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Sender: Denji
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Subject: lemme pet your dog

Fall's kinda pretty. The stuff here's kinda like the way it goes back home. The food kicks ass tho, that's the best part.

Anyway, my dog Maple is feelin kinda lonely and I was told to try doin somethin healthy for this "depression" shit. So I'm going for walks in the Wildlands and Maple gets exercise, right, but I don't see other people out doin this kinda stuff, or they do it way later than I do. I do it in the morning.

If you have a dog, Maple wants to meet em. If you dont have a dog, Maple wants to meet you. Dreamotion lets me talk to dogs, so its not like a speech barrier or whatever, so it'll work out.

Anyway, if it sounds like something you wanna do, hit me up.

Oh- does Halloween stuff happen here? I don't need to shop for a costume, but free candy to stuff into a drawer at home for late night snacking would be pretty fuckin sick.

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don't you know it's rude to bring up your pet and not share a photo of them? pay your pet tax, you tax evader.

also you can't get free candy without a costume. it's the law.

[No it isn't...]

I dunno how pictures work on these things but I can ask Maple to go bug ya if she knows where you live I have a costume so I'm no fuckin rulebreaker! I just come with one

you should draw her.

[That is not the only way to do it but is she going to be helpful? Maybe later.]

what do you mean? do you have cat ears or something?

ah, wait. you have a dog. i guess you can't be a cat then. do you have wings or something?

She's a dog made out of plants and she's turning orange and red and stuff right now.

also I'm a superhero Not supposed to tell people about it, but its dream world here so fuck it right? what are they gonna do find me? fire me?

oooh, so that's why her name is maple? that's cute.

[She considers adding instructions about how to actually send a picture but, well. The drawing is cute. She'll hold off on that for now to avoid embarrassing him.]

so you're a career superhero? does it pay well?

[The important question.]

oh yeah I got to eat food that wasnt in the trash and sleep somewhere warm and dry

[Look, she had this whole bit prepared about how if he's a professional superhero then he can't be that for Halloween because that's just who he is and that's still cheating.

But there's something more important.]

that's just the basic stuff, right? being a superhero is like, dangerous stuff! if you're not making good money you need better compensation! if you settle for the basics you'll probably be taken advantage of!

[She says this as a government special esper who is paid very handsomely for essentially being a superhero.]

at the very least they should pay you extra for having to keep it a secret!

yeah i get that a lot. i was thinkin of quitting after a whole bunch of crap that happened before i wound up here i mean they threatened to kill me if i ever ran off, but i didnt think of it at the time since they were takin me outta homelessness but i dont really want much, man. i dunno. i just wanna be comfortable. maybe be happy someday too.

[There's a lot to unpack here...the 'maybe' part of that last sentence is especially concerning.]

being comfortable and being happy are important! but if you can save some money then when you do want something new you can fund it. but it doesn't sound like your employer is open to negotiating a more fair salary.

[They sound like the worst, actually...]

my name is kaoru akashi, btw.

No sweat there! I'm good at savin money. I hit up sales and my coupon game is fuckin fierce.
The big spending is for like dates or sumthin, I dunno. Or fancier bread.

[Oh hey. Japanese name. Wonder if they're from his neck of the woods...?]

I'm Denji No last name I know the journal has my name slapped on the top but it's weird not to say a name back... You're probably from the future too huh?

haha, that sounds lime minamoto! except he made his own bread.

[It isn't even because Minamoto was in debt to the Japanese government to the tune of 14 billion. He was just always a Grandmother Type Personality.]

right? not doing a proper introduction feels weird!

but i guess that depends on what you mean by the future? it was 2019 where i was from in the western calendar.

fuuuuck I wanna make my own bread

[Something to look into later for sure. But imagine the power of eating toast and everything was all by your own power.]

yup. future. I'm from 1997. its been cool to learn about internet stuff and how things are gonna change later gets me kinda hyped, but I hope devil attacks dont fuck up progress

it didn't look that hard? i don't know how it's done though. i still haven't managed to make an omelette properly.

oh, wow! i wasn't even born in 1997!
devil attacks? wait, like real devils?

whaaaat omelettes are a cinch I make a mean omelette too, tons of veggies yup. devils, demons, whatever people call em.

i know they're supposed to be easy! but somehow i just can't get them right...

i don't think devils ever existed where i'm from. we have espers and i guess some of them were mistaken for local gods or guardians before.

thats cause they can be fuckin fiddly with your stove heat they'll scorch if you look away from em to spite you most worlds dont have demons makin lunch out of humans on a daily basis my job was to take em out if they popped up outta hell for the buffet

tell me about it! it's so hard to get right...

so that's what you do as a superhero? if you're a human fighting human eating things then you should definitely be paid better!

special espers are paid really well and they don't even deal with cannibals most of the time!

but ah, i don't think i've met someone else from a world with espers yet either...

huh. but its kinda funny I think youre the first person to say I'm worth more pay instead of sayin my dreams of comfort n food n girlfriends is all bullshit I'm told I should kinda give kudos when I can so thanks. that's pretty cool. maybe I've met an esper here? i dunno. been here a bit. describe em to me

the people who said it was bullshit are full of it. my dream is to be a housewife and i'll kick the ass of anyone who says a bad word about it.

[Says the person who can't even make an omelette...]

espers are people with psychic powers. like moving things with their minds, telepathy and teleportation. but not usually all at once.

I mean I know my way around a kitchen so I can help in the cookin stuff if you want ahhh. nope. i dunno any espers oh hold up can you read minds???

oh, man. that might be great? i thought i could figure it out from videos and practise but it's not going so well.

well, you know one now!

[The fact that she's an esper isn't a secret though the extent of her powers and her involvement with the government-then and international-criminal-organization-now were....either way.]

i can't read minds though. i can make things move! i have some friends who can read minds. it's really, really cool!

videos suck if they dont slow down and show ya step by step. that was the worst part for me. oh moving shit's cool. can you lift people? float yourself around like a ghost?

i can fly! i can also take other people flying too!

[Which technically gives away how strong her powers are....but also, life's too short to worry about these things too hard!]

DUDE THAT'S SO FUCKIN AWESOME

RIGHT? flying's the best!

i can take you sometime. it can be a date! ★⌒(●ゝω・)ｂ

[She says it tongue-in-cheek because that's just how she rolls.]