catchall nona

[residentmerc]

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[segnale]

His friends from home seem to think it's fine... "Astarion is a charming fellow who is rather particular about his environs," quote one of them.

[residentmerc]

Sounds like Gale.

[ long-winded... but also: ]

Don't think Karlach would've called that guy charming.

[segnale]

[a little laugh]

I haven't spoken much to Karlach, so I'll take your word for it! But you were right, Gale said it.

[residentmerc]

It sounded like him. [ sighs ] Well, if those guys think he's fine... not much else to do but take 'em at their word for now.

Even if he's picking fights with furniture.

[segnale]

He also hates clowns, I think.

[residentmerc]

[ tilts his head to think about it ]

... Who doesn't.

[segnale]

Honestly, I was kind of neutral on them, but I feel like I'm learning a lot about people through their clown opinions now...

[residentmerc]

Never met any. But I can't say I've met anyone who likes 'em, either.

[ so. honestly he's just assuming. i don't know that there are clowns in ff7 that aren't cait sith ]

[segnale]

Hm... I don't think I've ever met a clown for real, so I'll take your word for it.

[residentmerc]

Mm. Met people who acted like real clowns, though.

[segnale]

So... they were funny...?

[residentmerc]

More like they were making fools out of themselves.

[segnale]

Oh. Your friends, or...?

[residentmerc]

[ opens his mouth. closes it. looks incredibly amused ]

... Well, I wasn't thinking of 'em, but now that you mention it.

[segnale]

[a smile]

Hey, that's a mean thing to think about your friends, Cloud...

[residentmerc]

You'd get it if you met them.

[ i, personally, think no one is more of a clown than vincent valentine, though cloud is thinking of like. the actual cat jester. ]

[segnale]

Hm... more description could be used.

[help]

[residentmerc]

Well. One of 'em's a talking cat mascot.

[segnale]

Wow, really? I've met talking mascots, but not a cat one...

[residentmerc]

What kind of mascots were they, then?

[segnale]

Well, Kumos was designed by a company, so he's not really based off anything in particular. And then he came to life.

[residentmerc]

[ well. cait was designed by a company too, but he doesn't get into that, because: ]

Came to life?

[segnale]

Yeah, I was working as a temp to help an employee sell the mascot figures around the area, and then one morning one of the dolls was suddenly alive!

[residentmerc]

... That's... [ weird. hm. ] You ever find out how it happened?

[segnale]

[she pauses for a moment, if awkwardly, before looking normal again.]

Yeah, um. There are these beings called Phantoms, and they give their power to people, so one used their power to give Kumos life. He was basically born from Yakumo—that's the employee I was helping—and all of his negative emotions about how much he hated his job.