[OPEN MINGLE: SEPT 8-16]

[oneandmikleonly]

[So what are you up to as we pass out of the first hectic week of September and into the second? Calm strolls with alien elephants or fast swims with alien sealife? Flashing your sunglasses at crime scenes? Dreaming and building dreams? Waking and building...buildings? There's always a lot to do here, whether it's formal missions or just shenanigans with friends.

Zenning out is fine too!]

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[classwarfare]

Ahhhhhh...

[ He makes a. A face. At that. ]

No -- I mean, he's old enough to be a teacher, but that's not what I meant. It's more that he's, ahhhh, well, he's--

What I mean is that he's not using his human disguise here.

[ Is he serious? He says it like it's some small embarrassing thing, like there's no deeper implication. ]

[soulfriend]

What?! Don't just leave it at that! Who drops that casually into conversation?! Wh . . . what is he?!

[Like he can talk. On the other hand, if Monokuma or Monomi ever did show up here, he definitely wouldn't be treating it with this kind of casualness, so it's hard for him to relate to when he hears it.]

[classwarfare]

Korosensei is Korosensei.

[ OBVIOUSLY?? He manages to keep a completely straight face for that, like he's actually being the tsukkomi in this pairing. (Anything to put off trying to figure out how to actually describe Korosensei to someone who hasn't met him yet. Some things are better off experienced in person for the first time.) ]

[soulfriend]

That ain't an answer! If I asked what kind o' pet you had, you wouldn't say, "Hana is Hana!" I'm askin' about the species here . . . I think . . .

[Though what kind of answer should he be expecting? Anything but bear. Please not that. Souda's expression is anything but neutral; the two of them do make a pretty great comedy duo right now.]

[classwarfare]

[ It is really tempting to straightface saying Hana is Hana after that, just for a moment. But he relents, shrugging and offering Souda a bit of an apologetic smile. ]

It's really hard to explain. If you meet him, you'll see what I mean, but Korosensei... was human, once. So remember that, okay?

[soulfriend]

You ain't makin' me feel any better when you put it like that! Just—just tell me he's not out for blood!

[He's trying so hard here not to freak out, but in this situation? It's kinda hard not to jump to come frightening conclusions. He was human once?!]

[classwarfare]

He likes pudding better than blood.

[ SURELY... SURELY THAT IS MORE COMFORTING.............. ]

No, it's just, Korosensei kind of looks like something out of a comic book? So it'll probably be a surprise to see him, but he does mean well.

[soulfriend]

That really don't narrow it down much . . .

[He sighs, rubbing at his forehead.]

But I'm startin' to get used to that here.

[classwarfare]

I... kind of am, kinda not. It's really--

[ Weird? Unsettling? Alien? All of the above? ]

--kind of unique.