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[tinflower]

She asked us for gossip?

[ Does that spark a memory?? ]

[nobraincell]

...Her name was Tatiana?

[Memory sparked!!]

[tinflower]

[ Nodding! ] It's her network name, too. That's what she's going by.

[ She sent everyone a voice message, Chu Wenshan! If you ever bothered to check those.... ]

[nobraincell]

[To be fair, he has trouble understanding what she's talking about ever, so he tends to tune her out.....anyway, he nods as well.]

So you're going to give her our information?

[This isn't said in a judging tone or anything. Though maybe that's hard to tell with Chu Wenshan?]

[tinflower]

Just what you want to give her. You can lie, too. She said she would tell us more about what's going on if we told her about everyone, but-- I'm not gonna sell people out without their permission. And they can sell themselves out.

[ But, Gorgug looks at Chu Wenshan. ]

I'll show you my profile, too. My real one.

[nobraincell]

[Oh...well that's very thoughtful of Gorgug. Maybe he should say that compliment out loud?]

I'm bad at lying.

[Followed by a short pause as they approach the store.] Do you want to show your profile? I can tell you about me regardless.

[tinflower]

[ Gorgug doesn't go in first since it's Chu Wenshan that's going to the store. So he stops when Chu Wenshan stops. ]

I don't care about telling you mine. My friends wanted me to have a fake one. [ And even wrote it.. because he's bad at lying, too. ] But I'm kind of curious what you would tell someone who wants to know about us. Without hearing mine, first.

[ What would a guy like Chu Wenshan come up with? ]

[nobraincell]

[About himself, huh...Chu Wenshan turns his gaze upwards as he thinks.]

I'm a martial artist, currently in my twenties, no longer wandering. I'm good at physical labor. [uhhh] ...I...have relatives?

[tinflower]

[ Whoa. He would comment on the overall profile, but that last part.... ]

Have you met them?

[nobraincell]

[?]

I haven't visited my parents in a while, but my brother's here with me.

[tinflower]

Oh, you meant here? That's noteworthy.

[ As much as anything else. Gorgug nods. ]

That's the same as what I put for my profile. Under twenty, I go to an adventuring school, and I'm studying two skill classes and I used to be in a band.

[ Though... ]

Did you stop wandering before you came here?

[nobraincell]

There's schools that teach adventuring?

[Trying to imagine what kind of things you'd learn there...how to build a campfire? How not to eat that farmer's cow? Gorgug gets another nod though, regardless.]

I met my goal shortly before I arrived, so there was no reason for me to keep wandering.

[tinflower]

Ohhh.... okay.

[ That answers that. And that's about what Gorgug was interested in, so! He'll answer Chu Wenshan's question in return: ]

Yeah, we have an adventuring academy where we have lessons on what class we want to be, and then lessons on actually going out and surviving in the world. I learn how to hit things hard with an axe, and how to make magic and gadgets work together.

[nobraincell]

[That answer only prompts a new question:]

You can be a class?

[tinflower]

Yeah. That's what we call what you study in. So... you're a martial artist? You're a fighter?

[ Time to explain classes!! Or try!! ]

[nobraincell]

I am...

[So it's like...a job? But wait, if he's not a wandering martial artist anymore, then-]

Is that still my class? If I'm not fighting. [But he can't for the life of him figure out what he'd be right now then. Does he even have a job? What's the closest he can think of?] .........Househusband?

[tinflower]

...you're married?

[ That's not relevant, but also? He is?? He has a partner and kids??? ]

[nobraincell]

I'm not. But I'm helping with chores.

[This is somehow equivalent?]

[tinflower]

...I think your class would still be the fighting style you learned. You still learned it. Even if you're not using it.

[ Right? Right?? ]

You just sound out of a job right now.

[nobraincell]

[So class isn't your job, it's your fighting style...?]

I wasn't employed before, either.

[He's just gonna start moving again now that he's more or less done thinking.]

[tinflower]

[ Hmm-- ] I don't know if you're gonna get a job here, either.

[ Does Gorgug want anything from this shop before they leave? ... ]

Wait, I'm gonna get some of that- [ Hold on, Chu Wenshan!! He's going to pick up some ribs!!! Well, after he grabs a bag. A bag would help. Just stick the fresh ribs in a fresh bag, right... ]

[nobraincell]

You're sure househusband doesn't count?

[Ooh, ribs...Chu Wenshan hefts three huge sacks of rice onto his shoulder (it doesn't go bad, right? More is better, right?) and then attempts to also reach for some ribs himself, because those look tasty. Does he need a bag for that?]

[tinflower]

I don't know-- who are you a househusband to? To the house? Is being married a job?

[ The real question is, Chu Wenshan: Do you want to put it in a bag? Do you think Gorgug is going to stop you from going bagless? ]

[nobraincell]

I don't know...it seems like a job? You're right though, I can't be a husband if I'm not married.

...So I'm jobless after all.

[Isn't that generally considered a bad thing, though? But if nobody has a job, maybe that cancels it out? Also the main reason Chu Wenshan isn't getting a bag is because he grabbed the ribs with one hand and his other hand is full with rice and he doesn't have a third hand, so—]

[tinflower]

You don't need to feel bad. We're all jobless here.

[ Not that Gorgug can read Chu Wenshan's mind, but the idea that he's jobless doesn't seem like it should be a big deal considering their circumstance. What would they even be doing? Pretending to work in a shop.

Gorgug does look at the exposed ribs, and you know what about that question before? ]

--do you want a bag for that?

[ He did it. He asked the question!! But only because carrying those rice bags and holding onto raw ribs might be a hassle... ]