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SOBA

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CHARACTER NAME

Geto Suguru

CIVILIAN NAME

Zaru Soba

TEAM

Brimstone

HOUSING NUMBER

003

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Comments

[gorb]

They're very intelligent creatures. That was a smart choice.

[shadowban]

and a lot of cephalopods too, though the octopus is at the top for me.

maybe i'll take up wildlife preservation or veterinary medicine for real.

[gorb]

That sounds like a good idea. Productive.

[shadowban]

less people, too. way more peaceful.

[gorb]

If you get a job I might as well too.

[shadowban]

we could start a crime syndicate, too.

[gorb]

And upset the territorial balance?

( His bestie would be pissed. )

[shadowban]

he doesn't have to know right away.

plus we both have to go to normal college for anything worthwhile, and that's at least a four-year investment.

[gorb]

I never finished high school.

[shadowban]

...there are finishing programs. i think.

[gorb]

I am not finishing high school.

It would be a normal school curriculum too, we both know we lacked that.

[shadowban]

tokyo tech didn't, that's true, but correspondence and night schools work. i was going to sign up for one eventually. i figured i wasn't going to make it to tokyo u, even with the families' recommendations, but i thought

i don't know what i thought.

[gorb]

Well, why don't you think about it now? We can make a plan.

[shadowban]

...you wanna be classmates with me???

[gorb]

I don't think I'd be very good at preservation.

[shadowban]

vet med then. we could do it. i bet you'd look cool in a doctor's jacket.

[gorb]

I'm bad with bodily fluids.

( But-. )

When my memories were altered I thought I ran a dojo, I could try my hand at that. If we're to get you through school we'll need the kryptos. I could take students.

[shadowban]

medicine isn't all fluids, you know. sometimes it's bones. sometimes you just talk to the animal about its feelings.

...a dojo would be cool too. i could be your understudy.

[gorb]

I don't talk to anybody about their feelings. Let alone the local stray cat. Which is why you're more suited to it than me.

[shadowban]

you talk about feelings with me, though. some, not all, but it's more than enough.

you have a lot of feelings, i think. maybe more than i do.

[gorb]

And it doesn't always work, does it?

Don't let that become common knowledge. I work hard on my reputation.

[shadowban]

i've learned my lesson. i won't say anything.

if we could just punch everything and leave it at that, i think the world would be a much simpler place. not a happier one, but... i don't know.

sometimes being happy is also being scared.

[gorb]

It does feel like treating the world with nihilism is easier, but then that isn't often better. Look at it this way, you're not alone in your endeavour to change. And if it really gets annoying then tell me, we can go for an age-appropriate drink.

Boba? Boba's probably good.

[shadowban]

i don't mind boba. they probably have some sweet ginger refresher somewhere, if we look hard enough.

but i've drank alcohol before. you don't have to abstain on my account.

ieiri-san used to babysit from time to time.

[gorb]

Just because Shoko does something doesn't mean we all should.

( Says the secret chainsmoker. )

I will do ginger refreshers.