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From:

eidxiety

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You don't like it?

[Why though... It's so tiny...? What's this guy gonna do, fucking eat Add?

Ain gently picks up the grass strand and relocates it further away.]

Would you say it "bugs" you?

From:

dyn4m0

[Add's lip curls.]

Who taught you to be sarcastic?

[Add look in a mirror I'm begging.]

I don't like bugs, no.

[He doesn't really like dirt either, but he's sitting with Ain anyway...]

From:

eidxiety

Haha, I think it's cute. It's so itty bitty...

[He's about to say more, y'know, razz Add further about hating the tiny thing... But an orange butterfly flits by, and suddenly Ain is locked in, following it with his eyes and head before he eventually stands up and begins slowly chasing after it like a puppy.]

Is this also a bug?

[The butterfly stops on a flower growing in the courtyard, and Ain flattens himself against the ground to watch it.]

From:

dyn4m0

[Butterflies are a bit less disgusting in Add's eyes, mostly because they don't have that...gross insect look and feel to them so much. They're pretty, objectively so. He isn't going to reach out and try to let it crawl on him, but you know.

He watches as Ain chases after the butterfly, laying down flat in the grass to watch it as it lands on a flower to sip some of the nectar from it.]

Yeah. It's a different species of bug.

From:

eidxiety

What kind of bug?

[Strange bug... colourful bug. It reminds Ain of a fish in terms of brightness and patterns. He gets the sense he shouldn't pick it up; it's not like the penguins. It looks fragile, like he could break it if he wasn't careful.]

From:

dyn4m0

[He could try to let it crawl onto him, but otherwise yeah, Add would not recommend picking up this one. Very fragile and small.]

It's called a butterfly. They start out as a sort of worm-like creature called a caterpillar before they pupate and become a butterfly through the course of their lives. They undergo a transformation to look the way they do.

From:

eidxiety

[Later Ain is going to discover "butter" and be so fucking upset that you guys eat butterflies. Like what the hell man...]

It's cute. Cute and tiny~.

[The butterfly is unbothered. In its lane. Schlorping nectar. Ain will leave it alone after that and walk further into the courtyard, staring up into a tree for way too long. Like, way too long. What do you see, boy? What is it?]

...

There's a little!! Guy!!! A little guy in the tree!!

[A bird.]

Like the ones that are on beaches! The skybeasts!! [A bird,]

From:

dyn4m0

[Yeah unfortunately the English language is a ~nightmare~ so it's understandable Ain would eventually get confused...Add is mainly just glad Ain gets up after that so he doesn't have to be on the ground much longer. Ew ew ew he dusts himself off quickly as he stands to follow after him, mostly to make sure he doesn't have any ants stuck to his clothes.

A little guy in a tree could be a bird OR a squirrel, but turns out it's the former and not the latter.]

You see a bird up there?

[Add tilts his head up, and sure enough, there's a bird perched in the branches who seems to be paying them little mind.]

From:

eidxiety

Bird??

[Bird... What an easy name. Huh. They're so weird though.]

Can I have it??

[You cannot have it. You can't just pick everything you want up, Ain! What the fuck bud!]

From:

dyn4m0

No?

[Ain...]

That's a wild bird. Even if you could catch it, do you think it would be happier in a cage, or living out here? It can't be in the water with you either.

From:

eidxiety

But it's cute...

[You cannot have Everything, you spoiled baby. Look at you. Look how DEMANDING you are.

Anyway, Ain will leave the bird alone and continue to walk around the courtyard. He likes the way the grass feels under his feet, honestly. It's soft except for where it's been mowed, and kind of cold... he wants to flatten himself in it and take a nap.

Yaaawn.]

What do humans do for fun outside? Do you play in the grass? Do you have toys??

[We have to show Ain the joys of beach volleyball. And maybe football. And possibly fireworks—]

From:

dyn4m0

[Fun...a word that Add isn't super close friends with, honestly. Never has been, even when he was a kid...he always had his nose buried in his studies, or whatever thing he was working on at the time. He didn't really even have any friends to speak of. Not ones he can remember, anyway.

Add puts his hands into the pockets of his labcoat as they walk.]

Moreso kids than adults, I guess. Kids will make fun out of anything, even just running around...but they play with toys the same as you. Balls, frisbees...that sort of shit.

