CROSS-CANON DOUBLE DATE OF THE MULTIVERSE

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[crucifer]

Is that any way to talk about the guy who's paying your rent?

[ TO BE FAIR. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[OI]

I pay rent! [sometimes]

[crucifer]

How do you make your money?

[ IS THIS A PAYING JOB? ]

[ohthehumanities]

I'm an architect! I don't work for free! [Sometimes he does]

[crucifer]

You look like you would... you made all those schematics for us without us even really askin'.

[ So... ]

[ohthehumanities]

That's different. [For like, a thousand reasons, but the easiest one is--] I get paid to design buildings, not any of those things.

[crucifer]

Did you design this one?

[ohthehumanities]

This boring place? Absolutely not. I've barely managed to salvage the interior, no thanks to him. [ALHAITHAM.] It was already built while I was in school, anyway. Most of the buildings in the city were, which is why they're all so standardized.

[crucifer]

[ Stares at him like. ]

If this is borin' to you then I don't wanna see what's gaudy.

Think a cheap motel on No Man's Land would just shock you dead on the spot.

[ohthehumanities]

[SOMETIMES you're spoiled by living in a beautiful place... Kaveh would despise 21st century architectural trends tbh.]

Give me some credit, I know the standards are different. But this place was built with Akademiya resources, so I'm not inclined to give them leeway. Though, granted, it was intended as a research center...

[crucifer]

Harsh, and critical. You got anythin' nice to say about the place you literally live in?

[ohthehumanities]

Sure. All of the parts I decorated.

[Okay now he's being a brat on purpose]

[crucifer]

Cocky. So that's how you are when you aren't under pressure.

[piteous]

He's what now?

[ this escaped him in the underground. ]

[crucifer]

I think it's like that.

[ Just says shit. ]

[piteous]

... Does that mean Alhaitham's actually nice?

[ Why are they talking about this dude in front of his salad. ]

[crucifer]

Whoa, what's scholar been tellin' you that gave you that kinda reaction?

[ Really being like Kaveh said Alhaitham sucks in front of their salads. ]

[piteous]

Covering rent sometimes is objectively nice unless he's extorting Kaveh for...

[ What does Kaveh offer. Vash sneaks a peek at him before turning back to Wolfwood. ]

Interior... Decorating?

[crucifer]

It's his place. I don't think you can extort someone into decorating your place for you.

If anything, most people don't like it when you go ahead and put shit up in their place without askin'.

[piteous]

Okay, what is he getting out of covering Kaveh's rent, then?

[ CONSPIRACY THEORY WHILE NAT IS WATCHING A MOVIE GO ]

[crucifer]

...Don't make it sound so shady...

[ Maybe it's pure good will, have you ever considered that. ]

[piteous]

I was the one that said it must be because Alhaitham's nice to some degree?!

[ AND YOU WERE LIKE NO WAY ]

[crucifer]

I never said anythin' about there bein' payment! The most I'd make Livio do is do chores and clean up after himself!

[ For some reason he pulls Livio as the example and not, you know, Vash himself, but I guess they also haven't quite lived together exactly. ]

[piteous]

Wolfwood. That's still pretty nice...

[ FREELOAD WHILE JUST DOING CHORES? Vash is generally optimistic and likes to see the good in people, but even he knows generally there is a give and take. ]

[crucifer]

What kinda person do you think I am?!

[ THIS WOULD BE NORMAL FOR LIVIO!! ]

What kinda landlord does that make you? Jesus, remind me to make sure I've always got rent if we ever get up to somethin' like that.