AUDIENCE: TAMA

[becomemod]

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[ballies]

it’s all new to me too. c’mon, i said i need distractions after this weekend. making you let me paint your nails can be one of them ♡

[becomemod]

Alright, alright. If you insist.

[ to the salon, he supposes... ]

[ballies]

[ she can sense the enthusiasm in that reply…


anyway. she is at the salon looking at all the polishes like help and what, and also what and help. ]

Do people need this many colours? I mean, they’re cute and all but you can’t wear them all.

[becomemod]

[ he's not bothered by it, actually. ]

They're probably not expecting one person to go through every single color.

[ballies]

Now that just sounds like a challenge.

[becomemod]

Then I'll look forward to seeing you complete it.

[ he will not be participating, but you go girl! ]

[ballies]

[ that's what he thinks. she's just holding out a hand. ]

[becomemod]

[ he gives paw! ]

Have you done this before? Nail art.

[ballies]

[ paw! ]

Nope.

[ good luck kanesan. ]

[becomemod]

[ hm. ]

Then make sure you do a good job. If I'm letting you do this, then the nail art has to look as good as the rest of me.

[ballies]

[ imagine if she was like "so 7/10 then?" and killed this cr dead (no) ]

No pressure.

You have to pick the colours though, but if you go for all red I'm going to call you boring.

[becomemod]

My theme color isn't actually red. It's a teal close to the Shinsengumi blue.

[ballies]

Shinsengumi blue?

[ just immediately assigns him shinsengumi otaku in her mind. although she does pull out a bottle from the shelf after this: ]

Like this?

[becomemod]

[ well, she isn't wrong. ]

Similar. A shade more green, I think.

[ picks one out that's closer to this and nods. they're so close but ssgm blue is yasusada's theme color. ]

But I also wear a lot of red, black, and gold. Why limit yourself to just one color?

[ballies]

[ looks at all this red in the design and then looks at ray. ]

You need a base though, right? Something to work around as the main design? So.. this annnnd...

[ she's selecting the next colour to compliment it.... black...? and white maybe...? ]

[becomemod]

[ what?? i didn't pick teal for his theme color. ]

I guess so. This is more in Kiyomitsu's wheelhouse than mine.

[ballies]

[ she will begin the art during all this. to her credit, she's taking her time and being veeerrrrryyy careful. ]

Kiyomitsu? Is that a friend of yours?

[becomemod]

[ he'll just watch in silence for a moment, curious what she's doing with it. ]

He is. [ don't tell kashuu he said that. ] We both served the Shinsengumi together. Our masters were very close.

[ballies]

[ she's working on a slightly more simple version of this ]

So you were a samurai, then...? I don't have my local files entirely to hand, but that's basic Japanese history.

[becomemod]

[ cute... izuminokami doesn't really have an opinion but he doesn't hate it. ]

We are the swords of samurai. Tsukumogami. I was wielded by Hijikata Toshizou.

[ballies]

[ she's winning. ]

...

[ huh.






... ]

They had the technology for uploading an AI to a sword back then?!

[becomemod]

[ ...laughs. ]

I'm not an AI, I'm the spirit of the sword Izuminokami Kanesada. It's got nothing to do with technology.

[ballies]

...


As far as I'm aware, ghosts don't exist though. Other than, you know. The ghost in the machine.

[becomemod]

[ he smiles, amused. ]

I know a sword famous for cutting down a ghost who would argue with you on that.

[ballies]

[ she's just stopped painting his nails to squint at him. ]




... This place is going to give me a headache. A... spirit? That's not so different to an AI, except... without the technology?