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It seems that Neopolitan still isn't managing to master the fine art of caring to be properly sociable. Still, the inbox does work, and she's known to respond fast enough, if she likes someone. So, at least there's that?
(OOC Note: 99% of all replies will come in the form of Text Messages unless Neo has a strong reason to send video messages. She might send pictures, but she prefers text.)
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Date: 2022-04-18 08:38 pm (UTC)Well, by crook, I mean I actually am a thief.
Used to steal a lot for a living, and me and my partner were damned good at what we did.
I was his muscle, and I did most of the stabbing if someone needed to die during a job.
But I don't just go around stabbing people unless I have a reason.
So, I guess the smile's not totally an act, and there's no point robbing people here.
Which means I fall back on what I'm really best at, which is stabbing things, and monsters are things.
But, I've had a little help on the whole social graces thing.
[She didn't entirely like pretending to be a good guy. It never sat well with her, especially since her being on everyone's side here was as much survival as ethical growth.]
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Date: 2022-04-18 09:45 pm (UTC)[ After all, monsters are pretty indiscriminately bad - especially in this place. That's the impression Chizuru has gotten so far. So that means stabbing monsters is just protecting yourself and the people around you.
But the idea of stabbing people.. it's a little harder to process. Chizuru spent all her time around people who killed for a living back home, but at least she liked to believe that they did it for a good reason. That they got rid of the bad guys, so people could be safe.
She doesn't scoot away from the other. There's no rejection, but Chizuru does look a tad more worried - if not just because she's a tender soul. ]
But those people who had to die during jobs.. Were they bad people..? [ Or bad people too, perhaps she should ask, since it doesn't sound like Neo was exactly the good guy back home.
But it's so hard to combine the idea of her as a bad guy with the kindness the other has shown her so far. ]
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Date: 2022-04-19 04:34 pm (UTC)Well some of them were definitely other crooks, just as bad or worse as us.
But I won't pretend that everyone I ever fought actually deserved what they got. I'm honest about it.
Still, if it's any consolation, most of the people with enough wealth to get our attention to steal?
Those folks didn't get that kind of money the honest way.
[That had never been part of the justification, but yeah. You didn't get rich in Remnant by being honest most of the time. At least not in her world view.]
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Date: 2022-04-19 09:25 pm (UTC)One that Chizuru never really had to think about before. After all, she's always lived in such secluded ways. Growing up in the demon village, away from humanity. Then in her father's house once she did live among people, never mingling with others out of fear that they would find out about her power. Then among the Shinsengumi, never having been allowed to leave the compound..
It sure made it hard to ever really have to consider such social conundrums as the shady ways people make money when Chizuru has hardly ever really been part of society.
.. It feels complicated, and messy, and Chizuru tries to shove the thought a little bit further to the back of her mind when she feels her stomach turning. ]
Then.. have you been doing the same thing here..?
[ She doesn't think so. Neo has been talking about stabbing monsters, after all. Not people. ]
Have you hurt people for similar reasons in this place..? [ Chizuru can't imagine it. Someone who could do that one day, and then go to this place with her and sit here and pat her head like a friend right after.
It'd make no sense.. ]
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Date: 2022-04-20 01:22 am (UTC)Not unless I end up cursed.
I haven't really hung the whole "Thug" thing up completely, but there's no reason to hurt random people here.
And there's no real sense of property so stealing's just about completely pointless in Trench, honestly.
So I just kind of converted my talents to something people use.
I'm adaptable.
No crime? Fine, I'll work in a protection racket.
[Because in the end, that's sort of how she saw the Hunters. A protection racket without the shakedowns.]
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Date: 2022-04-21 06:21 am (UTC)[ At least Chizuru is honest about that. She doesn't want to lie, after all. So even though it feels a little awkward to admit, she lets the words slip out of her mouth.
After all, it really doesn't make sense to her. Maybe it's because she's always been so sheltered, but.. someone being kind, yet committing crimes.. Someone who was committing crimes, but now instead is fine with protecting people..
.. it's a little weird, indeed.
But that's not the only thing she wants to say, so she shakes her head, continuing on. ]
But-- I do know I like talking with you like this. [ Because Neo is nice, despite what she might have done in the past. ] To me, you seem so much more like the type who protects others.. You're helping me out here too, after all.
