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.

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[breweries]

Oh? Are you going to wine and dine me, Hizen?

[ he's grinning widely. ]

Anything with rich flavors, really. Have you ever had filet mignon?

[harimaya]

...

(He has an idea but as soon as he says it he's going to sound stupid and Shylock is going to laugh at him and Hizen will never fogive him ever again.)





... A fish... servant? Like a kappa?

(Get it.... a fish filet... minion.........)

[breweries]

[ no, sorry, he can't help the tiny chuckle that escaped his throat just now. ]

Close. Imagine the tenderest slice of beef leaking with juices, the texture akin to butter as you bite into it. It is simply decadent.

[harimaya]

(Why bother??? He can never eat it so??? He will not even bother trying to imagine it???)

... Figures you'd eat the fancy stuff...

[breweries]

Fufu. But that is exactly why I'd like to try your favorites, Hizen. No amount of expensive cuisine can ever replace what truly comforts one's heart and stomach.

That being said... perhaps I shall treat you to one, one of these days. It might make more than an impact on you. [ because it's just that good...... ]

[harimaya]

(He would sakura fubuki and be haunted by the filet minion for a century..............

And he's just going to mumble, )

... You're gonna think it's stupid, too.

(EVERYONE THINKS HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS A JOKE.)

[breweries]

You know I won't.

[ come on, hizen. he's seen and heard way worse, and you know this. probably. ]

[harimaya]

(







It's true.)

... Rice.

[breweries]

[ ...

blinkblink. ]

Only rice?

[harimaya]

That's what I said, wasn't it?!

(GRRRRR)

[breweries]

You did. I was expecting something more specific, but that isn't entirely a bad thing. That means you enjoy all sorts of rice dishes, right?

[harimaya]

... If you got rice then you're never hungry. Doesn't matter how you eat it.

(That's it. That's the reason. He is just a poor and simple spirit.)

[breweries]

That is true. Certain people can't afford to be choosy, either.

[ a solemn nod. ]

Any popular rice dishes from where you're from?

[harimaya]

Onigiri. Fried rice. Rice bowls. Tea rice. Egg rice. Omurice. Sushi. Chesnut rice. Bamboo rice. Potato rice...

(Can't believe some of the most words he's every said casually are just listing rice dishes.

But because he knows what's going to come next,)

... I like onigiri.

[breweries]

Ah, those triangular-shaped rice with treats inside. I had a taste thanks to the Sage.

[ they were delicious, actually. ]

Any particular flavor you like? I could have Nero make some for us if we bat our eyes at him together.

[harimaya]

Nah, I ain't picky.

(All of them are good.)

... Was the first thing I ever ate.

[breweries]

When you manifested?

[ chinhands. ]

You must be starving, all those years. Does he eat it all the time?

[ his master, that is. ]

[harimaya]

Wasn't starving. Wasn't anything.

(...)

... I'm not like some of the other swords that're still around, y'know. I didn't even exist anymore before they called me.

[breweries]

Ah, yes. I do recall that your original form was nowhere to be found after your master was dealt with.

And yet you sought out onigiri, even though you had never experienced hunger before. Then again, it is a rather simple dish that anyone can make. [ a nod. ] Did it make you happy? Biting into a fresh triangular piece of rice with the filling of your choice the first time.

[harimaya]

(He shifts uncomfortably, pulling at the edge of his frayed sleeve anxiously as he considers something to himself.

No, that isn't quite right. He understands why Shylock would think that. He isn't wrong, either but...)

A touken danshi is the manifestation of their stories. Even if I never felt hungry before... never had to eat or anything like that...

(His throat feels tight. His neck itches. He tugs at the bandage,)

I knew what it was. Knew what it was like... being hungry and not knowing when I'd get to eat again. Knew what it was like... having people look down on ya. Being no better than an animal. And only being good for one thing.

(The first thing he understood about this world was how miserable it was. He manifested into this world hungry, poor, and a killer.)

... Just felt empty... (That was it. His first feeling. The one that defines him even now.) And when I ate... I felt more full.

(The reason why he likes to eat is because it fills some of the emptiness he always carries with him.)