Game 050 [Voice/Action]

[neverplaysfair]

[ While leaving out a mug of coffee, mostly-filled, might seem to be a weird thing to do in remembrance, regardless it's what Joshua does as he goes about cleaning the downstairs floor of his house, the space previously known as Kat's Kradle.

Without any real reason to keep more than the cooking area clean, he hadn't. Dust coats many of the tables and forms sometimes-impressive piles in the corners. Today, despite the rain, Joshua has the front door of House 38 wide open, and he can occasionally be seen sweeping piles of dirt outside.

It's rather cold, but Joshua doesn't seem to mind it. At least it's keeping him from working up a sweat. It's a bit late for a new year cleaning, but at least he's getting around to it at all, right?

Every so often he takes breaks to check on his journal, which he left the following question on earlier in the day: ]

How many of you learned things here that you're not looking forward to having to learn again when you go back to your own worlds? Your own death might be the obvious one, but I mean things like, say, some truth about your world, or friends, or family as well. Anything you'll need to find out again if you forget this place.

Comments

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[neverplaysfair]

As opposed to?

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At the end of the year when you're supposed to do Oosouji?

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[neverplaysfair]

Too much snow to keep the front door open.

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[soundfrequency]

Bad time. Got it.

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[neverplaysfair]

Says who?

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[soundfrequency]

Maybe I think it's a bad time.

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[neverplaysfair]

Then why did you come over?

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[soundfrequency]

[To check on you.]

I'm asking myself that.

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[neverplaysfair]

And what's your answer?

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...[Huff.]

You tell me. You seem to always know the answer.

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[neverplaysfair]

You came over to help me with my cleaning!

[ And that's all the warning Neku gets before Joshua (gently) tosses a broom his way. ]

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[soundfrequency]

[C-CATCHING IT. Neku looks at the broom, then back at Joshua.]

Yeah, no. I already do enough chores at home.

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[neverplaysfair]

Well, that was my answer. What's yours?

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[soundfrequency]

...I don't know.

[Stepping closer to Joshua to offer him the broom back. Nope, not cleaning.]

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[neverplaysfair]

[ Joshua sighs and takes the broom back, then resumes sweeping. ]

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[soundfrequency]

Maybe I came to check on you.

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[neverplaysfair]

Because of my journal entry? [ Sweep sweep sweep ]

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For a few reasons.

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[neverplaysfair]

Do tell. [ He can skirt around this just as long as you can, Neku. ]

[action] this is so late I'm sorry ;;

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Pass. Not like I can get an honest answer out of you.

[action] /tenderly loves all over this tag

[neverplaysfair]

Mmm. Says who?

[action] <3

[soundfrequency]

...uh, yourself? Or should I say I can never get an honest complete answer out of you.

[action] <3!

[neverplaysfair]

I've told you my age. [ The first thing that comes to mind that he probably shouldn't have told Neku in the first place. ]

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And besides that what else can you say you've told me honestly?

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[neverplaysfair]

You only need it once to break a "never".