027 Points - A clean castle is a happy castle

[tomatoandbasil]

[What a fine day it is for the tail end of summer, isn't it, Paradisa? Everyone's rooms are back to normal. We all may or may not be scarred for life. We may all be varying degrees of depressed to have seen and heard what was hidden in us and in others. But the important thing is we made it out alive. Right? Right. Life goes on

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[ofthefaintsmile]

[Turning around... in the city! Alleyne, what the fuck.]

What?

[tomatoandbasil]

[Hi Teresa, hi! You see this face peering from behind a crate.]

Even one of your kind should know that having clean ears can turn the tide in battle. What if you can't hear your enemy approaching?

[ofthefaintsmile]

What are you talking about?

[tomatoandbasil]

I'm saying your ears are dirty and...

[Biting on a finger as she tries to fight it.]

...you should probably get away from me now.

[ofthefaintsmile]

My ears are fine. [Despite from being from a time in which hygiene could be questionable at best, Teresa was a fan of being squeaky clean.]

What's going on?

[tomatoandbasil]

I have this strange, burning desire to see to it that we're all in tip-top shape. Not just for combat readiness, but for our aural hygiene as well.

[ofthefaintsmile]

I'm clean.

[tomatoandbasil]

You sure about that? Let me look.

[Look who's stalking up to you, swab in hand, curiously peeking around.]

[ofthefaintsmile]

[NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, PERSONAL SPACE IS SURELY ABOUT TO BE INVADED.]

[tomatoandbasil]

[Warning: A huge battleship 'Tomato Elf' is approaching fast!

She's right up to your ear, looking inside it like one would peek into a cavern.]

[ofthefaintsmile]

[Teresa leeeeeeeeeans away.]

Doing this is unhygienic.

[tomatoandbasil]

I'm perfectly clean, I assure you. I bathed extra this morning.

[Wait, why is she saying this?]

....Oh. Tch. Sorry, Teresa. I don't want to be doing this.

[But Claymores have such interesting ears! They beckon her closer again.]

[ofthefaintsmile]

[She takes a step back.]

I'll throw you.

[tomatoandbasil]

I...

[Thinking a bit. Being thrown by a Claymore or trying to fight it. Which would be easier to deal with?]

...That may be smart. I wouldn't blame you at all. This is ridiculous.

[ofthefaintsmile]

Strangely entertaining if you were harassing someone else, however.

[tomatoandbasil]

It's been everyone I've made contact with so far, regardless of how well I know them or not at all. It's like the castle itself is sick of filth and is using me to channel its woe.