[OPEN] fastforwarded to december 1. open house!!

[overstrain]

[ On December 1st, Hirajiro's residential district goes through a minor change, which is having Terry's two-story house appear right next to the Black Cat house. With Orien's help, Terry bought the land that the house sits on. Anyway, the house has two floors. The entire first floor has a living room, kitchen, and a bathroom with sink, toilet, and shower. When you climb up the stairs, you'll reach the second floor, which has four bedrooms with a bathroom connecting two bedrooms together. The bathrooms can be locked from the inside only. There is no master bedroom nor bathroom in this house. One of the rooms are soundproof, but Terry is not telling anyone which one it is. You'll have to find that out for yourself. AC and heater are fully functional.

Terry sent out a message to all the Guests. For those who don't have phones, Orien personally delivered the message to those people himself. The message is as follows:

We solved the housing situation. Terry will not ask anyone to pay rent, but the house isn't furnished at all except for a refrigerator and a fireplace. You'll have to buy supplies and furniture on your own. There are several conditions you need to accept if you choose to live here:

1) Please do not destroy the house or cause property damage. If you do, you're paying for the damages.
2) Clean up after yourselves. A clean house means no bugs and good standard of living.
3) Do not steal/take anything from the Black Cat house. (this needs to be mentioned because he had several door stealing incidents)

The address/general directions to the location has been mentioned, which is basically next door to the Black Cat house.

Feel free to make your own top levels and stuff. ]

Comments

[overstrain]

You're getting better and better, nya.

[ Terry looks determined!! And tries to swipe Sasuke into a hug. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

Ah-

[He wasn't actually expecting Terry to keep playing at it, so hi, yes, he's being hugged now.]

[overstrain]

Teriteri daishouriiii da nya!

[ It's his victory! Also I wanted an excuse for him to finally say that and I'm so glad that I can now. Terry squeezes Sasuke into a hug and sways him a little from side to side. ]

You got a long way to go, nya.

[not_that_sasuke]

[Wh...at is that supposed to be. Not that he has much attention to spare to it because he's now being hugged.]

I... I know that.

[Gkkk.]

[overstrain]

[ It's Teriteri's big victory☆ or some cutesy stuff lmao. Terry looks relatively happy though, for the first time in a while, despite being tired a moment ago. ]

How do you like the house, nya?

[not_that_sasuke]

[He relaxes a little in Terry's grip, evidently accepting his fate here.]

...It's really nice. It's kind of hard to believe...

[overstrain]

You never went in a house like this before, nya? Well, you'll live here now, nya. I hope you'll find it comfortable, nya.

[ Terry's just glad, really, that Sasuke can finally not stay in the Velvet Room anymore because constantly listening to "you fucked up" would probably do something to your self-esteem. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[And that's why he hung out with the snake spirit a lot, but... being so isolated wasn't exactly great, either.]

No... my family's house was a lot different, too.

[overstrain]

What kind of house was it, nya?

[ Tell him your stories, Sasuke. He doesn't want to pinpoint parts of your life story again. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

...Big. Traditional. A lot of the family lived there and oversaw us.

[overstrain]

Hm... well, this is a lot better, isn't it, nya? You can do whatever you want, nya.

[ ...

He won't add anything onto that, because Terry knows Sasuke is responsible and won't wreck shit. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[He is responsible indeed!]

Mm. Do you have any idea who's planning to stay where?

[overstrain]

Hm... In the first Black Cat house, there's me, Rei, Kido, and Toki, nya. In this house, so far there's gonna be you, Jiro, Nyakira, Rio, Red, and Seto, nya.

[ So basically, 45 is still the only one that's not living here, but some could chalk it up as her being an Attendant of some sort. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

So everyone would be sharing rooms in this place...

[Not that he minds. He's used to it from school.]

[overstrain]

Yeah, because there aren't enough rooms, nya. It used to be my house, so back then, it was already a lot for just three people, and one of them is a snake, nya.

[ Terry, Orien, and...

... ]

[not_that_sasuke]

...

Do you mind if I... ask who the third was?

[He doesn't want to push it.]

[overstrain]

Oh, I don't mind, nya.

[ It's been hundreds of years, compared to thousands, so it's a little more fresh. But he can freely talk about it now, at least. ]

I had an adopted daughter named Lily, nya.

[not_that_sasuke]

...Oh.

[He... never took Terry as the adopting type. Or just parental type, like, in general.]

What was she like?

[overstrain]

I know it's weird, nya. I just... kinda had to take her, nya. Her parents left her at my doorstep and immediately... "disappeared", nya.

[ Even Terry is aware of the whole "who'd let Terry take care of a kid??" thing. It's fine, it's fine. Some humans thought a kid being raised by a "god" would be great before offing themselves in front of said "god". It was a terrible time. ]

Anyway, she was pretty smart, nya! I thought she was like some sort of genius, nya. She was very kind, and was very headstrong, nya. She had a very strong will and was understanding, nya.

[ He doesn't realize that there's a fond smile on his face as he talks about her. ]

Lily was... very precious to me, nya. She told me that she lived a very happy life, despite not being able to leave the house, nya.

[not_that_sasuke]

[It's both cute and sad, the way he talks about her.]

She couldn't leave?

[overstrain]

I didn't really want her to stay cooped up in the house either, but it was too dangerous outside, nya. People always wanted me dead, and they wouldn't hesitate to use Orien or Lily against me if they could, nya.

[ His life sucked, people wanted him dead for at least thirty thousand years, and the only way to stay happy or force himself to, was to hang out with Orien and take care of Lily. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

...Ah.

[He didn't really expect Terry to have done it for any bad reasons, but it's still a depressing answer.]

...I'm glad she was happy, at least.

[overstrain]

Yeah, nya. She lived to be one hundred and three years old, nya. She made me really happy when she was still around, nya... we lived in this house together, nya.

[not_that_sasuke]

[...So long.]

...It sounds like you took really good care of her.

[overstrain]

[ The fond smile continues to be on Terry's face. ]

I did with Orien, nya. We did our best, nya... thanks for what you talked with my Shadow, nya.

[ He ruffles Sasuke's hair some more. ]