first trauma [video]

[unpleasantries]

[Satori flips on the phone and angles the camera so her third eye is hidden from view. However, the yellow tendril attached to the side of her head is clearly visible. Also visible is the pet store behind her.

Without bothering to introduce herself (WHAT ARE SOCIAL SKILLS), she asks in a flat tone:]

Are pets allowed at the hotel?

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[Video]

[mokomanjuu]

Uh-huh! One of Mokona's friends lives with a cat, and another friend lives with an octopus.

[Video]

[unpleasantries]

...

[Seeing Mokona renders Satori silent for a moment, only partially because she think the little meatbun thing is cute. The other reason is, of course, that animals don't usually talk. That's why the animals in the pet store behind her are so miserable, right? Because nobody can understand them?]

...An octopus.

[Not an impressive reply by any means, but it's the first thing that she thinks of.]

[faithful_kitsune]

*There's a fox watching the window. A nine-tailed fox, to be precise. It seems to be paying particularly close attention to the cats.*

[mokomanjuu]

Uh-huh.

His name is Montfort.

[wontdieifkilled]

Pets? I don't know. I've never thought about owning one.

[video]

[canthandleacape]

Well, they let Mokona in. That, or she's a master of stealth, which isn't entirely out of the question, now that I think about it.

[red_dwarf]

Yeah, I've seen a bunch of people with pets. The guy I used to love with had a massive dog, so if he was okay, I'd say you're in the clear.

[unpleasantries]

I don't care about what you did or didn't think. I just want to know if they're allowed in the hotel.

[wontdieifkilled]

Well, I just said I don't know. But I do know how to find out.

[unpleasantries]

[Oh, wow. It's beautiful.

...That's the first thought that runs through Satori's head. She wonders if perhaps they sell foxes like this one here...she does notice it's watching the cats, and says, more to herself than anyone else:]

I hope you're not thinking about eating those.

[Her first instinct is to check to see if it is thinking of eating the cats, but as she's still not used to controlling her third eye, she winds up following the thoughts of a passing lawyer instead.]

[video]

[unpleasantries]

Unless you tell me what a Mokona is, that's not a very helpful answer.

[unpleasantries]

Oh, good...what I'm looking at is -

[She cuts herself off suddenly, deciding what she was about to say wasn't so important after all.]

Never mind. Thank you.

[unpleasantries]

You could've just told me how to find out in the time it took you to say that.

[unpleasantries]

Montfort the octopus...

[Absently, to herself:]

I wonder what octopi think about.

[wontdieifkilled]

But you didn't ask how.

[unpleasantries]

Fair point.

On the other hand, it's a reasonable assumption to make that I'd like that information.

[wontdieifkilled]

Maybe, but do you really want to go off on a tangent now?

[video]

[canthandleacape]

Little puffball with rabbit ears, you can't miss her.

[unpleasantries]

I don't mind either way. It's not like I have anything better to do, so the only time you'll be wasting if we do is yours.

[wontdieifkilled]

But if I didn't have the time to waste, I could just end the call any time.

[video]

[unpleasantries]

...And how is that any different from what we normally call a rabbit?

[For emphasis, she turns the camera on the phone so it's facing a rabbit.

A puffball with rabbit ears, if you will.]

[unpleasantries]

Well, if you're one of those sickos who likes to waste time talking to girls he doesn't know, then by all means, continue along the tangent.

[wontdieifkilled]

What's so sick about getting to know a new person?

[unpleasantries]

I never said there was anything sick about getting to know new people. But there's definitely something creepy about being insistent on continuing pointless conversations with girls you don't know. I haven't even been here a day and I'm already starting to find patterns in how males your age think.

[She adjusts the position of the phone here, just to make sure her third eye is still out of view.]

[wontdieifkilled]

Whoa. Hey. Hold on. I am not like the average guy in that way.