IC Inbox [Empatheias]

[hamnation]

[What's wrong, sinner? Wish to communicate with Gundam via telepathic amulet or messenger bird or even in person? Then come on over here and specify the format!]

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[schmisse]

[ it's not so much shock but unease that begins to course through weiss' veins when she hears the voice. she stays where she is, though, swatting the raincloud away to no avail. ]

And you are?

[hamnation]

Do you remember a devil you met once in the wastes? Kehehe... Or have you tried to cast that darkness out of your mind?

Allow me to remind you, of a name that rhymes with 'fear'. In the elder tongue!

[Finally he spins the chair around to reveal himself sitting with steepled fingers and a dastardly grin. Four hamsters are perched on his shoulders.]

Tanaka!

[schmisse]

Oh dust. It's you. . .

[ thunder rolls and lightning strikes the top of weiss' head. thankfully, it's just for show and doesn't actually electrocute her. ]

Why are you here?

[hamnation]

Surprise... I bet you thought that you'd seen the last of me.

[Although, his grin falters as he tries to explain his presence and thinks back to that reason.]

I have been called here to fulfill a sacred duty... in the absence of Kyouko Kirigiri.

[schmisse]

[ the rain peters down until it stops and the cloud above weiss disappears. she's still soaking wet, though. ]

So... is she sick?

[hamnation]

[His expression looks more serious now, even as Weiss looks like a wet poodle. Tanaka shakes his head at her foolish question.]

There is no ailment that plagues her. No, it seems that you have not grasped the truth.

You see... she has returned to her home dimension.

[schmisse]

[ oh.

she definitely didn't pick up quickly, but at least now she knows. she's not worried in the slightest, nor is she upset or happy about kirigiri's whereabouts. it's just good to know. ]

I see. And you're now the one in charge, huh?

[hamnation]

[He responds to shake his head.]

I have little interest in acting as a detective. I am only here to act as an interpreter... a bridge between man and bird.

[Then, he motions towards said bird dramatically.]

Makoto Deathbringer is your new overlord!

[schmisse]

[ and this conversation went from 0 to 1384398 in terms of ridiculousness. ]

Um.

[ she clears her throat. ]

So, is the bird going to be paying me too?

[hamnation]

[As for Gundam, he simply talks casually about everything, as if it's all nothing out of the ordinary.]

No. That responsibility has been left to a different Makoto.

[schmisse]

And is this other Makoto an actual human being?

[ SHE'S SINCERELY HOPING IT'S A HUMAN. ]

[hamnation]

Unless he has been skillfully deceiving my senses... So far, he has proven to be a human. He hails from the Tribe of Naegi.

[schmisse]

[ WHAT DOES THAT MEAN... ]

I feel like we should look for a translator for you, too.

[hamnation]

Hmph... If you think that, it is only because of your own human limitations! I will not allow my dark proclamations to be filtered through some third party... And I doubt we have the budget for one.

[schmisse]

Maybe if you didn't talk like you were taken right out of a fairytale, then I wouldn't be saying things like that!

[hamnation]

This is no mere fairy tale... This is who I am! I speak as if I have stepped out of the Netherworld itself. Because that is the path I have walked! Humanity can never hope to understand my ways.

[schmisse]

But can you speak... [ a pause, and she holds out her hand as if giving him the space to speak honestly. ] Properly?

[hamnation]

[He blinks uncertainly before he speaks with a relatively normal-sounding tone of confusion.]

My manner of speech is nothing but proper!

[schmisse]

[ she covers her face with her palm but makes sure there's space between her fingers for her left eye to peek through it.

when she speaks, her voice is a lot lower. it's an attempt to mimic gundam. it's also a really bad one. ]

My manner of speech is nothing but proper!

[hamnation]

[He shoots a glare at her.]

Are you mocking me?!

[schmisse]

What, are you going to feed me to your ferrets if I am?

[hamnation]

Hmph... You're referring to my hamsters, correct? Though I do have ferrets under my command as well... But it matters not!

You would not even be worthy of being any of their meals! No, you would instead be cursed for the rest of your days!

[schmisse]

Whatever.

[ she rolls her eyes and puts a hand to her hip.

it's wet. but she tries to keep cool, anyway. ]

Let's just get to work.

[hamnation]

Are you truly ready to carry out your sacred duties while you are so waterlogged? Kehehe... Perhaps you could find a criminal lurking in a lagoon!

[schmisse]

My personal problems have nothing to do with my capability to do work!