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| Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] | |
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Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:46 pm | |
| ...there was probably some meaning to the way the guy was giving a half-right rendition of Humpty Dumpty, but hell if he had enough info to know what it was. He was certain it had some relevance to the person before him, but there was no real way to know just what that was.
So Cecil just remained confused until the conversation moved on. At which point, more curious word choices flew by, though this time with more implications in and of themselves...did they mean that they probably wouldn't? There were...a lot of questions coming up.
And now he's commenting on the weeds again. He...didn't even ask. "It's alright? You needed to get it eaten sometime...." As long as he wasn't talking with food in his mouth. "As for what you said...I guess not. Not in and of themselves. But there's always a lot to think about with this stuff..." He shrugs. "Always way too much to give proper time to on a casual basis. Don't always need to, but that doesn't stop there being times where you will. Just so much going on...guess that's how people are. Most you can do a lot of the time is stick to your general approach, and make little tweaks as you go." "Most of the time, you can't do everything at once...so it's best you don't try to. It'll just get irritating." | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:43 pm | |
| Marta put his cutlery and other culinary equipment away before as he listened intently to the young man in front of him. Marta didn't quite catch the general jist of what he was listening to. But he caught onto the last set of words. He nodded in what seemed to be agreement, "Yes. Trying is often futile. But so what? I'd prefer to just try until I break."
Marta stared past Cecil, "Anyways, let me just go get some wa-" Marta stood up to go fill his cup with actual water due to the previously ingested salt water being quite salty.
However, in talking to the young man, Marta had otherwise totally forgotten one of the most important things he had wanted to remember. That he really shouldn't stand up very quickly on his current "diet". The image in his eyes of the young man turned to black as Marta felt his face feel remarkably numb and his thoughts dissipating like incense smoke.
Marta's consciousness fled, as he fainted and fell right onto the other young man near the bench. Marta had no idea whether he fell onto him or literally on top of him, but he probably would once he regained consciousness and the ability to speak a few seconds later. | |
| | | Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:03 pm | |
| Alright, that was...concerning. "That wasn't exactly what I - shit!" Cecil grabs Marta as he falls, bracing for the weight, and soon finds himself surprised when their isn't that much of it. It was still a human body, those things weren't light outright unless they were small or something was seriously wrong...but they definitely didn't have the weight expected. He set them back on the bench, slightly panicking. "Hey - are you - oh who am I kidding, you're not alright - come on, wake up..." | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:21 pm | |
| The first thing that Marta remembered was being back on the bench, with the young man very closely leaning towards him with his hands on Marta's shoulders, almost as if he was pushing Marta back into the bench. A person with a much more active imagination might have totally imputed a motive to the young man that he clearly didn't have.
Marta's eyes fluttered open as she looked straight into the young man's eyes with a relatively unfocused look, "....huh?" His eyes focused a little bit more, although they didn't deviate at all from the young man, "Oh!" He then muttered to himself in a way that was clearly audible to the very close young man, "I must have done it again."
He averted his gaze, almost as if he were bowing his head in apology, "Oh, I must apologize for that. I hope nothing of yours broke." Marta looked up and down at the young man, but he didn't see anything like a phone or pencil that would have been broken. | |
| | | Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:41 pm | |
| "Wait-wait-wait - again?" Cecil looked at Marta in disbelief, before shaking his head wildly and staring back at him, hands on his shoulders. "How many times does this have to happen for you to care so little about fainting?!" He stands up, squeezing his temples. "...you're definitely not alright." He looks to Marta with concern, not pitying, but incredibly worried. "How'd you end up like this...? How can I help?" | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:00 pm | |
| Marta's head tilted as if he were trying to comprehend the weirdest, most bizarre question in the world. "...huh? Like everyday?" He answered that question with a weird, confused look, as if the boy in front of him had been screaming about what color the sky was.
Marta put his hands in his laps as he started to realize the young man's thought patterns. That the young man might find regular fainting to be a highly distressing trend, "Ah, you mean that. Well, thank you for your concern, but it's nothing serious. It's usually not fatal." Marta waved one of his hands in front of his face in order to signify how not-serious it seemed to him. He would have liked to say "never fatal", but he did hear of a very elderly family acquaintance who fainted, hit his head on the side of the bathtub, and died.
He gave a bemused smile at how concerned the young man was, before answering "Oh, I merely stood up in the wrong way. A silly mistake on my part. My fault for being careless - I apologize again." He nodded again in apology. | |
| | | Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:11 pm | |
| Was that a twitch in his eye? "USUALLY NOT FATAL?!" Cecil gestured wildly before him, as if trying to impress on Marta that what he was saying was important and what they had said was an ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE ANSWER. "Fainting! Every! Day! Is! A! Problem! If you can't stand up without fainting unless you do it a specific way, then something! Is! Wrong!" He looks at Marta as if he can't fathom how this isn't obvious. "Don't - don't apologise for fainting! Apologising should be the last thing on your mind! Why aren't you doing anything about this?! This is your HEALTH, not a silly mistake!" | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:25 pm | |
| Marta was quite taken aback by at how angry the young man was. He couldn't see why anyone would be that concerned about a stranger, so Marta simply assumed that he was inconveniencing the young man even more than Marta had originally assumed. However, he attempted to take it in stride, without escalating the situation. He knew apologizing often didn't make things better - and in fact similar apologies did nothing in his life of the sort. But they often at least kept things from becoming worse.
