when hot topics meet

Ellie Carter

She watches him quietly, letting him think. She gets a bit more serious herself.

"Hmm, well, I started thinking… what if everyone else here also killed someone? Because there's way more than there should be!"

She rubs her neck, rolling her head in a motion that makes a loud pop. Why's she still have to be old and fucked up if she's dead?

"But if you don't think… Man, it'd be so fucked up if we were like half murderers and half murder victims or something. Like a psychological experiment. Or a YouTube video. Maybe one of us gets to go home with a hundred million dollars."

Kaoru Naito

This re-centers him immediately.

“If Mr. Beast jailed us, think I’d be weirdly fine with that. Ya know, I always think I’d thrive in one a’ those fuckass videos. Been thinkin’ I might be like those rats they shouldn’t let into the woids cause I’ll eat all the wildlife n’ shit.”

Ellie Carter

Well that cheered him up real fast. Thank you Mr. Beast.

"Ohhh, like a cat! Hehe, alright, alright. Hey, wait. What's your name? I'm Ellie."

She winks. Which is to say, she blinks but it looks oddly purposeful.

"You can call me Captain Ellie, since you're in my crew."

Kaoru Naito

“Captain Ellie~ Ellie Men-O-P,” he sounds out, like letters. LMNOP. From Alphabet fame.

He singsongs the letters while walking around the room again, picking up a can of food to toss it up in the air to catch it, wanting something with weight to toss around.

“Name’s Kaoru. Happy ta be aboard, cap’n, this’ll be my first pirate crew, geheheh! … I think. Not my first eyepatch wearin’ captain, but he wasn’t no pirate.”

Ellie Carter

LMNOP! He's a silly guy and Ellie likes that. You need a funny freak in your life. She watches him look around.

"Heh! Another eyepatch wearin' captain? What the hell? Damn, that's rare as fuck. What was he like? Captain of what?"

Kaoru Naito

“Captain of the fuckin’ couch, that‘s what.”

He laughs at the stranger’s expense, not really clarifying.

Ellie Carter

She laughs easily. She'll make anyone feel funny because she's a gal full of laughs.

"Couch surfer, huh? Well, can't say I'm innocent of that crime either!"

Kaoru Naito

“Nah, captain of one couch, he ain’t jumpin’ ship all the time.”

In a wave of good spirits, he picks up a few cans and starts juggling them slowly, like he’s remembering how to juggle at first or maybe getting used to the weight on his arms.

Ellie Carter

"Oh!"

Ellie sounds delighted and claps for him. Everyone loves a good juggler. Simple fact of life.

"Can you do more?"

Kaoru Naito

“Huh?”

He stares at her for a second, not exactly sure what she means because he’s just messing with objects as a fidget and didn’t expect much of a reaction. People usually ignore him when he starts fucking around like this. He looks at the cans as he juggles them around a bit more.

“Oh, this? Ehh, prolly not with these cans, totally with balls or somethin’ a nicer shape. Hey, can you juggle?”

It’s a sign of respect he doesn’t just throw one at her. He’s also uniquely conscientious to the fact her depth perception can’t be good, so he shouldn’t just throw stuff at her all of a sudden. This is a mark of high esteem indeed…

Ellie Carter

He's sweet as Snickers. She leans against some warehouse boxes. She was going to throw another can at him, but decided not to when he said that.

"Nahhhh. Hey, do you think you could teach me? I gotta find something to do if I'm here for eternity."

Kaoru Naito

"Teach? You just like… dooo it….?"

When he starts thinking about it too hard, he does in fact drop one on the ground, making a dent in the can.

"Fuck, oops. I dunno, just start tossin' one up and catchin' it, then do two, then do it criss-cross, yeah? How's that for a training course? I don't remember ever learnin', I might've been born able t' juggle…"

Ellie Carter

She laughs, picking up the can and tossing it back to him.

"You do look like a guy who ran away to the circus for the summer and discovered a natural talent for clownery and all the jugglers and acrobats were beggin' you to stay but your free spirit took you elsewhere sorta thing."

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