okay well i totally don't want you to set fire to the whole town so uh... how bout you tell me what the fire is for and I'll tell you what you need to do. [Drew was a wild man of the wilderness, he totally knows how to set a fire. He's been tailgaiting enough times.]
[Well...yes?? He's not sure how to explain this without feeling horribly vulnerable while doing it. And also sounding like a weirdo. But he's more used to the latter.
He's never considered that fire can burn differently; he hasn't utilized it much, come to think of it. City kid woes, maybe? Sometimes he realizes how much he hasn't considered in life. It's a weird feeling.]
[ Because, whoa, that sounded like they were talking about other things that were totally not ever ever small, especially not in Frankenstein's case. ]
[He's not sure whether it's weird to miss his foster parents so much. It's the first time he's loved a family who's taken him in—and since he's been here, away from them, it's struck him so hard that he does—he loves them—and how could he ever explain that without sounding...
It just makes him feel weirdly ashamed of himself.]
It's like, cleansing Fires and stuff Or that's what I've heard before. And it kind of felt like it, too. You know, I didn't realize what time it was, so I was just thinking about crazy stuff. That's all.
Yeah. He hasn't got much better of an answer than that. Natsume's much better at listening to people than he is at speaking—and more than that, he's even better at acting for people than he is at listening. This isn't his forte by any stretch.
Though the internet has done a lot for lowering his inhibitions when speaking to people. Well, to better degree than otherwise.
...]
Thanks I appreciate you hearing me out
[Even if he's still 98% clammed up. God, it's hard to try to go back to absolute repression when he was starting to open up at home. That's the thing about feeling better: it makes you realize how bad it was to feel worse.]
No out of control fires coming from my end, don't worry.
[Turns out Natsume is going to be the one to actually worry. Luckily that puts him in his element.]
No, thank you. It's okay. I mean, that's not okay, please don't do that, ever, I think it'd go pretty badly. But overall, that is, it's going to be okay.
[The addendum helps his blood pressure, at least. Natsume might just worry himself to an early grave, if he doesn't get there first by jumping headlong into it while trying to do somebody a favor. He just happens to be a measure prickly about his worrying.]
I'm not typically a 'go big or go home' person, myself. [ Behold the biggest lie Yuuto Kurohane will ever tell in his entire life. ] Despite what I say I also prefer adventure that will keep me out of trouble, so a little fire will do.
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A bit much
Maybe a bonfire is too big? Slightly? I'm just thinking of something medium sized.
[See, it's already more work than he thought.]
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[Well...yes?? He's not sure how to explain this without feeling horribly vulnerable while doing it. And also sounding like a weirdo. But he's more used to the latter.
Anyway...]
Paper, I mean. Burning paper.
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Dude, grab a trash can...
Throw a little lighter fuel in a trashcan and get burning.
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This is more complex than stories make it out to be.
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I've used it to burn all kinds of crap. You want me to bring you a trash can??
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why
?
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Fire
I think
Hotter than a candle?
Well
I guess as hot as a candle, but bigger.
[?!?!?!?
He's never considered that fire can burn differently; he hasn't utilized it much, come to think of it. City kid woes, maybe? Sometimes he realizes how much he hasn't considered in life. It's a weird feeling.]
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that's where the name came from
that what you're trying to do?
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No.
Scaled way down.
Like
Paper.
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don't need a bonfire to burn paper
unless it's some emotional catharsis shit you're after.
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Oh, no
Nothing like that [, he lies, spectacularly.]
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nothing wrong with emotional catharsis
if you gotta do something might as well do it big
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are we still talking about burning things?
[ Because, whoa, that sounded like they were talking about other things that were totally not ever ever small, especially not in Frankenstein's case. ]
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Kind of
But if I'm going to do "something"
Maybe not a huge something, this time
[Being vague isn't helpful. He does know that. Sometimes he can't help the exasperation. Anyway...]
It is cathartic, though?
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I'm just thinking about it so I know for later on
Also I didn't realize the time.
text; @meow
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Ideally
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People make it sound pretty easy.
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These are not the seeds of doubt I wanted.
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Now we know we won't be getting any out of control fires because of you, at least.
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Thanks for the encouragement, though. Or
For the discouragement.
But in a positive way.
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Something
[.....Which probably sounds bad!! Um,]
Just a project. It's not really important [to anyone but him, but it is very important to him—] and it's pretty silly. I mean...
It's weird but it's not as weird as it sounds
I think
[For the record, getting a straight answer out of him is way more difficult than dental work, no matter what kind of pliers you've got.]
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Not that weird but too weird to explain?
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[He's not sure whether it's weird to miss his foster parents so much. It's the first time he's loved a family who's taken him in—and since he's been here, away from them, it's struck him so hard that he does—he loves them—and how could he ever explain that without sounding...
It just makes him feel weirdly ashamed of himself.]
It's like, cleansing
Fires and stuff
Or that's what I've heard before. And it kind of felt like it, too. You know, I didn't realize what time it was, so I was just thinking about crazy stuff. That's all.
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[...
Yeah. He hasn't got much better of an answer than that. Natsume's much better at listening to people than he is at speaking—and more than that, he's even better at acting for people than he is at listening. This isn't his forte by any stretch.
Though the internet has done a lot for lowering his inhibitions when speaking to people. Well, to better degree than otherwise.
...]
Thanks
I appreciate you hearing me out
[Even if he's still 98% clammed up. God, it's hard to try to go back to absolute repression when he was starting to open up at home. That's the thing about feeling better: it makes you realize how bad it was to feel worse.]
No out of control fires coming from my end, don't worry.
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[ He's similar, after all; good at listening, and he never minds. ]
I'm not too worried either. I was ready to suggest gasoline if you needed it.
[ He also has bad ideas. ]
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No, thank you. It's okay. I mean, that's not okay, please don't do that, ever, I think it'd go pretty badly. But overall, that is, it's going to be okay.
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[ Moments after, he responds with an addendum: ]
No gasoline involved.
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Maybe like
A little one?
How hard is that?
Comparatively
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I've never actually made a fire before. It would be a learning experience for the both of us.
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meow-san, let's not die.
I think we'd have to start with roasting sweet potatoes, if neither of us has ever made a fire.
Or else, maybe.
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[ Ha ha ha... ]
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Heaven help him. Be strong, Natsume.]
Sweet potatoes first. Absolutely sweet potatoes first. No question about it.
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