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[nobodylikeshim]

hewwo?? is anyone thewe? ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ

[ ooc: Hisoka is gross and here is an OPT-OUT! ]

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[nobodylikeshim]

Well... that's a pity.

By the way, who are you? That is... your name.

[penpoint]

Better that than lying and saying I could help, no?

[ And, since he's not had the advantage of anonymity in some time. ]

Are you always in the habit of telling strangers your name on the internet?

[nobodylikeshim]

It is. It is still a pity.

[ Haha. ]

I don't see anything wrong with it. [ Cause he doesn't. ] But anyway, you can call me "Kurapika."

[penpoint]

Kurapika.

[ He hesitates. ]

Rohan, then. Since you were kind enough to give a name.

[ That doesn't really sound sincere, though. ]

[nobodylikeshim]

[ This is going to backfire on both of them when Hisoka forgets he did this. But until then, it is funny. ]

Hey, Rohan. Now we are friends. So says the rules of the Internet. Right?

[penpoint]

That's a little presumptuous, don't you think?

[nobodylikeshim]

Associates, then?

[ So serious! ♥️ ]

[penpoint]

For the time being.

[nobodylikeshim]

Mmmmm! Good-good.

[ ... ]

Okaaaaay. Your turn to pick the topic of conversation, fellow associate.

[penpoint]

So tell me, Kurapika. Tell me something interesting about yourself. Since you want to be friends.

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[nobodylikeshim]

[ Hmmmmmm.

There are a lot of interesting things about Kurapika that he could say. But if he ever comes to be spirited away, that would make things difficult. It is not out of consideration for their uneasy connection or even the person himself.

No, if he put it into words, it is that he would want to break Kurapika and see it happen in real time. And besides! Breaking him with words is only so much fun. ]

[nobodylikeshim]

Mmmmmm.

I am a magician.

[penpoint]

Really?

So you pull rabbits from your hat and perform card tricks?

[nobodylikeshim]

I perform tricks and magic.

No smoke or mirrors! It is all real. But sadly, I never use a live animal in my act. Only people.

[penpoint]

Real magic?

[ Hmmm. ]

So you're not some sort of Vegas show. Interesting. Maybe I'll have to see it sometime.

[nobodylikeshim]

Yes.

[ Vegas show? ]

We will see! [ His full act is reserved. ] Anyway, since I fulfilled your request, can you tell me something interesting about you?

[penpoint]

Then I'll reserve judgment for how real it is.

[ Says the guy with what is essentially a superpower. He decides to go for the low-hanging fruit. ]

I write and draw manga by trade.

[ There's a lot of things he could have said. Some of which would potentially be more interesting. ]

I don't think there's near as much use for that here as there was at home, though.

[nobodylikeshim]

Oh, I dunno.

Everyone likes some good smut. I am sure they would love to see what story you draw up.

[penpoint]

[ Oh.

Oh no.

He doesn't sound nearly as displeased as he is by the suggestion. ]

I don't draw pornography. I write shonen manga with plot and interesting characters.

[nobodylikeshim]

[ .... ]

Well, there has to be some fanservice, right? You don't draw it all straight without a little philanthropy to your fans, do you?

[penpoint]

I don't toss in things just to help someone get off.

[ Unless they get off on the less-than-traditional things, of course. Like - do horror and psychological thrillers get you off? Rohan doesn't want to know. ]

And no one who reads my work expects it, either. They want horror, they want thrills, they don't want fanservice. And if they do, there's other publications for that.

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[nobodylikeshim]

Ah.

[ Hisoka is fairly certain there is probably some smut being written about Rohan's characters. Maybe even drawn. Ignorance and innocence is bliss, hm? ]

[nobodylikeshim]

I think people would be happy with all of those things.

[ As a man who ran through an entire otome city and who is an entertainer himself, he knows. ]

Merely giving some feedback? Maybe, needed feedback.

[penpoint]

No feedback needed. It's not what I do, and not what fans ask for of me.

[ He would have to be pretty desperate to consider it. ]

You're a magician, right? People don't suddenly ask you to drive a taxi, do they?

[nobodylikeshim]

Mmmmmmm.

[ Eh? ]

That's hardly the same. The two occupations couldn't be called the same. Besides, people would like to see me rather than see a vehicle.