[ senri & ray are not okay ]

[usogi]

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[usogi]

Ray-kun bakes?

[WHY IS THAT THE BIGGER SURPRISE]

[selfimmolates]

[??????]

Wouldn't say it's something I do often, but yeah, it's not hard.

[somewhere in the distance, emma whines yet again about how ray's immediately good at anything he tries his hand at...]

[usogi]

Teach me, teach me!

[god this got so dumb]

[selfimmolates]

... Huh?

[why]

[usogi]

Ray-kun can do so many things it's not fair. Share the wealth!

I'll teach you some things too, you know?

[selfimmolates]

[suspicious]

Like what?

[usogi]

[and senri just hums before flicking his wrist - and then there's a five-card hand in his palm. it's a royal flush for the record.]

Magic. ♪

[like super mundane magic but it's fine]

[selfimmolates]

You mean sleight-of-hand. And what would I do with that?

[usogi]

You're so un-fun...

I don't know - I use it for parties. Majima-san you could use it for pickpocketing though.

[STREET SMARTS!!!!]

[selfimmolates]

[he raises an eyebrow.]

So you're offering to teach me how to pickpocket?

[usogi]

I'm teaching you magic.

If you turn to a life of crime, that's on Majima-san.

[SENRI]

[selfimmolates]

[SENRI...]

Fine. But only because that could actually be useful.

[who cares about your magic tricks.]

[usogi]

You're so rude. We're playing Mariokart too.

[what]

[selfimmolates]

What.

[usogi]

It's easier to get Merriment in a good mood when you play games with him, and people talk more when they're in a good mood - so you need to learn how to play games.

[oh my god]

[selfimmolates]

... I know how to play games, though.

[his tone could not be flatter.]

[usogi]

I don't believe you.

[rip]

[selfimmolates]

I grew up with a couple dozen siblings.

[beat that]

[usogi]

Huuuh? Really? That's such a big house!

[selfimmolates]

Orphanage.

[1/2]

[usogi]

—oh.

[senri pauses at that - momentarily at a loss for words.]

[usogi]

... they're really lucky to have you.

[selfimmolates]

[ray almost laughs. if senri feels any kind of sympathy over him coming from an orphanage, it's terribly misplaced. things would've been so much better if it really had been one. but senri absolutely does not need to know the Awful Truth™.

instead, with a dry tone,]

Funny thing to say after all the jabs you've taken at me.

[usogi]

It means I like you enough to not walk on eggshells.

[ - and that seems to be true enough, at least. it's similar to how he talks to takaomi, all jabs and annoyances, but without the veil of politeness and good impressions that he tries to show to everyone else]

But if I ever say anything to upset you for real, let me know, okay? I don't want to hurt anybody.

[selfimmolates]

[...]

I'm not exactly the sensitive type, y'know...