The whole flag factory

[sneaks]

RED FLAGS meme

Sure, you may look like a total catch, but what's the catch? Maybe everything isn't what it seems.

how to play
- forget what you think you know about memes.
- forget the traditional subject line. no prefs. no character info.
- what do you put there instead? verbalize the red flag(s) that should, in a just world, come attached to your characters. be honest. be brutal.
- with this forbidden knowledge in mind, the rest of bakerstreet has to decide whether they wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot pole or if they'd throw caution to the wind and still go for it.

Comments

[cranekin]

Of course. Names are quite powerful. I thought you would know...

(Some sage you are, Matoba!!)

Eh... it's still beautiful! Though, I suppose, someone like you would prefer Ginnan to Shirasagi.

(The Gingko Nut Castle in Kumamoto to the Heron Castle in Himeji...)

[worldbent]

Naturally, I know this. But that is why most spirits don't go about giving their names openly. That's just asking for your own destruction. Then again, you swords are certainly a different breed... [Here we go with the backhanded compliments again.]

Hmmm. It's coincidence, I assure you, but I am fond of the ginkgo as a motif. Did you know? You can paint charms on the leaves; they are quite useful in a pinch.

I could show you one close-up sometime, if you wish.

[cranekin]

Ah, and the nuts are also quite delicious.

(There it is. That lingering "but" in the air. He's going to say something more.......)

Of course, you mustn't eat too much. You wouldn't want to poison yourself. Maybe we could share a bowl between us.

fitting that this is the meme that gets me to upload this icon

[worldbent]

Moderation is the best way to live, isn't it? That's what you old folks always say.

[As if Matoba has ever lived by those words in his life.]

Haha, poison myself? Now why would I do that?

im crying

[cranekin]

Don't you know? They're poisonous.

(And he laughs,)

They say an adult should never eat more than a handful and a child should eat even less.

[worldbent]

It's a very good thing that I have no intentions of doing so.

But you are free to. [Teehee.] Can a spirit forced into a human form be poisoned? I'd love to find out.

[cranekin]

I don't see why not. This body is human, after all.

(Just casually sharing some weaknesses nbd.)