[ after maybe calling cain since that hell convo, shylock will also have to do a hip human thing and call matoba too! no arrows and letters sent by ravens for you, bitch!!! the phone won't stop ringing too until matoba picks up. ]
I do wish you wouldn't rile up my customers that way. This is exactly why I don't usually allow humans into my establishments, you know?
Yes, yes. You are directly putting money into my pocket instead of visiting other teahouses instead. It's such an honor.
[ is he being sarcastic? hard to tell over the phone, probably. now moving on -- ]
Cain is certainly one of us, though he was chosen to join our ranks recently. As you can probably tell, he's not as old compared to me nor my fellow wizards who found their way here as well.
Then I am correct in surmising that he thinks he is a human. [His tone makes it clear enough what he thinks of that, but he wasn’t hiding it before, either, so like. What did you expect.] Isn’t that a little dangerous? Given what you’ve said about the relationship of wizards and humans.
[ shylock shrugs, even though matoba can't see it. ]
He's a wizard from Central Country. The wizards who are born there are natural diplomats, known for having exceptional leadership skills. They usually have a strong sense of justice and would do anything to for their allies, no matter what.
Cain may be a little disheartened right now, but he's always been able to bounce back. After all, he has been living with that affliction for quite a while now. He might even attempt to befriend you again despite what happened earlier.
[ there's a smile in his voice now. centrals are cute, what can he say. ]
Yes. A bright fool at that. You'll learn that wizards can be rather resilient -- we didn't survive hundreds of years of oppression by sitting around and doing nothing, hm?
[ shylock just neatly returns that sneer with a bright smile in his voice and all that. ]
And well, you're not wrong that among the four of us, I seem to have the most authority. While I won't hesitate in helping out a friend in need, Cain will have to overcome his trials with his own two hands. It's what his mentor would have wanted for him.
Yes... We humans would know nothing of resilience.
[Without his expression to match, Matoba's tone becomes murky. The silkiness in both their voices was subject to change throughout their conversations, at any moment teetering between threatening and teasing, but Matoba lacked Shylock's grace. It was one side of a blade or the other, with him.]
[Knowing that Shylock was still the most senior was ... useful, he supposes. But that meant little when Shylock was also the most laid-back of those he had met. That, he supposes, was still a good thing; he wasn't worried about the others, just yet.]
...It might have been fun to make use of his naivety and learn some interesting things about you, Shylock-san, but I accomplished what it is I set out to do in that afternoon.
What he wishes to think of me, after answering his questions, isn't my concern.
Surely you did not think calling to scold me would be fruitful. What is it you want out of my time?
[ being laidback and chill have its perks! matoba should really try it sometime. ]
I have no intention in convincing you to change your ways, if you're not willing. There are so many humans like you in the West that it means little to me on what you think of my kind.
I'm only here to provide some perspective on a friend, seeing as he's from a wholly different country than I, and not to mention a recent Lost Soul who found himself in a world that's very much different from his own. Not every wizard has my temperament, after all. But... well, perhaps you could say that I'm here in his defense as well. It's what friends do.
That will be all. Though if you do try instigating another ruckus in my bar, I will have no choice but to intervene. And trust me when I say that you won't like it when a Western wizard intervenes. [ fufu. ] Have a good night, Mr. Matoba.
Then there is no more to say. [It would only be an additional waste of his breath; he'll take the information at face value, for what use it could be in the future- but that was the only value.]
[The threat- that was what he really expected this to be about- is far more interesting, anyway.]
[In his silky and interested voice, he says,] I don't know if that is true. [He might like it a lot. Would Shylock try to kill him, or simply make him suffer? No. Knowing this slippery one, perhaps he would try to do something to shame him. No matter what, it would be something interesting, indeed, to see this monster get serious with his magic.] But I respect the presence of a neutral meeting ground; I have no intentions of instigating anything pointless in your bar.
Nor have I, to this point. [He will remind him of this, also.] Goodnight, Shylock-san.
