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[placation]

if you can dream it, you can thread it

(you can pm me here or on plurk if you'd like to beforehand, but also if you'd just like to drop something at my doorstep with no preamble please do!!)

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oh NO

[placation]

[ Unfortunately, Maruki is a busy man, and it's a good ten minutes before he checks his phone.

Uh oh. ]

Tongs. Chopsticks. A fork, if need be.

I'm afraid to ask what happened...

[seeinside]

I tried chopsticks on my own, but I think it was too late.

On the plus side I've made lovely charcoal.

[placation]

Takahashi-san...

Oh, dear. Is this the first time you've cooked bacon?

[ Is this the first time you've cooked at all, Mr. Rich Man?? ]

[seeinside]

It is.

I thought breakfast would be simple enough to try. You're meant to cook it while still waking up, aren't you?

[placation]

Well, maybe not while you're so groggy that you burn things!

Does someone normally cook for you? Or do you just skip breakfast? Should I lecture you?

[seeinside]

[ Por que no los dos? ]

I'd be getting that from both you and Kuniko, no thank you!

I've always been around people who are such good cooks, I guess I never needed to practice?

[ The servants, Makoto, Kuniko, his nurses... ]

[placation]

[ Unfortunately, it's as endearing as it is completely baffling to Maruki. What a charmed life... And he chose to start learning with bacon in a pan!? ]

Maybe you should start with something a little simpler... and less likely to burn to a crisp. Can you at least make rice?

[seeinside]

Of course! That's definitely something I could do while groggy.

[ He learned before electric rice cookers were a thing, even. It's deep in there. ]

[placation]

I've taught several people who thought they were hopeless at cooking how to make tomato egg rice. I'm sure I could teach you too.

Ah, but maybe you should stick to cooking while fully awake from now on, just in case...

[seeinside]

Oh I'd be delighted to have a teacher!

A lesson in breakfast at dinner time, perhaps? That's always a fun option!

[placation]

[ ... ]

Takahashi-san, do you get enough sleep?

[seeinside]

Why do you ask?

[placation]

I mean, if you have that much trouble waking up in the morning...

[seeinside]

Oh, I'm just one of those people who always takes a while, you know?

Coffee likely helps and doesn't help at the same time.

[placation]

Of course.

Just to check, you do realize you're speaking to another medical professional [ eh. close enough ] who looks after others far better than he looks after himself, don't you?

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[seeinside]

[seeinside]

Then you know how demanding our work hours can be.

[placation]

[ Nailed it. The bacon was the canary in the coal mine. ]

I do, and I know that telling you that's no excuse won't do any good. We're an insufferable bunch, aren't we...

But still! Do you sleep at all?

[seeinside]

Of course! Even staying awake for only 48 hours can be detrimental.

A 30 minute nap staves off the worse effects.

[placation]

What? No! You need more than half an hour of rest!!!

[seeinside]

Ideally, yes, but what about when you just don't have the time?

[ He knows this answer. He knows. He's just Nurarihyon's special boy and needs to be working ALL THE TIME on VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. ]

[placation]

[ Oh, Maruki is on one now. He's locked in. Set phasers to Do As I Say, Not As I Do. ]

When was the last time you took a vacation?

[seeinside]

Define "vacation."

[placation]

[ LOCKED THE FUCK IN. ]

For simplicity's sake... Let's say a period of time longer than 48 hours, in which you neither voluntarily worked nor had any professional responsibilities forced on you.

[seeinside]

[ A few very loud minutes of silence. ]

Define "work."