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[shamisens]

Who: Kubo and You
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Marsiva
When:

[ Kubo wakes up with a jerk, fumbling around before he realizes it's not dark. The fire isn't lit and — this wasn't the cave he grew up in. Groping around, Kubo felt the solid presence of his shamisen, the two strings intact and breathes a sigh of relief. Then he carefully slips off the bed, slinging it over his back. With his one eye, he looked around. And pinches himself. ]

Okay. Not dead. Where am I? This isn't the Heavens . . . is it?

[ He had been sure everything had been settled, but Kubo hadn't exactly had time to learn the exact nature of what lingers above. ]

Comments

[robitussin]

because that's kind of bleak for a twelve year old

[shamisens]

Why?

[robitussin]

i mean

the two words you immediately jumped to were dark and cold i feel like most kids would be slightly more optimistic than that

[shamisens]

It's hard to be optimistic about a place like that.

[ But Kubo gets the feeling that there's a misunderstanding here. But he can't quite put his finger on it. ]

[robitussin]

guess that's fair

anyways what's your name

[shamisens]

It's Kubo.

What's yours?

[robitussin]

opal

welcome to space

[shamisens]

Thanks. I think?

[robitussin]

i mean

that was sarcastic but it isn't 100% awful here so i guess

[shamisens]

It doesn't look bad.

It just doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before.

[robitussin]

what year was it, last you remember?

[shamisens]

The year of which dynasty? I'm not sure. I never paid much attention to that.

[robitussin]

okay i'm just going to assume by that answer that it was probably a long time ago

[shamisens]

Long compared to what exactly? To ships in the stars?

[robitussin]

yeah

also the general time period i'm familiar with

[shamisens]

That's easy. We have nothing like this at home. I've never seen this much metal in one place.

[robitussin]

yeah that's kinda what i figured

what was your place like?

[shamisens]

I lived in a cave.

[robitussin]

yikes

why

[shamisens]

My mother was ill. She wouldn't have done well in the village.

[ Which suited him fine. Kubo didn't mind the cave all that much. ]

[robitussin]

ok i mean this as sensitively as possible but

how is living in a cave better for a sick person

[shamisens]

It wasn't a normal kind of sickness.

[robitussin]

oh

well that sucks

[Extremely eloquent.]

[shamisens]

I hadn't noticed.

[robitussin]

sorry kid that's as sympathetic as i get