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[ Sebastian nods, looking quite proud of his work so far, or perhaps more accurately, just himself in general. ]

It is very important! Setting one's house in order is important to an ordered life.

[ The half-quote of a Bible verse is definitely intentional, but the rest, well. That's just Sebastian. If nothing else, Kashuu at least brought home a good stray mountain, since no one else would be as content doing chores. ]

It is very satisfying work, I find. Working hard to set a home in order, then stepping back to see the results of your work... There is little as rewarding as that.

I— No. Goodness, that is not how that works!

[ Why are so many people around him so bad at cooking? Sebastian really has to wonder this, but at the same time, it's something he'll have to meditate on later thanks to the sad state of the microwave. He opens up the door and tosses on the wet towel (since I forgot to mention that detail, whoops), trying to smother the flame. ]

Please at least soak those before throwing them in, lest the fire get worse...

Nakigitsune and I were alone for quite a long time before we joined our companions here...it really is much better to have companionship outside of ourselves.

[Naki lifts his eyes up from the now-empty spoon, looking over at the smiling Koumei.]

You're good company.

Well, good that you live with us! We're not people or books, so I guess that puts us outside of those two groups for your preferences?

[ Which automatically means spirits and foxes are greater than books and people! It's simple logic, really. Kogitsunemaru licks his lips--- the snack is definitely sweeter than he thought, perhaps cloyingly so, and the ginger is sharp on his tongue. ]

And hopefully everyone will grow accustomed to Kaden. He should be respected, just like the other foxes in our group of apartments! There's only one who would probably show no mercy toward him, but I know his weakness... and he lives with Fishy.

[ Tanuki-san. The dreaded Doudanuki, the sailor of donuts himself. ]

[The seeming young man and the fox were as inscrutable as always, but it took a man accustomed to subtlties to appreciate the depth of the sentiments that the duo held.]

Thank you, [Koumei said, gracious as ever.] I find the both of you to be excellent company as well.

You're still a large group of warriors; this is as close the atmosphere in the imperial palace that I'm going to find in the Colony.

[Because, though they were neither books nor people, he knew the mentality of warriors and the quirks of those who possessed a spiritual nature. Being aligned with an otherworldly spirit himself, this was incredibly familiar territory for him.

Especially since the Djinn were a lot like the Swords. They each had their quirks and their temperaments, and were as far from 'divine' as anyone could imagine.]

I'm sure Mister Kaden will adjust fine, so long as he doesn't get any strange ideas about Doudanuki or the Fishy. We all may be in trouble if we upset that balance.

Doudanuki may be more upset if we did away with Fishy.

[Because s e r i o u s l y. He didn't expect the war sword to become so fond of the alien beast who may be silently plotting the murder of everyone in the building.]

We'll just get him a better pet that doesn't wanna eat everything soft enough to bite.

[And some things that aren't soft enough to bite... What a determined fish.]

[He only brings home good stray mountains, clearly!!

Though he thinks this one might have been dropped on his mountainous head at some point or something because who else would find cleaning that enjoyable.]

Maybe that's why you don't have any friends.

[A rude punk...]

So, what - is it just cleaning, or d'you like any sort of work? Like, what about yard work or fieldwork?

Sebastian-kun then! Aha, thank you. [ Now he won't have to be awkwardly calling him by his title and not his name -- ]

As for what I need...it's a bit of a task. It's not something I can do myself nor is it something I can ask anyone else without the expertise to do. [ he's making it sound so ominous... ] Please do follow me.

[ Where Mikazuki ends up leading Sebastian to is not too far off. He leads him to the first floor apartment, the second bedroom that belongs to him and (1) Tsurumaru Kuninaga. He'll open the door and invite Sebastian to follow him still, and what he'll find is that the room is actually pretty tidy! There might be a few things here and there but for the most part...it's an elegant room of blue, white, and gold. Which you wouldn't have expected from the "no nerds allowed" sign hung up on the door.

Anyway! This is where Sebastian is to come in. ] Recently, I lost one of my precious items on my roommate's side of the room. I would have looked for it but Tsurumaru undoubtedly has "surprises" hidden around in there...so not only do I not clean his side, but I'm wary to go near it.

[ A demon can handle any surprises Tsurumaru might have hidden right??? ]

[Meanwhile Naki and fox see absolutely nothing odd about Mountain-san...aside from this sudden ban from the kitchen?]Eh? Why is that? I assure you, I'm a very clean fox!

