mk.08 (text)

[paraclete]

Who: Kaworu Nagisa ... + you!
Broadcast: fleetwide, text
Action: not currently, could change
When: early evening, today.

I haven't taken the time to endure the exploits many of you have been. It doesn't suit me, I think. I'm being productive in other ways, although I'm not sure I can share the fruits of my labor. But bearing something is fulfillment, right? If you have given life to your work, it feels good, even if that life is mild and quiet. Sometimes, perhaps, even moreso then. Well, not everybody wants to be in history books.

Hey, what's some soap you really like? I've gotten myself blotted with ink, which is why I'm pausing to sit back and talk. I didn't want to mark my papers. Then again, it's dry by now, so maybe I can just leave it.

One more question. Does anyone want to make a small trade?

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[robitussin]

do you not have any soap??

also what do you want to trade

[paraclete]

Hey, Opal. I have several soaps, but I went through most of the good stuff as celebration. Anyway, I'm still quite charcoal-looking in some places, even after trying to wash up. I wonder if that's how things are now.

Do you have a box?

[robitussin]

can i ask why you're covered in ink

uhhhh probably, why

[paraclete]

Spilled

I will trade you something for a box. If you'd like.

[robitussin]

okay like

what are you doing

in general

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[sylphid]

You go from philosophical musings to asking about soap? Weird.

[paraclete]

Do you think? Anything has the capacity for enrichment, as long as you've set aside a place for it within yourself. If you like something, that thing is just as important as whatever a man might call a lofty thought, wouldn't you say. Maybe even more important, to you. And that's a good thing.

[sylphid]

... what?

[paraclete]

Enjoying something is as important as thinking about something. :)

[sylphid]

Then just say that.

But why soap?

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[interstices]

[Things have changed, but they haven't changed enough that Asuka's first reaction to any of Kaworu's writing has stopped being mildly affronted incredulity.]

Were you writing on yourself, too?

[paraclete]

Just paper. I had gotten an inkwell, but I knocked it over. There are an awful lot of grey spots on me now.

Oh, you haven't seen yet, but I've been gaining a collection of pens. For the inkwell.

[Really it just seems like he likes amassing stuff in general.]

[interstices]

[Pens... for the inkwell.]

You do know they make ballpoint pens, don't you?

[paraclete]

Yes, but

The thickness of the lines... all the angles. A lot goes into it.

I want it to feel exactly right when it's finished being written, even if it never gets played.

[interstices]

You didn't say you were writing music.

Hey, what makes you think it won't get played?

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[mucked]

As soaps go, you can't go too wrong with something scented with lavender and honey.

[paraclete]

That's right, lavender is also a plant. Honey is pretty exciting already, so that addition sounds very intriguing indeed.

They really do make a lot of soap out of things people like to eat, don't they?

[mucked]

Smell and taste are intimately linked, after all.

[paraclete]

But, you know, the soaps taste pretty different, I've come to learn.

[mucked]

Tut tut. Was someone caught swearing?

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[astrobleme]

You seem like somebody who should be in a history book.

[paraclete]

I believe I've been omitted, which I prefer. Anyway, we've all had our exploits.

[astrobleme]

Yeah, I can understand that, but you still deserve your own biography or something. I'd read a whole book about you if I could. [It'd be easier than asking probing questions that he might not get a direct answer to...]

[paraclete]

I'd write one about you. It's just the perfect language hasn't been invented.

[Meaning, of course, I love you, but also meaning, never mind the rest of that.]

[astrobleme]

[Of course. Every time Shinji tries to peek under the surface, Kaworu moves quickly to cut him off...

Not this time.]

I wouldn't need the perfect language for you. Just whatever one most people could read. That way, as many people as possible could find out how amazing you are.