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[ Others may find it funny, and he would want to cheer up Emerald some, but... Akashi shakes his head. ]

I shouldn't. I've been mean to Chihiro more times than I should have.

[ Even if it's just a joke, he can't do it.

Akashi is comfortable with Emerald, though. This is something he would never do with his friends from home, but they would probably hug every now and then. He finds Emerald's company to be comfortable and relaxing, and there's nothing wrong with good friends being close to one another and holding each other's hands. ]

I suppose you have a point. You can let go whenever you want.

[unhappy]

This would be one of those friendly teasing things rather than mean. [ A beat. ] Which is what I was doing commenting about the outfit thing, but I'll let go if you want me to.

[ She was the one who initiated it, though. She's not going to stop unless he says she has to, and she's not sure if that was a "you can and should" let go or just permission. ]

Seriously though, if you think someone likes him, don't tell them what he's into when it's embarrassing stuff like that. You're going to end up making him into a 40 year old virgin. If you don't want to be mean to him, anyway.

[ That's a bit of friendly advice. She genuinely means well with it, even if it's phrased embarrassingly. ] Don't tell him I told you.

[glorifies]

I didn't realise that was embarrassing. [ Mayuzumi may be quiet about his preferences, but Akashi never saw them as something to hide from people. Or maybe it was because he practically told somebody what he believed Mayuzumi's kink might have been. Yeah, that's probably it. ] It won't happen again.

[ See? He can listen to Emerald after all! ]

[unhappy]

[ It's both, Akashi. It's both. ]

He'll appreciate it, I'm sure.

[ It's nice, talking and thinking about something else other than what she's upset about. She does reach for the bread again to take a bite at least, since she really only had one. She doesn't want Akashi to tell her off. ]

[glorifies]

I'm sorry for embarrassing you, as well.

[ Or asking her to dress up like a slut. He doesn't know. ]

[unhappy]

I wasn't embarrassed. Annoyed you were trying to "bros-before-hos" me, but not embarrassed.

[ He probably has no idea what that means, but she doesn't elaborate. He'll figure it out one way or the other. ]

[glorifies]

[ He definitely has no idea. ]

I was trying to do what? [ A part of him wants an explanation because he hates not being knowledgeable of something, but they don't need to keep talking about Mayuzumi and Emerald's dating life (or lack thereof). ] Never you mind. It was a misunderstanding on my end, and I know better now.

If you don't want to close track of either Chihiro or Tetsuya, you should never stop looking them in the eye.

[unhappy]

Grabbing them works pretty well too.

[ She can't do that in basketball or anything, but outside of the court she doesn't particularly care. Emerald doesn't shy away from touching others as long as it's clear what they're doing and why or she's the one who initiated it. She gestures to her head with her free hand. ]

When I use my semblance, I have to be able to imagine everything from another person's point of view and account for everything around what I'm changing or it becomes obvious it's not real. So if I'm trying to pay attention to them, I've got enough practice paying attention to my environment that it's not hard if my focus isn't split. I'm not good at multitasking, so grabbing Chihiro is way easier.

[glorifies]

Semblance... is that what it's called? [ He waves his free hand, drawing an invisible circle with his wrist. ] The illusions.

[unhappy]

Yeah. Semblances are abilities born from a person's soul, so they're mostly unique. They're supposed to be... they come from who you are as a person, deep down.

[ She's not sure what that says about her. It isn't as if her abilities manifested after she met Cinder, she could already do this. Someone who can literally manipulate the minds of others can't be a good person. ]

[glorifies]

If it's born from a person's soul, then is it determined upon birth?

[ He can't imagine a specific semblance being forced on someone... Sometimes, he thinks about how he would be able to play without his Emperor Eye, but he never truly had any need for it until he had the unhealthy need to keep people under his thumb. He wonders now if he would have been able to awaken a different ability then. ]

[unhappy]

I guess? I don't really know. It's not like I had schooling, I learned to fight trial-by-fire style. [ Her voice gets a little quiet, distant, but she keeps talking. ] Cinder's the only one who taught me anything I didn't have to learn on my own.

I lost the notif for this :(

[glorifies]

By your definition, a Semblance has nothing to do with a person's character.

If anything, you mould your Semblance to fit who you are of who you will become.

[unhappy]

Well I can't change it and whether it is or not. It's who I am now.

[glorifies]

What other examples of Semblance are there?

[unhappy]

Rapid speed, polarity, self-replication, counter-damage, inability to feel pain, nullification, hard-light weapon copying, absorption and release of of electrical energy as strength.. if you can think of it, it's probably something that someone can do. I can go on.

[glorifies]

[ So they're all x-men. ]

I see. What an interesting world you live in.

[unhappy]

Humanity almost went extinct, we found a way to not die. Most of the time. A lot of people still die all the time in horrible ways, but the only way to make it not a certainty is to learn how to fight or cozy up to someone who can and hope they don't misstep.

[glorifies]

What's the reason for danger?

[ It can't possibly be because of Cinder and whatever the hell she's doing... ]

[unhappy]

There are creatures called Grimm. They're black, with white bone armor and red markings. They come in all varieties-- sea monsters, birds, mammoths, spiders, the stuff of nightmares you might read about in horror stories from other worlds. Some of them attack physically others have more... disturbing abilities. The entire world is full of them, but that's not the real kicker. The Grimm can sense and are attracted to negative emotions. So instead of kicking you while you're down, the gods decided it was going to load the planet up with murderous soulless monsters to mutilate and kill you and everything alive near you that can sense when you're down.

[ And that's without even getting into the more disturbing abilities, like a spider that can suck out and transfer part of your soul or a peeping tom jellyfish or the Apathy but Em doesn't know about those I guess. ]

[glorifies]

[ He wants to ask why Emerald and Cinder do the things they do if there are already monsters who roam about and threaten people, then. Shouldn't the people of Remnant be united in eradicating threats? What are they fighting for? ]

It's fortunate creatures like those do not exist here, then.

[unhappy]

[ She nods. Emerald's just going to play with his fingers while they talk because.. well, she's holding his hand anyway and it's something to do to help her keep focusing on the conversation. ]

It's nice. I like a lot of things like that here.

[glorifies]

[ His gaze falls to where their fingers are. He wonders if he should say something about it, but decides against it in the end. If she's comfortable, then it's fine. ]

This place doesn't need more strange creatures. We have the Arehtei, as well as those monsters that show up every month or so.

[unhappy]

You should come with, next time there's something good on the task board.

[ Speaking of monsters. She'll make sure he's fine if he does come, but she wants to get him used to being in more dangerous situations so that he can both see that she'll protect him and maybe he'll pick up a thing or two watching her defend herself. She's worried he won't call her if he needs help still, and she realizes that if she loses Akashi and Mercury, she isn't going to know what to do. ]

[glorifies]

That may not be a wise decision.

[ He knows Emerald has her back, but he doesn't want to let her do all the work while he just stands there and does nothing. Picking up a weapon doesn't seem to be in his interests anymore. ]