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[flowlikewater]

[ The video feed opens with a very closed in camera angle of Genji in his full cyborg armor attire. It's impossible to tell what his expression is and it's very much the point. His back and shoulders seem awkwardly stiff, like he forgot how to seem casual all of a sudden. ]

I have... a question. What is the usual protocol when someone here discovers they may be developing an 'ability'— [ Finger quotes and all. ] —that they did not have before? Because—

[ Genji’s words are cut short abruptly by a shriek that could only belong to his darling roommate. Then hurried steps across hardwood floors can be heard before the phone is seized from Genji’s hands and into view comes Hana, who looks a bit red-nosed and glassy-eyed. Her brows are furrowed as she peers into the camera, frown pulling at her lips. ]

We. Need. Help!

[ Then the view switches to the phone’s outer camera, which reveals that their surroundings - their apartment - is just crawling with vines, leaves, flowers, everything. In the center of this view is Hana’s neon-lit, super souped up gaming rig, which the plants are slowly creeping onto. ]

Genji has plant magic now and— eh-chyi [ that’s a sneeze, apparently ] I’m dying. They’re attacking me!

[ It's obvious now why Genji was so visibly awkward. He clears his throat, it sounding like static through his helmet modulation. ]

It is not quite as... urgent, but. Any advice or assistance would be appreciated. [ He picks off a little plant seedling that was growing in the crevices of his armor. ] And maybe any recommendations for good allergy medicine as well...?

Comments

[naturallywavy]

_{[ his voice drops a little: ]}

Speaking of.. you, uh, adopted her, right?
_{[ look at this big fucking softie... ]}

[bunnyhopped]

[ Hana just levels an unimpressed look at him as she shifts her own phone's camera over to give him a view of Pacchan, who's just casually napping on the couch while his humans panic (one more than the other). ]

Yeah, I did, and we're very happy together thank you.

What's your beef with Genji?

[naturallywavy]

_{[ It's a cute dog. He'd like to pet it but he doesn't make it obvious. Katsura would probably react differently to seeing such a good animal. ]}

Nothing.
What's his beef with me?

_{[ I mean, he's not wrong. There really isn't any beef.. he just got mad at him on the ice rink once and after since then he found it amusing to harass him. ]}

[bunnyhopped]

[ Plainly, ]

I dunno, he's never even mentioned you.

[naturallywavy]

_{[ what the fuck that upsets him somehow.. ]}

Yeah? Not even in a pain-in-the-ass kind of way?

[bunnyhopped]

Nope.

[ is she telling the truth?? We just don't know! ]

[naturallywavy]

I mean.. that's fine. I don't really nag about him either back home myself.
_{[ He doesn't. Well, he doesn't all the time. He has before though. RIP Zura who has to hear it all. ]}

[bunnyhopped]

Yeah, I mean, wouldn't it be weird if you guys just talked about each other behind each other's backs? Who does that?

[naturallywavy]

Not me! I'm too old for that!
_{[ Genji is a bit older than Gintoki, too. Still, he looks miffed. ]}

[bunnyhopped]

That's right! Aren't you, like, forty?

[ forty isn't even that old Hana stop being a little shit ]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ FORTY? HOLY SHIT. ]}

Just because my hair is silver doesn't mean I'm forty, oi!!
_{[ forty is old to him though... ]}

[bunnyhopped]

So... fifty?!

[ She's definitely just shooting the shit. But like okay if he's forty and has silver hair then obviously he's got to be older!! ]

[naturallywavy]

Try 28! I've always had silver hair, even as a child, it's a part of my protagonist design, kid!
_{[ if she wants to call Gin old he's gonna call her young.. ]}

[bunnyhopped]

Part of your what— hey, I'm not a kid!

[ she crosses her arms over her chest and harrumphs, because that will obviously make her look more mature. ]

Are you really 28? That's the same age as my boyfriend.

[naturallywavy]

I mean-- the mangaka says "late twenties" so yeah, thereabouts.
_{[ Gin doesn't even know his own age? Help. ]}

Well, congratulations. You're dating an old man, then.
_{[ because she's making it seem like 28 is so old??? ]}

[bunnyhopped]

No, wait, he just turned 27.

[ She's not a bad girlfriend for not remembering right, really! She's just trying to get the hang of this still!! ]

He's young at heart though.

[naturallywavy]

I know all about being young at heart. Hey, sometimes I can still get the kids meal cause I have the soul of a boy.

He's a good guy, right?
_{[ Gintoki knows so many guys that aren't.
And for some reason, he's taking a-liking to Hana in a kind of weird uncle way. ]}