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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

[onlyanapple]

...No, perhaps not.

But hey, at least you can here. Fighting, anyway. I wouldn't recommend stopping from living.

[shamisens]

I couldn't, anyway. I have too much to do. Even if I don't know how to do it.

[onlyanapple]

Even here? So far away from home?

[shamisens]

I . . . don't really have a home. I don't have much of anything.

Just myself and the things I carry in me.

[onlyanapple]

[He doesn't care. You can't make him care. Nope. He hasn't got a heart. He really doesn't.

... ]

Well, balls, that's rough.

Well, you're in good company in the Fleet. Plenty of us like that.

[shamisens]

. . . I'm not sure how that's a good thing.

[onlyanapple]

Misery loves company?

I don't know, it's not all that bad. Think of it like a holiday.

[shamisens]

Still never had one of those.

[onlyanapple]

Well, now you can! Congratulations!

[shamisens]

[ In a complete deadpan. ]

Yay.

[onlyanapple]

[Thumbs up! ]

That's the spirit! Come find me when you want to know what to do with all that free time. I can cook something up for you.

[shamisens]

[ He softens a little. Kubo can recognize genuine kindness when he sees it. ]

Okay.