Traumend 22

[dritte_tochter]

[is walking around with the paper about the prostitute's eyes being glued shut, tilting it this way and that as she tries to read it. too bad it's upside down and she can't, well, read. not that she'd let anyone know that]

This isn't a very good story, desu~

Comments

[rosegeneral]

That isn't even a 'story'. It's the news, you idiot.

[dritte_tochter]

Who are you calling an idiot you stupid, ugly old man?!

[rosegeneral]

Yet I am the one that can read~

[dritte_tochter]

W-w-what are you implying, desu?!

[swallowfury]

No, it isn't...

You... really shouldn't look at things like that.

[dritte_tochter]

Why not? I always had a story read to me back home, desu. I-I just wanted to read one now while I'm here, desu.

[swallowfury]

I'm sure you could find one a lot nicer than that, though. That one's... what they did to her is horrible,

[dritte_tochter]

[she hasn't actually read it and so doesn't understand what he's talking about]

What do you mean, what they did to her? [tilts her head, looks back at the paper] I-I didn't see anything like that, desu...

[clutzy_chosen]

Wow... I didn't know you could read it upside down!

[dritte_tochter]

[it's just one of her many skills~] Ahahaha...t-t-that's just something I like to do, desu...! I-it makes the story more exciting, desu...!

[clutzy_chosen]

Really? I'll have to try it sometime myself then!

What's the story about?

[dritte_tochter]

[lying through her teeth, go!] I-it's about, um...ah...monsters, desu! The kind that lure you into the shadows so they can steal your soul, desu!

[masteronhigh]

[looks it over casually, though it's still upside down] Oh, it has all the signs of turn-of-the-century decadence all over it. Which always makes for a fun story, I find.

[dritte_tochter]

M-M-Master! [jumps a little] R-really? I, um, ah... [laughs] I didn't think it was all that interesting, desu... [tilts it a little] There aren't any pictures, either, desu...

[masteronhigh]

For the sake of public morality, no, no pictures. [pats her head affectionately - with the hand with her ring on it, one must note] Hmm~ You don't know how to read, do you? And no, don't protest, there's nothing wrong with that. It's simply that I could teach you, if you were ever inclined to learn.

[dritte_tochter]

[blushes faintly, but nods. it's like he's psychic or something, always seeing through her lies!] Someone always read me a story back home, desu, so I just wanted to try reading one here, too. I-I would like it if you could teach me, desu...