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Huh?

[ He's read the quests for this month already, but Choubee's only coherent response to Tsumugi's sudden declaration of being his fairy gemmother is mild bafflement. Eye growing wide for a brief moment before his brows furrow, creating an obvious crease, and the corners of his lips curl into a frown. ]

What makes you think that I even got a wish? If I wanted shit to happen then I'd just do it myself.

[ Isn't that obvious? And even if Tsumugi's suddenly a little less squishy than usual doesn't mean he's gonna get him to get soft!! ]

-- Anyway, this book here makes that fairy bitch sound like a parent or whatever. You're no where close to what my ma or pa was. [ And for the sake of simplicity they're in the library of all things. Choubee seated and back resting against one of the shelves as he has a book resting on his lap. ]

[ The most convenient thing that comes out of living on your own is that your roommates will never see you doing stupid shit. Which, apparently, includes suddenly changing into a frog for whatever reason -- a dangerous situation comes out of it considering Choubee had taken to sharpening a weapon he managed to swipe, nearly ending his poor frog life as soon as it's started.

Well this blows.

The world is a lot bigger from this perspective and he absolutely hates it, ribbiting out what would have been a verbal complaint before he decides to venture outside. Anyone familiar would definitely know it was him in this body; his right eye white and clouded with a mix of red and yellow coloring his skin. Those unfamiliar would definitely think those scars are not befitting for an amphibious creature but... listen... shit happens.

So while hopping around town he's come across of several other people stuck in his situation, but then he comes across one. This one, for whatever reason, just... pisses Choubee off. Causing his cold-blooded ass to boil because... what the fuck... why does this frog have such a punchable face?? That's enough reason for a brawl, right? Yeah.

Without any real rhyme or reason he simply decided to hop on top of Lupin's little frog body. Oh my god Lupin's being jumped and I can't stop laughing sib please just take this tag and don't look me in the face. ]

[ a little less squishy than usual? just say he's rock-hard, you ruffian. god. tsumugi's relieved that choubee didn't make a big deal of his "new year, new literal me" deal, but he sort of wishes that -

mm, no, it's not his turn to make wishes right now, is it? better abstain from saying anything for now in case the town overhears and make tsumugi's perpetually bad luck even worse. not even the GOOD LUCK that he'd gotten from the omikuji that he'd gotten last "christmas" helped his matters at all. ]

Oh, you've read that part perfectly! Well, almost. That's not what the story is trying to say?

[ another tutoring session at the library as usual. tsumugi squints at the page choubee's focusing on, hand reaching up to his face to adjust his glasses only to realize that he'd left his glasses at home since he doesn't need corrective eyewear as a gem anymore. sweet. ]

I'm not trying to be anybody's parents here; honestly I don't think I'd be able to handle you if you were my child, Choubee-kun. [ he jests. probably. ] But you should have at least one simple wish, like a simple meal or for someone to do chores for you... It doesn't even have to be complicated, so wishing that your worst enemy should die a thoroughly painful death is, of course, out of the question.

[ meanwhile, Lupin's just out here minding his own damn business and trying to find a solution to this horrible frog situation, because it turns out that not having thumbs is bad and being about 5 inches tall is even worse. He knows what he has to do: there's someone in this town that he needs to kiss. Fine. He just doesn't know who that someone is, and it's taking him forever to get anywhere in his dumb frog body. Also, it's a cold winter's day, meaning said dumb frog body is edging closer to shutting down every second he spends out here.

Basically, he's having a bad day. Suddenly having a mutant-looking frog jump on his head out of nowhere does not improve things. Normally, his reflexes would be good enough for him to avoid something like this, but, well... he's got frog reflexes now. ]

-- Gah! Watch where you're going, will you?!

[ immediately reaching up with his amphibian arms and trying to shove whoever's on top of him back onto the ground. ]

[ DO NOT PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH YOU HEATHEN. ]

She was gettin' all up in her business like a parent would... [ He mumbles it out, somewhat embarrassed but not immediately going silent to simply ignore what Tsumugi has to tell him. He just closes the goddamn book. ]

Hey, I was an okay kid. [ Not that he's anywhere close to the child he was in the past. He snorts, however, completely shrugging it off. ] Also that's a pretty shitty rule -- killing someone ain't even complicated! You could do it easy, can't ya, since you're a rock now?

[ Then again he wouldn't want him to. Tsumugi is too kindhearted of a person; he can't kill another person and Choubee is well aware of that by now. ]

I do all of that for myself. I don't need you doing anything else for me. [ There's a short pause. A quick inhale and exhale, a sudden idea coming to mind. ] You promise you'll make any wish of mine come true?

