samsa | 002 | Video/Action

[Action]

[In comparison to the rest of this weekend so far, today has actually been the nicest, as far as the weather is concerned. It's still well below freezing but at least it isn't snowing, or hailing to make matters even more unpleasant. It's still not really a day you'd want to be out, but Kaneki had actually run out of books to read back at the hotel. It was either chance it and see if the weather turns bad again, or run out while the skies are clear and pick up something to tide him over.

Judging by his surroundings it looks like he eventually went for the latter. He's found a table near the back of the bookstore and is tending to a cup of coffee with one hand while the other rests on an open book before him, his hand moving down the page every now and then to help keep his place. While she usually makes herself at home on his shoulders, Kaneki's Zangoose is sitting on the floor lightly dozing near his feet. Not because she wants to be there, but because Kaneki has his hands full enough with a baby Smeargle sitting on the table across from his book. He's busily coloring a blank sheet of paper with the tip of his tail, only stopping when Kaneki looks up to see he's put his tail into his mouth.]

Ah ah- no, don't do that. You're getting paint all over your face...

[The Smeargle stays still as Kaneki picks up a napkin and wipes his mouth, cheekily sticking his tongue out and licking his trainer's fingers before he has a chance to return to his book. He isn't making a terrible mess at least, other than getting his fur smeared with paint every time his tail wanders back into his mouth...which it seems to do the second Kaneki looks back down.]

[Video]

[Eventually the Smeargle tuckers himself out enough to want to take a nap in Kaneki's lap, and now that he's finished his coffee he can get a video started.]

I'm just curious, but some of you have been here for a long time, so...what is it that you do for a living, here? Other than being a trainer or a breeder, I mean. There are a lot of places you can find jobs, I'm sure, but I'm just wondering what sorts of careers people here have been pursuing, if any.

[He's thinking about looking for a job at some point if he is going to be here for a while, and while he knows he would really like to work somewhere like...well, the place he's at right now, he feels a bit weird just asking for a job outright.]