[ Protecting her from dangerous flirting.
So terrifying. ]
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Date: 2022-04-24 03:25 am (UTC)Bad guys do good things too, and protect people, if they are the type to want to.
Just think of me as someone who used to be a robber for a long time, who doesn't really need to do it anymore.
Got better things to do with my time.
Like tease you.
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Date: 2022-04-24 01:51 pm (UTC)Even if it's by making Chizuru blush and squeak instead. ]
W-Why tease me?!
[ Because you're so easy to tease, Chizuru. Just look at her. That boop and those words are enough to make her sputter already. ]
That's not an important thing..!
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Date: 2022-04-25 07:08 pm (UTC)And when you're blushing furiously, you're not worried about things that you don't have to.
Might sound weird, but it's kinda a fun thing.
And having fun's important!
[If there was one thing about Neo? She had learned that diversion through amusement was important for keeping her safe to be around.]
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Date: 2022-04-25 09:27 pm (UTC)[ .. thanks, Chizuru. She isn't even thinking about what she's saying there. It's definitely just the kind of instinctive flustered response that someone who's being teased would give.. ]
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Date: 2022-04-25 09:27 pm (UTC).. ah, I seriously haven't dealt with this ever since Okita-san did this stuff too back home.. [ And that's already over a month ago at this point. Which might not be long in the grand scheme of things, but for someone who's never left either her house or the compound like Chizuru?
It's a long, long time to be away from familiar places. ]
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Date: 2022-04-28 04:31 am (UTC)And here I thought you were a first timer when it came to someone flirting with you.
You just blush naturally, which is cute.
[Yep, totally just milking this and making it worse. she strongly suspected that Okita wasn't actually her boyfriend, but she was expecting beet red in 3... 2...]
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Date: 2022-04-28 07:24 pm (UTC)And by that I mean that yes, yes. Of course she's looking majorly flustered over here as she sputters out: ]
H-He's not my boyfriend! He's just the captain of the first division..!
[ It's not even defensiveness, like it might be with certain other people. It's just Chizuru getting flustered at someone even assuming that fake fact! ]
I just lived on a compound with him and a whole lot of other guys, t-that's all! [ She's probably not improving her case here, is she. ]
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Date: 2022-04-30 04:20 am (UTC)And let me guess?
He liked to tease you just a little bit, didn't he?
His way of messing with his subordinate.
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Date: 2022-05-01 09:37 pm (UTC)[ At least she's being honest about that. Sure, Chizuru was a frequent target, but Okita teased people who were even higher in rang than him without doing as much as blinking! Truly fearless. ]
It's been.. a little strange. Suddenly being here without any of them. [ And it might not have been that long yet, but Chizuru sure is feeling it all the same. Or maybe it's since their loss is still so fresh now. ] .. it must be difficult for you as well.
[ After all, Neopolitan said her wife wasn't in this place. That's got to be even harder. Sure, the Shinsengumi were important people to Chizuru, but at least she wasn't married to any of them. ]
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Date: 2022-05-02 07:18 pm (UTC)Just think of me as Okita 2.0 in this case then, since I have fun teasing period.
[She listened to her and nodded, though it had the look of more commiseration. There wasn't as much agreement in those eyes. Being apart from the people who had most recently held her life together in her world? It was a damned blessing and she didn't want to see most of them, except...]
Not having Emerald is hard.
But I promised her back in the dream that I'd wait for her forever. We both did.
Roman's dead, and everyone else I care about is gone too.
The ones I like that show up? It's always awkward.
[Something something, tried to stab them]
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Date: 2022-05-02 09:30 pm (UTC)[ And it seems that she was at least right on that one. Though she admires the way Neo seems to be handling it. Living up to their promise to wait for each other.
Even though it must be hard. ]
I hope that she will show up someday soon too, instead of people you'd have more awkward reunions with.
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Date: 2022-05-06 07:11 pm (UTC)Awkwaard is ok, because some of those are Ruby's family and friends.
And if they can forgive, well, they're actually pretty good to have around most days.
But Emerald first. She's getting a really big, sloppy kiss the moment she changes from a squid.