He just had a bath.

[Taking the fox in his hands to lift him up like "look, look, he's perfectly clean!"]

We're glad you think so! [says the smallest fox, tail waving cheerfully.]

Ah, but now that I think of it--are human families usually quite so large? Three dozen certainly sounds like a lot! [They might've misunderstood that bit with servants and guests, but.]

[ for a second, tsurumaru looks really tempted to just chuck a dry towel in there... but for once, he's going to make the more rational decision, heading over to the sink to carefully run his set of towels beneath the tap, wringing them out just enough to dampen them.

but instead of throwing them in as sebastian had, he's... clutching a wet towel in his hand, sticking his hand directly into the burning microwave in an attempt to pat down the fires himself. following directions and being safe is for chumps, anyway.

does it hurt? probably! so far, though, he looks just fine. ]

Like that?

A bird!

[ That shouldn't be too surprising, Imano's fringe is conveniently styled like a bird'swing. There's also his small size like one. ]

I don't know what kind I'd want more specifically, but I'm sure the Cybuddy shop has a nice variety~

[He shake his head.]

No... you're not disturbing us at all. Many of us like having visitors coming over.

[With how many of them are around, it's natural for them to make friends in this place. Which means lots of visitors.]

[ Kogitsunemaru starts to open the bag with the tofu in it, having very little patience while delicious aburaage sits and waits to be eaten! The little fox, whose hands make quick work of the brown paper sack and the foil wrapping as he inspects the pieces very, very carefully. One of them even gets the special treatment--- being slowly eaten and savored. ]

Ha, Doudanuki couldn't harm a fox even if he tried. [ Except, he did once, but Kogitsune never took serious damage! Just a lot of pulled hair... ] Fishy though... I hope he's okay, living with Tanuki-san. It's hard to determine which is more civilized between the two, but I feel that the fish knows better manners than the spirit.

[ And he laughs! Man, the tofu is so good. ]

An imperial palace sounds great for someone like Mikazuki. Personally, I rather sit in a shrine.

I dunno! I just got home and the next thing I know it's raining beads all over the place!

( Conveniently leaving out the part he probably got light damage from the jar that hit his head too. )

Here! ( And he's setting the jar down on the floor while he also tries to collect as many beads at possible. The jar probably has his name on it something so everyone knows they're his? But he hasn't noticed, okay. ) I dunno why we'd need 'em here but we gotta save 'em just in case!

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I'd rather just read, but that wasn't the lot I was given in this life.

[Not that he even cared enough to fight it; such was the way the politics of his country had become ingrained in his person.]

I don't think we'll need to worry about either Doudanuki or Fishy. They're not likely to actively try to kill any of us, unlike others we've met in this city.

They did indeed have a nice variety when I was looking. That's how I found Hatoha, after all.

[Although a pigeon would be an odd pet for many people...]

What kind of bird would you like?

Someone must've put 'em on the door for me.

( AAAAH IT WAS PROBABLY TSURU BECAUSE #BLAMETSURU

But as important as the beads are, smallest fox is even more important so Mutsu will spread open his arms to try to catch the poor smallest fox... )

Like a rock?

[Kashuu. Kashuu please. Donut with a rock is dangerous]

( There's a jar rolling around on the floor and it probably has Mutsu's name on it or somethign so everyone can know it's his. Cerealia... out to get him in trouble. )

Nah, they're... they're from a mission back home... we had to collect 'em....

( That seems like forever ago, though. )

( Cerealia's tryign to get Mutsu in trouble... making him make messes beyond his control. )

'mokay.

( It's a stressed whimper. )

We gotta clean up though... Haruji might need 'em.

( And Mutsu is just all oveer the place beacuse that is his natural state. He's trying to collect as many as he possibly can but there are thousands of beads. )

I dunno... I opened the door and something hit my head and the next thing I knew!

( He makes a sound that's supposed to sound like beads falling on the ground. As for the thing that hit him on the head, it's probably the jar rolling around on the floor. It may or may not have Mutsu's name on it beacuse how else are we supposed to know who these things belong to. )

Wha-- Who keeps a rock as a pet?

[Clearly he missed out on that 90s fad.]

I was thinking more like a normal fish, or a bird or something. Maybe a little puppy?

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