duel 8. text

[puzzlingly]

you know what?
being alive is pretty rad

「That's all. What? People are always telling the most ridiculous things over the network, why can't he?

No, he's not high, though, he should be.」



「Private: Law」

I'm sorry.

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[circumitus]

[In Rey's experience, it's fair not to assume that everyone has heard some of the most basic well-known places around here, and it doesn't help that she rarely speaks of her own world. She still has to dial it back with some.

[Matcha ramen, though.]

That just sounds like a crime against nature.

[Don't knock it until you try it, Rey.]

[puzzlingly]

It's... um... something.

「It was not that bad? He's not sure, his taste buds were confused.」

[circumitus]

[She hums, before devouring a whole little sandwich.]

Granted, I am not one to judge after trying Chorba El Jourad. Couldn't taste shit at the time, but the texture was... different.

[Mmm delicious bugs.]

[puzzlingly]

The what now?

「He goes for another of those sandwiches, that tea is such a good thing he no longer feels totally awful. Maybe he'll be able to keep his food down.」

[circumitus]

Locust soup.

[She says this with a straight face and a crunchy chomp of a cucumber-esque sandwich. Figures she'd go for the crunchy one. Of course.]

[puzzlingly]

「Meanwhile, Atem keeps his stare on her, almost imitating Rey's straight face, except his brow furrows gradually as he seems to be imagining it.」

But why?

[circumitus]

[A small smile slowly forms.]

Why not?

[puzzlingly]

Was it like... shrimp soup? The kind of soup you see the little things floating and watching you with their little black dead eyes? Was it good at least?

[circumitus]

Something like that, just with less crustaceans.

[Obviously. But there were plenty of little black dead eyes.

[She shrugs.] Like I said, couldn't taste anything at the time, so flavor didn't really matter anyway.

[puzzlingly]

That's cheating.

「Cheater!」

[circumitus]

[She gives him a flat look.]

Is it really cheating that my sense of taste was taken from me at the time? That wasn't my choice. [Just saying.]

[puzzlingly]

「He returns the flat look with a cheeky, thoughtful one.」 

Ye.

[circumitus]

[Wow, Atem. Just... wow.]

Rude.

[puzzlingly]

I've been told worse.

「S H R U G」