OPEN POST

[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!!)

Comments

[seeinside]

[ A few very loud minutes of silence. ]

Define "work."

[placation]

[ AKIRA. ]

Caring for the health and wellbeing of others. It's a broad definition for a man like you, I know.

[seeinside]

I love what I do more than anything, it never feels like work!

[placation]

You're avoiding the question!

[seeinside]

A long time ago.

[placation]

Thank you.

Are you ready for my prescription?

[seeinside]

As long as you know I can't make any promises on filling it.

[placation]

Oh? Is that so?

Try your best, please, Takahashi-sensei.

[seeinside]

[ hhhhhhggggghgghghghghhghhhghh ]

I'll do what I can, Maruki-sensei.

[placation]

You need a break. An actual break! One where you do nothing but rest. I mean it.

Surely someone can take over your work for a week...

[seeinside]

I've trained a handful of other youkai doctors, but they're a lot more specialized than I am. No one could run the entire hospital.

[placation]

What if something happens to you? Everything just falls apart?

[seeinside]

I'm very durable, Maruki-kun.

[placation]

Durable doesn't mean indestructible. No one is.

[seeinside]

[ Mm... ]

To answer your question, yes. It would.

Modern medicine is young in youkai society. I'm the one who pioneered it.

There are still those learning that it's a worthwhile investment, so others dedicated to it are in short supply.

1/2

[placation]

[ It's admirable, it really is. Beyond admirable. Maruki can't begin to fathom that level of responsibility.

And it worries him even more because of that. Still, he has to meet Akira halfway... ]

I understand what you're saying.

Let's start smaller then. Eight hours of sleep a night.

[placation]

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

Or six.

Or... no less than four! I mean that!

[seeinside]

[ And he admires Maruki for much the same reason, that dedication born from kindness. It's a rarer trait than it should be, and any time he finds it he can't help but hold on as best he can. ]

That sounds more doable, yes.

Should I check in with you when I've gotten my four hours?

[placation]

Please. I'll expect a full report. Then and only then will I teach you the art of tomato egg rice!

[seeinside]

It’s a deal! I promise I won’t disappoint you, Maruki-sensei.

[ Congratulations, Maruki Takuto! You have successfully opted in to Good Morning and Good Night texts, which means The Rizzing is proceeding at a steady pace.

Thank you for your continued cooperation! ]

GOD. 100/10 THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE

[placation]

[ None the wiser to anything he's done to further The Rizzing – frankly, none the wiser to The Rizzing at all, so unused to being wooed and so easily made into putty in this man's hands as he is – Maruki's just happy Akira will show a modicum of the care he heaps on others to himself. All in a day's work. ]

I'm looking forward to it.