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[ceiling_cat]

Been nice an' quiet lately! I've gotta say, though, it's nice ta get an easy week ta round out the year. Even spotted a couple familiar treats myself! And I've still got a bit a mochi left if anybody wants it. Ask quick, I'm gonna eat it myself if you don't. [He grins.] Shame natto's not a New Year's food, ya know? I've been missin' it.

Wonder if our next one's gonna be tough ta make up for it? Well... they do say oni laugh when ya start talkin' about the future. Better not tempt any that might be hangin' around.

Instead a that, how about ya tell me what you're plannin' for the new year?

Sounds like we have some interestin' things goin' on.

[filtered to Joshua]

Let's see if we can get some information on those scientists; I'd like to talk to them myself if it turns out that's an option, hm?

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[leggierissimo]

[You mean like this one?]

Sometimes it's a little annoying, how well you know me.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

[A little more colon-angle bracket, but otherwise: yes. Just like that. The corner of his mouth twitches up, not without sympathy.]

So, tell me, J. Did it work?

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[leggierissimo]

Of course not.

[And now that he's not in the midst of the same gripping uncertainty he'd experienced at the time, he has the presence of mind to sound a bit annoyed.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Glad ta hear it!

[Completely unrepentant.] He's a good kid.

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[leggierissimo]

He is. He's also curious and incredibly, annoyingly persistent.

[You're trying to tell him something, so you may as well spit it out.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Ya know, there's nothin' wrong with making friends, Josh. Sure seems like he's tryin' pretty hard to be yours.

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[leggierissimo]

[... and finally, a sigh.]

I can't for the life of me figure out why.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Well, if I had ta take a stab at it? I'd probably say he just likes you.

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[leggierissimo]

He's too optimistic for his own good. He took everything negative that I threw at him and turned it positive.

['It's going to get him in trouble some day,' is what he nearly adds on to that, but he lets the thought die.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Kid's got quite the talent for that. But, ya know? A bit a optimism can be nice ta have around.

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[leggierissimo]

How did I know you would side with him?

[He rubs his temple for a moment.]

I take it he's talked to you, then.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Well, J., you have ta admit your side isn't all that appealing.

[Since it seems to boil down to "he should think that I'm a bad person and stop trying to be my friend."]

He didn't tell me anythin' you didn't. [A shrug.]

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[leggierissimo]

Thank you so much for your support.

... I suppose worse people could want to be friends. [It was more the way that Sora had gone about it than anything.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Aw, I try. [A brief grin, and he shrugs again.]

You've got that right! Like I said: good kid.

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[leggierissimo]

... I guess I have a hat to return, then.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

I'd wondered where that came from!

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[leggierissimo]

He didn't want me to get cold on the walk home.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Guess ya should give it back one of these days, then.

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[leggierissimo]

Hm. One of these days.

And what about you, hm? Surely you're not just getting by with my company.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Oh, this place's full a interestin' people!

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[leggierissimo]

It is, but that isn't what I asked.

[Possibly a little relieved that this conversation is back under his control, there.]

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

[Chuckling. He'll let you run it for a bit, Josh; he's pushed enough for now.

Honestly he's a little impressed you bent that easily. You must like the kid a lot.]

You know how it goes; busy busy.

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[leggierissimo]

[Of course he doesn't. He's good for using to bait Riku. That's all it is. Not for how cheerful he is, and certainly not for how easy it is for him to make friends.]

Now now, that's hardly fair, is it? Not heeding your own advice and all.

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[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Tryin' ta get me some new friends now, are we, J.?

[Thoughtful.]

Guess there's Cas. [He counts, tangentially.]

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[leggierissimo]

[It's only fair, Sanae.]

That's considerably appropriate.