[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.
[Hey, don’t make her emotional too! Lucy is tearing up too! ADA is so kind. She knows that Ranpo is just one of many members and probably can’t officially let her join. Not even this moon branch of the Agency, actually. But the offer has Lucy’s eyes watering. ]
“Lucy” is fine, you know. I don’t know any Montgomeries.
[She places a hand on the back of his head, gently patting his head. Maybe going for those ears. Ranpo has had it rough and it’s her turn to take care of him. He did buy dinner, after all.]
[Friendship is so beautiful, they're both just crying on the couch-- but Watty is starting to look Concerned, which is enough to have Ranpo sniffling and reining in the tears.]
...Lucy-chan, then.
[Don't push for a first name without honorifics okay he'll blush--]
But you know, you're pretty lucky, getting a recommendation from me. You probably won't even have to take an entrance exam!
[--naturally any offers to Poe or Bunatsu still need one, since the Love Bias is too strong there.]
[Lucy, too, remembers to keep it together for Watty. Her beloved... what is he. Nephew? She's not sure. Her cute catepillar loving friend. That works.]
An entrance exam...? Yeah, I wouldn't pass that. I barely know any math. Stickin' with you.
[Though, why does the Agency have an exam? It's not university, is it?]
Oh, it's not that kind of exam. It's actually pretty unconventional-- for Atsushi's, everyone staged a hostage situation in the office with a bomb threat to see how he'd handle things. Dazai was assigned a case straight-away to see how he'd solve it, and Kyouka-chan was accepted after preventing Moby Dick from crashing into Yokohama and killing hundreds of thousand of people.
[ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER--]
But seeing as I'm one of the founding members of the agency, my word holds a little more sway than everyone else.
[Huh. You know? Atsushi’s anxiety makes even more sense now. She want only imagine how that went...]
...please tell me he didn’t throw himself on the bomb like an idiot. [She likes to imagine he could talk a bomber down instead, but damn. That boy is stupidly selfless. This suggestion was a joke, so please laugh.]
I don’t think I could do any of those things. I’m not that nice.
[Everything she has done so far was out of self interest.
But they don’t need to talk about sad things, like Lucy being a rotten person.]
You’re a founding member, huh? Funny... I guess I never thought about how the Agency wouldn’ta just sprung up outta no where. Someone would have to plant it, huh...
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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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[Gonna just tear up and bury his face into her shoulder.]
You're a good friend, Montgomery-chan.
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“Lucy” is fine, you know. I don’t know any Montgomeries.
[She places a hand on the back of his head, gently patting his head. Maybe going for those ears. Ranpo has had it rough and it’s her turn to take care of him. He did buy dinner, after all.]
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...Lucy-chan, then.
[Don't push for a first name without honorifics okay he'll blush--]
But you know, you're pretty lucky, getting a recommendation from me. You probably won't even have to take an entrance exam!
[--naturally any offers to Poe or Bunatsu still need one, since the Love Bias is too strong there.]
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An entrance exam...? Yeah, I wouldn't pass that. I barely know any math. Stickin' with you.
[Though, why does the Agency have an exam? It's not university, is it?]
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[ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER--]
But seeing as I'm one of the founding members of the agency, my word holds a little more sway than everyone else.
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...please tell me he didn’t throw himself on the bomb like an idiot. [She likes to imagine he could talk a bomber down instead, but damn. That boy is stupidly selfless. This suggestion was a joke, so please laugh.]
I don’t think I could do any of those things. I’m not that nice.
[Everything she has done so far was out of self interest.
But they don’t need to talk about sad things, like Lucy being a rotten person.]
You’re a founding member, huh? Funny... I guess I never thought about how the Agency wouldn’ta just sprung up outta no where. Someone would have to plant it, huh...
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[He's not even here to defend himself smh]
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