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call me ishmael. ([personal profile] wheft) wrote2023-12-07 10:35 am

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[personal profile] hitokiller 2024-12-23 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
( as usual, a certain someone refuses to personally deliver the gifts he obtained himself. there's some embarrassing element to it maybe, or maybe he's simply been too busy handling things off-base.

either way, something turns up overnight: a small package wrapped in the synthetic paper of a sports magazine. the sort of throwaway one that's survived in the corner of a bar in neo tokyo for years past its publication date.

inside the meticulously wrapped package is a tiny golden charm that also functions as a small pouch and a scribbled note. the writing is in japanese, but the implant translates it fairly well and with that fluctuating accent of his.

in my day, fishermen used to bring somethin' like this along with their nets
actually... their talismans prob'ly weren't this cutesy
but whatever
ebisu-sama, he's... 'sposed to bring you good luck


and then, like he couldn't figure out what else to put:

regards,

okada izou
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