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[video] un: supercoolguy

[Camera feed turns on, revealing something that may be a familiar sight to some, a strange 'wtf' moment to others. A very large, seven+ feet tall bipedal pink rabbit??? Is striking a big, arms out pose. There appears to be a voice from a young woman coming from nowhere. Perhaps one holding the camera?]

Aaaand go!

Ahem! Howdy-doo, howdy-hoo! I'm Genbunny, and I have some cool news for you!

[It speaks in a high pitched voice.]

Though it may still be hot, Autumn is soon upon us! It is now the beginnin' of...uh...s-seppybempter!

September...

September! And Granny Botan is makin'/ new autumn cakes and snacks over at Botan Sweets! Please come visit us!

With that out of the way, welcome as always, new refugees! And hello to all the old ones! How are ya plannin' on spendin' the upcomin' fall?

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There's the spirit. ...Almost too much spirit. Don't brush off my death too casually, at least where I can hear you. I told you before that we ancients have feelings too.

[False-hurt aside, he seems satisfied with that reply, Genbu's determination, as he meets the au'ra's eyes. ...And the tail wagging was a bit endearing, honestly. The enthusiasm of Genbu, of a mortal, or of his old friend? Sometimes it was hard to separate them.]

Consider this place a holiday, hm? From my, for once, limited understanding of our circumstance, the time from which we were plucked will only resume on our return to it.

[To resume being... trapped in endless repetitions of it, possibly. If that was true, so long as one wasn't aware of it, it didn't matter, he supposed. The Ascian punctuates his words with a shrug regardless.]

Not that it particularly affects me in either case. I can reminisce here nearly as well as the Underworld. [Not even remotely, but he'll gloss over that.] But I see you've taken up a new... career.

[Time to question some life choices.]

Hanging up the axe in favor of playing rabbit...?

{Eh? Oh!}

[Genbu looks around and runs off, coming back with the head of said rabbit in his arms.]

{Axe is back where I'm staying right now. I didn't give it up, why—}

[It just occured to him. Emet-Selch...only started observing him back at the first, right? That was when things were happening, and Genbunny was put on hold for the time being. Emet-Selch has no idea what kind of person Genbu was before all that. Well then.]

{...This is something I did before I came to the First. I've been doing it...hmmm...maybe since I first came to Eorzea from Othard.}

[Perhaps it was simply the state of excitement he was in, that sense of euphoria from seeing a familiar face from home...that he suddenly came up with an awful idea. He puts the head on.]

{HOWDY-DOO! I'M GENBUNNY! GIMME A BIG OL' HUG!} [Being the professional entertainer he is, Genbunny could fake an Eorzean accent perfectly. He starts walking towards Emet-Selch, arms wide open.]

[Genbu just... running off wasn't at all what Emet-Selch expected, but he waits with an air of bemusement, arms loosely crossed, for the au'ra's return. It didn't seem like when the man had so rudely hung up on him, or to be any attempt at escaping him, so he deigns to be patient. As for what to expect, the warrior returning with that rabbit head in hand... was not it.

He stares. Takes in some of this new information (He worked as some sort of entertainer, before becoming an adventurer, a hero? In terms of temperament, he could see it, but still--), before stopping short entirely when Genbu puts the head back on.

This was worse. This was worse than Genbu wearing the whole outfit, and not only because he knew who this was, now.

Without being conscious of it, Emet-Selch takes a few steps back as the taller man advances on him, taking on that terrible persona he'd seen in that original advertisement. And for a moment he considers whether this really was just an insane dream, some aspect of death that he hadn't considered.]

I- shall think I'll pass, so long as the head is on.

[An actually brief reply to him, for once. This was the face of the person who'd killed him, an unbroken Ascian, and greatest mage of the Convocation? This was who he'd committed the future to, had trusted the memory of his people to? This Genbunny?]

{TOO LATE, BOYO, THIS IS YOUR AFTERLIFE PUNISHMENT}

[So 'Genbunny' screams as he starts sprinting towards the Ascian.

Rest in fucking pieces, Emet-Selch.]

[Being charged at by a rabbit-headed Genbu shouting at him about punishment was not the sort of thing that Emet-Selch expected to endure today, or on any day. It would've been much more reassuring to be come at with an axe. But this... was all the more reason to suspect he was dreaming, that he was delusional, that all his years had finally caught up to him and something in his mind had just broken.

Surely the au'ra was bluffing, expecting him to blink first, to retreat further- and for a second the Ascian does consider teleporting to safety. And all he has is a second or two to mull it over, to think about his options, and while he might like to say afterward that it was a deliberate choice to stand his ground, to not be chased off- well.

Perhaps death had lowered his guard. In disbelief, he simply freezes.

Sturdy Garlean frame that Emet-Selch possessed, it was no match at all for a Genbu running full tilt. Down he goes, and down he goes hard, every bit of air knocked out of him as he's tackled mercilessly into the ground.

And down he stays, apart from a few ineffectual twitches, currently too stunned to be angry. Just too stunned for much of anything.]

W- Genbu!- What--

[Give him a minute or two.]

[Well. Genbu wasn't expecting this.

Genbu ran to Emet-Selch at full speed, fully intending it as a silly jest to mess with the man. After all, the Ascian did have a habit or appearing and disappearing whenever he so please, so Genbu assumed he'd simply be annoyed and poof out of the way, letting Genbu fall to the ground.

So naturally, Genbu is shocked to feel a goddamn body under him when he falls to the ground. The bunny head rolls off of him thanks to the momentum, leaving Genbu's surprised visible to the stunned Ascian.]

Oi...Oi oi oi!! Why the heckers didn't ya move!? I thought ya were gonna go poof!

[Genbu himself was too shocked to keep to Eorzean, jumping to his native tongue. He rolls himself off of Emet-Selch and onto his back next to him, laughing weakly.]

Man...Uri probably would have stayed frozen like that, too...

[At least the rabbit head came off. There was that. Look at that bright side, look at Emet-Selch finding it. He's practically an optimist now.

From startle, from a significant amount of stun, the Ascian glares up at Genbu with a good approximation of ruffled offense (simple continued surprise still weakens the effect). Closing his eyes as if to gather up the required amount of mental strength in order to deal with this affront, he mutters a reply.]

Believe me, I'm asking myself the same thing.

[Fortunately he didn't have to try and shove the au'ra off of him, and Emet-Selch breathes a little easier with the weight removed. And while he notes Genbu's switch in language, he continues with Eorzean, out of habit more than anything.

Remaining dead on the ground out of a kind of stubbornness, he finally opens his eyes again to stare up at the indifferent sky above, giving it a frown of disapproval too.]

If you greet all your friends to the same exuberance, even I might come to fear for their safety.

[With a sigh, Genbu sits up and crosses his legs, placing his arms on them and leaning forward.]

{Oi. My friends are much sturdy than that. You may think of them as nothing more than bugs...but you underestimate them. Uri especially...he studied with Moenbryda, he's learned to be tough.}

[Moenbryda...boy that takes him back.]

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