[ Ugh daddy Lupin can't barrel roll out of this, can he? ]

Ooooooh! You really are just -- [ like me, he wants to say, but before Choubee can so much as finish he's being pushed aside. His hind leg immediately stretching forward and just kicking the other frog. Be nice? All he did was jump you? ]

I was aiming straight for ya, bastard.

[ He's not even gonna bother lying about it. ]

But maybe it was just some frog instinct, y'know, ribbit.

That's usually because fairy godmothers appear to children with bad parents and terrible childhoods... If only it were easy for someone like that to appear out of the blue just to grant you whatever you want, no matter how impossible it may be.

[ just random musing, until he sharply turns to choubee at his homicidal remark. maybe he shouldn't have brought the killing part up - ]

I really don't want to kill anybody, though! [ not anymore; he's put that miserable past behind him and he'd like to keep it that way. ] You can easily just talk it out with someone instead of relying on some magical wish to make things okay again, jeez. Besides, I'm still prone to breakage in this state, so I'd rather not lose a limb while carrying out a wish like that.

[ he lets out a sigh, despite being a gem who lacks lungs now, expression softening. ]

But other than that, yes. I'll do anything, promise. [ hopefully this declaration won't send him to hell again. choubee wouldn't do that, would he? ]

[ wow, what's this guy's problem!! Now he's getting kicked for no reason. With an annoyed grunt, he takes the opportunity to shuffle backwards - in his mind, he's staring at Choubee like he's got three heads, but since he's a frog, it mostly just looks like... a normal frog stare.

Really, he knows this type. Some people just enjoy picking fights for no reason; he saw plenty of them as he grew up, men desperate to find some semblance of control, even if it meant getting hurt (or hurting someone else.) They couldn't only have nice, cultured people in town forever, he supposes. ]

Frog instinct, [ he repeats, very dryly. ] I'm as annoyed about this situation as you are, my friend, but you're not going to accomplish much of anything this way.

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I'll let it be known here and now, I ain't ever fought demons before.

[ When Rin approaches he'll be able to observe that Choubee carries a single weapon: a large axe that's more or less more suitable for a person twice his size. Still, he holds it steady over his shoulder while an arm rests leisurely around the handle. ]

But I heard from someone that they're of flesh and blood, so killin' them should be easy enough, yeah?

[ Random musing, but Choubee's expression seems to shift the moment Tsumugi comments on the fact. He never had stories to help him go day by day; his optimism was born and crafted purely by every experience where he managed to survive despite all the odds being against him. The thought of someone appearing out of no where and suddenly making his past less complicated -- he doesn't know if he'd feel more insulted or homicidal. ]

We can put you back together, right? [ He's not arguing about it anymore, he's simply curious. ] It'd be a hassle if you permanently lost an arm just because it broke off.

[ There's something in what Tsumugi says that Choubee finds himself responding with a buzz; a kind form of authority, or perhaps confidence, that he'll be able to make his wish come true. What should be relief is immediately replaced with self-disgust at the sheer thought of lowering his defenses and believing in another person for once. He's certain that Tsumugi won't try to betray or ridicule him -- he's too weak, even as a gem, Choubee would certainly find a way to crush him into dust if the situation called for it. And there's also that familiar, small but darker feeling that lurks in between his bones, the quick impulse to hurt him, though admittedly it's something he is barely conscious of and doesn't fully understand.

He turns to look at him, a little guardedly. Grasps after an explanation that satisfies him -- or he feels like it does, at least. He doesn't really know. Only knows that something in him quickens and hurts with the vivid reminder that pulling someone close means that they will inevitably be torn away from him. ]

I dunno.

[ He knows that explains nothing and isn't what the other wants to hear. ]

Stay with me. Just... don't go somewhere where I can't find you.

[ Something about this entire reply seems off and if Choubee could read minds he'd definitely be choking the frog life out of Lupin. ]

Whatever~ [ He glances to the side, positioning himself upright. ] Right, we gotta work together and figure things out. I get it. [ He doesn't. But he realizes that patience is a virtue and maybe, just maybe, if he finds out how to break this curse properly he can actually kick this guys ass properly. ]

But if they're tryin' to get us to bring good fortune, that's gonna be a little hard between the two of us. We'll have to find some girl frogs.

[ He... OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT KISSING FROGS AND SHIT OKAY. ]

[That is a rather impressively sized axe.]

I'm not surprised. Most people haven't.

[Exorcism doesn't seem to happen in a lot of other worlds.]

Eh... for the sake of makin' this easy, sure. We'll go with that.

Great to know! [ Delighted, Choubee noticeably grins from ear to ear; someone here needs to be unreasonably happy with the thought of being able to kill something, obviously. ]

Then you go ahead and lead the way.

