[IC] Inbox (Cerealia)

[hamham]

You have contacted Gundam Tanaka, Supreme Overlord of Ice!! State your business and perhaps I will contact you at a future date if it intrigues me...

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[hamham]

What else would I have been referring to?

[Duh, Leon.]

A family cat, I see...no, he did not have any hermit crabs of his own. It was a school pet.

[A family cat...that's not bad. While it's not a personal pact that he'd made, the creature likely watched over their family...]

[babermetrics]

Those count too, huh? Ain't it usually somethin' like bunnies if it's one o' those "teach the students about animals" things?

[He likes bunnies. He doesn't say so right now; it's not exactly cool to get all up on how cute bunnies are. But he does smile, some.]

I dunno if I've ever seen a hermit crab before! Doesn't sound like the kinda thing I'd wanna get my hands all over, though.

[hamham]

Lapines and rodents are typical creatures used in projects such as that, yes. They're cute, something which would entice humans to care for them.

[It's okay to admit that you like Leon. He loves cute animals.]

They are a type of crab which makes its home within empty shells. When not handled carefully, they are willing to snap their claws into flesh just as any crustacean would.

[babermetrics]

Soooo, what's that say about Hinata?

[Maybe this really is like a magazine personality quiz. "What kind of pet would you rather have?" Yeah, that's a legit kind of question. It's just that Gundam's quiz was written for some crazy parallel world magazine.]

[hamham]

His Magic Essence cannot raise above a measly five, unless he is able to make another pact with a beast of more power and skill.

[He's trash. But he's Gundam's trash.]

[babermetrics]

Ha ha! Five on a scale o' ten, right?

[Leon laughs; he can't help it. It's the weirdest diss he's ever heard. And sure, he's probably no better than a five, but it's still funny!]

So like, I'd totally be a ten if I could tame a tiger or somethin'?

[hamham]

Your scope is too small. It's well over ten. The scale is infinitely expanding as more creatures are discovered and tamed.

[Mortals.]

To be able to tame a tiger, it would take an essence level in the thousands.

[babermetrics]

Oh maaaan, you're sayin' Hinata's a five out of thousands? That's so cold!

[BUT HILARIOUS. Leon laughs; this is a pretty good diversion from everything else. And man, has he needed it, after a couple days in mostly-solitude, except for the one trip to Togami's. Togami has never in his life cheered anyone up.]

But you can touch him! Maybe you're kinda like a hermit crab yourself, huh?

[hamham]

Hah. It's not so much that I may compare with a hermit crab - [You're lucky he likes you enough not to take offense to that. Or well, only slight offense. That smile looks just as much like he wants to punch you as it looks amused.] - but that he possesses a rare quality that allows him to withstand the poison in my veins. To date, he is the only human I have met that has this trait.

[babermetrics]

I'm tellin' you, you've just gotta touch more people.

[The urge to throw an arm around him is so strong right now. Operation Touch Tanaka Gundam is officially the most homosexual operation Leon has ever been involved in, but also, extremely important.

He doesn't, though, his arm draped over the couch instead.]

I dunno, man, I bet if you had a shell you'd be in it like fifty percent of the time!