Oh, there's no getting around people's discomfort. Smile, cry, yell, say absolutely nothing at all - they'll find something to unsettle them. People are like that.
Can you tell when a girl's terribly hungry, tesoro?
[ Picking up a pair of chopsticks, she balances them up with an ease one might not have expected of her. Many different kinds of men come to see her after-hours.
She catches a small serving of the noodles and stuffs herself with less than elegance. ]
Smiling is the sweetest kind of manipulation, when you think about it, which - of course - you're always less than inclined to do.
"Enthusiastic leadership gets your a promotion when you least expect it."
[ She reads the sentence over a few times, then slowly smiles and leans back in her chair, slouching maybe just a bit for emphasis, taking a long drag of her cigarette and blowing a smoke ring. ]
You're not supposed to expect anything least. Always expect everything most or you really won't get anywhere.
I've heard that their correlation with the Chinese came with Japanese immigrants coming to America. Given that the impression of Japanese cuisine at the time was raw fish, some Japanese eateries dubbed themselves Chinese in order to actually sell their food.
[Watching Igarak, Chishiya smirks, pushing his plate away now that the last of the cookie has been consumed. Leaning back in his chair, he raises an eyebrow in return.]
"To courageously shoulder the responsibility of one's mistake is character."
She sighs sadly. "Matthew would have a field day with with this one. Though, personally, I prefer the scriptural version: 'Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.' Hebrews."
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Goro Akechi | Persona 5 Royal AU
You will be forced to face fear, but if you do not run, fear will be afraid of you.
Akechi averts his eyes, realizing full well what it must be referring to.
"...All it takes is not to run from my past... That is all, and yet..."
The Medicine Seller/Kon | Mononoke Film Trilogy | OTA
[ He snorts. ]
I'm not so sure my smile helped me into the Ooku, but being persistent about it certainly helped.
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[ He sets down the fortune cookie to focus on his rice. ]
Although I've noticed if you smile too long people get uncomfortable.
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[ He sighs, finding the rice container empty. Looking through the assembled boxes, he finds an unopened order of chicken chow mein. ]
Ah! There's still some chow mein.
[ He holds the box out to Eliosa. ]
Want some?
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[ Picking up a pair of chopsticks, she balances them up with an ease one might not have expected of her. Many different kinds of men come to see her after-hours.
She catches a small serving of the noodles and stuffs herself with less than elegance. ]
Smiling is the sweetest kind of manipulation, when you think about it, which - of course - you're always less than inclined to do.
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[ The Medicine Seller holds the box dutifully, waiting for her to be done before taking his own share. ]
I've heard smiling evolved from a show of teeth as a means of submission or appeasement. You want to trust a person who's smiling.
[ Perhaps that's the reason for the way the paint on his upper lip curls upward at the ends, a perpetual smile. ]
Somehow, I find I can always figure out if a smile's genuine or not.
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[ He can't help but smile into his chow mein. ]
The way I disarmed that samurai certainly left an impression.
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[ She reads the sentence over a few times, then slowly smiles and leans back in her chair, slouching maybe just a bit for emphasis, taking a long drag of her cigarette and blowing a smoke ring. ]
You're not supposed to expect anything least. Always expect everything most or you really won't get anywhere.
Reimu Hakurei | Touhou Project
Oh yeah? [ Reimu being Reimu, promptly starts munching on the pastry. ] It better not be Mima.
These aren't even Chinese to begin with, they're based on tsujiura senbei.
Well here's one old acquaintance.
[ He slurps up some noodles of his chow mein. ]
Americans are odd.
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[ Reimu will naturally take advantage of 'all you can eat' if offered. So yeah, still devouring hers. ]
More sushi for us, I guess.
Chishiya Shuntaro. Alice in Borderland. OTA
[The small piece of paper lies on his plate among the crumps.]
Mmm, sounds like a trap.
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A hand extended in service will soon grasp an unforeseen gift.
[ One eyebrow rises at that. He lowers the paper and simply looks at Chishiya in silence. ]
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Sister Maggie Grace | MCU | ota
She sighs sadly. "Matthew would have a field day with with this one. Though, personally, I prefer the scriptural version: 'Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.' Hebrews."
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[He reads it a couple times before chuffing with a sigh]
I f-feel as though I have tolerated enough rain.
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Clear skies come as inevitably as storms. But there is much worthwhile to be found in both.
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Ri!Kusuriuri | Mononoke (2007)
[Exhale.]
Well. It has been nearly a century since last time...
Ryland Grace | Project Hail Mary | OTA
Well, that's disappointing. I mean, that's not really a fortune, is it?
tsujinaka yoshiki | the summer hikaru died
Aemond Targaryen | House of the Dragon
Mm.
Yamada 💭 OC - OTA
[ Yamada usually looks like he's just finished a 12 hour shift, and reading this does him little good. ]
Maaaan, how much harder does it gotta be?
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Hmph. This is useful advice? For whom, desperate people?
hikaru | the summer hikaru died