head above water

[gimu]

WHO: Choso & YOU
WHAT: CATCH-ALL log for the next indeterminate while!
WHERE: Main Base; Neo-Tokyo & Surrounding Areas; 12am shower thoughts psyche plane
WHEN: Time is irrelevant & shall be labelled as needed
WARNINGS: Jujutsu Kaisen spoilers up to AT LEAST current canon (just in case). Further warnings will be labelled in relevant threads as needed

Comments

[eyescar]

Ah... Guys, they're real cats?

[ Good lord... ]

And, um, they're outside the onsen, not in it?

[gimu]

[ much of choso's tension promptly drains right out. good, they were real. good, there would not be cat fur to compete against for water space, but also, do cats not just look Weird when wet? that feels like a breach of privacy or something.

sorry for looking at you at your scrunkliest, buttons-san. ]

That settles that. Thank you Yuji.

[picky]

Thank goodness.

[ Relieved sigh... ]

Although metal cats in bathtubs wouldn't be the first strange thing I've found out about this place.

[gimu]

What was the strangest?

[picky]

It's hard to pick just one. For one thing, there are metal hummingbirds flying all over this place. I see them carrying things sometimes! Someone could get hurt!

[eyescar]

Oh, you mean like Wasabi?

[ Yuji pouts, just a little bit. ]

He doesn't drop things, but he pecks me a lot...

[gimu]

Their carrying weight is considerable for something so tiny.

[ a pause, like he’s trying to hold out back but can’t quite help it]

Does Wasabi need… fixing?

[picky]

When you say "fixing"... What exactly do you mean?

[eyescar]

Brother... It's okay...

[ Pats Choso's arm gently... Please don't kill his drone... ]

1/2

[gimu]

What do you think I mean?

[gimu]

[ yuji’s pat is like a strange diffuser, a chemical dampening of Whatever That Was oozing up there.

choso sighs, a little dolefully. ]

Yes, yes.

[picky]

[



she's not answering that ]

L-Let's get going, huh?

[ TURNING AND WALKING! even if she doesn't know where she's going once they reach the exit! ]

Maybe you can take the bird to someone who can f-... Um, repair it for you? "Wasabi," right?

[eyescar]

It's just me he doesn't like, so it's not that big a deal. He still carries things for me, he just... Pecks me at the same time.

[ Let's go! Yuji is taking charge on this expedition, let's go see some cats! ]

[gimu]

I don’t want to break Wasabi. Just take a look.

[ with his blood ]

[eyescar]

Later, okay... Later.

[ Relax, darling brother... ]

[picky]

[ Cat time...! ]

It's your bird, but he doesn't like you? Did something happen?

[eyescar]

He came to me that way. Maybe LILITH was punishing me or something.

[ Wasabi is a grumpy boy. ]

[gimu]

Nefarious. It crashes into his head when it isn’t busy on an errand. [ has… has he been giving wasabi little errands to keep it busy? no, no, that would be meddling, surely.

but mayhaps… ? ]

[picky]

Maybe it'd be better to give it back to LILITH?

[ yuji your brain damage ]

[eyescar]

Nah, it's fine. He does his errands and likes the other birds, so it's cool. Megumi even made him a house. He can peck me as much as he likes.

[ This is the least of his worries when it comes to brain damage. ]

[picky]

[ A birdhouse... Cute. ]

Who's Megumi?

[gimu]

Don’t encourage Wasabi’s bad behaviors. What if it’s simply myopic?

[picky]

[ STAYS QUIET ]

[eyescar]

Choso... Now isn't really the time...

[ Nudge, come on... Let's go... ]

[eyescar]

My best friend!

[ Sorry Choso........... ]