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[onehole]

What is your favorite number?

There are wrong answers.

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text | doctorize

[doctorize]

[Danny hasn't thought of such a banal question before, but after a moment, the answer he comes up with is--]

I used to be fond of the number 5, but now I wonder if the number 1 is more suitable to call as a "favorite", the more I think about it.

... However, before I give any reasons as to why, I'd like to confirm what your favorite number is in exchange. Your username may be "333" but I don't want to make any hasty assumptions that it's your favorite number, when it could easily be 3 or 33.

[onehole]

It depends on what your heart says.

Oh, of course. I don't mind telling you what it is.
You're very kind.
Thank you for not making hasty assumptions about me. :)
My favorite number is 3.

[doctorize]

May I ask why? Or would you prefer if I give my reasoning for picking the number I did first?

[onehole]

I prefer to hear your reasoning first.

Then I can judge the number you've picked.

[doctorize]

Well, initially I had considered the number 5 because it was the number of a building's floor I used to live and work from back home. So I suppose it's merely a sentimental reason for being fond of a number that reminds me of a place I used to spend so much time in.

... But then I thought about it further, and realized that it might not be my favorite. It's a nice number, but it's not interesting for me to really spend time thinking about. Just a fleeting thought of sentimentality before it gets dismissed by other thoughts on the mind. So I considered it some more, and upon thinking of the number 1, I realized that there was something much more interesting about that number in particular worth the time thinking about by comparison to any other that tried to come to mind.

[onehole]

I see!

I'll give my analysis of your two answers, then, Doctor.

5 is a very lewd and sexual number. It's very, very lewd of you to choose it.
1 is an exceptionally lonely number. It's a number of someone that is waiting for someone else to join, but not yet making the first step forward for fear of being misunderstood and only adding to someone else's thus losing its individuality.

These numbers are not wrong answers, though, congratulations!

[doctorize]

Oh, is that how you see it? Interesting... I knew I was right to pick number 1: it offers a lot about how someone might think, even if what you said is somewhat of a normal answer to expect when you ask someone to judge that number.

[There's an implication in his words that it's not necessarily the interpretation Danny had for the number 1, but he doesn't seem to be forthcoming with what it was he actually thinks of it just yet.]

That's the first I've heard of someone seeing the number 5 as a lewd choice, though. Do you mind explaining that judgement further for me?

[onehole]

It is, indeed, how I see it.
Hm, that's an interesting way to put it -- that the answer I gave is normal.
I'm rarely ever called that, and so I can't help but be a little happy that you think of me that way.
... thank you.

I would be more than happy to tell you why it is so lewd.
But that would be playing into your hands.
How much do you want to sext me?
HA HA HA HA

[doctorize]

Hey now, you're the one who finds something that I find innocuous lewd. I don't see how asking for a clarification is playing into my hands, when really it feels a bit like playing into yours. After all, I have more to lose here by potentially embarrassing myself inquiring about something that might turn out to have been obvious to everyone else.

[onehole]

Doctor!
Are you insinuating that it is I who want to sext?
With numbers?
How filthy do you take me for?

[doctorize]

Not at all! I was merely giving my own opinion on how I see it.

[... But there's no doubt that Danny's finding amusement in this.]

1/2

[onehole]

[ Fukuda can't help but laugh at the response back.

He pauses as he thinks about to what "Doctor" had said about 1. He wonders about it. It sounds like there might be more, but he's having fun. He has someone who said something very nice to him without knowing it. Saying that he gave a normal answer.

But being in person with him, Fukuda is more aware of his abnormalities and social awkwardness. Still. His smile softens a little, and he wonders if he can be friends with these people. To actually have a connection.

...That would be nice. ]

[onehole]

FIEND!!!!!
Ruining a numbers-loving person like myself's good name!

[doctorize]

[Danny very rarely has fun talking to people on the network, in all honesty. This however is proving to be an exception, for the moment.]

Oh my, really? But how can I possibly ruin your good name when you haven't even told me what it is yet?

[onehole]

I guess you can't.
It's Tamotsu Fukuda. Fukuda.

Now you know whose name you're ruining. ;A; ;A; ;A;!!!!

[doctorize]

Oh, my apologies. [He isn't actually sorry.] In that case, please allow me to offer my own name in exchange to try to make up for it.

My name is Dr. Daniel Dickens, but you're welcome to call me Danny if you want. Most people seem to like doing so, anyway.

[onehole]

I'll accept it for what I've gone through.

So, you actually are a doctor! What's your specialty, Dr. Dickens? [ He'd like to call him 'Danny,' but. Hm. Awkward numbers man is awkward and wants to ... be respectful to someone. ]

[doctorize]

Well, primarily I work in psychiatric care for the Second Nature clinic here, but I'm also skilled in other medical areas of expertise ranging from something as simple as first aid to surgical proficiency in the event of emergencies.

[A jack of all trades, so to speak, with therapy work being his primary field... along with one other thing, but that "other thing" isn't necessarily something he's technically licensed for...]

[onehole]

You're really very skilled.

Still. Psychiatric care, huh?

Do you have a large patient load?

[doctorize]

I can't really give out exact numbers, but I will say that it's a smaller load in comparison to what I had back home... but in a way, that could be seen as a good thing, depending on how you look at it?

[onehole]

I see.
That is good.
You would think that might not be the case in an alien world.

[ ......................

He is enjoying this conversation, but if he asks to be a patient... he might not be able to be a friend. ]

I'm pleased to hear it, Doctor~!

[doctorize]

[It's better to be Danny's friend than his patient, depending on who you ask...]

Indeed! Of course, I suppose it's possible that there are people who really need it here but are refusing to seek help... but you also can't just force those people to seek out therapy if they don't want it.

Regardless, I at least have the offer out there for those looking for it, which I believe is better than nothing.

[onehole]

It's true.
There is a stigma that people sometimes carry with themselves, haha.
But I'm hopeful that those that need it will come to you.

I'm sure that it is.

[doctorize]

I hope so as well.

You still haven't given me an explanation in regards to the number 5, but I suppose I can let it go for now. Would you be interested then in telling me why the number 3 is your favorite instead?

[onehole]

I have to leave a person guessing. It means that we can talk to each other in the future.

[ Hm. Did that come off as desperate? He wonders. ]

Three is just the perfect number. Three wishes. Three guesses. Body-Mind-Spirit. A whole family. A triangle. Haha, it is just too perfect.