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username: QUICKFISH

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[kisha]

[... even his username was “sharpshooter”. Time to switch over to her second descriptor for him.]

If you are the annoying companion of the boy named Keith, yes.

[ceruleo]

[ ??????? THIS RUDENESS ]

Annoying?!

[kisha]

[DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

her voice sounds totally calm and normal at any rate]

Companion of the boy named Keith. Yes.

[ceruleo]

I'm not Keith's—anything! And I'm definitely not annoying.

[ debatable. ]

The name's Lance, lady.

[kisha]

Lance, then.

[ok??? make your username your actual name and this confusion obviously wouldn’t happen!!]

[ceruleo]

Keith, uh, didn't say what your name was. Just your username.

[kisha]

That is my name.

[thanks to some fun kanji translating... it says “Hayame” to her.

and no ones pointed out otherwise so.]

1/3

[ceruleo]

Your name is 'Quick Fish'?

[ a beat. ]

That's, uh. Different.

2/3

[ceruleo]

N-not...bad different, or anything!

3/3 im sorry

[ceruleo]

[ WAIT. ]

You're not, like, a mermaid or something, are you?

[ rip this boy. ]

1/2

[kisha]

That’s just what it means.

[Who reads a person’s name like that??? Keith was right!]

[kisha]

Of course I’m not!

1/2 wait nvm

[ceruleo]

Oh, I mean, it's just I met some mermaids once and--

[ don't hurt him ]

2/2 sorry!

[ceruleo]

[ ??? help ]

—but that's what it says! "Quick fish"!

[kisha]

It’s pronounced “Hayame”! Ha-ya-me.

If you insist on calling me something at least use the proper words. I’m jinba, not a mermaid!

[ceruleo]

Oh.

[ It takes a moment for the lightbulb to turn on, so to speak. A long moment. ]

OH! Hayame! And Hayame means quick fish! [ !! ] That's cool!

[ g e n i u s ]

[kisha]

[UM...]

That’s just how you write it!

[ceruleo]

[ No see, he GETS IT now!! ]

Yeah, but I'm seeing it in letters, not, uh [ WHAT IS THE WORD??? ] characters? So the letters spell out 'quick fish', as in, the actual words! 'Fast' and 'fish', instead of your name, 'Hayame'.

[ Did he explain that right...probably not. ]

Sorry!

[kisha]

[There’s a long...

Very long pause...

Before...]

And? What do you require of me?

[Maybe that means “forgiven”?]

[ceruleo]

[ VICTORY ]

Archery lessons, please!

[kisha]

[deep breath...]

Keith said you were a sharpshooter. Rifles?

[ceruleo]

Got it in one! Have you used one before?

[kisha]

No. They are quite rare in my world.

[she hates that phrase “in my world”.]

But i know of them. At least your aim should be trained, I assume.

[ceruleo]

They don't call me the sharpshooter for nothing.

I could teach you, if you want. In exchange, I mean. Guns for arrows.

[kisha]

There is little need.

I have yet to encounter a beast with ALASTAIR I could not kill with an arrow.