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maskormenacelogs2016-02-03 10:56 pm
resoundingpledge) wrote in maskormenacelogs2016-02-03 10:56 pm
With your baby's breath, breathe symphonies
WHO: Residents of Nonah #005, adopted members of Nonah #005, stray birds, stray cats, stray dogs, visitors to Nonah #005, neighbours of Nonah #005, people passing Nonah #005 on the street . . .
WHERE: Nonah #005
WHEN: Feb. 3
WHAT: Setsubun! Bean throwing!! Family dinner!!!
WARNINGS: Teenagers
[Demons outside!
Good fortune inside!
. . . or maybe just an excuse for not-at-all homesick teenagers to throw sweet-crunchy roasted soybeans around the rooms of the house (presumably to invite good fortune in and not just to make a mess), or at anyone who wants to play the part of a demon and be chased out. There's a few bowls of soybeans and paper oni masks around for those who want to join in on the fun.
Unfortunately, due to the absolutely deplorable state of the local supermarket, there's a decided lack of thick, unsliced sushi rolls. They tried, they really did. But as it turns out, defeat might not be a bad thing: instead of sushi, a large electric skillet and two platters dominate the dinner table. One is stacked high with sliced nappa cabbage, mushrooms, onion and cubes of firm tofu; the other has thin strips of beef, ready for the pan.
The first sizzle of cooking meat might just be enough to call out anyone still lingering away from the fun, but if not, at least two helpful birds will poke heads around doors. After that, it's an every-person-for-themselves battle of can you get that piece of meat just as it's finished cooking? Or will that mushroom be stolen just as the sweet soy sauce broth marinates it to perfection?
That's the fun of sukiyaki though, it's the best of family and celebratory meals. And there's been a lot worth celebrating.
Demons out. Good fortune in.]
WHERE: Nonah #005
WHEN: Feb. 3
WHAT: Setsubun! Bean throwing!! Family dinner!!!
WARNINGS: Teenagers
[Demons outside!
Good fortune inside!
. . . or maybe just an excuse for not-at-all homesick teenagers to throw sweet-crunchy roasted soybeans around the rooms of the house (presumably to invite good fortune in and not just to make a mess), or at anyone who wants to play the part of a demon and be chased out. There's a few bowls of soybeans and paper oni masks around for those who want to join in on the fun.
Unfortunately, due to the absolutely deplorable state of the local supermarket, there's a decided lack of thick, unsliced sushi rolls. They tried, they really did. But as it turns out, defeat might not be a bad thing: instead of sushi, a large electric skillet and two platters dominate the dinner table. One is stacked high with sliced nappa cabbage, mushrooms, onion and cubes of firm tofu; the other has thin strips of beef, ready for the pan.
The first sizzle of cooking meat might just be enough to call out anyone still lingering away from the fun, but if not, at least two helpful birds will poke heads around doors. After that, it's an every-person-for-themselves battle of can you get that piece of meat just as it's finished cooking? Or will that mushroom be stolen just as the sweet soy sauce broth marinates it to perfection?
That's the fun of sukiyaki though, it's the best of family and celebratory meals. And there's been a lot worth celebrating.
Demons out. Good fortune in.]
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But I'm talking to you. Aren't you friends?
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Yeah.
[Yet the way he says it, it's like the concept's still strange to him.]
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[She watches that look thoughtfully, chopsticks tapping against her lips in an absent motion.]
I think I get it.
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[Wait. Get what. She can't possibly get it. This situation is clearly too complicated for any outsider to understand.
(It really isn't.)]
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[It's a bit like that.]
It's more complicated than that!
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That kind of thing is always complicated.
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[Translation: fuck those guys. Except Kai. Kai was okay.]
Until recently, that's how it was.
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But . . . haven't you found other friends too?
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[Shrug.]
I dunno anymore.
[How the hell does socializing work and why should I even bother, a novel by Tetsuo]
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I think you have.
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[His fist clenches, eyes drop to the table in front of him, mouth set into a bitter line.]
There's not much reason to care about someone like me. For a while, I forgot that.
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She sets the chopsticks down entirely and leans her elbows on the table, brow furrowed.]
I . . . I don't know what that person did, but I don't agree with that.
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...
Look... to answer your question... Kaneda's good at everything he does. He doesn't lose, or wipe out, or anything. He gets everything he wants. That's what he's like.
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[Can you see the sarcasm dripping off her voice?
But this part about Kaneda . . .]
Now that sounds wrong. No one's good at everything.
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Except him.
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[Unconvinced stare. Sorry, Yayoi, Tetsuo's got an inferiority complex a mile long when it comes to Kaneda.]
Maybe, but he's not just 'people'.
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[Well. This was clearly going to take some long term effort to deal with, but that's alright. Yayoi's nothing if not patient.]
Maybe I just can't believe anyone could actually be better than Ikki.
[. . . A pause . . .]
Don't ever tell Ikki I said that.
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......
Only if you don't tell Kaneda.
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