AKI IS TUTORIAL AGAIN

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THE LAST TIME I MADE A PC CATCHALL DAHUT EXPLODED

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w0 saturday

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[HI LUCAS we're in the refectory about to eat tasteless slop, yummy... Lavi will just slide on in next to him at wherever table he's sitting at. MAYBE LUCAS IS EATING, MAYBE HE'S NOT. EITHER WAY]

Hey, Lucas! [HIYA!] You've got leeches in your hair.

[NO HE DOESN'T...]

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[HE'S ABOUT TO EAT BUT HE IMMEDIATELY FREEZES THE SECOND LAVI SAYS THAT. LEECHES ARE CLOSE TO SLUGS WHICH ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BUGS THAT HE FUCKIN HATES THE IDEA OF THEM BEING ON HIMMM.]

—?! In the back?!

[HE CAN'T LOOK NOW IF HE LOOKS THEY MIGHT MOVE INTO HIS EARS.]

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[HELP HELP HELP LAVI TOOK A CHANCE AND NOW HE'S STRUCK GOLD OH MAN...

the expression on his face is like :o]

Yeah, they're like -- [he makes a vague gesture towards his own ears.... oh no] hanging on. But just barely, y'know?

[NO BECAUSE THEy'RE NOT THERE]

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[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

...If it wouldn't be a terrible bother, could you please remove them...

[HE ASKS THIS VERY QUIETLY because he's gone extremely still, like moving even the tiniest bit will KILL HIM INSTANTLY.]

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[(INTERNALLY) TEARS IN HIS EYES]

Oh, sure.

[leans over and picks up a LEECH.........






and then he opens his hand and it's just a flower. hehe?]

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[HE'S GUNNING FOR YOU FIRST, LAVI.

It actually takes him a second to realize that Lavi's holding a flower since he flinches away from his hand as he opens it automatically. Give him a second.]

...Oh, my! I didn't realize you were a magician.

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[NO... THIS IS SO FUNNY!!!! Lavi's mouth twitches as he nods, clearly trying to hold back his LAUGHTER]

Y-yeah... Been one my whole l-life...

[anyway he cracks like a porcelain bean, clapping a hand over his mouth as he starts LAUGHING]

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[A PORCELAIN BEAN. HELP!!!!! My god though Lavi just out here losing his shit over his own TERRIBLE PRANK. Meanwhile, Lucas is just looking so o:!! like he's impressed and surprised!]

My! And a comedian, as well? You're a man of many talents, dear.

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[h-hmmmm he's getting this weird feeling...]

Dunno if I can call myself that... but it was pretty funny.

[continues to dig his grave]

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[What weird feeling could he possibly be getting!!]

I'm glad that you were able to enjoy a little levity in an otherwise stressful situation. [Reaching out to gently pat his hand...] But I'd ask that you refrain from giving a poor teacher a scare with such silly pranks, please.

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[IT'S THE ALLEN FACE OF SMILING WHILE WANTING TO KICK LAVI DEAD FEELING]

Hehe, sorry.

[don't hehe about it... looks at lucas's beautiful hand reaching out to him....]

So you're a teacher? What kind of stuff do you teach?

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[HELLO WHY IS LAVI SURROUNDED BY SO MANY VIOLENT PEOPLE unlike him, a very peaceful soul who's just out here vibing in the wilds...]

No harm done. [Except for his POOR HEART.] But yes, I am - and I teach anything that needs to be taught, up to a certain level.

[He's no fuckin science genius but he can at least understand and teach from textbooks.]

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[a teacher..... sensei onegai]

Anything? Even bugs?

[sorry lavi is so ANNOYING]

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[He's going to hit Lavi with a brick.]

Even bugs, of course. Seeing them in a book is much less troublesome than pulling leeches off of your legs, wouldn't you agree?

[Especially since they may or may not have photographs of things considering cameras are a rarity??]

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[wow... wonder why they're a rarity........]

So just looking at 'em doesn't scare ya. [noted.......

jk.....] Did you always want to be a teacher?

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Seeing them is fine as well, as long as they aren't overly close.

[The second they come at him it's joever. But! With a smile:]

I did, yes, since I was a young child. My mother was a teacher, and I always admired her line of work.

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[lavi takes a moment to imagine lucas as a tiny tot, cute.....]

So you're following in her footsteps. What about your father?

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[A tiny tot who could squish people like grapes...]

He was invested in public defense, so he became the leader of our civilian armed forces. A noble pursuit in its own way...

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[LISTEN HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PART]

They sound pretty impressive. What about siblings? Or are you an only child?

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[NO ONE EVER WILL.]

I have a wonderful little sister. [HIS SWEET PRECIOUS NADIA. But also:] May I ask the same of you? Goodness, you have quite the skill for asking question after question; I feel like you already know much more about me than I do you.

[Lucas who's normally tightlipped about himself just sitting there like HELLO.]

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[at that lavi grins... the leeches startled lucas and made him spill his secrets....]

It's like you said, teach! Conversing's the best way to learn about someone.

[heehee]

It's just me and my Gramps. He's a teacher too -- taught me everything I know, and he's still teaching me now. We're both part of the Bookman clan.

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[HIS SECRETS FLOWED OUT ALONG WITH HIS BLOOD.]

Oh! I see... Is the Bookman clan a clan of librarians?

[Help. WELL. IT'S A BIT ON THE NOSE BUT, Y'KNOW.]

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[lavi briefly considers LYING and saying they're a clan of book-shaped spirits... but he's already leeched lucas so maybe next time...]

Kinda! We're historians, so we deal with books sometimes, but we're usually in the field so we can get firsthand accounts. There's only one Bookman at a time -- that's my Gramps right now. I'm his apprentice, and the rest of us support him in other ways.

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[YEAH STOP BULLYING HIM!!! HE'S DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS HE'S JUST A LITTLE GUY!!!]

It sounds very industrious! [Imagine having enough history to need historians...] Out of curiosity, have you met Mathis Claude yet...? I have a feeling the two of you would have a great deal of things to talk about.

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[no he had a hilarious reaction one time so now he's lavi's prank partner forever,]

Oh yeah -- shy guy, bad with crowds, but good with languages? He's pretty interesting.

[we love a nerd]

Did he leave that much of an impression on ya, or did you know him before you woke up here?