[ She mutters a small 'thanks' at the offer, knowing she'll have to take it up sometime for her sanity. ]
Sounds up your alley. My job... well, I'm an entertainment wrestler. Y'know about NJPW? It's like that. They call me the Burned Woman. I wish the matches weren't decided ahead of time, but I'm becoming a popular newcomer.
Though my fake name... they gave me my sister's name.
[Wrestling? Not Nobara's thing, but Maki has always been an exquisite fighter. Not a bad choice, all things considering.]
Of course you'll be popular! You're so strong, and talented, anyone with half a brain should be placing their bets on you, Maki-senpai.
[Can you place bets? If so... well, she may have just received a new patron. Nobara grins to herself at the thought, and expression which immediately falters upon the mention of her twin.]
Tch. Make them change it! Why would you want to be reminded of her, she's so irritating!
[ There's a short pause, undetectable, as she processes Nobara's insults. To anyone else it could qualify as sacrilege. But for Maki? After the blink of a moment she cracks a wide smile as a laugh bubbles out. ]
Ahaha, right? But if she shows up here for some reason, maybe they'll name her "Maki"! Oh she would hate that so much. I can't change it when I think about it like that.
[ It was a shock and an insult when she saw it assigned to her for legal reasons here. Then she thought about it more, and knew she had to keep it. Nobara's annoyance just makes it so much funnier. ]
Anyway you can place bets at the events, so show up for me! I'm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights.
[ Hah. It feels nice to grill Mai a little again. Just a little.
Maki settles in, asks for a glass of water and a bowl of their spiciest option on the menu, and waits until the waiter leaves with both their orders before speaking again. ]
Anyway, I guess I should tell you -- I got set on fire by a Special Grade curse in Shibuya. That's why I look like this now.
Volcano head, I'm guessing? We got the same briefing on them, after all.
[But then they got split up, and Maki got burned, and Nobara... got more than burned.]
Well it looks fine. Actually, it really emphasizes your strong personality! I bet nobody is going to want to mess with you now!
....If you ever felt like covering it though— N-not that I'm saying you need to! Just— if you ever felt like you wanted though, I have plenty of makeup you know! But Maki-senpai always looks pretty without it, even now!
[ Maki hums in agreement at Nobara's naming, damn curse. Erasing it is the one good thing Sukuna has ever done. Cold comfort and all around it. ]
Thanks, but I'll be ok. [ She considered the possibility, and Kirara offered something similar, but decided against it. ] It's stupid but... looking at them reminds me how far I made it. And that I survived what even that bastard Naobito couldn't.
Yeah. [ She's familiar with all of them to some degree or another. But then a certain bastard's face crosses her thoughts and her expression sours. ] Gojo's piece of shit friend is among them. Can't stand that bastard.
[That's his name now, after Nobara thoroughly made fun of him before she ever found out who he was.]
Have you met him? I mean, before this. Sensei told me he died a year or so ago, but that's it. He's kind of weird, kept talking about wanting to kill everyone when I was texting him once.
Yeah. He died last year because he tried to kill civilians and other sorcerers. Including me.
[ It's still a sore spot, but she knows she would have died if Yuta, Panda and Inumaki didn't save her. For all her strength and grit, she was no match against Geto. She hates him for a lot of reasons, but she can't let shake losing to someone so smug about his superiority. ]
I don't know what's up with his head, but he thinks anyone who isn't a sorcerer is a "monkey".
[Nobara frowns at that. Before she had been treating him like a nuisence honestly, because what else could you expect from one of Gojo's friends other than pure insanity? But to go that far as to try and kill their own kind, even someone like Maki...]
He's so weird! He told me he wanted to everyone to die, but who does that? Are sorcerers suddenly going to be responsible for making sure the internet works? Designing fashion? Making movies? A world without any of that... I'd rather just die again, thanks!
[Idiot idiot IDIOT!]
I doubt he will be stupid enough to try anything here, but Gojo-sensei had better keep him in line.
He thinks of me as a fake. A failure who doesn't know her place beneath his foot or whatever.
[ It doesn't hurt to say and there's no bitterness on her tongue over it, though that last bit has less to do with him and more with her family. He's not at all the first to say it and she knows better now. She has nothing to prove to him. ]
He can't be reasoned with. Nothing about his plan makes any sense. Him and his followers are just angry with an unjust world and think the solution is to kill anyone who isn't like them. He won't do anything to you, but keep him at arms length. He'll try to convince you to see things his way.
