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[decrypts]

[801 has been exploring. he's met .. some very interesting people - to say the very least - heard some really weird shit and is pretty much done with trying to figure things out.

for now. he'll pick it back up eventually, but right this very second .. he's in a bathhouse, right? might as well check out some of these baths at his immediate disposal. and since the floor immediately beneath the one he'd woken up on has them ..

really, why the hell not? plus .. how is he supposed to go around trying to figure things out if he's all stressed out and tight in his shoulders and -

okay. so maybe he's just looking for an excuse to utilize these baths. take it easy. relax.

yep. this is totally happening.]

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[decrypts]

[see, 801 is pretty sure he's never been in anything like this before - at least he thinks he hasn't - but it feels nice, just the same. he settles himself a little further, sighing softly in contentment.] It is, isn't it? Kinda takes your mind off of all the shit that's going on here.

[which basically just means he has no idea what's going on, anyway. and that's fine.]

[inhumanity]

[He smiles, and it's not an unpleasant smile (..well, teeth) but it is distinctly off.] That is probably for the best.

[decrypts]

[whoa that .. smile is a little disconcerting, but .. it's a smile, right? he doesn't see any reason to be put off by that.

still. um. yeah! okay. just smiling back.] I think so, yeah.

[inhumanity]

[And Christopher smiles and sinks right under the water, right up to his nose. ...Yes he's doing the blowing-bubbles thing. HE IS A MATURE ADULT SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH]

[decrypts]

[okay now he's just amused at the fact that he sinks in right up to his nose. and –

are you seriously blowing bubbles with your nose. are you seriously doing that.

yep. 801 is laughing. 801 is laughing his damn fool head off and he can't stop to save his life.

YOU CAN'T TELL HIM WHAT TO DO YOU'RE NOT HIS REAL DAD. YOU SHUT UP.]

[inhumanity]

[1008 looks up at him with such doe-eyed innocence that it is pretty much impossible to believe that he is capable of doing anyone harm. It's as if he can't understand why anyone wouldn't blow bubbles in the bath. He pops ups his head up for a moment.] You might try it.

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[all he gives is an eyebrow raise -

before he's sinking a little lower into the water, enough to submerge his nose, and ..

he lets out a puff of air, and watches the bubbles that filter to the surface with such fascination that he's momentarily speechless.

y e p.

mystified.]

[inhumanity]

[yes they have done the greatest things ever with their lives]

[he likes this enough to keep doing it for a while]

[decrypts]

[801, on the other hand, stops after a second. because it makes his nose feel funny and he's pretty sure if he keeps it up he's going to end up getting some water up there.

and that's gonna burn.

still. interesting feeling.] So .. do you blow nose-bubbles often?

[inhumanity]

[popping up enough so his mouth is out of the water.] I don't know.

[decrypts]

[he's just gonna blow another couple of bubbles before he answers.

shut up.] Hm .. [and a couple more bubbles.

this really is more entertaining than it should be.]

[inhumanity]

Fun. [And back under water for bubbles.]

[decrypts]

[he's just. going to stare at him again for a second.

.. and then blow a few more bubbles.

yeah .. this is pretty fun.]

[inhumanity]

[What is this mature pair of killers.]

[decrypts]

[this mature pair of killers is too busy blowing goddamn bubbles with their noses to worry about anything else.

because seriously. there is nothing better in life right now.]

[inhumanity]

[oh god Christopher just... laughed really happily which means more bubbles]

[THIS IS PARADISE, EUTOPIA, THE GARDEN OF EDEN??]

[decrypts]

[that laughter has him pausing, surfacing just enough to ask:] S'funny?

[as if there isn't already enough hilarity going on here. he has to know.

oh my god christopher you're weird.]

[inhumanity]

I'm happy.

[no you are weird because you are not laughing about bubbles!!!]

[decrypts]

[BUT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SO HAPPY ABOUT BUBBLES.

.. but that doesn't mean he isn't going to go back to it.] Well .. that's something.

[he's got nothin'. man.]