Jumping the gun... Canon is Vanitas no Carte.

[vanitatumvanitas]

"Jumping the gun" is certainly right. Don't you think it's a little rude to just make a decision like this without getting to know me properly first?

You don't even know my name yet.

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[miraculouslylucky]

Okay, maybe you're right, but how about something to call you in the mean time? Any nicknames?

[earlofphantoms]

It is difficult to master someone without knowing their name.

Try harder, Mun.

{That last part is said without any enthusiasm.}

[vanitatumvanitas]

She's so enthusiastic though that I almost feel bad for her.

[earlofphantoms]

Almost won't loosen your tongue.

I wonder what will?

[vanitatumvanitas]

Everyone is so hasty to just know things. Isn't it a little more exciting with some suspense?

[earlofphantoms]

It has its uses, but one likes to know a game has an end.


...even if it is far in the future.

[vanitatumvanitas]

Games always have an end, that's inevitable. Although I guess most aren't fortunate enough to have a lifespan to really enjoy them.

[earlofphantoms]

Part of the game is staying alive. {He stretches out in his chair, unconcerned with the fact that he is, technically, quite dead.} You've hit a mark close to home.

[vanitatumvanitas]

[He smiles innocently. There are fangs barely visible glinting amongst his other teeth.]

I guessed as much.

[earlofphantoms]

{His expression is rather tragic, but then he smirks and all traces of it are gone.}

You like the upper hand.

[vanitatumvanitas]

I do. Since you seem to like games too I'm sure you understand why.

[earlofphantoms]

Games can be an amusing way to pass the time. I would hate for my skills to rust.

[vanitatumvanitas]

Well isn't this place an ideal opportunity to play more? Here you don't have to worry about the regular torment of time and mortality.

[earlofphantoms]

One has to be set free as it were. I have yet to achieve that.

[vanitatumvanitas]

Oh? That's a shame. It must be boring.

[earlofphantoms]

Terribly so. The tea is good.

[vanitatumvanitas]

Doesn't your Mundane plan on sending you anywhere? Seems like such a waste. [Tea can only entertain for so long, after all.]

[earlofphantoms]

She has an idea. I will believe when I see results. {He is a vigorous task master and proud of it!}

[vanitatumvanitas]

Hopefully for your sake she follows through.

[earlofphantoms]

How kind of you to say so!

[vanitatumvanitas]

My own Mundane is quite indecisive and fickle, so I hate to see others trapped with the same fate.