He gingerly spoke, "Ah...yes...I know to you, my body must be very...non-ideal." Obviously to Marta, as it was Marta's own weakness that had literally burdened the young man with actual weight.
Although the fainting was partially a product of not eating, it was also a product of just having extremely naturally low blood pressure. In many ways, Marta was highly predisposed to having difficulties while standing up, even had he been eating normally. His unusual diet simply just worsened it to a much greater degree.
Marta then bowed his head again, "...so I must apologize for it." | |
| | | Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:14 pm | |
| Cecil just closed his eyes, and shook his head slowly. "...you really should worry about yourself more than what I'm thinking. And care more about constantly fainting for that matter..." He sighs, and opens his eyes. "I'm getting you home. I can't feel comfortable leaving you like this." | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:55 pm | |
| Marta frowned. "Home?" Oh no. This conversation was going from bad to worse. This guy already seemed weirdly pushy and overly interested in his life. Letting him on Marta's home situation seemed like an extremely bad idea. The fact that he didn't really live at home. Marta went to great ends in order to hide that from everyone at school. The myth of Marta's perfect family life had to be preserved at all costs.
Regardless, Marta took a deep breath. This man could be parried. This man could be defeated. It wasn't over until it was over.
Marta turned towards the young man and gave a feigned bashful look, while waving his hands in front of him to signal distress, "Oh no, absolutely not, I've already inconvenienced you so much today, I couldn't possibly, that would be unbecoming of me, oh no, please don't go to the trouble of... Marta strung together a variety of different polite denials, hoping that any of them would catch the young man up. | |
| | | Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:24 pm | |
| Cecil seemed actually pained by the whole affair as his hand came up to cover his face again. "Ugh...I guess that's too much, but..." He takes his hand away, looking sullen. "Still feels irresponsible to just leave you be like that. Don't want you fainting in the middle of the street or something...I..." He sighs again. "...I am bothering someone way too much who knows more about all of this than I do." | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:34 pm | |
| Marta waved his hands again, although much less frantically for he had just accomplished victory. "Oh no, it's fine. Really, thank you for your concern. I just couldn't force you to go the trouble of well, you know." This entire experience told Marta that he needed to pick his words much more carefully around this young man.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I got here fine just by myself. And I don't live anywhere nearby." Marta told no actual lies in that sentence. He certainly didn't live in Little Tokyo. Or really any district on a permanent basis. In fact, he was currently living in Suzie Q, a fact he let slip, "In fact, I walked over here from Suzie Q." On school days, Marta tended to crash at manga cafes near the academy, but on other days, he was willing to wander far out further into the bustling town.
Needless to say, going from Suzie Q to their current location was an extremely long walk that most people would use some sort of car or public transportation for. Marta actually didn't mind walking hours to get to places and he hoped that would mollify the young man. | |
| | | Infernal Zero
Posts : 2610 Join date : 2017-11-15 Age : 27 Location : Currently Unknown. Please advise.
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:43 pm | |
| Cecil glances away. "...I think I get what you mean, but...telling me you've got a ways to walk after letting me know you faint a lot doesn't exactly put my mind at ease." He shakes his head. "...nevermind."Putting on his headphones, he swallows. "Just...be careful. Don't need people going missing in the because of stuff nobody was there to help with." Looking pensive, Cecil continues on his way, leaving Marta behind. --> [EXIT] | |
| | | Ifnb
Posts : 343 Join date : 2017-12-08
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:47 pm | |
| Marta gave a huge sigh. He had escaped almost total disaster today. Talking with the young man was entirely pleasant and he seemed like a pretty good guy. But Marta couldn't afford any friends like that. They would find out. And then everything would collapse.
Luckily, the two of them never exchanged names, so he assumed he would never see the young man again, unless they happened to be in the same grade at the same academy or some other bizarre coincidence like that, which Marta deemed so unlikely, such a possibility was not worthy of his concern.
After watching the young man leave, Marta quickly gathered more weeds for the future just so he could have a large weed reserve. Of the eating kind, not the smoking kind. Before trudging back to Suzie Q.
[--EXIT--] | |
| | | ViniVidiVicci
Posts : 2319 Join date : 2017-10-31 Age : 30 Location : , location, location
| Subject: Re: Thus, I Became a Hunter-Gatherer [Cecil x Marta] Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:04 pm | |
| All walks of Life travel this road we follow, from the happy merchant to the stoic noble to the downtrodden peasant. None may have this road walked for them, and in this we find commonality with our fellow Man. For the many differences we have, all of us walk the Road.~~~Cecil Erinforth of the Death and Marto Po of the Heirophant have established a bond... | |
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