Who: Espio & YOU! Status: Open unless otherwise specified! Where: Don't worry about it What: Catch-all for Manta Board prompts and other shenanigans Warnings: Surge
[ugh seriously... Espio doesn't respond, he's just going to go home to feed the plant some BUGS.
Worth noting that he is wearing the Bald and Beautiful shirt tho. If he wanted to easily go in and out without anyone noticing, he could, but he makes the choice to be available if Surge opts to make that happen.]
[ wow. how old are you espio? what are you... five...
but whatever, surge will be available because she will come back home just to attack his ass because she's devilish like that. it was a ploy so she could beat the shit out of him, but...........
[AGAIN, Surge's behavior is not surprising, just disappointing! He sees her fist, ready to throw it, but at least there is hesitation. So, there's that he guesses.]
Hello to you as well.
[Espio decides to remain on the defense because anything is possible here. Anyway, he's going to crouch by Snappy and gently tap some buggos into the pot from his tuppy. Eat up, Surge Jr.]
Oh, don't want to ruin your handiwork? Understandable.
[But he'll agree to that.
When Snappy bites at his fingers, he tsks the plant but doesn't do any further to reprimand. He'll work to feed the thing so many it'll try to bite him less (this won't work probably).]
Now then. First, I want to thank you for the shirt. It is good gift. [Even if it's full of ways to tease Espio, he also appreciates the work put into it.] And second, I do owe you an apology for going into your room. It wasn't meant to be spiteful; I heard eating sounds and had thought it might have been you or Kit. Nonetheless, I do want to respect your space. Your room is yours to do what you want with, and you should have that freedom. The knowledge that it is yours and safe to be in.
However, I would ask that you return that respect to me. What's mine is not yours to have simply because you say so. If you wish to borrow something, that's a different story, but I want you to ask me to first.
I don't care about the room. I care about what you're willing to kill and what you keep alive.
[ truth be told, she did get on him for getting in her room, but maybe because she knew snappy was in here. that snappy was hungry, and that she didn't want him being the next thing snappy got ahold of. ]
You were goin' to kill my plant, but you didn't kill Eggman.
[ after all the trouble he's done, what made eggman so different from a baby plant. that said, surge will take a step forward because she isn't afraid of espio, and she knows he's not asking her to be, but she'll stand firm on this. ]
Everything you have is mine, Kit's mine, you're mine. Mine. And I won't give up what belongs to me anymore.
If I was going to kill your plant, I simply would have. Nonetheless, I did make the threat and that was unacceptable even as I was being bitten. Your plant, even as it was biting me, is still effectively an innocent living thing; it was only following its instinct any hungry creature would have.
I cannot take back what I have not done about Eggman, but should the opportunity present itself, I intend to rectify.
[There's a pause as he looks at Surge with a thoughtful frown. He's genuinely trying to understand her here.]
...So, that is to say, you think of me as a friend?
[ is that true, maybe that is. he's not supposed to lie, maybe she did jump the gun with a bit of irritation and should have just asked. then again, she doesn't expect him to always be honest, she thinks he's going to trick her, find loopholes, make her feel stupid at the end of the day. ]
...
[ silent, the tenrec contemplates what's said as she looks to snappy, that little plant that is now chewing on wallpaper again. the rip and tear. ]
I hate... when you have an excuse for everything and it makes sense.
[ she wants to beat the hell out of him for that. ]
No. I don't have friends. [ and here we go again. ] Sonic took whatever friends I had before I became... whatever the hell I am!
They're not meant to be excuses. Simply explanations. Mistakes can happen in the heat of the moment, and unfortunately I had made some. But I can see why you think that way. It's often easier if things are you versus everything else.
I don't want to be your enemy, Surge. Even when we disagree.
[And it is his hope that Surge will grow from her own flaws as well in some way. Perhaps never quite conquer them -- as someone will always have flaws -- but improve as she figures herself out.]
I cannot be your possession, but I can be your ally. One day, I hope to become your friend.
