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[grimreaping]

[ If you awaken early this morning, all will be peaceful save for your hearing a slight rummaging outside your residence. Should you investigate, you may find one (1) Death the Kid affixing a second door handle on your entranceway, so it looks something like this. It seems that something has set his OCD off today, so while he'll be quite polite and

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[foreseen_future]

...DeeDee. What are you doing?

[grimreaping]

[ Kid looks up, screwdriver in hand, eyes focusing on Nura. ]

Oh, hello. I'm almost done here.

[foreseen_future]

Is this another episode, DeeDee? [Ogod is she going to need to cart his butt to the medic center?]

[grimreaping]

It's not another anything, I'm just fixing the door.

So that it's even.

[ He goes back to installing the handle, but he doesn't seem as intent on it now, like he can't quite work with the same efficiency in her presence. ]

... why are you calling me that again? You don't-- nicknames are for people that you...

[veeno]

[So somebody happened to be home for once. He moved to the door with a toothbrush hanging out of his mouth, then opened it in an unintrusive way.]

Well, it's interesting...

[Brush, brush, tooth brushing brush]

I'll gibe ya thabt.

[grimreaping]

[ Kid made a mental note that Claire lived here, but even bearing in mind the issues he had with him, a door was a door -- and an uneven door was stressful to him regardless of who lived behind it. ]

It looks much better this way.

[veeno]

[Stepping out into the hall, Claire sort of took it in. He kind of wondered what his roommates would think the next time they came home. Sure they'd know which side opened it up, but it's one of those stop you up a bit things.]

You know, I think I agree. It's sort of hectic and weird.

[grimreaping]

It's even and balanced. Not hectic.

[ he didn't bother correcting the 'weird' part, because he got that a lot ]

[mykimlasca]

....Kid? [Natalia is staring warily from the corner of the halfway open door, wide emerald eyes peering. and peeering..]

Can I..help you?

[grimreaping]

Good morning, Natalia.

[ just installing the decorative plate so they match ]

[mykimlasca]

Kid, it's quite early, may I ask what you're doing? And why?

[grimreaping]

[ he seems concerned, now ]

I'm sorry, did I wake you? I thought I could get them all done before people started getting up this morning, but there are so many types of handles that I had to wish for a whole bunch of them to match the existing doors--

[ yes, he means "all done" as in all the doors in the city ]

[saiyajinsoul]

[He's staring out of a window]

...Kid? What's this about?

[grimreaping]

[ Kid has a mouthful of screws and mumbles something unintelligible, but his manner seems relatively pleasant. ]

[saiyajinsoul]

[He sails through the window, and hovers over Kid's shoulder to get a better look]

....

What's with the second door handle?

[No, really - does it even work?]

[grimreaping]

The door didn't look symmetrical with only one handle, so I've added a second one. Now it's balanced.

[ it won't work, but it's aligned to the millimeter at least? ]

[Action]

[claim_my_place]

[Early morning training regimen; he's been up since before dawn.]

...

[Asch watches this business for a little while.]

...

[But even after several minutes of thought, he still can't figure out what purpose this nonsense has. Or whether the second doorknob could possibly function.]

...

[Asch approaches. There's no hint of hostility from him, but he doesn't seem too happy about this new project.]

What are you doing?

[grimreaping]

Adding a second door handle, to make both sides of the door symmetrical.

[ obviously ]

[claim_my_place]

The door doesn't need to be symmetrical as long as it works.

[Clearly.]

[grimreaping]

Why shouldn't it be symmetrical and functional?