⠀⠀—𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩...
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⠀Old? You're only a couple of years older than I am.
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⠀I would not mind taking a visit. It has been a while...
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⠀Old? You're only a couple of years older than I am.
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⠀I would not mind taking a visit. It has been a while...
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⠀I would not mind taking a visit. It has been a while...
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⠀Don't... don't worry about it.
⠀And... I have said “no” before. That, unfortunately, will not stop them from trying... 😓
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Hey wouldn't that make you a parent? And then whoever cut it off is technically the other parent? Wait what if it's like a team effort and five people cut it? Hachi how does this work. Hachi. Hachi, hey Hachi I'm confused.
⠀They are all plotting against me. They want to snip off the tentacle hanging over my forehead to spawn an Octarian. But I like this tentacle... it's my favorite tentacle... 😫
⠀⠀[ It's stained in Tsukudani's yellow. No wonder it's their favorite. ]
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⠀Don't... don't worry about it.
⠀And... I have said “no” before. That, unfortunately, will not stop them from trying... 😓
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Surprise party for new recruit.
Gosh, have I not taught you like anything????
Surprise party for new recruit.
⠀They are all plotting against me. They want to snip off the tentacle hanging over my forehead to spawn an Octarian. But I like this tentacle... it's my favorite tentacle... 😫
⠀⠀[ It's stained in Tsukudani's yellow. No wonder it's their favorite. ]
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⠀They are all plotting against me. They want to snip off the tentacle hanging over my forehead to spawn an Octarian. But I like this tentacle... it's my favorite tentacle... 😫
⠀⠀[ It's stained in Tsukudani's yellow. No wonder it's their favorite. ]
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Gosh, have I not taught you like anything????
Gosh, have I not taught you like anything????
⠀Not again. Please.
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⠀No. No. No. No. No. N
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⠀Not again. Please.
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⠀And you me, Patricia. We are like two peas in a pod. ^^
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⠀And you me, Patricia. We are like two peas in a pod. ^^
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⠀🐙
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⠀🐙
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⠀Marie, no... she's gonna get fined by the... what was it...? The FCC! She's gonna get fined by the FCC...
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⠀Marie, no... she's gonna get fined by the... what was it...? The FCC! She's gonna get fined by the FCC...
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⠀No. No. No. No. No. N
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⠀No. No. No. No. No. N
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⠀No. Hachi Jr. died in the fires of '93.
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⠀No. Hachi Jr. died in the fires of '93.
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⠀⠀[ Hachi hears well the beats of their hearts, and feels well a newfound heat in their cheeks, a blush that—as Tsukudani surely notices—paints them as pink as their tentacles. ]
⠀⠀Then...
⠀⠀[ Their smile wavers for just a moment as they begin to speak again... before it returns in full... ->
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so, so— y’can’t leave again. we’ll figure it out t’gether next time, yeah..?
[ Hands tightening around their cup, hearts thundering. ]
I wanna be there f’r you too, y’know.
⠀⠀[ Hachi hears well the beats of their hearts, and feels well a newfound heat in their cheeks, a blush that—as Tsukudani surely notices—paints them as pink as their tentacles. ]
⠀⠀Then...
⠀⠀[ Their smile wavers for just a moment as they begin to speak again... before it returns in full... ->
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⠀You—okay, Three. Sure.
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⠀YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL LESS THAN A MINUTE AGO.
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⠀You—okay, Three. Sure.
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⠀YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL LESS THAN A MINUTE AGO.
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⠀YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL LESS THAN A MINUTE AGO.
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⠀The Octarian spawned from my tentacle is no longer of this world.
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⠀The Octarian spawned from my tentacle is no longer of this world.
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⠀Splatted.
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⠀...yes. This has happened before. It was not pleasant.
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⠀Splatted.
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⠀...yes. This has happened before. It was not pleasant.
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⠀No, no, I meant the... food. If you can even call it that anymore.
⠀Also, no, they don't. However, with Octolings, we have to cut our tentacles with a very specific method and with precision, or else an Octarian will spawn.
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⠀...yes. This has happened before. It was not pleasant.
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⠀No, no, I meant the... food. If you can even call it that anymore.
⠀Also, no, they don't. However, with Octolings, we have to cut our tentacles with a very specific method and with precision, or else an Octarian will spawn.
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⠀...what even is that, anyway?
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⠀No, no, I meant the... food. If you can even call it that anymore.
⠀Also, no, they don't. However, with Octolings, we have to cut our tentacles with a very specific method and with precision, or else an Octarian will spawn.
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⠀...what even is that, anyway?
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⠀Are you... are you 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 that that is flavor, and not the char?
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⠀...what even is that, anyway?
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