But I will work to adapt however I can to your mindset.
[and that means hiding his shamisen and whatever else is not surge-proof]
[ here she goes closing the distance, her hands curling into the shirt she had to wait so long to have weaved... bald and beautiful, each peach perfectly executed by talented fingers as she had to steal all of them to get different views on that shirt. ]
If you wanted to be friends, then we would have been! I'm sure I was just another chump on the street you overlooked, I was nothing special! You pity me, is that why!?
[ she can't rip what she got crafted, so one hand is going to slip underneath the hem, and she's going to push it up.
yaaaay stripping!! ]
Tell me the truth! What the hell is your deal!!
[ hm.
just a beautiful princess with a disorder who didn't take her xanax. ]
I cannot know every person in our world. That is impossible. And we don't know your history yet, Surge. When we go home, I will do everything I can to find the truth of your past, as I promised.
[damn girl all right. He kinda just lets her take the shirt off; it's easy enough to slip out of anyway.]
I have been nothing but truthful with you. [and also MAD PATIENT] And I will remain truthful.
If I didn't like your company or Kit's, I wouldn't be staying here.
[ and here we go, pushing espio down onto the ground so we can strip him true silver and gold pokemon fashion. going to pull this nicely woven shirt over his head to reveal that cute little heart chest of his. ]
I dunno what you're tryna say! It's so you can watch us and relay anything like our weaknesses, huh!!
[ she knows that's why the agreement is even here, why it's set in stone because kitsunami really believes that espio is different from them. that he can help them unlike the others who use them or try to understand their feelings without really knowing.
what's worse is that she's going to straddle him now, pin one of those wrists of his against the ground... ]
[ the words die in his throat at the sight of the scene before him. surge, straddling espio, discarded clothes, and for a moment, he's dumbstruck. give him another moment, and his attention turns to espio. his gaze feels hollow, not really resting on the other so much as looking through him, but in that last moment...
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[anyway yeah he's going to bring the plant BUGS because finding a rat sounds gnarly]
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Worth noting that he is wearing the Bald and Beautiful shirt tho. If he wanted to easily go in and out without anyone noticing, he could, but he makes the choice to be available if Surge opts to make that happen.]
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but whatever, surge will be available because she will come back home just to attack his ass because she's devilish like that. it was a ploy so she could beat the shit out of him, but...........
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the shirt.
she's lowering her fist because she was thinking about dashing and punching him, but she's going to stare at him with the #bugs. ]
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Hello to you as well.
[Espio decides to remain on the defense because anything is possible here. Anyway, he's going to crouch by Snappy and gently tap some buggos into the pot from his tuppy. Eat up, Surge Jr.]
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...
[ yeah, she has anger issues. you know who also has that? shadow. ]
Yeah. Hey.
[ ugh. ] Can I punch you instead, I don't wanna do the talkin' thing...
[ .... ugh! ]
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Talking is the more difficult path, although it will help us heal our bond, I should like to think.
[oh god hurry up and punch him surge]
We can compromise. After a talk, if you still feel like hitting me, we can spar. That, too, can often aid in bonds.
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....Whatever, just take off the shirt when I punch your face in. It took hours to get it right.
[ she's already glaring at him as he feeds snappy, the plant biting at the bugs that's given, and sometimes its trying to bite espio's hand. hungry...
anyway, she would punch him now, but the shirt! take off the shirt!
or she'll strip him. ]
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[But he'll agree to that.
When Snappy bites at his fingers, he tsks the plant but doesn't do any further to reprimand. He'll work to feed the thing so many it'll try to bite him less (this won't work probably).]
Now then. First, I want to thank you for the shirt. It is good gift. [Even if it's full of ways to tease Espio, he also appreciates the work put into it.] And second, I do owe you an apology for going into your room. It wasn't meant to be spiteful; I heard eating sounds and had thought it might have been you or Kit. Nonetheless, I do want to respect your space. Your room is yours to do what you want with, and you should have that freedom. The knowledge that it is yours and safe to be in.