[... that is actually kind of disturbing.

Rin is just. Not going to mention that he's also a demon and hope this guy didn't bother to look at his conversation with Link in the same post.]

... yeaaaah.

[Is this going to be a bad time? Rin has a sinking feeling its going to be a bad time.]

Let's go.

[ He's stupid, no need to worry -- but honestly he'd care less of what and who Rin is, at least not now when there's a quest needing to be finished. He'd much rather put all his attention and power into what's important and prob at his curiosity later.

But he follows behind, trekking through the snow and keeping an eye out for any of those dastardly demons. ]

So are demons not an unusual enemy in your world?

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[ The walk to the well is a familiar one, so it doesn't take Choubee long to leave his house in Flavo and make it there. Equipped with a large ax wielded in one hand, he's sitting along the edge of the well waiting for Vriska to arrive. ]

Oh. [ He pauses briefly. As she steps closer, it's evident that he's observing her face closely. ] Shit, you really do got eight pupils. That's cool.

( ooc: tysm for putting this up for us!! )

[ Man, don't you stare at her. Vriska walks up with her chin held high, though her hands are strangely empty. And just as she said: yellow sclera, and one eye with 7 pupils, for 8 total. She's looking him up and down, too, clearly taking his measure.

... but he calls her cool, and that gets her hackles to go down. ]

You think so? Well, at least you have taste. [ a beat. ] Cool scars.

[Rin is stupid, too, so this is going to be a disaster!]

Yeah. I'm actually trainin' to be an exorcist back home. Most just wanna be left alone but some do cause a lotta problems for people.

[ gems can be repaired, yes, and tsumugi's fortunate enough that he hasn't cracked under pressure quite literally since his transformation. even so, he'd rather not inconvenience the other gems about his clumsiness if his unluckiness catches up to him; having anyone worry about him remains to be an alien concept to him to this day

which is why choubee's wish just... catches him off-guard. it's tempting, though, to laugh it off but the sincerity in the other male's voice that seems out of place would have tugged at his heart if it were still there inside him.

thankfully, he's not that heartless. not anymore. maybe choubee has also sensed a kind of darkness inside tsumugi, which is why they'd grown so close over these past few months. ]

I...

[ what would he even say to that?! he blinks once, twice, his glossy bangs covering his eyes as his gaze falls to the floor with clenched fists. ]

That's too broad for me to do anything with, though. [ his voice is level enough, but he's so relieved that he's lost the ability to breathe because he could've been hyperventilating by now. ] Do you mind being a little more specific, Choubee-kun? I don't want us to fail a quest again.

[ failing him in general, he means. ]

[ working together wasn't really on Lupin's docket, either, but it's a step up from getting kicked in the face, so he doesn't complain. The comment about girl frogs does have him cocking his head bemusedly, though. ]

No, no, we just need to find some regular girls. Getting kissed by another frog won't do any good. [ pause. ] I think.

[ that would be weird, but like, maybe?! He's not going to pretend he's an expert on fairy tales. ]

( np!! )

[ Unarmed? He doesn't silently regard her as a fool for agreeing to stepping into a demon's den with no weapon -- he's certainly done worse, literally going to an unknown land with nothing but the clothes on his back -- and simply assumes that's where her strength lies. Purely physical, something that a criminal like himself can appreciate. ]

Thanks. [ He snorts, bringing up his arm and resting the axe on his shoulder. Using his free hand to point at the eye decorated with scars and void of any color. ] Tore it out myself.

[ Like it's something to be proud over!!! Anyway. ]

Don't need anything, yeah? Let's go ahead and move out so we can get back before it's dark.

An exorcist?

[ He gives Rin a short once over. Paying close attention to his weapon of choice. ]

What's an exorcist doin' with a sword, then? You ain't savin' nobody by stabbing them to death.

[ Now he's embarrassed.

And he realizes just how stupid that wish was. How stupid he is; this world is not like his own, where there's something he can obtain and live forever -- and more importantly, a world where Touma is. What is he doing asking for something to make him feel so comfortable when he already has a catalyst for that? ]

...

[ He wants to say fuck it. Fail it. It doesn't matter, it's not like they'll die -- ]

Let me pat your head, I guess.

[ Oooooooh he was not talking about kissing, but you know what -- Choubee's not gonna talk about frog lore in edo-era Japan. ]

Regular -- so human girls, they'll help us out?

[ wait ]

... We gotta kiss 'em? Really?

[Creeper.]

I'm trainin' to be a Knight class. We use swords.

[Don't expect him to explain the finer details of that.]

( quests ) daphne

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