week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[researcherstory]

[ Shoko's laugh makes her chuckle too, a small shake beneath trained hands. Oh, this really does feel nice. She hadn't realized how much stress she had here... ]

I'm certain they'd both have their share of complaints about being called it, too.

[ A sigh, closing her eyes even if Shoko can't see. ]

... I suppose there is one we haven't spoken of, who was called on. What do you think of Yi Sang?

[irreversal]

Hmmm...

[ That's a long, drawn-out hum that trails off into a contemplative silence, only the sounds of their massage therapists' various ministrations to fill the space. ]

...I think he and I have more in common than I thought, at first. I don't know why it is, but... he makes me want to help him.

[ Maybe in a selfish way, because there was someone she couldn't help before. ]

[researcherstory]

[ Odile hums softly in acknowledgment, turning it over in mind.

... Mm. ]

He's comparable to a kitten left to drown in the pouring rain.

[ Put that out there, first. ]

Yi Sang, [ she continues after a brief pause, ] is unlike anyone I have met before. I believe that if he smiled, it would be comparable to a sun peeking from beyond an overcast sky. Perhaps you could be the one to part them.

[irreversal]

[ Whoa, that's— really poetic, in a way that directly reminds her of how Yi Sang talks.

The sun part, not the kitten part. Though at that, she does have to chuckle. ]

I don't think something like that can fall on any one person. But if I've helped him even a little bit, I think that would be enough for me. You put that kind of romantically, though, Odile-san. I'm surprised...

[researcherstory]

[ Romantically... ]

... He and I communicate very well. I suppose it stems from that.

[irreversal]

Yeah. I could definitely imagine that.

[ The poet to poet communication... ]

You're right, though. It would be nice to see him smile sometime.

[researcherstory]

[ It's the bookworm to bookworm communication actually, ]

Yingying might manage. It is hard to be completely dour when she's around.

[ And, now knowing why that is... mm. Well, it is always the cheerful sort. ]