9s and buzen learn to be human(?)

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week 0, thursday

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[hello new apartment place!! there's going to be a little knock knock from the staircase at some point, followed by a voice announcing:]

Hello! Buzen Gou, requesting entrance!

[what an interesting way to hear from someone you haven't met before,]

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[ It sure is. Well, 9S still can't help but wonder who'd drop by and why, so the door to one of the rooms eventually opens up. ]

What do you want?

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[oh a new friend!

buzen will just bow at the waist in greeting before he straightens again]

I'm scouting! Though I don't believe we've met before. I'm Buzen Gou, Gou no Yoshihiro's sword that's so fast that it's never been seen!

It's good to meet you.

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[ How very... polite.

9S doesn't bow—he doesn't even put on a super personable air. Nevertheless: ]

... No. I'm 9S.

[ a beat. ]

So you're just checking the place out?

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[nodding!]

I am. It's a lot of new locations, isn't it?

But if you'd prefer and you're curious, I can escort you to the Verdant Dorm instead! To be fair.

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It's not that. You're just the first to come knocking for that reason.

[ Despite his demeanor, 9S steps aside. ]

There's nothing for me to hide in here, so...

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Oh! Well, thank you for allowing me entry.

[he'll head in and toe off his shoesies as he does so]

Haha, it's a rather new place, isn't it? Are you adjusting to it well?

[bestaround]

[ That's also polite. 9S definitely still has his boots on. ]

About as well as one can after finding themselves in this weird place.

[hasteful]

[nodding....]

I understand that much - at least it's warmer?

[bestaround]

Definitely warmer. It was starting to get pretty cold, even for me.

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Even for you? Are you normally sturdy, my friend?

[bestaround]

Sturdier than most of you, I'd bet. But my internal temperatures are likely higher, too.

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Oh...?

[now he looks even more interested]

Then - can I ask? Are you human? Or no?

[bestaround]

[ It's fine; he gets this often. ]

I may look it, but hardly—I'm an android.

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[nods]

An android! I've never met one of you before.

It's good to meet you. I'm a sword.

[bestaround]

—There's another one of you around?

[hasteful]

That's right! Have you met Kiyo-san and Yasu-san? I probably don't have to explain it much then.

[bestaround]

[ Yasasadu too, huh. ]

Sword spirit, right? Yeah, I got the spiel.

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[nods]

Then I'll trust they did well. We're all comrades from the same citadel.

[bestaround]

With how many different places everyone here seems to come from, it's one hell of a coincidence that the three of you showed up together.

[hasteful]

... I wouldn't exactly say that...

There's really a lot of us...

[bestaround]

[ Still... ]

Because any sword can have a spirit or something, right?

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[ . . . . well - ]

Almost. Typically they have to be at least a hundred years old.

But a lot of my comrades and I tend to cross worlds an awful lot... so I'm not too surprised to see others here.