However, I would ask that you return that respect to me. What's mine is not yours to have simply because you say so. If you wish to borrow something, that's a different story, but I want you to ask me to first.
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[ truth be told, she did get on him for getting in her room, but maybe because she knew snappy was in here. that snappy was hungry, and that she didn't want him being the next thing snappy got ahold of. ]
You were goin' to kill my plant, but you didn't kill Eggman.
[ after all the trouble he's done, what made eggman so different from a baby plant. that said, surge will take a step forward because she isn't afraid of espio, and she knows he's not asking her to be, but she'll stand firm on this. ]
Everything you have is mine, Kit's mine, you're mine. Mine. And I won't give up what belongs to me anymore.
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I cannot take back what I have not done about Eggman, but should the opportunity present itself, I intend to rectify.
[There's a pause as he looks at Surge with a thoughtful frown. He's genuinely trying to understand her here.]
...So, that is to say, you think of me as a friend?
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[ is that true, maybe that is. he's not supposed to lie, maybe she did jump the gun with a bit of irritation and should have just asked. then again, she doesn't expect him to always be honest, she thinks he's going to trick her, find loopholes, make her feel stupid at the end of the day. ]
...
[ silent, the tenrec contemplates what's said as she looks to snappy, that little plant that is now chewing on wallpaper again. the rip and tear. ]
I hate... when you have an excuse for everything and it makes sense.
[ she wants to beat the hell out of him for that. ]
No. I don't have friends. [ and here we go again. ] Sonic took whatever friends I had before I became... whatever the hell I am!
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I don't want to be your enemy, Surge. Even when we disagree.
[And it is his hope that Surge will grow from her own flaws as well in some way. Perhaps never quite conquer them -- as someone will always have flaws -- but improve as she figures herself out.]
I cannot be your possession, but I can be your ally. One day, I hope to become your friend.
But I will work to adapt however I can to your mindset.
[and that means hiding his shamisen and whatever else is not surge-proof]
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[ here she goes closing the distance, her hands curling into the shirt she had to wait so long to have weaved... bald and beautiful, each peach perfectly executed by talented fingers as she had to steal all of them to get different views on that shirt. ]
If you wanted to be friends, then we would have been! I'm sure I was just another chump on the street you overlooked, I was nothing special! You pity me, is that why!?
[ she can't rip what she got crafted, so one hand is going to slip underneath the hem, and she's going to push it up.
yaaaay stripping!! ]
Tell me the truth! What the hell is your deal!!
[ hm.
just a beautiful princess with a disorder who didn't take her xanax. ]
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[damn girl all right. He kinda just lets her take the shirt off; it's easy enough to slip out of anyway.]
I have been nothing but truthful with you. [and also MAD PATIENT] And I will remain truthful.
If I didn't like your company or Kit's, I wouldn't be staying here.
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I dunno what you're tryna say! It's so you can watch us and relay anything like our weaknesses, huh!!
[ she knows that's why the agreement is even here, why it's set in stone because kitsunami really believes that espio is different from them. that he can help them unlike the others who use them or try to understand their feelings without really knowing.
what's worse is that she's going to straddle him now, pin one of those wrists of his against the ground... ]
Even if—
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Surge? I just got back, um, do you...
[ ... ]
...
[ the words die in his throat at the sight of the scene before him. surge, straddling espio, discarded clothes, and for a moment, he's dumbstruck. give him another moment, and his attention turns to espio. his gaze feels hollow, not really resting on the other so much as looking through him, but in that last moment...
creeeeaaaak. click. the door is shut again. ]
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[ rather than punch him, she's going to push herself up with the palm of her hand on his face.
... alright. ]
Okay. Okay.
[ let her start making her move towards the door to open it. ]
Drippy, where ya at?
[ now espio can LEAVE... if he so chooses, or he can wage this war. ]
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if surge is using her head, she might have a feeling that she should look in small, more enclosed spaces. ]