shaft | school: beau

I don't know if artistic venture is the phrase. [she sounds amused.] I can color anywhere. Are you having a hard time with the poster there?

I've never seen attire such as this. It looks like something a slave might wear.

[ He frowns. ]

A rather grisly thing to advertise. Who knows who it could upset.

I - does it?

[hello]

... I wouldn't have gone for that immediately but I guess the 50% off part is kind of damning.

[ sorry, he's a downer? ]

No? What would you make of it?

[claude, to a stranger: hey does this look like slavery to you]

I guess something sexier?

[ He looks bewildered, like that never occurred to him. ]

There are people out there who consider slavery to be sexual?

No. Or - well. Actually. Yeah, probably, but I'm not one of them, what the fuck.

I mean the like, thongs - read more as sexy than slave to me?

[ He stares at her. ]

I am guessing... you're not referring to footwear.

[ah yes the fire emblem feet curse]

Nnnno.

[ stop ]

So...?

They're like - underwear, kind of. Like underwear that is sexy. Am I really explaining this right now, I don't even know your name.

Claude. [ Might as well get that out of the way.

But anyway, he looks back at the poster like he understands. ]

I see now. It's a matter of choice, not lack of resources.

Beau.

[and then:]

Yeah, that. Are you just really sheltered or something? You know what sex is, right.

[ He tries to stifle a snort. ]

I wouldn't call myself sheltered. Just of different background. Where I come from, sexual advances are limited to a daring flash of the ankle...

[ Hilda regularly walks around in a mini-skirt so this is BS. ]

[beau's insight checks are REALLY GOOD you can't get away with this one claude!!]

Uh huh. You'd be losing your shit over me if that was the case. [you know, beau, who has her entire midriff showing] Nice try though.

[ He throws his hands up. ]

You caught me. [ ... ] I just thought it would be less ghastly than admitting my mind goes first to war over anything else.

[mmm. she tilts her head back a bit, glancing at the poster.]

... Nah, it's not ghastly, it's uh. It's realistic, I guess. I assume it's on your mind for a reason.

[ He shrugs. ]

I won't deny that I'm a soldier. Which is why you caught my interest.

... I saw on your profile that you're immune to poisons?

[this is a very funny reason]

I am, yeah. Diseases and poisons. Why?

I just find it interesting, as someone who makes poisons in his free time. [ just as a hobby, not to kill people ] Is it some sort of magic power...?

[this doesn't phase her for whatever reason, apparently]

Nah, it's just - it's a thing I've trained myself to do. Side effect of my ki. If I didn't know people who make poison back home for fun this would be such a suspicious line of questioning.

[she's amused, mostly.]

Ki? I can't say I've ever heard the term.

[ It's ok, you can think he's suspicious. ]

I'll be honest, I've developed a resistance to poison myself after testing my own creations for years, but never a total immunity...

It's a type of energy I use to attack shit.

[...] You - uh, you just casually poisoned yourself over and over? Wow.

[ Magic...? Doesn't seem like it. ]

Well, the first few years weren't on purpose. [ For some reason people keep thinking that he's weird. ] That said, if I were some sort of mad scientist, right about now is where I'd ask for a sample of your blood.

[ He's joking... ]

[she looks very amused by this, actually.]

If you asked, I'd hit you, probably. [she's joking too! mostly.] I guess that's one way of giving yourself an immunity, though. Has it worked out for you?

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