From:

eidxiety

Why not adults? I'm an adult, and I like playing with stuff. [Sirens don't have to have jobs though. Society doesn't expect them to do anything other than eat and play.] What's a frisbees?

[Can he chew on it...]

From:

dyn4m0

Adults play, just not as often. We have jobs...we have to work to keep on living. That's just the way the world works for humans.

[Sirens, meanwhile...they have it made. All they have to worry about is getting enough food and shelter, otherwise they're set.

Anyway, Add gestures with his hands.]

They're like that plate you tried to eat earlier, except lighter. You toss them through the air.

[...]

Do not try to do that with a plate.

From:

eidxiety

I would never~. I'm a good boy~.

[No you are fuckin not. You're a naughty boy who eats porcelain, climbs into penguin enclosures, and tries to manipulate snacks and toys out of the people assigned to you. Sprays Ain with the hose.

He sticks his nose in a flower nearby and takes a big sniff, then comes away sneezing because pollen in him nose. Blegh!]

Can I have a frisbee? Will you play with me if I have one? Maybe you'd be less grumpy all the time if you had time to play~.

From:

dyn4m0

Haaah? The fuck does that mean??

[Add leans over to look at Ain in the face with a sneer, his hands braced on his knees.]

You do realize I can't just keep giving you stuff because you asked for it, right? You're already getting a brand new tank!

[AND maybe pets!! AND he got to leave his enclosure! AND he got people breakfast!!!]

From:

eidxiety

Yes you can! You have the power to get stuff! I don't! I don't have "money"! You won't let me get a job!

[Ain, trust us, you don't want a job. Go be happy and swim in your tank and play with your toys.]

From:

dyn4m0

[Add rubs a hand down the side of his face.]

This is the first I'm hearing about you wanting a job. You don't want a job.

[This world won't hire Siren workers, they're not THAT progressive yet.]

And it's not up to me. Everything I get for you goes through my boss first. Especially bigger things like the tank. Just because you answer to me doesn't mean I don't have someone I have to answer to, dumbass.

From:

eidxiety

Well when do you become the boss so that you can give me everything I want?

[This is such a stupid argument you GUYS]

How does that work? Just go into her den and tell her you're the boss now!

[Do NOT go into her HOUSE]

From:

dyn4m0

And then I get my ass kicked out! That is how you lose your job!

[Add is going to throw this fish he swears to GOD]

I don't want a promotion like that. I don't care about getting more duties, and I wanted this solo project with you, but I'd sooner throw myself in the ocean than be made the manager of anything.

From:

eidxiety

[?? Just GO BE THE BOSS!!! This would ordinarily be the point where Ain throws himself down into the grass and has a fit, but for some reason his entire demeanor changes and his eyes start to sparkle.]

Aww, I love you too!!

[help]

You're so sweet! I'm glad I get to be on a solo project with you too, whatever that means~.

From:

dyn4m0

[Ain you're so lucky you're so pretty and Add is inexplicably attracted to fishpeople now. After a moment of just...sighing, he'll shake his head and turn on his heel, nodding back towards the facility.]

Yeah yeah...anyway, we should get back inside. You've got a couple more hours outside of your tank before we need to get you in temporary housing until the one in the office is done.

From:

eidxiety

Okay~.

[Ain veers off toward the inside again, which means no more chatty Ain. He can only be "forced English" Ain. Wiggle wiggle wiggle, he's big steppying into the distance to go back inside where it's cooler.

Hm... he could use a drink.

Trundle trundle, back to the cafeteria! He knows where the food is :) It's there :) He is completely passing by all the things in the lobby such as vending machines and the security officers who are looking over like "? fish", but maybe it's for the best Ain doesn't try to steal a taser or something.]

From:

dyn4m0

[Honestly if Add doesn’t try noodling one, Add is not explaining the vending machines. One less thing he can do crimes with, for sure.

When they do make it back to the cafeteria, he will grab Ain a big bottle of water and open it up for him before handing it over. You’ve only had milk all day please hydrate.]

You’ve seen most of everything you’re allowed to see, but I’ll let you wander a little while longer.

[Add is well known for speaking to Ain out loud like this despite him “not understanding”, so this is at least considered normal by his coworkers.]

From:

eidxiety

[??? show him the things he's Not allowed to see, then.

Ain takes the bottle in his noodles and takes several large swigs of it. Glug glug. He doesn't shotgun it like the milk, but he does take exaggerated gulps of it for sure.]

What call?

[Taps the bottle.]