[i'm sorry i'm so bad at longterm threads....]

"what is the purge event like?"

[genuinely sorry for my absence. i'm not doing well anymore emotionally.]

"what is... miku hatsune."

"i have a pager..."

"it will? okay!" oh no she's convinced

"did you kill that banana?"

"Banana."

"...."

"i mean.... i think i know what you're trying to say?"

"well, i guess the fact you recommended that strange girl helped a bit. she's really noisy though." a small sigh as she orders some food. it seems to be simple tonkotsu ramen for now. "..... as for my job in general, i guess it's been a bit lackluster. i'm given things to do and then not given

"i ... guess i wouldn't mind that."

[sorry again for my inactivity. things have been busy.]

"yes. they recently opened this one and i think that it's become a sort of comfort location for me to go to after work." she smiles a bit, leaning against the table. they were probably seated not too long affter entering.

"ena is so cu--..." she cuts hersel of to start fidgeting like mad.

"uh... i'll take one."

"what. where did you get those?"

[thanks f or being patient w ith me]

[ok i'll get to replies in a bit here]

[hahah... stolen]

she takes the claw in her hand. it's a bit different but she thinks it's cute deep down. a sort of warm feeling grows in her, and she... actually smiles? still a nervous smile. "haha... okay," with that, she's walking with the other. seems recently a slightly new area was added with a lot of food

[sorry i couldn't help myself.]

"ena, why is the car asking for painkillers."

"oh, okay. umm..... do you like... sushi?" she would ask impulsively, "or perhaps... jjajangmyeon..." oh- "well, you said surprise... so um, i guess, uh. i'll just take you. let's go?" impulsively offering her hand. she's trembling a lot.

[sorry for vanishing last night, i got a really bad migraine... oof]

"alright... do you have any preferences?" it almost sounded like coral was trying to impress the other. given what she was doing, she got paid a decent bit and coral was well aware that ENA didn't particularly get treated well by others. ... she wanted to change that, if she could.

"...." she seems to put a hand to her face, a little bit of blush present but not much. "well... i..." she assumed, she'd have to speak up. "i was wondering... if... you..." "...." inhale. standing up straight, sweating. "if you'd like to go out to eat with me."

@auctiondays.bsky.social "hey um... ena." it was a little awkward, she wasn't one to approach others because she was a little bit on the shy side, but overall she also wasn't used to, well, talking. "... so, i... got paid. i was wondering if you... uh..." oh?

[where did that one person go?]

"ena... i don't think drinking on the job is a good idea."

"uh... oh-kay...?" she keeps the name in mind, and she's pretty decent at doing that given her ability as, um... a living fax machine? yeah, that. "jaaku, okay. you seem really energetic, and... that's a little overwhelming for me, but.... it's still nice to meet you. call me coral, i guess."

[wouh.... hi? um]

"oh, uh.."

[why was this posted in drawn out romaji and not english or the actual language? kinda silly]

"uh... sure, okay. i guess i have spare time."

[um also if i miss replies please don't feel bad boosting them , i amm, a very forgetful girl]

"Are people getting.... 'killed'? oh geez. please leave me out of this, dealing with cleanup isn't part of my job description."

"why is the lonely door called that if you're not really lonely when you go in there? it's just bathrooms."

[taskicoral is kinda cute too though.]

[iirc coral is korean... so i may use my knowledge of asian foods and what not for her.]

"that sounds oddly similar to a drink i've had before, but it's mostly just green vegetables. a lot of kids hate it, but it's realy good for you."

"no, no, i'm ... just not the best at talking to people. lately i've been getting more attention than i'm used to, and i don't really like drawing any noticeability to myself on purpose."

"it's uh... uh..." shit, this is a lot more interaction than she thought she was going to get over a cup of coffee. "... mint-chocolate, so... sweet."

"uh... you don't know about coffee?" she sweats a bit, rubbing the back of her head while holding her cup in the other hand. "It's basically ground-up coffee beans. you put them in a machine that uses hot water to create a drink that's used for energy. haha..."

[i feel like when i get a job i'm just gonna be exactly like coral. it's nice to have a connection to a character like this.]

"i have made a cup of coffee. ok."

"uh... hi... that's an introduction." she looks too nervous for this. "you look like someone i kinda might-- no, nevermind. um." fidgeting with her glasses, hten her own hands, she looks away. "uh... do you need something...?"

"assistance... um... on what? going to eat, or the horse door thing? apparently we're trying to find someone... to... manage the inaguration of the horse door's genie after all, but... can't find anyone..." sweating more. shit, the first thing sorta sounded like a date offer? she didn't intend for

"oh... i still haven't... gotten any things done for the horse door. i'm trying, but everything is just frustrating and hard to figure out." all the while, she's starting to sweat, her eyes avoiding contact with ena's. "i haven't eaten yet either, but i feel so uncomfortable for not getting

[do you ever feel like something just doesn't feel right anymore, then you have to switch to something else that feels right. then that thing stops feeling right. then you go back to the other thing because it feels right again, and then]