魂 fifth soul taken. [ video ]

[totalpartykill]

[The video feed flicks on to display a fleeting close-up of Phibrizzo's face as he messes with the buttons a little, making sure that the device is recording and blinking once or twice before speaking.]

Everyone's been saying things about wanting to make this place "more fun", or that they want to "play games"... but this city is always so gloomy.

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[madwashu]

[She's honestly not quite sure what to make of this.He seems sincere enough...]

A game? That may work with some of the younger residents.

[totalpartykill]

[Oh, he's totally sincere! Totally. At least, that's what it sounds like.]

I didn't really figure that the grown-ups would wanna play games with me. That's okay though-- I've already got at least one person!

[madwashu]

[Riight. She's going to just accept it for the moment.]

Oh? And what kind of games are you going to play?

[totalpartykill]

[That's right, believe his ruse. He's not exactly expecting to convince Washu of all people that he's 100% innocent since she saw a bit of his real self, but hey. He can try.]

We don't know yet. We were going to make a new deck of cards, but then another kid told me that there are some board games at the high school... so I'm gonna go see what ones are there.

[madwashu]

[Not to mention she's been known to use the same ruse herself. Needless to say. She's going to be watching him very, very closely from now on. Especially around the cities children.]

Oh? Then perhaps you should check the library as well. They may have books with descriptions of games in them as well that you could play.

[totalpartykill]

[She can watch him all she likes; she won't be the only one. But he's being damned careful so that what happened upon his arrival doesn't repeat itself.]

Hey, I didn't think of that. If we don't find anything good at the school, I'll check that out next.

Thanks, Miss!

[madwashu]

[Twitch.She really hated being called 'Miss'. It made her feel her age and she hated that. Yes, definitely watching him every chance she gets for a slip up.]

Please, call me Little Washu.

[totalpartykill]

O-oh... right.

I'm sorry. It's just what I was always taught to call ladies.

[madwashu]

[Twitch.]

Regardless, please, I very much insist on calling me Little Washu. That is my name after all and I don't look that old.

[totalpartykill]

I never said you looked old.

If you were old, your name wouldn't have "little" in it. Or if it did, it'd be kinda stupid.

[madwashu]

[There's another slight twitch before she regains her composure. Brat.]

Good. Keep it that way.

[totalpartykill]

[He snickers ever-so faintly. Despite his true identity, Phibrizzo can't deny the childish pleasure of irritating people and getting away with it.]