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Sounds up your alley. My job... well, I'm an entertainment wrestler. Y'know about NJPW? It's like that. They call me the Burned Woman. I wish the matches weren't decided ahead of time, but I'm becoming a popular newcomer.
Though my fake name... they gave me my sister's name.
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Of course you'll be popular! You're so strong, and talented, anyone with half a brain should be placing their bets on you, Maki-senpai.
[Can you place bets? If so... well, she may have just received a new patron. Nobara grins to herself at the thought, and expression which immediately falters upon the mention of her twin.]
Tch. Make them change it! Why would you want to be reminded of her, she's so irritating!
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Ahaha, right? But if she shows up here for some reason, maybe they'll name her "Maki"! Oh she would hate that so much. I can't change it when I think about it like that.
[ It was a shock and an insult when she saw it assigned to her for legal reasons here. Then she thought about it more, and knew she had to keep it. Nobara's annoyance just makes it so much funnier. ]
Anyway you can place bets at the events, so show up for me! I'm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights.
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Hah! She would hate it! If she ever shows up, I'll be sure to call her the fake-Maki~
[Maybe it is worth having your sister's name after all, if it means she'll have to deal with it it in kind.]
Of course I'm going to show up! And the boys had better show their support too! [Is this the beginning of Nobara's gambling ring era? Perhaps...]
[She leads them into the ramen shop, picking out a table by the window and attempting to flag down one of the servers to take their order.]
Feel free to order whatever you'd like~ It's my treat.
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[ Hah. It feels nice to grill Mai a little again. Just a little.
Maki settles in, asks for a glass of water and a bowl of their spiciest option on the menu, and waits until the waiter leaves with both their orders before speaking again. ]
Anyway, I guess I should tell you -- I got set on fire by a Special Grade curse in Shibuya. That's why I look like this now.
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Volcano head, I'm guessing? We got the same briefing on them, after all.
[But then they got split up, and Maki got burned, and Nobara... got more than burned.]
Well it looks fine. Actually, it really emphasizes your strong personality! I bet nobody is going to want to mess with you now!
....If you ever felt like covering it though— N-not that I'm saying you need to! Just— if you ever felt like you wanted though, I have plenty of makeup you know! But Maki-senpai always looks pretty without it, even now!
[Smooth, Nobara, smooth.]
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Thanks, but I'll be ok. [ She considered the possibility, and Kirara offered something similar, but decided against it. ] It's stupid but... looking at them reminds me how far I made it. And that I survived what even that bastard Naobito couldn't.
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[Nod nod. Maki-senpai knows best after all!]
Sooo... senpai, did you meet the "other" people from our world yet? Aside from my classmates, and Gojo-sensei?
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[That's his name now, after Nobara thoroughly made fun of him before she ever found out who he was.]
Have you met him? I mean, before this. Sensei told me he died a year or so ago, but that's it. He's kind of weird, kept talking about wanting to kill everyone when I was texting him once.
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[ It's still a sore spot, but she knows she would have died if Yuta, Panda and Inumaki didn't save her. For all her strength and grit, she was no match against Geto. She hates him for a lot of reasons, but she can't let shake losing to someone so smug about his superiority. ]
I don't know what's up with his head, but he thinks anyone who isn't a sorcerer is a "monkey".
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[Nobara frowns at that. Before she had been treating him like a nuisence honestly, because what else could you expect from one of Gojo's friends other than pure insanity? But to go that far as to try and kill their own kind, even someone like Maki...]
He's so weird! He told me he wanted to everyone to die, but who does that? Are sorcerers suddenly going to be responsible for making sure the internet works? Designing fashion? Making movies? A world without any of that... I'd rather just die again, thanks!
[Idiot idiot IDIOT!]
I doubt he will be stupid enough to try anything here, but Gojo-sensei had better keep him in line.
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[ It doesn't hurt to say and there's no bitterness on her tongue over it, though that last bit has less to do with him and more with her family. He's not at all the first to say it and she knows better now. She has nothing to prove to him. ]
He can't be reasoned with. Nothing about his plan makes any sense. Him and his followers are just angry with an unjust world and think the solution is to kill anyone who isn't like them. He won't do anything to you, but keep him at arms length. He'll try to convince you to see things his way.