no looky for real this time

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[ ryo should start a bicker account that is all aesthetically pleasing selfies of herself and then just akira looking like a gremlin in the background because he is never told when a picture is being taken

but she is going to take a chance to actually try some of the food, because it is not a date if ryo doesn't eat anything at all. doing this properly!!!!! ]

If we need to order more food let me know. [ ... ] Is this a good date?

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[That would be so embarrassing for Akira, he would be a laughing stock, but other demons would absolutely go wild for how stupid it would be. Ryo would again be famous, just in hell.

He puts the beer down in front of Ryo.]

It'll always be a good date as long as you're with me.

[He will just say something he had wanted to hear before at the elaborate party when they were in hell. He isn't thinking about that or anything, but this is something he had kind of wanted to hear.

Was it a bad time to try to get it out of Ryo? Yeah. But he didn't understand that. Instead now, he will simply give it to Ryo.]

Try some. The beer is pretty good.

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[ the hilarious joke that the only reason ryo even went and got dressed up for it was to be with akira, but was too emotionally constipated to be normal about it, and instead ruined everything in a single night.

the list of things they should probably talk about from back then but it's all stuff that is hard to get brought up naturally in conversation. ryo is obviously not thinking about any of this. instead, she's pleased by the date comment like an oblivious dumbass.

but ryo will take the beer to sip from it, and nod. ]

Mm... it is. The drink and the date.

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[They will talk about it all one day maybe, and they will also maybe talk about it without pain and bitterness being involved. Hopefully.

Even though he probably has rice clinging to the corner of his mouth, he sort of grins gently at what Ryo says. He leans in to nuzzle the side of her face with his own, affectionate.]

We can go on dates whenever you want.

[Well, maybe less if Ryo forces him to go out and get a job instead of being a freeloader. But even then, they can go on many.]

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[ the rice has now transferred to ryo's face

i wish she was less heart eyes about this but unfortunately ryo is easily pleased by the simplest bullshit when it comes to romance. ryo has high standards for everything except akira, who can get away with so much

waking up at 3pm every day is pushing it though. ]

You can pick what you want to do next time... if you want.

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[Hehe. Ryo has face rice now... He will be nice and reach up to brush it off. It's cute, but he knows Ryo would hate it more if he didn't say or do anything.]

Okay. I'll pick.

[Will it be good? Up for debate. It's probably fine. He's had Ouran Host Club training, so the date might be kind of ridiculous actually. A picnic..... in hell.]

Here.

[He lifts some of the meat in his chopsticks to feed it to Ryo. A lil bit of meat, not much. On top of some rice.]

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[ HELP well at least there's parks i guess

but wow..... ryo just stares at the chopsticks for a long second before opening her mouth to chomp. she will be grateful that akira shared his beloved meat. they are so disgusting actually this is so touchy ]

Mm... oh, I was wondering. I know we're still getting you settled right now, but is there anything specific you'd like to do? Besides dates.

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[Feeding Ryo... Things you do with your girlfriend on dates. He goes back to eating until Ryo asks him about what to do.

Which sucks because it's him, and he immediately gets kind of red in the face and has to cough in a closed mouth and clear his throat. HE WISHES HE COULD SHUT THE HORNY OF HIS BRAIN OFF FOR LIKE FIVE SECONDS MAYBE.]

I'm... okay with anything if you're there. Do you still... want to travel somewhere?

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[ HELP ryo just gives akira a concerned look but does absolutely nothing to actually help the cough. it's fine. after a minute she does pick up the beer and offer it to akira to sip though, which is better than nothing i guess

but hmmm ]

There's a lot of places we can check out in actual hell, but it might be nice to look at other places.

[ ryo doesn't really want akira to think of being here as a punishment, which means showing that they can leave due to whatever bullshit enabled travel idfk. i mean yes technically ryo has stayed here specifically out of depression but she doesn't want AKIRA to think that ]

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[Ignore the choking. He takes the beer so he can have a sip of it and compose himself. He doesn't want to hear Ryo call herself a hole again, especially not in this form. Wow.]

Let's go see other places then. Together.

[Ryo is out here not wanting Akira to think hell is punishment, and Akira is out here not wanting Ryo to think this is the only place Ryo can be without being smote and suffering.]

I'll be with you. Here. Earth. Teyvat. Wherever.

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[ ryo will happily call herself a hole whenever. unfortunately she is truly here to satisfy akira's kinks unless he starts getting into some really weird shit and then she might suddenly have standards

but hmmm. she picks up chopsticks to shove some cabbage into her mouth. it's to give herself some time to respond because this is grossly soft. ryo has had 80 years to get better at understanding emotions, and like. she is way better about it now than when they were in murder, but the problem is still that she hasn't really had a lot of practice in actually voicing these emotions. just processing. so. ]

... good. We can figure it out with the cat.

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[It’s okay. He gives Ryo time to respond, going back to eating himself so he isn’t just sitting and staring at her. Uncomfortable.

Well, aside from Ryo getting full attention from only him.]

Oh. Right.

[JD!!!!!!! THEIR CAT. That’s their child. Until Ryo we get to the mpreg part of this PSL. “ryo literally has a female form”]

If we can’t find anyone to watch him, maybe he can come with us.

[Akira forces JD to age and die repeatedly several times.]

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[ who said ryo is going to be the one who's pregnant

but ryo nods... ]

We can check with Alex first, she'd probably be up for it.

[ ryo 100% shows up to satan's place unannounced to be annoying ]

But if we take short trips, it should probably be okay to take him.

