Filing taxes...
Question: What to do tomorrow?
Response: Finish Deema's taxes.
Finishing Deema's taxes had taken you longer than you'd like. You'd had to amend the last few years after she had discovered (or 'discovered', and you're not sure which bothers you more) a diary of expenses going back a few years, and long arguments about deductions ('Everyday shoes aren't a business expense!') set you back even further.
'Sign here,' you tell Deema the next morning after breakfast, and place another statement in front of her.
'You should be able to forge my signature by now,' she grumbles as she marks her name.
'Nope.'
'Nobody up here cares,' she adds.
'I'm still a registered bookkeeper,' you say. 'I've got my ethics.' You still don't know if you'll renew your registration.
'Bookkeepers can't complete tax returns.'
'Bookkeepers who aren't also accountants can't provide it as a service. And you're not paying me. This is just your apprentice helping you out.'
She mutters something that sounds suspiciously like 'I hate you,' and signs the next statement.
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You carefully pack Deema's returns into your trusty pack and walk into the town hall.
A tired looking clerk nods vaguely as she half-listens to you explain that you're lodging current and amended returns. She flicks through your stack of papers and lets you know they'll be processed within a few weeks.
Your over-explaining must have alerted her somewhat to your background because before you leave she says, 'There's information on becoming a tax help volunteer on the noticeboard in the foyer.'
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Before leaving the cottage you had armed yourself with a brush to scrape paint off the rocks. It doesn't have to be a good job, you reason, just enough of a job to interrupt the sigil. Still, remembering the volume of rocks you painted puts you off enough to start near the platform where you can at least take comfort in the sight and smell of the sea.
It's when you're sitting cross-legged in the dirt scrubbing a stone that you hear a sharp whistle and look up. Lex is at the top of the stairs, looking bedraggled and exhausted, and they point to the stone in your hand with a raised eyebrow.
You shrug and wave them over. You're not sure how to communicate 'currently scrubbing sigils.'
'What are you up to?' Lex asks as they squat down next to you.
'Scrubbing the paint off these rocks.'
They take a moment to think that over. 'How did the paint go on?'
'Ah. Me.' Before they can rib you you ask, 'Nice swim?'
'Nope. Fell in.' They don't bother to wring water out. 'That's a lot of rocks,' they say, probably before you can rib them.
'Don't get me started,' you sigh.
Celebrating this story's one year anniversary by talking about taxes #adulting #worldbuilding
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Just though if this from your post,
So like imagine shuichi needs to get mouth surgery and from my experience there’s a lot of blood in like the two hours after
Now imagine his parents driving him home after and shuichi being numbed up starts just water falling blood from his mouth
Now imagine byakuya watching in horror as his son, his boy, his universe, his pride and joy releases blood from his mouth
Now my question is, how do you think he would respond
ok so first things first we're gonna establish where everyone is in the car tm. In the front, we have Kirigiri driving and Togami in the passenger seat, with Naegi and Shuichi in the backseat.
(Gonna end up drawing on the last time I had to go into the dentist for surgery, which was like a year ago to get a tooth filled)
Bitty Bucko is totally out of it from being fresh off the surgery slab so I don't think he'd notice or at least even fully feel it depending on how heavily numbed up he was.
Naegi, sitting right next to him, would probably be first to notice. He claims to be the most basic of basic boys so I have to assume he's been to the dentist a normal human amount of times (He's never had braces tho because I will take tooth gap Naegi to my grave) and would just try his best to help Shuichi clean it up.
So yeah Shuichi gets cleaned up real quick but not long after The Front Seat Duo Tee Em and to prevent Togami from getting them all killed on accident they pull over so he can check on him✨
Homeboy gets him some water, helps him clean up, then when they all get home Shuichi gets some hot coco and a much needed nap. Togami also took Naegi's spot next to Shuichi so that if it happened again he could help Shuichi out without them having to stop.
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— HOW DOES YOUR OC CRY?
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SILENT
a lot has happened to you. its demoralizing, i know. you cry with your head leaning against the wall, tears streaking your face. your lip quivers but your mouth stays firmly closed. you keep your problems to yourself to not bother anyone.
FRUSTRATED
so many big things have happened that a little one sets you off. your angry and that anger turns to hot tears. you scream in frustration and try to verbally or physically release all of the anger by yelling/throwing things. eventually you fall into a pile on the floor full of brokenness.
