004 ♥ TEXT ♦ Anonymous

[debauchewy]

[He's back. Ah, and not much time has passed here, has it? Might as well prod at the network a little, though why not make it a bit of a game? He did have that endearing persona he used once before against... who was that again?]

[Oh well.]

when u show up here with rly cool powers u probably would feel pretty bad not using them 2 b a hero huh? (っ◞‸◟c)

ahhh but isnt that scary?? how strong do u have 2 b 2 jump a building?? all u heroes must b rly strong. wats the most heroy thing uve done here?? how can i get good at it! ᕙ(⇀‸↼!!)ᕗ

[Guess who.]

[Or don't. You can also just tell him about cool stuff you've done to make yourself a potential target and be fawned over and complimented because you're so cool.]

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Wicked.

[debauchewy]

should i alter my personal glossary 2 keep u interested then?

or perhaps ur above anything considered coy? i can work with that. ♥

[A flag up. He's been more and more intrigued by the bookish type. Definitely no reason behind that.]

[kreiastophe]

[Weird.]

Oh, no, that's acceptable. This should help you along. [Here's a link to an online thesaurus.

And it's a little after this Krei is provided a name. He'll keep it to himself, for the moment.]

[debauchewy]

[Yep.]

this must b wat u meant by other ways 2 help. u swept in and so graciously made me aware how foolish i sounded.

uve saved me. ♥

tho i hope this isnt the extent of wat ur capable of. ♠

[kreiastophe]

[Weird, but maybe a little amusing.]

Still something of a work in progress, but we'll get there.

As for what I'm capable of... if we were to go by your understanding of what a hero is, I wouldn't be one of them. I'm not guided by what I'm capable of.

[debauchewy]

[Oh, a little amusing? Too kind.]

wat r u guided by then?

[kreiastophe]

Reasoning. Preference. Either or.

What are you guided by, Hisoka?

[debauchewy]

o u cheater. ♥

[Ah, he's smiling now.]

[Such a smart ass answer, who isn't guided by those two things?]

of course the same!

[kreiastophe]

I can't accept that answer, it's much too boring. You've an obligation to keep me interested, remember?

[There's a lot more smartass-ery where that came from.]

[debauchewy]

only if its a mutual obligation, or m i 2 entertain myself by trying hard 2 keep u here? ♦

[Great. Give it to him. Clever banter is always welcome, there's often a lack of it in this place. Though it'd probably help if he didn't always piss people off or come off as creepy.]

[kreiastophe]

Consider it a challenge.

- Or something else of your choosing, I'm not fussed. Whatever tempts you most.

[Getting rid of the hearts would be a start. Those should be used exclusively by teenagers, buddy.]

[debauchewy]

[Oh that probably sounded like he wanted to try and come off less annoying and creepy. He doesn't, he's fine like this. He likes his card suits.]

[He feels like he's being purposely led on here due to this person's word choices, but he's honestly too amused to care. He hopes he's being led on.]

ur lucky im fond of challenges. ♥

[Heart heart heart.]

i certainly dont need much more tempting 2 continue interesting u. r u always so intriguing? ♥

[kreiastophe]

[Squints at those hearts. What did he do to deserve this?]

I couldn't say. It's not the sort of thing you would usually observe in yourself, is it?

But I can tell you I find you fairly intriguing, so it'd be nice if I had something more than just your texting style to work with. Audio, maybe. Video, if you're feeling generous.

text -> Audio

[debauchewy]

o is my vocabulary still 2 childish 4 u?

i wonder wat reasons and preferences have u intrigued.

[But he'll bite. Switching to audio and letting out a small breath. The voice that follows is low, mature, belonging to a man.]

I'd be sad if my texting alone scared you away.

[kreiastophe]

It would have taken a lot more hearts and abbreviations to scare me away. A full page before I lost my patience, perhaps.

[debauchewy]

Well I can't be bothered typing out full words constantly. And what's so bad about hearts?

[kreiastophe]

Well, you see...

...

I'd like you to make an educated guess.

[Because how do you even explain something like that.]

[debauchewy]

A man of my age shouldn't be typing like a child?

[He's chuckling.]

[kreiastophe]

We can go with that, yes.

[debauchewy]

I won't be changing it any time soon, I'm afraid. But thank you for the advice.

You disliked how I typed, I assume at the start of the post, and yet you still responded? Were you intrigued even then, or just really trying to help someone? [A small sound, 'hm', what can barely be called a laugh.]

Trying to, and had the time, of course.

[kreiastophe]

I’m not that picky about who I interact with. I saw you 'needed help', and that you were anonymous - which I found curious, so I responded.

I probably wouldn't have brought up the texting style at all had I not noticed early on that you weren't being entirely honest about your ignorance. I'll even admit to liking the emoticons a little bit.

[He wouldn't use them himself... but he would look through an entire page of them if there was one available.]

[debauchewy]

They are cute.

Though still not something a man of my age often indulges in. I wonder if that's usually from a lack of interest or embarrassment?

[A pause, closing his eyes.]

How smart to not be picky. How can you ever know what is truly there unless you take the time to look? Do you usually seek out things that could be hidden from you?

[kreiastophe]

Doesn't everyone? We all experience some degree of curiosity, and there are a lot of curious people here to pique that. The imPorts in particular.

[He doesn't even know he's talking to a magic clown magician, but if he did...]

[debauchewy]

['But if he did' could be ominous. Hopefully it means he'd be even more curious.]

The imPorts alone. Those of this world don't have much to offer. But I can be difficult to keep entertained for long. [Truly entertained of course.]

[kreiastophe]

[They've history with the portal, but Krei skips over that.]

...Well, I can't disagree. I'm often occupied by the natives - working alongside them, for them, etcetera - but I'm rarely entertained, and not from lack of trying, believe me. I'm just accustomed to a great deal more stimulation than they can provide me. The other imports make things bearable.

[He's been surrounded by genius' his entire life. Suddenly being thrown among normal people is awful. Without imPorts, he'd probably have no stimulating conversations whatsoever.]

[A muffed sigh, like he's tried and failed to silence it by biting down.]

So, I take it you like to associate with heroes? Or is it just, ah... strong individuals?

[debauchewy]

Stimulation like?

[Speaking his language, word for word.]

Beeng-go. [An accent there, it's odd, not japanese but... like it? Strange.]

Strong in various ways. I'm impressed by the impressive. There's value in anyone that gives themselves value. [A genius composure, an expert surgeon, a cut throat fencer, but those are just a few very simple examples.]