Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

[zerotohiro]

'Busy, leave a message!
...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[bakudanma]

It's not dude, it's Katsura.
<sub>[ Sweet, adorable purring... Zura's face is as red as can be at this rate. He can't do this. But he's going to try.
Finally he pulls away completely from Mochi and stays seated to himself.

He sounds like he is about to burst any moment. ]</sub>

Explo..sives, aaah, well— _{[ he can hear the purring ... ]}
It-It's what I am accustomed to working with.. ah, you know.. f-for my line of work.

It's knock her out, or risk ourselves, as we don't... _{[ he looks at Mochi then focuses back on Hiro. Katsura flinches his eyes shut. This is really the task. ]}

—We don't know how powerful she is, but considering h.. how she was under such surveillance, I imagine she is strong in some ways.

[zerotohiro]

[Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purrpurrpurr. Hiro's about to comment on the "dude" thing when Katsura's words catch up to him though and he stops, lifting an eyebrow even higher.]

You never actually really specified what it is you do anyway. [What kind of line of work involves a lot of explosives?] Maybe that's true, but that doesn't answer why CERES knows enough about her to lock her up in the first place. Maybe she's actually not that dangerous and she's just...I don't know, pretending to be to scare them?

[Mochi hops off of the back of the couch and straight into Katsura's lap. Please pet him.]

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura smiles. He genuinely smiles. It is probably the truest and softest expression Hiro has seen yet. Zura's face always looked stern and serious; but here, he looks absolutely delighted. Katsura swallows hard, then provides Mochi with gentle strokes along his back. ]}

H-Haaaaaah.

Aaaah. _{[ he looks at Hiro, pulling his stoic look again. ]}
I do normal civilian things. Completely normal. I wake up, I don't promote terrorism, I go to work.. a... salesman.. then I go to the temple and pray, I don't do terrorist things, I come home to a partner— we watch commercials— I'm not a terrorist— and go forth to sell things the next day! Hahahaa.. ah—

_{[ AHEM. ]}

I have a feeling she and CERES have a long, terrible past together.
CERES is keeping it secret from us for a certain reason.

[zerotohiro]

[That's...something. A whole lot of not-terrorist sort of things and Hiro eventually settles on a derisive snort. Mochi purrs, totally content to let Katsura keep petting him while Hiro slowly shakes his head.]

Completely normal, non-terrorist things. Got it. I guess that makes sense. [You know. If he believed that at all.]

If it's a secret then I want to find out. And I'm going to find out. I'll share anything I learn from them, too.

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura suddenly gives Hiro a thumbs up. ]}
Excellent! We are partners in this quest that we have. I'm glad I was able to warn such a smart and passionate youth-person.

I have faith in you.. even though you are young.
_{[ Young people can do the most amazing things.
Zura, of all people, knows that. ]}

I will be checking in.
_{[ breaking in. ]}

[zerotohiro]

[He's tempted to roll his eyes at the young comment, but then he realizes that Zura's actually serious...so he gives a tentative grin instead.]

Checking in's cool. Just...knock like a normal person next time, would ya? And don't steal my cat.

[bakudanma]

I cannot promise these things.. but I will try my best.
_{[ Katsura seems to gather himself up to move— was he actually leaving?
With a wave over his shoulder, out he goes....
...out the window again. ]}