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[tindery]

HELLO

"What do you want?"

GOODBYE

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[tindery]

[ glances at the other in the cage ]

I wonder if these two have seen flowers...

[ seen? like? at all? ]

[ilulu]

Ooh, if they haven't, they should definitely come with!

[JUST ASSIGNS THEM AS BEING A GROUP NOW. Why not.]

Are they rare in your world? They're everywhere in mine, 'cept for a few places!

[tindery]

... they're rare where I'm from. We're pretty isolated. We don't get much in the way of greenery.

[ so he can't help but be curious ]

What does it mean to be a Purgatorian? What's your home like?

[ilulu]

Awww... but I bet your home is beautiful in its own way! I've been to lots of different places and they've all got their charms, even the spots that are a mite tough to live in.

[And now he has the chance to see the flowers that are definitely gonna be out there somewhere!! That they will find once they're out of this cage in



four days]

Oh, we're in charge of lookin' out for all the little soulzies! Some of 'em get reincarnated later on after we reap 'em, though I'm not in charge of deciding that stuff. But Purgatory's great for us locals! We can hang out with the Great Elementals, and there's the flowers and the water, and I get to work with so many cute little juniors!

[tindery]

[ . . . well. ]

There's always people doing their best, in whatever circumstances they're in. That's what I think makes places livable.

[ but he won't really linger on that. the optimism is nice and he's actually something of an idealist himself. anyway, ]

Great elementals... Juniors... Sounds like you keep busy.

[ilulu]

Mmhmm! There's all kinds of soulzies out there, but most of 'em are doing their best.

[Despite her friendliness she does not actually blindly love every single person in the whole world, but she's not going to judge people who fucked up because they were misguided or hurt, either...]

Sure do! But there's always time for a short kip.

[tindery]

... Kip...?

[ what is... kip ]

[ilulu]

Like, a little rest! A break! A nap, or some time playin' with soulzies...

[no]

[tindery]

Ah...

[ in a tone of 'i have never taken a nap in my life' ]

Well, that's good. You seem like the type that'd see the bright side of things.

[ilulu]

[She knows what that "ah" means and it will now be her personal mission to drag him around having fun while they're here]

Weeell, I do try. S'hard to help folks move on if you can't bring 'em peace, right? And lots of people won't trust gloomy reapers to help 'em take care of their business... but some Purgatorians are like that, and they're hard workers too. So there's room for all of us.

[tindery]

[ hmmm ]

... guess so.

So do you ever get questions on if you can give people more time? Or if they have to go with you, or if they can stay longer?

[ilulu]

Oh, sure, all the time. It's normal to be worried about the unknown, innit? But that's why it's so important to have lots of different types of reapers, so that we can help 'em all find peace before they've got to go. Nobody'd feel reassured if we just said "sorry, it doesn't work that way."

[tindery]

[ . . . ]

But there's no exceptions? Or is there a way to get back to life even after meeting a Purgatorian?

[voring]

[Glancing back over...]

Like, the kind you eat?

[tindery]

I think some can be poisonous...?

[voring]

Poison doesn't affect me, so that's fine! I'll eat 'em anyway. What flowers are we even talking about?

[tindery]

Convenient.

[ can't be poisoned... but, ]

Any flowers.

[ there are so many commonplace things that tobari just hasn't seen ]

[voring]

Like... Any flowers to eat? Or just any in general?

[Why does he keep looping back around to eating them. Maybe he simply cannot comprehend Tobari not seeing flowers at all ever period.]

[tindery]

Are you hungry....? I don't have any snacks.

[ it's like when you feel bad when a pigeon waddles up to you but you have no breadcrumbs to share.... i was going to write this analogy with a squirrel first and then was like no. fuck squirrels ]

Any in general. We don't have many where I'm from. They don't grow well. Not much does.

[voring]

Snacks are always good.

[HE'S THE PIGEON AND TOBARI DOESN'T HAVE ANY DAMN FOOD. This is fine.]

Huh! So your entire place is like a toxic zone?

[tindery]

I'll start carrying some when we get out of here.

[ and he really will... some snacks in his pocket for obikawas ]

In a way? We're above ground.

[voring]

Really? You're good!

[This is so fucking funny please don't humor him like this. HE LOVES SNACKS THOUGH...]

Huh? All humans are above ground.

[tindery]

[ THEN HE WILL JUST BRING SNACKS FOR OBIKAWA.... STUPID.... ]

We're higher than most humans—up in the sky.

[voring]

[HE'LL ACTUALLY REMEMBER TOBARI'S NAME AT THIS RATE...]

Woah! That's silly. What are you guys doing up in the sky? Humans don't belong up there.

[tindery]

[ he snorts because he doesn't disagree ]

A while ago, the storms were getting so bad on the ground that people were looking for refuge. Somebody was able to invent technology that lifted my country into the sky. We've been living like that for a while.