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[arf]

Yo! It's your favorite Taichi Nanao. (Formerly ~wanwan! I'm going for a cooler image!) I hope everyone's happy and healthy. It looks like Iris is starting. Good luck, Irises... there sure are so many cute people going around this time of the month.

I need a little help!

What are everyone's favorite pick-up lines? Giving or receiving. Let's hear them!

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[arf]

Hehe, my street cred is going up.

[ For kaomojis.. well, he's only joking anyway. This guy just admitted he's a prankster, so Taichi can take anything teasing as a joke now. It's fun. ]

A host club!? That's so cool! I want to see you in action!!

[irritated]

probably not the take away from that!!

[It really is the best idea not to take Hikaru too seriously when he's like this. He gets bored quicker with no reaction. The true power move.]

well. i don't have the second half to my act but i guess i could probably manage something.

[arf]

[ Taichi doesn't even know wtf a power move is, he's just used to being the butt end of jokes so he knows how to take a metaphorical punch. ]

Ohh, you act in a pair? Hehe, we usually do street acts like that where I'm from. They're really good for publicity. Though I guess it wouldn't be the same as a host club... man, I really want to see one up close... I could get so many tips...! I bet you're so popular!

[ He'll need a whole new notebook for this?? ]

[irritated]

yeah i was. [Look at that modesty!]

but performing on a street and wanting to write down tips is kind of weird?? if you want girls to like you then that probably isn't going to appeal to them. ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

[arf]

No it isn't! Actors do street acts all the time. It's part of how we advertise for the theater.

I don't just write down tips, I keep notes on anything I find useful. Those are just for me though, I wouldn't present those to girls!

[ He has volumes of notebooks that he takes.. ]

[irritated]

oh. you're one of those street actor types i've heard about. [The struggle of the common man and their rise to fame. Classic.]

but you know who else does that? serial killers keep notebooks like that.

[arf]

Stage actor! Street acts are for good improv practice for when we have improv battles against other troupes!

[ Look, Taichi's world is a little off the rails for actors. ]

I'm not a serial killer!

[irritated]

can't you just do some improv on stage? it feels like giving away your skills for free? [Even if he isn't as focused on money as his one friend, he still is the son of two people who run their own businesses.]

sounds like something a serial killer would say (;-_-)ノ

[arf]

Well, we do adlib on stage so every performance is unique but mm.. well, we get tips! But the theater is in serious financial trouble due to some stuff before we all got employed. We've done a lot to get it back up and running! We get food and a place to live and everything, too, even if Sakyo-nii yells at us if we stay in the shower for too long.

What would an innocent person say?

[irritated]

What kind of sad story is that? It's like something straight out of a movie! Geesh...

How do you guys advertise? You know, for your shows?

The more you defend yourself then the guiltier you sound! Everybody knows that.

[arf]

That is how it is! At least we're not in debt to yakuza anymore! Though he's still a good pal. :D

Kazu-kun handles a lot of it, but we have social media, a website, flyers, advertisements, improv battles, and I'm sure we'll participate in a lot of competitions in the future, especially since we're going to need to challenge God Troupe for the top spot on Veludo Way.

That doesn't make any sense!

[irritated]

wait you're friends with the yakuza? well. don't tell girls that. unless you want a girl attracted to bad boys but you definitely can't keep that up.

what do you mean it doesn't make any sense? of course it does. it makes perfect sense. when people get the most defensive, you know it means they're the guilty one!

[Not how that works at all and maybe he's messing with him.]

[arf]

Hehe, he's more like.. Dad-like than anything. He's scary when he yells, but he obviously loves the theater. He's a member of our troupe, he's super cool. Don't girls have to be into a bad boy to be into me anyway? I've got dyed hair and piercings, my teachers yell at me all the time for it.

They also sound guilty if they admit guilt!

[irritated]

that's being unruly. hardly being a Bad Boy. there's a major difference!

the key is indifference.

[This might be bad advice for the sake of being bad advice.]

[arf]

I'm also really bad at school! My teachers call me a delinquent all the time.

Trust me, being guilty gets you caught. Anyway, I'm the type who fesses up when I do stuff so I just make sure I don't find out anything I'm not supposed to! I couldn't kill anyone! You have to believe me, I'm innocent!

[ '_' He's already had his stint as a bad guy, thanks. Probably in a way that would absolute horrify Hikaru, actually. But he couldn't take it, so he knows very well he wouldn't be able to get away with anything. ]

[irritated]

are you hoping to impress girls by coming off as dumb or lazy?

but that's good to know. never make you a partner in crime. got it! it's good to know these things.

[One day he can tell him all about his former nanny that was actually a thief who taught him and his brother everything she knew.

He says he's not a bad boy but he definitely knows how to commit a crime or two.]

[arf]

No, the fact that I'm dumb comes between me and girls! I'm not lazy about it! I even see a tutor and still barely get it half the time. Tsumugi-san's a really good tutor too! He's probably the only reason I'm passing some of my classes. He's my guardian angel sent from the heavens to help me not fail math.

[ Admittedly, if he feels discouraged he will put it off until the last minute, but it's more because he doesn't like feeling like garbage from not understanding what he's doing than laziness. One day of catching up on everything and being miserable is better than feeling a little miserable every day of his life. ]

Definitely don't! I'm done with the life of crime! If you're going to commit something, tell me to look away so I don't have to testify in court!

[irritated]

it's that bad? math isn't that hard. [Notice his subtle brag there.] but i guess i would be happy to be out of school if i was you too. [He talks a big game but he sucks at writing and reading comprehension.]

when it comes to me just assume i'm a law abiding citizen~

[arf]

Right? It's like a long vacation! Going to acting classes was always fun though. And P.E.!

[ Taichi Nanao thinks that you can write a Japanese word in English letters and English-speakers will be able to understand it, so he won't judge. ]

I never doubted it, not once!