it's good to be sensitIV to newbies' needs!

[wotanon]

Who: sensitIV, sensitIV's newbie, and maybe... you?!
Where: sensitIV dorms
When: 407 I AM CLAIMING THIS DAY

It's a bright new morning and we have a bright new newbie, maybe.

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[ends]

Sure. Persephone. I like that.

[ but he does shift a little at the question he gets in kind. ]

Uh, Izanagi has been recommending me some god names. I get that it's the unit theme, I'm just not sure... I think I need a minute still. Maybe I'm trying to shake some weird feelings...

[ read: it's definitely that. and everything else. ]

[forgottenmercy]

Take your, ah, time...

[ends]

Yeah. If it's not too much to ask... Was it difficult for you to choose? Did something ever "feel right?"

[forgottenmercy]

[shows him his profile.] I, ah, chose to keep the name on my profile.

It, ah, ended up...being fitting, for me. But I was, ah, lucky, there...

[ends]

... Wait, that can happen? [ now he's examining the profile a little, both confused and fascinated by the concept of this being a thing that people have here. ]

I mean, that's great, that's one good thing that I can say about this place if it made this one thing a little easier for someone—

[forgottenmercy]

Have you, ah, checked your phone...?

[ends]

Uhh...

[ sure didn't. ]

I didn't even think to see if I had one... I'll try—

[ but then why would he have a profile, why would Persephone have one immediately, why would anyone. so here he goes, checking

this.

and he has IMMEDIATE and very visible regret. ]

Seriously..?!

[forgottenmercy]

...ah, the producers...think they are being amusing. Please pay it, ah, no mind...

[ends]

Then they got their laugh, fine, is that a debt paid forward?! I made some nightmare monster giggle by existing and I guess being a wreck. Great. I feel good about this.

[ his shoulders sag when he exhales, and the dry edge to his voice drops. he doesn't want to take it out on Persephone. ]

Thanks for showing me... Really. [ the answer is bad and he hates it but a bad answer (and new knowledge) is better than none, so. ]

[forgottenmercy]

Not, ah, all profiles are as fitting as mine. Some, ah, are, because the producers think it is amusing...but others are incorrect and give false impressions for the same reason.

[ends]

So... what you're saying is, I could have ended up with a name like "extortionist & mass murderer, hater of small, helpless animals," and it could have been worse.

[ his is mean, but if this is their idea of amusement then he supposes the sky's the limit. ]

Hah... it's really cold, isn't it? [ both in its cruelty and in the way it seems to affect him; he can't stifle a shiver. ]

[forgottenmercy]

Ah, possibly...

Would you, ah, like me to bring you a cup of tea and a blanket?

[ends]

You don't have to wait on me...

[ but that's a kind offer (that he doesn't know what to do with), and only after does he realize that yes, indeed, he does feel chilled. ]

Uh, if you want to point out where spare blankets are, I can always go get it myself. And something for you, if you want. [ because what does he do if not offer to help even after saying he shouldn't be waited on... ]

[forgottenmercy]

It, ah, wouldn't be any trouble. I, ah, usually make tea for everyone, anyway...

[gentle.] Ah, the kotatsu is very warm, too... [pointing at it.]

[ends]

Oh, do you? You like to?

[ he'd hope it's something done because it's enjoyed, but who knows with a place like this. is tea life force?

he shakes his head. enough of the worrying (for now). ]

I'll try the kotatsu, sure. Would you, um- have tea with me?

[forgottenmercy]

I, ah, do...

[inclines his head gracefully towards him.] Ah, of course.

[and going into the kitchen to go make tea.]

[ends]

Yeah? Thanks, it'll be nice!

[ hey, an affirmative! and just having tea sounds nice and a lot less overwhelming.

he can actually kind of tune out the strange decor if he's behaving so casually, so he'll go ahead and take a seat at the kotatsu. if he really thinks about it, someone making tea for a guest isn't so bad.

he can relax and try to warm up. ]

[forgottenmercy]

[and probably returns in a few minutes with a tray, teapot, and some seasonally appropriate wagashi.]