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

[ 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. ]

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

[He doesn't want to push it.]

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.

...Oh.

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

What was she like?

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.

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

She couldn't leave?

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. ]

...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.

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.

[...So long.]

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

[ 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. ]

[Suddenly more hair-ruffle?!]

...It's true, though.

[He meant everything he said.]

I know, but you do it with so much sincerity, nya.

[ ... ]

And not getting hit is nice, nya.

...Who hit you?

[It's not actually surprising that someone would, though.]

... Kido, nya.

[ When is it ever not surprising... ]

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...Sounds right.

Sasuke, nyaaa...

[ Terry sways him again from side to side. ]

I don't like pain, nya...

[Swayswaysway.]

...No, you're right. It would be better if she didn't hit you when she gets mad.

[Hitting people in general is bad. He is an expert on this.]

I can try to talk to her if you want?

[ Terry is so glad that Sasuke just kinda gets it. ]

I mean, I can take her punches, but they still hurt, nya... I wonder if she'd punch me again if she finds out that you're asking for me, nya...

[ Weh. ]

...You shouldn't hurt the people you like.

[This. This should probably be obvious, but apparently it isn't!]

[ Terry stops swaying Sasuke back and forth to the sides and properly hugs him this time. ]

... I'm probably a hypocrite, but I agree with that, nya.

[Whoa, actual hug. He tenses a little in surprise before relaxing again.]

...It doesn't lead to anything good if you get too used to hurting people when you're mad. That's what I think, anyway.

... But I can take it out on regular Shadows, right?

[ ................. ]

[Terry why are you expecting a fifteen year old to be a therapist.]

I... guess so? If you have to.

Edited 2019-12-08 00:19 (UTC)

Yeah, that should be good stress relief, nya... I should ask for some days off so I can terrorize Dungeons, nya.

[ It's his ideal vacation: spending days mindlessly killing things of no importance. ]

...Things have been pretty stressful lately, huh?

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