what even is this

[fujimaru]

Comment with a Servant* and I will write an IC Servant-shaming sign for them, as provided by Master. YOU CAN RESPOND OR NOT, but I'll do it.

* Servants do not have to actually be canon as long as we've threaded before/I'm familiar with the canon.

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[weiyingdown]

But wasn't this more fun?

Besides, Kiyohime would definitely roast me alive if I said I wanted to spend time with you. That is attention I could do without.

[fujimaru]

She's gotten better!

...Mostly! Ish! Or maybe I've gotten better at dodging.

[weiyingdown]

You've gotten better at dodging. Fear gives you strength!

I haven't gotten better at dodging, and her fire burns just as much as it did the first day that I got here.

[fujimaru]

What's that? Should we work on your agility training? I could ask Sensei to draft a regime for you.

[ Surely Li Shuwen is a good choice for this kind of thing..................., ]

[weiyingdown]

No! I don't want to be agile! I want to be lazy.

[fujimaru]

So do I! But we don't always get what we want, do we?

[weiyingdown]

Those are the words of someone who has already given up hope! Lucky for you, you've got me. Don't worry, Master, I'll take you someplace where you can be as lazy as you want.

[he's already taken her by the hand and is pulling her along]

[fujimaru]

--?! Huh, what, hey, wait a moment--!

[ She's complaining a lot, but she's not actually trying to pull her hand free. ]

[weiyingdown]

[he understands this about her and just keeps pulling her along]

Trust me! If there's one thing that I know how to do, it's relax. You've had too much stress to deal with lately anyways. Let yourself be a little lazy.

[fujimaru]

It's not like I get a say in the matter! Summer is always busy!

[ Abnd it's usually some sort of unexpected wacky busy, so still stressful, if less potentially world-ending. ]

[weiyingdown]

[girls in swimsuits can also be potentially world-ending if Ishtar has anything to say about it--]

You do get a say! Just make Maiden Da Vinci handle all of it while you go on a proper vacation.

[fujimaru]

I'm not sure if that's actually a good idea... where are we going, anyway?

[ Da Vinci was involved in that whole fiasco with Ishtar, after all. Maybe not in its entirety, but she got hoodwinked too! ]

[weiyingdown]

To a bar, of course.

[where else does one go to be lazy and have a good time???]

All of my ideas are good ideas! Don't worry so much.

[fujimaru]

--Did you forget the part where I'm underage for drinking?!

[ THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA AND YOU SHOULD FEEL TERRIBLE, WEI WUXIAN. ]

I'm worried! I'm absolutely, definitely worried!

[weiyingdown]

Rules are made to be broken! Besides, I was drinking when I was your age. It's not like the age changed anything about the drinking. It's alcohol whether you're fifteen or twenty.

[giving her a reassuring head pat though. HE DOES NOT FEEL TERRIBLE AT ALL.]

You don't have to drink if you don't want to. But no one's going to get you in trouble if you do.

[fujimaru]

Shouldn't you be a little MORE worried?! WHAT IF YOUR BOYFRIEND FINDS OUT.

[weiyingdown]

HE WON'T FIND OUT IF YOU DON'T TELL HIM.

[fujimaru]

HE'S GOING TO TAKE ONE LOOK AT ME AND JUST KNOW.

IMMEDIATELY.

I swear he has Clairvoyance of some sort?!

[weiyingdown]

He doesn't! He definitely doesn't!

[he might]

It just shows too easily on your face. You have to become too shameless to let it show!

[fujimaru]

Someone in this place has to have some! I can't let myself go down that path!

[weiyingdown]

This is why you always get caught. If you're not even doing anything wrong then there's nothing to be ashamed of. Having fun isn't a crime, Master. He's just stuffy.

[fujimaru]

Slacking off is pretty bad, you know.

[weiyingdown]

It's bad when I do it but I don't care about that. It isn't bad when you do it, because every time you try to slack off someone barges in and drags you off to do something.

[fujimaru]

That stuff is important too! Even the parts that aren't, you know, "Hey, Ritsuka, the world is about to end again, come fix it."

[ She takes her job seriously! Okay! She might not be the most powerful Master, but she'll be the most available one to everyone that she can!! ]

[weiyingdown]

Do you know what else is important? Taking some time for yourself!

[his tone doesn't leave much room for argument, as he pushes her into a bar and plops her down at a table. he's gone for less than thirty seconds before he reappears with a large jar of alcohol in one hand and a plate of bar snacks in the other. he sets them both down on the table and helps himself, picking up the conversation right where he left it.]

I'm not saying that they mean it badly. But it's okay to put your foot down if you don't want to do something. Otherwise it's like they're taking advantage of you.