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[ex_savor573]

Who: Ken Kaneki savor and you.
What: New nerd on the block.
When: 4/8
Where: Various locales.
Warnings: He's a nerd...

I. Library
[If anyone here knew him, it would be no surprise that Kaneki finds his way to a local library without much delay. After the bizarre nature of his first day here, the smell of old books lining cluttered shelves it a comfort. It's only been a couple of days, and the circumstances remain difficult to absorb still yet, fantastical in their nature and hard to apprehend.

So for the moment he focuses on the small boon of getting a fresh library card, and thus access to any books he might take interest in. It was still a challenge to hold a librarian's attention long enough to attain the card, but he's learned from Shun's example. Grab attention and give suggestion.

And so with this ticket to all the literature he can carry, Kaneki wanders from one bookshelf to another, pausing here and there to him at titles. He's quick to pick some old favorites, a motley assortment of Hesse, Kafka, and Hakushū, tucked under one arm as he makes his way along]

II. Park
[With a collection of books to delve into and review, Kaneki finds a quiet spot in the park to read. The fresh air in the near shore does him some good, distancing himself somewhat from the world he's just become a part of, and the thoughts that come with it. First a ghoul, now a god...it's rather surreal.

Passers-by might see him hunkered down under a tree with a book propped against his knees, entirely absorbed in printed word. A small stack of books is stationed close at hand beside him, titles spanning various genres and attributed to Japanese and European authors.

It's clear he's quite absorbed in this, making no sound but the soft crinkling noise of old pages turning]

III. Temple
[Kaneki never imagined having a temple before, and standing a short distance from it among vibrant red foliage out of season, he's still having trouble accepting that it's his. Nevertheless, he's supposed to be Kuebiko, and this is Kuebiko's temple. Agriculture and wisdom...he wonders if it's a humorous remark on his name, or something else entirely.

He wanders the ground, supposing he should familiarize himself, eventually stopping at the threshold. Folding his arms across his chest, he hums quietly, Despite outward appearances, the building's interior is much more spacious than should be possible, something he doesn't quite understand.

At the moment, though, he's occupied with a different sort of question]

Should I...decorate, maybe?

[Did gods do that? He wishes his introduction to this system had been a little more thorough, but if he's supposed to be the next holder of this title, should he personalize the place? Or maybe, he's not supposed to do anything at all with it...hm]

Comments

[talkbirdytome]

Huh... You know that actually makes a lot of sense.

[Sakuya is hardly friendly, but he does everything with such confidence that everybirdie just falls in line. That must be nice.]

I guess successful leadership is more about attitude than actual ability.

[ex_savor573]

Ability's surely important in the long run, but...

[He trails off, debating how to articulate this]

I think, if someone knows everything they need to, but isn't confident, it's the lack of confidence they respond to.

[talkbirdytome]

[She giggles.]

So a smart guy might be ignored while everyone follows an idiot? I guess that's politics for you.

[ex_savor573]

Yeah, sometimes it turns out like that.

[Kaneki couldn't have said such a thing so directly himself, but...he doesn't think she's wrong. If someone seems like they know what they're doing, people can get taken in by that]

[talkbirdytome]

So maybe the best thing would be to have a smart guy and a charismatic idiot working together.

[She leans back to watch the clouds in the sky.]

The smart guy could make the decisions and the idiot could just boss people around.

[ex_savor573]

That could make a balanced team, I can imagine...

[Although surely one doesn't have to be an idiot to be confident, Kaneki's not the sort to argue about details]

[talkbirdytome]

I don't think I'd want to be either of those guys though. Politics is way too complicated.

[ex_savor573]

That's true... I think that sort of life would be pretty stressful.

[talkbirdytome]

Tell me about it! I'm lucky I can handle my own life without having to make decisions for everybirdie else.

[ex_savor573]

It'd be a lot of pressure, on the kind of scale politicians operate on. I'm not sure how they do it.

[talkbirdytome]

Me either.

[After a moment, she leans back and stretches.]

Buuut that is more than enough political analysis for one day. It's too nice a day for that.

[ex_savor573]

You're right. It's...really peaceful, today.

[So much more serene than that business at the school was]

[talkbirdytome]

[She nods, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere for a moment.]

So what kind of temple did you get? Mine is pretty impressive. Much bigger than my glorious abode back home.

[ex_savor573]

Mine's um... It looks a little small from the outside, but it's more spacious than I expected.

[Having lived in a one-person apartment for years, even if the place was as small as it first appeared, it would've been more space than Kaneki was accustomed to having]

[talkbirdytome]

Wow, that's pretty cool.

Mine doesn't have any neat inside outside tricks like that. But the land around it is good. Plenty of elk and even some bears.

[ex_savor573]

Elk and bears?

[Now that's a surprise]

I didn't know they had those wandering around the far shore.

[talkbirdytome]

You don't have any wildlife on your property? I know a few other gods who have things like squirrels or deer...

That's too bad. Animals are really useful.

[ex_savor573]

[Maybe it's because he's a god of agriculture, apparently a scarecrow no less... Not that Kaneki has put too much stock into the purported image of Kuebiko, considering the fact that he doesn't bear any resemblance]

What do you mean by useful?

[talkbirdytome]

Huh?

[That question seems baffling to her. Isn't the usefulness of animals just obvious?]

Because you can get a lot of useful things from them. Like skins, meat, bones, stuff like that.

[ex_savor573]

Oh, I... I wouldn't have thought of that.

[The idea of hunting doesn't appeal to him for so many reasons he just can't voice]

[talkbirdytome]

Really?

[She's getting the impression that maybe she said something wrong.]

Well, the hunter gatherer lifestyle isn't for everyone. For me it's the way I always lived.

[ex_savor573]

I've lived a pretty urban life, so I'm just used to picking things up in the store.

[How would Kaneki survive on his own...?

Hopefully no one has to find out]

[talkbirdytome]

[Ah, so that's it. Hiyoko grins, amused.]

The urban jungle has it's own challenges too. And I've bagged many a wild udon at convenience stores when I can afford it.

[But when she can't, well... it's not her fault that small animals are made of tasty meat and are generally free if you can catch them.]

[ex_savor573]

Now that's some hunting I'm familiar with.

[And he knows of other sorts more befitting ghouls, but it...isn't something he'd volunteer, much less want to participate in]

I was a pretty good bargain-shopper in my day...but I think most college students are.

[talkbirdytome]

You were in college? Impressive. I was still trying to clear the hurdle of high school.

[And that was hard enough.]