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[bussounoshima]

Who: Sharak Sanzo, Kainé, Goten and possibly others.
What: Catch-all for various things at Aditi house.
When: Backdated to May 23rd, and onwards.
Where: Temple of Aditi
Summary: Sharak may have temporarily fostered a child without asking, but it's cool. He's cute.

[On the evening of the 22nd, Sharak comes home with a seven-year-old monkey in her arms. Goten will be staying with them for however long he wants, probably until he picks a god he likes or until the powers that be assign him to someone else. Sharak considers offering a name from her but... Well, taking that kind of responsibility for a young child probably isn't a good idea in her situation.

Anyway, he's here. So is Kainé, and possibly other visitors. Hopefully they remember to call ahead if they do visit, otherwise they'll just be stuck outside the barrier surrounding the Temple of Aditi, waiting for someone to notice them.]

Comments

[shadepossessed]

Yeah?

[This time, she does look up so she can raise an eyebrow as if to say, so? She's really very certain she's not a "good girl", but she doesn't seem down at all about it, either. It's just a fact -- and not one that bothers her, at this time. She's not seriously judging her worth right now.]

You haven't done anything that deserves a good kick in the skull, so why would I treat you like you had? Pretty simple to me.

[thirdbeauty]

[She doesn't understand you, Kainé. It's true, though. The way Kainé puts it does make sense.]

Would you... really do that?

If someone deserved it, I mean. Like, if they made really rude comments about your clothes, or something.

[Not drawing from her own experiences wearing this outfit at work, nope. Not at all. Okay, maybe a little.]

[shadepossessed]

Ha. Like I give a shit what they think about my clothes. They're not even worth the effort of getting my leg that high.

[Still, she gives a slow, measuring look.]

Say I did care. Then I figure I can fuck 'em up however I like. Nothing wrong with getting pissed and acting on it, long as you don't do something stupid like get in over your head. [Kainé grunts, then pretends to be squinting at a troublesome stain.] That takes some limit-testing, though. So I'd test the hell out of those limits and learn them.

[thirdbeauty]

I did tell him it was none of his business...

[She abruptly stops, color rising to her cheeks again. She hadn't meant to admit that was an actual thing that happened.]

[shadepossessed]

[wow so shocking she is Shocked]

Alright. But did you say it like that, or like you meant it? You get flustered and he thinks he's won. Give him a look like you could snap his neck with just a thought? It's a little more effective.

[thirdbeauty]

[Look, she's really good at hiding things! Or at least acts like she thinks she is, when she's caught.]

Does that really work? He did kinda back off when I got mad at him...

[It took him insinuating that standing on street corners in skimpy outfits might be her profession to get her to finally snap at him, but it did work. And she could definitely see Kainé giving someone the death glare for daring to say something like that about her outfits.]

[shadepossessed]

[She shrugs and returns to her work.]

People don't all work the same. It's not like there's going to be any one formula you can use to get what you want. But you make him doubt that he can make you feel small and you start making a bigger dent. Tends to really throw people off when you don't do what they expect.

[thirdbeauty]

[Making her feel small... the words resonate strongly with how she often feels in those situations, even though she'd never heard it put that way. Come to think of it, he'd been pretty entertained at her reactions up until she finally got angry. Nothing he said got to her then, and he finally left her alone.

She doesn't want to just snap and bite people's heads off every time someone makes a few rude comments. But... maybe Kainé has a point about people like that thinking they've won if she gets flustered.]

So... it's like they want me to react that way? And if I don't...

[It's sinking in!]

[shadepossessed]

[that's her padawan.]

Then they don't get what they want. And they know you refused to give it to them. They fucking lost.

[She appraises the garment, hums with approval, and moves on to the next one. It's not just the washing job she's satisfied with.]

It gets easier, you know.

[thirdbeauty]

[She's silent for a moment, letting that really process in her head. She can beat people like that by refusing to react how they want her to. If she'd stood up for herself sooner, Schuldig wouldn't have been able to get to her in the first place. She still wants to be nice to people in general, but maybe when people are rude to her, it won't be too terrible to take that stand. Only when absolutely needed...]

... Hm?

[That part catches her off guard. Kainé's so confident and says what's on her mind, she can't possibly imagine this being hard for her.]

Oh, yeah, I guess it's like anything else. Practice makes perfect.

[She doesn't know where she's heard that particular phrase before, but it feels more personal than just being a simple common saying. It seems to apply more to things like singing and dancing than having a backbone in her mind, but maybe it kind of does work that way.]