week one | overflow

[marriagebroker]

Ok, weirdos.

Boom Boom Room | Property Damage
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Voting

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[irreversal]

Hoh... I know someone with a similar Cursed Technique.

[ A beat, before she clarifies—. ]

It's sorcery, simply put. She has birds, though. Would it be accurate to think of them like an extension of yourself, then?

[anathemaw]

[ the explanation isn't needed, although Messmer's understanding is slightly different - he hears "curse" and imagines another like himself. Admittedly, birds might be more inconvenient. ]

In a sense. Yet their minds be their own; I control them not.

[ exhibit A: as the conversation goes on, the snake seems to relax, edging slightly towards Shoko. ]

[irreversal]

[ Oh, little guy alert... She looks curiously at the snake, before... holding a hand up? She's not versed in snake-handling, but hopefully it won't bite her. ]

Do they have names?

[anathemaw]

If they hath names, they cannot speak them to us.

[ it does not bite her! Its tongue flicks out to taste the air and briefly brushes her hand. ]

[irreversal]

[ ...! Shoko has a mind to suggest that they come up with their own names, but the snake's little tongue flicking over her hand for even that brief moment does demand her attention. She doesn't quite startle, but her brow does hitch up as she look on curiously. ]

... Is this a good thing uh... Hebi-san?

[anathemaw]

[ wordlessly, Messmer loops his hand around the snake's midsection, pulling it back. No need to go making ladies uncomfortable, snake. ]

A serpent doth see the world through its tongue. Thou gave it on offer.

[irreversal]

[ Shoko blinks, tilting her head as she watches him pull Hebi-san back. ]

I did. I just need a second. [ A beat, as she holds her hand out further. ] Let's try that again.