[homophonic] catchall for kazuki

[dendroculi]

KAZUKI

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[teenrebellion]

[ proof, huh. he looks down at his shirt, one of the fresh, clean ones from ikea, and replies sullenly. ]

...My clothes were covered in blood.

[dendroculi]

[oh. oops.]

...I'm sorry.

[teenrebellion]

[ just. shakes his head. ]

It's... [ well. "fine" isn't the right word. ] ...Like I said, Kaveh-san helped me out earlier. So I don't mind giving him a hand, too, if I can.

[dendroculi]

...

[she nods.]

It will be good if we can all look out for each other. This situation is strange on its own... we should do what we can to make it easier on each other.

[teenrebellion]

That's going to be hard if you really believe this game setup they're talking about, though. It sounds like only one team can win.

[dendroculi]

...they didn't say what would happen if there was a tie. All the teams would be "the team with the most points" in that case, wouldn't they?

[teenrebellion]

In theory, sure. Don't you think they'd have some kind of contingency for that, though, like keeping the points secret so we can't track it, or something? They haven't even told us how we can get points in the first place.

[dendroculi]

They might. It would be nice if we could know more about how all of this works, but we probably won't find out until later.

[until they've all picked teams... sighs.]

[teenrebellion]

Yeah, probably not. We should probably count ourselves lucky they're even letting us choose teams like this.

I'm guessing you and Kaveh-san are going to team up, right? Since you're already friends.

[dendroculi]

Probably, unless he finds someone else he would rather form a team with. But it's my job to look after him.

[



lol.]

[teenrebellion]

...Why would that be your job?

[dendroculi]

Hmm... well, let's put it this way.

[since he's struggling with the idea that she's 500, he will probably also struggle with the idea that she's a god.]

In the country he and I come from, you could say I'm... [she hesitates. does she look too young to be a "queen"? she knows she's not royalty, but it's probably the easiest comparison to make.] ...from the ruling family. Kaveh is not. In my position, it's my job to look after the people who live in my country.

[teenrebellion]

[ she is so right bless her ]

I guess that makes sense, in a way. [ he's still confused about ages but. sure. ] Wait, does that mean I should be using honorifics for you?

[ nahida-hime? nahida-sama????? ]

[dendroculi]

That's not necessary. Just Nahida is fine.

[if one more person calls her "great dendro archon" to her face instead of her name she will scream]

[teenrebellion]

Nahida, then.

[ that's so much easier he would have felt so awkward ]

I feel like you shouldn't have to look after a grown man, but, uh. Good luck?

[dendroculi]

Hehe. Don't tell him I'm looking after him, though. I get the impression he thinks he's the one looking after me.

[teenrebellion]

[ kazu internally like isn't that?? how it should be?? ]

Right... I won't tell him. [ ... ] Is he really that bad?

[dendroculi]

He cares a lot about other people and their struggles, even when he doesn't know them well. It's an admirable trait, but... he takes it to extremes, and it worries me.

[teenrebellion]

...Yeah, I know someone kind of like that.

[ maybe ichika isn't that bad but she still overworks herself >:( ]

[dendroculi]

[she sighs]

The world is better for having people lke them in it, but with other people being the way they are...

[it's rough on people like kaveh and ichika.]

[teenrebellion]

Maybe if they weren't total pushovers...

[ he really shouldn't be worrying that much about a guy he barely even knows, but. he really does hate seeing that kind of thing. do these people really never notice that their loved ones are worrying about them?

...not that kazuki worries about ichika. of course not. ]

Anyway, I'll go look for him later and check on him. It's not like there's a whole lot else we can do, anyway.

[ tsun mode activated ]

[dendroculi]

[of course he doesn't.

nahida smiles.]

...thank you, I really appreciate it.

[she makes a mental note that 1. kazuki is one of the good ones and 2. she should come to check in on him later to make sure he's not pushing himself too much, too.]

If I can do anything for you in return, please don't hesitate to tell me.

[girl you look like a child.]

[teenrebellion]

Uh, yeah. I'll do that.

[ he will absolutely not do that ]

...Good luck figuring out the team thing, I guess. I doubt you'll have any problems, though.

[ she has kaveh and is also a small child. ]

[dendroculi]

Hehe. Good luck to you, as well. I hope we all end up finding teams that work well for us.

[everyone screaming in WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT TEAMS?]

Have you met many people you think you might be able to work with?

[teenrebellion]

I haven't thought about it that hard yet, honestly. [ but okay. ] Setsu, maybe. They're pretty set on helping people, too. You guys might work well together, actually.

[ he almost says kaveh just to make sure someone is keeping an eye on that guy tbh but he'll just stick with that for now. ]