--shit's supposed to record my voice? Why the fuck would I want to leave a message on this thing anyway? They should know who the fuck they're calling if they're calling me in the first place, and obviously I'm not gonna pick up if I don't like them so...
There's nothing wrong with being a ghost. But for some reason everyone seems to think "ghoul" and "ghost" mean the same thing. Or "ghoul" and "zombie". I'm definitely not a fucking zombie, that's fucking gross.
[But as for a vampire--]
What the fuck, vampires aren't real!
[...naki you're talking to a ghost possessing a robot and you eat people, is this really what you're going to focus on]
They're monsters just like everyone else, sweetheart, and our bodies are very deeply connected to our souls. Once our bodies die, our souls won't last, either.
So dead people sticking around in any form, ghost or otherwise, isn't possible for us.
[As much sense as anything in your world makes, anyway.]
My world's closer to this one, we have ghost stories and shit. But obviously we don't have Ghost-type Pokémon, so it's just... people-ghosts. And they're not real.
A ghoul. We look like humans, but we're way stronger and faster and we've got a kagune that we can use as a weapon. It's uh... a part of our body? Mine's...
[He pauses, trying to think of how to describe it.]
[Naki gets to work, taking a moment to figure out how to draw it. His art's definitely not great, but it's good enough to get the point across. He draws a basic outline of a person from the back, showing where the kagune would come from and what it would look like before moving on to a brief sketch of how it would look from the front. He also draws what his eyes would look like while he explains.]
When we use it, our eyes turn black like this. The colored part is always red, which obviously doesn't matter for me, since my eyes are always red. Oh, and everyone has a different kagune, this is just what mine looks like. It's a koukaku type, so it's supposed to be good for shielding, but I don't bother with that.
[His isn't really suited for serving as a shield anyway, it's a bit too thin for that.]
[For what it's worth, he looks absolutely fascinated by all that.]
That sounds amazing, darling! I don't think we have anything similar to that in the Underground - we all have magic, of course, and sometimes monsters' eyes will change when they use it...but we don't really have physical weapons like that.
So really, I've never seen anything like it - and it's not often that people get to hear me say something like that. So feel flattered!
I really miss it sometimes. I still try to use it when I'm not really thinking about it. But I guess that's pretty normal, it's been a part of me forever, so it'll take longer than a year to stop doing that.
[And it's...strange, really, to have actually asked that; it isn't something that he'd thought about before it left his mouth, but there's something satisfying about the idea of performing for someone who explicitly asked him to.]
I'll make it a show you won't forget, then - you deserve the best, after all!
[And he looks really damn pleased with that, so the flattery clearly worked!!]
I can at least show you the eye thing, though uh... I don't really have great control over it so I kinda accidentally do it anyway. But it looks really fucking cool!
[Naki pauses for a moment before shaking his head and forcing himself to continue.]
I was locked up by humans for awhile. They give you a rank based on how dangerous they think you are and I was S-ranked. So I was kept alone, starved so I was weakened, and they... weren't kind. To put it lightly. I'm pretty sure my hearing's fucked up because of them, but it wasn't like it was great to begin with.
I fucking hate humans. At least, the ones from my world. They've got an organization specifically to hunt and kill ghouls and they make weapons from our kagunes. They're fucking horrible.
...So even if no one here would care... I don't want them to know.
[He'll listen to all that, though he's not making eye contact while Naki talks; his eyes slide closed after a moment, his expression going strangely agitated in a way that it normally doesn't as Naki finishes up with all that.]
...Well. I...can't agree with hating humans, but that might be because monsters just don't. We're not hateful people. For a lot of reasons.
[...They're actually biologically hardwired to not hate people, to hear some talk about it, but that's neither here nor there and he suspects in this context it's probably kinda creepy? So let's not with that.]
I've always been...interested in them, though. Perhaps more importantly, they inspire me. They've given me a direction and showed me what I want to do with my life, they just did it indirectly.
...But that's not all there is to it. Humans are the reason monsters are sealed underground, after all. Even if I'm not suffering... Well, I know most people are. I can alleviate that a little, so I do, but...
[...]
I don't know. They're not that great where I came from, either.
The point is that I'm not going to say anything to them, even if I personally like them.