[ unless it's not safe for a cat but ryo also dragged jd through fuckin genshin so. catte is sturdy. ]

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[AKIRA IS GONNA BE PREGNANT? HELP ME!!! HE'S THE MOMMY NOW IN A SINGULAR MALE FORM. Our mpreg psl...]

Okay. If she doesn't mind, we can let JD stay with her if he isn't with us. We can always go places and come back, too.

[They don't have to stay in another world for years if they don't want to do that. WAIT, HOW IS HE GOING TO HOLD A HELL JOB IF RYO IS MAKING HIM WORK?! He works remotely...]

Where do you want to go first?

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[ AKIRA IS FORCED TO WORK FROM HOME WHILE PREGNANT

but hmmm. ryo wonders about going to an earth since akira technically just came from one... it might be too soon? even though it won't be the same one the twins came from. honestly they can probably just go to kuranosuke's since that one seems safe and normal enough. ]

Maybe Teyvat? It's something you haven't seen before.

[ it's feel more like exploring ]

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[yes

Ryo refuses to let Akira go back to an Earth so he can Remember. That's fair. He offers Ryo a small shrug, putting more food into his mouth.]

I'm fine with that.

[He's going to fucking FIND Scaramouche who absolutely better NOT be fucking DEAD, and then he's going to wring that scrawny little fucking twink's neck.]

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[ HELP NOT THE TWINK

but also yeah. listen they can go to earth at some point but right now it feels too fresh and ryo is still paranoid and jealous. she may be better at dealing with emotions but that does not mean her emotions are normal.

but akira will get more meat and veggies on his plate now. ]

Unfortunately you're going to have to hide your wings. If they see yours they might think you're some kind of god and that's more annoying to deal with than anything.

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[Ryo's unhealthy emotions...

He waits until Ryo has bestowed more food upon him before he uses the chopsticks to put it right into his mouth. He's such a hungry, black hole boy.]

Okay. I hid them for so long already. It doesn't bother me.

[Once he was free to let them out, he thought it was just more convenient to keep them that way for when they were needed.]

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Mm. You probably won't need to hide them all the time like you would on Earth. People can just get obnoxious over there about that kind of thing.

[ they are all so religious but in a different way than on earth, and ryo finds it also agitating. but she doesn't have personal beef with teyvat's archons so it's easier to deal with, at least. simply annoying. ]

... plus, I like flying with you.

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[He pauses with the ends of the chopsticks in his mouth to glance at Ryo. About both things. But he will acknowledge the second thing first.]

You're getting spoiled.

[It's light and teasing, said in a way where it doesn't bother him at all. He even sort of grins around the chopsticks.]

Do they not really like gods or something there? Do, uh... their gods usually have... bat wings?

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[ hehe

she kisses akira's shoulder at the spoiled comment, not denying it. yes they can both fly but there is something very peaceful about being princess carried all over the place. sometimes happiness is being pressed against your now boyfriend's tits

at the other thing though, ryo thinks for a second. ]

It's complicated. They don't have just one god that created everything like we do, and their gods can be more involved with the people at times. They're extremely powerful, however it is possible to kill them and for them to die by other means.

[ her expressions sours for a second, before turning more neutral. ]

There are people entirely dedicated to their archons, like religion on Earth. And then there are others who don't care, or hate them-- it depends. But typically each region is controlled by a specific god.

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[Don't kiss him and pretend like you aren't getting more and more spoiled. It's only been, like, maybe a week. Under a week.

He watches her while she explains, lowering the chopsticks. Maybe he should have asked Scaramouche more about the world, but Scaramouche was rarely in the room, and also he didn't ever seem to want to talk about things.

Uh, not with him at least.]

Oh, they're like our gods. [Wait.] Um, the Japanese ones. Sort of.

[He really spent so long with Miki's family he didn't put much thought into the fact he lived in a place which has a history of many gods.]

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[ ryo nods. unfortunately for akira, this is a topic that greatly fascinates ryo so even with all her hangups regarding deities, it is something she is ready to talk about. sometimes you go to another word and spend a lot of time learning about their gods. ]

It's sort of similar, yes. There's actually a lot of connections between our world and theirs-- each region sort of mirrors areas from Earth. Scaramouche and [ grimaces ] Itto are from Inazuma, which is like another version of Japan. Mondstadt is rather Germanic, and Liyue can be compared to China.

[ a pause. this is getting a little off topic to the god talk. ]

There was this one ancient country that was more or less wiped out by gods, but you can still find people who come from there. They typically have a deep hatred for the archons, for obvious reasons...

[ ryo can keep going please stop her, she has done so much fuckin research on this while in teyvat ]

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[No.

It's so rare for Ryo to actually like something, or have strong interest in anything (outside of, like, him). So he would much rather Ryo babble on about this than be apathetic, disinterested.

The ghost of a smile twitches at the corner of his lips. Not about the topic. Ryo is cute like this... being a nerd.]

Sounds pretty cool. I mean, that world, not... [The one country. ANYWAY.] You must have studied them a lot. You sound like a professor again.

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[ it's so funny since ryo did technically have a life and went to school and did so many things before reuniting with akira back in japan, but literally all of it went out the window the second she started obsessing over demons. and then it got worse and worse when the satan aspects of her personality got more and more prominent.

so, now we have someone who is trying to figure out how to make the human traits and habits she's learned co-exist with her inhumanity. it is a Journey. ]

Hm... well, admittedly one reason I went there was because Scaramouche told me about the gods. [ it was also the sappy emotional reason but ryo wouldn't make a major decision like that without something logical to fall back on. ] And I did want something to focus on. We did a lot of exploration and learning the culture, but you still end up with free time outside of that.