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I do wish you wouldn't rile up my customers that way. This is exactly why I don't usually allow humans into my establishments, you know?
[ but somehow shylock doesn't sound mad. yet. ]
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[The second one makes him frown, but he picks up.]
I was the one paying, you know. [What is this customer service. smh.]
...And that time, I wasn't actually trying to rile anyone up, but I cannot help it if he cannot take simple facts. Is he really one of you?
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[ is he being sarcastic? hard to tell over the phone, probably. now moving on -- ]
Cain is certainly one of us, though he was chosen to join our ranks recently. As you can probably tell, he's not as old compared to me nor my fellow wizards who found their way here as well.
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[Bitch he knows you are don’t play]
Then I am correct in surmising that he thinks he is a human. [His tone makes it clear enough what he thinks of that, but he wasn’t hiding it before, either, so like. What did you expect.] Isn’t that a little dangerous? Given what you’ve said about the relationship of wizards and humans.
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He's a wizard from Central Country. The wizards who are born there are natural diplomats, known for having exceptional leadership skills. They usually have a strong sense of justice and would do anything to for their allies, no matter what.
Cain may be a little disheartened right now, but he's always been able to bounce back. After all, he has been living with that affliction for quite a while now. He might even attempt to befriend you again despite what happened earlier.
[ there's a smile in his voice now. centrals are cute, what can he say. ]
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So you are saying he is a fool. [That's what he’s getting from this, overall.] I wonder how long he will last, with that naivety...
Ahh, but he will have his senior to arrange things after him, won’t he? How fortunate. [Now, you can hear that familiar, thin smile.]
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[ shylock just neatly returns that sneer with a bright smile in his voice and all that. ]
And well, you're not wrong that among the four of us, I seem to have the most authority. While I won't hesitate in helping out a friend in need, Cain will have to overcome his trials with his own two hands. It's what his mentor would have wanted for him.
[ he's doing this for you, lord oz... ]
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[Without his expression to match, Matoba's tone becomes murky. The silkiness in both their voices was subject to change throughout their conversations, at any moment teetering between threatening and teasing, but Matoba lacked Shylock's grace. It was one side of a blade or the other, with him.]
[Knowing that Shylock was still the most senior was ... useful, he supposes. But that meant little when Shylock was also the most laid-back of those he had met. That, he supposes, was still a good thing; he wasn't worried about the others, just yet.]
...It might have been fun to make use of his naivety and learn some interesting things about you, Shylock-san, but I accomplished what it is I set out to do in that afternoon.
What he wishes to think of me, after answering his questions, isn't my concern.
Surely you did not think calling to scold me would be fruitful. What is it you want out of my time?
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I have no intention in convincing you to change your ways, if you're not willing. There are so many humans like you in the West that it means little to me on what you think of my kind.
I'm only here to provide some perspective on a friend, seeing as he's from a wholly different country than I, and not to mention a recent Lost Soul who found himself in a world that's very much different from his own. Not every wizard has my temperament, after all. But... well, perhaps you could say that I'm here in his defense as well. It's what friends do.
That will be all. Though if you do try instigating another ruckus in my bar, I will have no choice but to intervene. And trust me when I say that you won't like it when a Western wizard intervenes. [ fufu. ] Have a good night, Mr. Matoba.
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Then there is no more to say. [It would only be an additional waste of his breath; he'll take the information at face value, for what use it could be in the future- but that was the only value.]
[The threat- that was what he really expected this to be about- is far more interesting, anyway.]
[In his silky and interested voice, he says,] I don't know if that is true. [He might like it a lot. Would Shylock try to kill him, or simply make him suffer? No. Knowing this slippery one, perhaps he would try to do something to shame him. No matter what, it would be something interesting, indeed, to see this monster get serious with his magic.] But I respect the presence of a neutral meeting ground; I have no intentions of instigating anything pointless in your bar.
Nor have I, to this point. [He will remind him of this, also.] Goodnight, Shylock-san.