...Thanks. And it's alright if you like them. Some ghouls like humans too, for some strange reason I don't think I'll ever get.
My life has sucked because of humans, but I know that's just my experiences. Other people can like humans and it's not going to hurt me any. As long as my secret's safe, it's fine.
...Besides, there are a lot of humans here that I think would be way better about it.
[Granted, that's without telling them what he eats, but uh. That's not important!!]
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[But as for a vampire--]
What the fuck, vampires aren't real!
[...naki you're talking to a ghost possessing a robot and you eat people, is this really what you're going to focus on]
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[Anyway.]
But really. People like to insist that ghosts are actually dead people? When...no. No, not really. No.
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[He really shouldn't be surprised...]
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So dead people sticking around in any form, ghost or otherwise, isn't possible for us.
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[As much sense as anything in your world makes, anyway.]
My world's closer to this one, we have ghost stories and shit. But obviously we don't have Ghost-type Pokémon, so it's just... people-ghosts. And they're not real.
[Probably.]
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[...]
So what...are you, exactly, if you're not a zombie or a ghost?
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[He pauses, trying to think of how to describe it.]
Can I borrow your book? I can draw it.
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[He'll just...pass that over, then, and move to settle back next to him again.]
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When we use it, our eyes turn black like this. The colored part is always red, which obviously doesn't matter for me, since my eyes are always red. Oh, and everyone has a different kagune, this is just what mine looks like. It's a koukaku type, so it's supposed to be good for shielding, but I don't bother with that.
[His isn't really suited for serving as a shield anyway, it's a bit too thin for that.]
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That sounds amazing, darling! I don't think we have anything similar to that in the Underground - we all have magic, of course, and sometimes monsters' eyes will change when they use it...but we don't really have physical weapons like that.
So really, I've never seen anything like it - and it's not often that people get to hear me say something like that. So feel flattered!
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[And he definitely sounds it, alright.]
I really miss it sometimes. I still try to use it when I'm not really thinking about it. But I guess that's pretty normal, it's been a part of me forever, so it'll take longer than a year to stop doing that.
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I'll make it a show you won't forget, then - you deserve the best, after all!
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[And he looks really damn pleased with that, so the flattery clearly worked!!]
I can at least show you the eye thing, though uh... I don't really have great control over it so I kinda accidentally do it anyway. But it looks really fucking cool!
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[...]
And... Well, thanks for telling me about all that, Naki.
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[...]
Literally. I don't want anyone else knowing about that...
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[He kind of pauses for a moment, though.]
It's a bad thing, where you're from. Right?
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[Naki pauses for a moment before shaking his head and forcing himself to continue.]
I was locked up by humans for awhile. They give you a rank based on how dangerous they think you are and I was S-ranked. So I was kept alone, starved so I was weakened, and they... weren't kind. To put it lightly. I'm pretty sure my hearing's fucked up because of them, but it wasn't like it was great to begin with.
I fucking hate humans. At least, the ones from my world. They've got an organization specifically to hunt and kill ghouls and they make weapons from our kagunes. They're fucking horrible.
...So even if no one here would care... I don't want them to know.
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...Well. I...can't agree with hating humans, but that might be because monsters just don't. We're not hateful people. For a lot of reasons.
[...They're actually biologically hardwired to not hate people, to hear some talk about it, but that's neither here nor there and he suspects in this context it's probably kinda creepy? So let's not with that.]
I've always been...interested in them, though. Perhaps more importantly, they inspire me. They've given me a direction and showed me what I want to do with my life, they just did it indirectly.
...But that's not all there is to it. Humans are the reason monsters are sealed underground, after all. Even if I'm not suffering... Well, I know most people are. I can alleviate that a little, so I do, but...
[...]
I don't know. They're not that great where I came from, either.
The point is that I'm not going to say anything to them, even if I personally like them.
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My life has sucked because of humans, but I know that's just my experiences. Other people can like humans and it's not going to hurt me any. As long as my secret's safe, it's fine.
...Besides, there are a lot of humans here that I think would be way better about it.
[Granted, that's without telling them what he eats, but uh. That's not important!!]
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[...Mettaton, you can't just.]
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[He sounds totally baffled by this, okay.]
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