Mm... no thanks. I got a feeling you'll just crush my spine, and then I'll have to build new vertebrae... add that on top of my fingers, and this is a recipe for a pain in the ass.
(holds up her karakuri hand, which is missing the index finger)
Akuma Shogun
Mountain
I'll go with the Handsome Monkey King, then.
Main Room
(looking around) S-so, um, what's your name?
Good choice, my friend!
-The monkey hops down in front of Link, holding a finger up to his mouth-
Uhpuhpuhpuhp! I don't want to hear anymore until you've called me by a proper title....
...
("Great Sage.")
>("Handsome Monkey.")
("Something Something Buddha.")
In Perpetual Finality
...Well, I must say, it certainly feels like it. I have no choice but to take your word for it, though.
(Idly wiggles his toes, still sitting in that strange crouch with his butt not actually touching the couch.)
...Is it safe to give real names here? I always worry I'll get spam and junk mail if I talk to too many people about my information...
...Ahahahahahaaaa~! Are you calling me fat?
edited 10th Feb '18 7:27:12 PM by MobileLeprechaun
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-He laughs, and strokes his beard of golden fur-
Ahahh! I am Handsome, aren't I?
If you've proven yourself a true friend, one day I shall permit you to refer to me by my name, "Sun Wukong."
edited 10th Feb '18 7:32:42 PM by MacDuffy
"Uhm... Safe with me! Call me Trudy."
And then there was silence
No, no, I'm just saying you're not much of a chiropractor. Don't they need school for that sort of thing?
Er...
>("Actually...")
(Link shows Wukong that note which happened to be next to the talisman. The one with the whole "defeat a stubborn monkey" part.)
Akuma Shogun
Main Room
Of course.... I, uh, think t-that only happens if you sign a sus-suspicious form.
Mountain
Okay, Handsome Monkey King. What do we do now?
(nods in agreement with Link)
In Perpetual Finality
Mother said she learnt it from her ex-husband, he sounds like anything but a doctor! You should probably just have a hot soak instead.
(Stuffs her foot back into her boot, rising and idly wagging her tail.)
…
...If you're sure, and if you must know, I'm L. It's good to meet you girls.
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019
Akuma Shogun
Main Room
N-nice to meet you...you, L (pronounces it like El)
...Hm? And what is this?
-He snatches the note, and gives it a read-
-His eyes widen at the note, before he quickly tears it up, laughing nervously-
Oh, some jest from an angry god, perhaps! I've angered so many, it's simply hard to keep track of them all.
Yeah, good idea. Hot springs were the "me time" of my age, y'know.
...?
(Link tilts his head. If a god stuck Wukong under that mountain... why would they put the spell to release him in a tongue anyone can understand?)
(Like, it wasn't even Hylian but Link could still parse it. Somehow.)
edited 10th Feb '18 7:49:26 PM by foxmccloud4387
-An interesting query indeed, Link....Why WAS it so?-
-The monkey sits down crosslegged, looking about at his environment-
Such a drab forest....Where are the cascading waterfalls, and the sheer high cliffs? Where are the demons, and spirits, and the animals? Barring this rock of unpleasant memories behind me, it's just trees, trees, and more trees!
"... Uh... Nice to meet you, L."
And then there was silence
Akuma Shogun
Outside
(@Son Wukong)That's not true...We, uh, have a lake filled with all kinds of creatures. We also have a mall filled all kinds of knick-knacks.
Mm...
>("Demons, spirits, and animals?")
(As far as Link knows, those things exist around this forest. Just... not with as colorful a landscape as Wukong described.)
-The spaceship near the room has its door open-
-As a bunch of paper comes flying out-
<Useless! It's all useless!>
-Although no one's speaking, that loud thought reverberates out from the ship-
Deer
In Perpetual Finality
Mmm, lucky... No such thing in Sweden, but Mother says the ones in Iceland are divine, ahahahahahhh~...
Yes, very good to meet both of you.
…
(Stares down at his feet, noticing his toes have idly grabbed the manga's pages.)
...Do you like manga?
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019
Akuma Shogun
Main Room
Yes.... I, um, like m-many kinds.
Problem Child
If you wish to de-stress, I could recommend prayer and certain bodily stretches and practises to improve your spirit's connection to its body.
-Oh, it's Charity-
Anything would be preferable to allowing this canine mutant to lay its hands upon you.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
In Perpetual Finality
…!
(He)
(Actually smiles a smile.)
Good! Very good!
...My Dad told me girls didn't care for manga and probably wouldn't talk to me if I kept reading it so much.
(Whirls her head over her shoulder to look at Charity, her hair whipping about intensely.)
...Aaaahahahahahahahhh~! The correct term is "homunculus", but thank you anyway!
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019
Akuma Shogun
Main Room
(frowns) That-that's false... Your, um, your dad doesn't know what he's t-talking about. (pulls out Muscleman tankobon.) What, um, are your thoughts on this?'
Problem Child
Mh.
The implication that somebody created you unnaturally only makes you all the more disquieting.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
"... No. No, you are not."
And then there was silence