this world is a strange place to live

“Memento mori” burial robes (17th-19th centuries)

When my mother forgets a word, she is the queen of coming up with new words. Words that would take a third National Treasure movie to fully decipher. I was talking to her yesterday, and she said this: “You know the time for los jibbities is coming up. You must be so excited!” Oh, is it time for los jibbities already? I must have missed it on my calendar. Are we celebrating something? “Of course! We should all be celebrating, shouldn’t we?” OK, so los jibbities is a happy thing. It’s not like something is giving you the heebie-jeebies, which would have been my one and only guess. “Los heebie-jeebies? Now you’re making things up...and this is my show.” You’re right. The time for los jibbities is coming up. Is this a season? “Yes, the season for love. The season for pride.” OK, los jibbities. “Yeah, sound it out.” Los…jibbities. LGBTs! “Sí, mira cuz you’re gay!” “You couldn’t just say pride season? You couldn’t just… *laughs*

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And Akutagawa finds him, because of course he does. He finds him because he's been “keeping tabs on him”– but really, everyone but Akutagawa know there's no one else he would do that for. Sometimes Akutagawa starts rambling about their day, other times they barely talk at all. Every time, Akutagawa tells Atsushi to quit smoking (because “the docks are already plenty distasteful without him offering that heinous smell”; also, because he cares, but he doesn't say that), and Atsushi is politely pissed, but he still puts off his cigarette every time. I think there's no one but Akutagawa who can help quieten that feeling of desolation; because he's the only other person who knows the truth about their world, but also simply because he's Akutagawa.

Beast Atsushi smoking wah.. wahhhh he does he does.. Akutagawa being concerned, Atsushi considering his feelings. "I think there's no one but Akutagawa who can help quieten that feeling of desolation; because he's the only other person who knows the truth about their world, but also simply because he's Akutagawa" <- you have killed me yet again