemies into your cool secret club!
But she's being too serious! This is supposed to be fun!]
B-Besides! I~... Don't like paperwork! [She wanted to tell a joke, but nothing came to mind.]
Aww, like that's ever stopped anyone from joining us! Did you think everyone in the agency had a squeaky-clean record before they joined?
[Between Kyouka, Yosano, Fukuzawa, and Dazai, the agency had one hell of a body count.]
But I guess I can only really make the offer for now. The ADA doesn't exist on Prismatica, so anything official would have to wait until things settle down back home.
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[Just disregards her money comment, gurl, he knows.]
You know, I wasn't really the touchy-feely type back home. But I'm glad this place encourages it. I don't think it would have been as easy, being here, without someone to hold me once in a while.
[Is that too sappy? Maybe a little. But things like that have been on his mind. After all-- he was usually the one holding Inaba, rather than the other way around.]
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how does it feel to be compared to a creepy doll, huh...
But Lucy never has to explain herself to Anne. Her friend just knows. Ranpo is like her imaginary friend: He gets her and she doesn’t have to explain her painful truths. Like how it’s hard to suddenly get used to the cuddle life. Not bad, not miserable: Just hard.]
Mm... It’s less lonely.
[So for Ranpo, her friend who she doesn’t have to explain herself to, Lucy will cuddle back. She leans toward him and offers an arm around him, too. Because it’s Cordis!!! And he’s a kitsune and he needs chroma!!! And because it’s not bad, either... and some loser might be practicing so that she can hug a cat without punching him someday.]
There. It’s not much, but I won’t let you... chroma starve or whatever. Until Atsushi gets back. [...] Unless this is inappropriate.
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[Clinging to her arm and nuzzling his cheek against her shoulder while starting to purr, tho? That might be a little more borderline. #yolo]
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Her friend.
Is that even okay to think? Lucy closes her eyes, banishing the tsun concern. Right now, at the very least, Atsushi’s friend needs to be comforted. This is his fault. When she frames it that way, turning this into a job, it somehow becomes easier. There are less of her feelings on the line this way.
She does giggle at the purring.]
I’m going to have to start calling you Tabby Cat if you keep this up, you know.
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[Is he getting away with the nuzzling? Good, because he's gonna keep it up. But nothing more than that -- mercifully, he doesn't have the usual Kitsune Horny Energy he usually gets in this form.]
[But also, because this thread isn't cute enough -- from the other side of the room, a tiny white blur nyooms over and leaps onto the couch beside Lucy, immediately snuggling up to her side. "Maudie!"]
[Now that there's more chroma in the room, he can be more active -- he needs it to maintain his form, after all. And Ranpo didn't exactly have much to spare.]
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There you are, Watty! [And what a relief it is to see him! That must mean that Ranpo isn't low on chroma. The last thing that this horrible break-up needs is someone turning into a crystal. ahahaha......
She welcomes Watty into the cuddle pile, put even more at ease by Ranpo's cute son.]
Good. Now we're all together. [A happy hum slipping out as she considers,] Maybe not a Tabby Cat then. But close enough.
[Not Atsushi, but honestly? Lucy is beginning to trust Ranpo just as much.]
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[Just don't call him a Munchkin Cat because he's short--]
But say, are you hungry at all? I think I'm starting to get my appetite back... I could have something delivered, so we don't have to cook.
["Papa, Watty wants caterpillars."]
I don't think we can get those delivered.
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[Though she is sincerely more relieved to hear his appetite has returned, Lucy won't turn down free food. She giggles at Watty, who still thinks he should like caterpillars. He really is such a kid.]
I wouldn't mind, I guess. But I haven't gotten takeout here yet. Dunno what's good.
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That's fine! Just tell me what you like, and I'll order something from the best restaurant I know that has it. I've tried pretty much all of them by now.
[Just opens up his phone and brings up PrismaEats, while Watty busies himself with crawling all over them.]
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Having free reign is exciting.]
I still haven't eaten much Japanese food. What's a favorite? [Have a food adventure! It's fun.]
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[Is that a spark in his eye? Let it be known that one of Ranpo's favorite things is showing people new things. Especially foods--]
Then why don't we get one of everything from my favorite place? It's usually easier to just order a bunch of food at the start of cordis and live off the leftovers until it ends anyway. This way you can try a lot, and I don't have to cook!
[Truly a win-win scenario only a rich fuckboy could suggest.]
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Lucy grins; One of her wide grins, where she's too happy to hide her braces.]
Let's do it! I'm excited to see what you order! [being friends with rich fuckboys is the best.]
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This one place I like has a really wide variety! It's owned by this really nice koi prismal couple-- they didn't even get mad when I asked why they serve fish when they're... well, you know.
[They literally just look like koi fish with human legs. Some prismals are more wild than others.]
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We really are on another planet, huh? Sometimes I manage to forget.
[Because her favorite people are already here.]
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[He did not get used to it fast, he was a disaster for the first few months.]
[But with the food ordered, he's just gonna go right back to cuddling, because why not? His three tails are even wagging behind him... didn't he only have two earlier? Hm.]
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[For once, Lucy isn't saying this to drag the mood down. She's not about to start a pity party, even if her old self may have lept at the chance. Instead, she sounds curious. Maybe there's more to miss back home than she originally realized.
As Ranpo returns to the cuddling, Lucy becomes a sap.]
Never had a home. But now I have people, so I don't need one anyway. [That's you, Ranpo. The tsundere is talking about how ADA is as close as she's had to a home. But even Lucy knows that would be disgustingly sweet to say, so peppers it down with some tsun.]
Maybe that's why this place doesn't always feel alien to me.
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Home has never been a place for me. It's always been people.
[The ADA wasn't home without the people he knew and loved there. Perhaps that's why it's barely even crossed his mind to consider opening a branch here. It wouldn't be home.]
[But while Lucy isn't going to be that sappy, Ranpo absolutely is--]
I'm glad you were able to find a home with us.
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[She offers a mumbling and a pouting, but no attempts to break their position. It's embarrassing to be read like a book... Yet, that is something she likes about Ranpo. Even if him 'reading aloud' can backfire for her.]
I should be saying that to you. I'm the one who should be glad.
[After all, Lucy isn't contributing very much back.]
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I should hope so! But say-- does this mean you're looking to join the ADA officially now?
[Officially, he says, since she's very much been unofficially helping them for a while now.]
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That question does throw her for a loop. Lucy can't deny the way her thoughts crash into a wall, denying herself the hope. He's probably joking. She can't actually join ADA, because--]
I... I can't. I attacked you guys barely a few months ago. [You can't invite your enemies into your cool secret club!
But she's being too serious! This is supposed to be fun!]
B-Besides! I~... Don't like paperwork! [She wanted to tell a joke, but nothing came to mind.]
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[Between Kyouka, Yosano, Fukuzawa, and Dazai, the agency had one hell of a body count.]
But I guess I can only really make the offer for now. The ADA doesn't exist on Prismatica, so anything official would have to wait until things settle down back home.
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But here. Joint ADA here. That sounds realistic.]
I-I mean. I’ve kind of forced that on you, haven’t I? You couldn’t get rid of me here even if you tried. I’d fight you.
[She doesn’t want to leave him, okay!!]
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