call me out v. 12.0

[misheard]

Call out one of the characters from my muselist with a starter, a prompt, a general 'hey can we do something with these characters' comment, a smoke signal, etc., and I'll get back to you with some kind of RP thread!

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[yes_im_kawaii]

[Makoto swells a little, but only for half a second, until she remembers.]

That's why I'm here.

[She glares up at him.]

But why would you not be popular? And even if people suck, they don't deserve to just stop being people. Didn't you ever see this stuff on TV? The whole no-free-will thing is bad. And creepy. And doesn't actually help them get to be better people.

[masterprogrammer]

Oh, I know it doesn't. I've seen those TV shows too.

[He's as much of a nerd as his younger self is.]

But it never makes them worse.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Yeah, it does. They can't change if they're just being all blank. And you can't change, either, except if it's to get lonely and sad.

[masterprogrammer]

...You might be right.

[guess how the good ending is achieved

I'll give you a hint

it's by politely asking him to stop]

[yes_im_kawaii]

There's gotta be better stuff you can do! like I dunno, you can use your data powers to do nice stuff for people. Or if someone's mean to you, instead of deciding to mess with their brain, just go, "You suck, why are you mean." Maybe that doesn't work either, but at least they have the chance to think about it.

[masterprogrammer]

I would never hurt someone for being mean to me, I promise. You don't need to worry about that much.

[...self-esteem, he still has none.]

[yes_im_kawaii]

What about brainwashing people?

[masterprogrammer]

Not that either.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Better not. It's gonna hurt people. And you just wanna be nice, you just suck at it, right? so try making friends or something. I know people are scary, but sometimes they're nice.

[masterprogrammer]

Ah, I see.

Would you like to be friends?

[Mikado and early-canon Nanashi have the same approach to friendship.]

[yes_im_kawaii]

Auu...?

[Makoto scratches her head, pouts, and thinks about it.]

I mean, you're a supervillain, but you're Nanase too... You promise to help people, right? If you do, I'll be your friend.

[masterprogrammer]

I promise I will.

[It's what he'd been trying to do from the beginning, in his own way.]

[yes_im_kawaii]

[Makoto looks him over. Takes s deep breath.

And stops walking to hug him.]

Auu!

[masterprogrammer]

[The hug back is awkward, like he's not sure how to do it right - but he's trying, at least.]

Thank you.

[yes_im_kawaii]

[She huffs a little, but then looks up at him.]

Do you have other friends?

[masterprogrammer]

Does Nanashi count, or is that too sad?

[Since they are the same person even if they aren't cousins...]

[yes_im_kawaii]

No, but it's sad if you have just him. But he's great, he's nice to my cat.

[masterprogrammer]

It is just him, I'm sorry. I don't talk to other people much...

[Even the hackers he worked with, he could hardly call friends.]

[yes_im_kawaii]

Do you have, like, coworkers? I thought people were supposed to hang out with those all the time. Work all day, then go out for supper, then go out for karaoke or something. Like off TV.

[masterprogrammer]

I have my bosses, but I work from home as much as I can.

[yes_im_kawaii]

People are scary, but being a hikikomori makes friends hard. Why d'you do it?

[masterprogrammer]

Making friends is impossible for someone like me anyway. Staying inside was less trouble to me and to them.

[His shut-in pride...]

[yes_im_kawaii]

Stoooooooop. [whine] You can make friends, you just gotta work at it or something.