SOB
you are a sob. youve been through so much and the pain has finally caught up to you. you make soft broken noises as you cry. your life has been hard and everythings piled up on you, and in this moment it becomes too much. you sob for a few minutes before the tears stop and you just lay in pain. one of the worst cries.
HAPPY
a lot may have happened to you, but in this moment it doesnt matter. everything will fall into place as God [the seven] intends it to. you know you will be okay, because whatever caused this cry is how it needs to be. the future is bright and so is your renewed sense of hope.
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u said u dont have a lance doctorate but luckily I DO . lance/silver is good. listen to me. this isn’t propaganda (it is)
brat tamer lance ok. ok. silver is a bratty kid with daddy issues and a suppressed praise kink and lance is either going to fix him or fuck him trying. think abt it
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Hello, ☔ anon! Ok first things first: :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O I AM LISTENING VERY INTENTLY I AM PUTTING 100% OF MY NEURONS TO WORK
Thank you for offering me your doctorate for good things!!! So I have thoughts now!! Like, I always knew Lance more as more goody guy, if at times to dipping ridiculous levels but... I guess he didn't manage all the dragons being nice, so maybe there is something underneath that.
And maybe maybe as much as Lance really wants to be nice and help Silver out on his path in becoming a better trainer and person... But Silver is bratty and tsundere and mildly traumatized and can't deal with/doesn't want Lance's goodness. And maybe Lance genuinely wants to do this nice way but one day Silver is particularly bratty and maybe says something that makes Lance snap and go ok, I tried.
Silver would probably be a little scared seeing Lance do, well, maybe not a 180 but definitely he would never expect to be manhandled so roughly by this guy of all people like this... Maybe even dip a bit into a dubcon territory but they are both a bit fed up? Maybe even mid-training, just right there, on a ground and still entirely clothed, somewhere away from people but still in plain daylight.
(And later Lance will apologize for being so rough and praise him for enduring it and Silver clings to him and notes for the future what made all of this happen and ponder how else he can put ice under that dragon's scales uwu)
I hope those are correct conclusions based on subject matter dear professor from Lance studies ;w;
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future, exit and friendship for kai please!!
Thank you for the ask @magebastard !
Future: Is there anyone your OC is looking forward to meeting or to seeing again? Who? What might that meeting or reunion look like?
His and Nat's future kids. Haha, no. I don't see Kai the type of person to get hype about meeting anyone. I feel MAYBE if it was some RENOWNED scientist whose works he's been reading up on. I don't feel there is anyone in the TWC universe that isn't currently in his life that he misses or cares about. [Like if Mason or Nat were away for some time, he'd look forward to seeing them again. But they're sticking to him like glue, so.] I suppose he's a tad curious about the Agency, but not enough to look forward to it.
Exit: Has your OC ever had someone important leave their life in a way that was unremarkable, unintentional, or clumsy? How do they feel about it? Is there any chance they'll meet again?
Does Rebecca count? It was both remarkable - because she was his mother, because he depended on her - and unremarkable, in that it wasn't some grand thing. She's back in his life. But it might be to say that she exists parallel into his life and sometimes there is crossing, but despite her best efforts, I cannot see Kai ever letting her have that much of an impact to him again. [But we shall see.]
I think that answers the question? Oh. How did they feel. Hurt, resigned, and determined not to let her hurt him again. I think the last time he really considered her as someone he needed was a straw that broke the camel back situation -- like she'd disappointed him before and he was hoping she would not, but alas ...
Friendship: What's your OC like as a friend? How are they at making new friends? What are the most important friendships in your OC's life?
I think he is a good friend even tho he isn't the most emotional. He is logical and not easily startled [especially not outwardly]. He also is loyal and -- fond, affectionate in his own way/people he's very close to. He is a good friend to the people to get to him, like I feel most wouldn't think he is but those who love him work the best for the way he loves [does that makes sense?] They understand him and ae flattered by that attention.
He's abysmal, I feel. But mostly because he has no desire to, most of the time. And also his personality -- because I feel even with his personality he could likely make more friends, but he doesn't lmao. I would say Nat and Mason are the most important friendships in his life. I am sure Tina would love to say she's on the list, but Kai sees her as a work friend [at best. acquaintance really.]
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