chanteuser | HANSA

[Sometimes your foster father just adopts you because you're super strong?? It's fine.]

[They don't move differently from how regular fingers would, but its obvious at close inspection that his hand is covered by a flesh-colored layer, complete with fingernails, but the feeling underneath is very different. It's very solid, with obvious large flat sections in his palm instead of individual finger bones.]

Haha, beating the sin out of someone would be fun, but...no. I'm a bit of a special case. Most priests don't get into the things I do.

[ that sounds normal and healthy and not at all concerning, hansa. ]

[ eventually she'll stop messing with his hand -- but not before she's figured out the flat palm secrets, probably by holding their palms together like some sort of first encounter movie moment -- and just hold it. she's done being nosey. probably. ]

Is that even possible, or is that just considered an abuse of power? [ hm? hm. ] I know there are different ranks in the church, but I didn't think obtaining them involved combat training.

[It's fine?? He turned out okay?? Somehow?????]

[He'll hold that palm to palm pose before he shifts his fingers so they interlock with hers, holding it gently - for his strength, it must take more effort to be nice and gentle than not.]

There are different ranks for sure, and some involve that sort of thing. It's not a side that's known to the public, though. I'm like a very well-kept secret.

[ the biggest mystery of the fate franchise.... ]

[ it's appreciated. thank you for not crushing her hand like grape, hansa. she squeezes their hands though, as she's not going metal appendages it should be fine. ]

Like special forces? [ some organisations have that, don't they? it's not like she has the memories or extensive knowledge so say for sure. ] Or specialised hired help?

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[the only psychologically well-adjusted person in its entire history. maybe.]

...Let's call it special forces. [They're just going to hold hands like this now.] I tend to get sent in for really tough situations.

[ looks at every other priest in fatedom. admittedly the bar here is not high. ]

...

Y'know there are a few people I can think of who have jobs that amount to "clean up" or being the stronger firepower in the phrase "we need to send in the stronger firepower" ...

Or... enhanced priests, or whatever the equivalent is. I wonder what that says about the worlds, plural.

[ that's... not just what she knows either. it's what she's heard here too. ]

Really? You can think of people like that?

[That's interesting. Hansa purses his lips, thoughtful.]

Which people are these?

It's not really linked to church, or anything? But the idea of having people who are above average in ability and hiring them for specialised jobs.

My roommates run a odd-job business. That was how I met them properly, they were asked to... get rid of my previous boss, and his associates. Technically, I should've been included in that but they helped me out instead.

[ ... ] And there's the guild as well, which is full of specialised fighters. One of them, Galahad, is hired the Christiano family as a bodyguard. That sort of thing.

Oh?

[Now that's interesting. A group that does specialized work, with her caught up in the middle of it all...almost sounds like a plot of a heist film.]

Now that begs the question...are you part of that business?

[ very seriously: ]

I answer their phone.

[ tah daaaaaah. ]

[in a serious tone:]

Wow. Truly you're the brains of the operation.

I found a cat they had to look for once too.

[ said just as seriously. ]

... They wanted someone to take calls for their work. And I needed somewhere to stay. It worked out.

Cat finder AND call taker? A woman of many talents in a win-win situation.

[Somehow he doesn't seem at all bothered she's getting up into likely criminal activity.]

Do you like what you do?

[ good because ergastulum is a lawless nightmare of a city and one of her roommates has a weekend job as a gigolo, there are so many layers here. ]

It's better than what I was doing before.

And I have an evening job some days too, singing. I enjoy that more than I'd thought I would.

[His eyebrows raise.]

Singing? [Oh, now you've done it. He's grinning wide.] I don't suppose you take requests?

[ ohhhh no.

well, she did say to lup she'd try and be less cagey and avoidant about singing unexpectedly, and she did just set herself up for this: ]

Um. Well, if I know the song I can give it a go?

...Hm. [He seems to think about it for a moment. Also yes they're still holding hands.] Actually...what is your favorite song you like to sing? I'd like to hear that one.

[ lovely. maybe they can wave their joined hands in time to the music. ]

[ anyway after a moment's thought, hansa will be treated to this song, which she has already sung once here, but also actually sings in canon and thank you to florence for providing a killer version for me to abuse here in this game. ]

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[He listens quietly, and sure, he'll just shift his hand to grip hers again so he can swing it gently as she performs. She really has talent - and honestly, its nice, to hear something as sweet as this, after everything they've been through in this chaotic place.]

[When she's done, he'll nod, clearly appreciative.]

Your voice is lovely. You really have a gift.

Thank you.

[ she looks supremely unsure about what to do with compliments but she’s less embarrassed or stuttering than she was the last time she got caught singing. ]

I got my other job by chance but... I don’t mind it. At least people enjoy music, and I can do something with that to help them out.

[He squeezes her hand, lightly.]

Either way, you're helping someone. Isn't that nice? You're putting a little more kindness in the world.

[ she laughs. it's maybe a little too quiet. ]

Or you just get roped into something and like it enough to keep going. [ she likes feeling useful. she likes feeling like she's doing something. ]

But if people are enjoying it, then I'm glad.

Well, blessings come in different forms. Sometimes they come on the backs of things that don't look very much like blessings at all.

[He lets out a light laugh.]

You just have to find your own happiness, sometimes, in a chaotic world.

That makes blessing sound like a high risk/high reward deal, rather than a spontaneous good thing happening to you.

[ welp. ]

Mm. You're not wrong. You can't pin your happiness on someone else and hope things will turn out well.

Haha, no, not quite like that. I mean it more like blessings come packaged in different forms. Hope was at the bottom of a box filled with the world's despairs, in Pandora's box.

Exactly. [His thumb makes little circles over the back of her hand.] The most important thing is to find joy even if you're on your own. You can never sink into despair, that way.

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