[scp r2: justonezero]

[purrtagonist]

STUFF WILL GO HERE ONE DAY

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[purrtagonist]

Ah.

Minecraft.

[RUFFLES HIS HAIR AGAIN]

If my cat were here, he'd definitely scold you for staying up so late.

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[justonezero]

I already feel like I'm being scolded in head pats!

[But he's laughing, at least.]

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[justonezero]

[...Wait.]

Your cat?

[purrtagonist]

[there it is]

My cat. My alarm clock. They're basically synonymous.

[justonezero]

...It scolds you to go to bed?

[That's kind of weird, Akira!!]

[purrtagonist]

Yep. He does.

[SURE IS WEIRD]

[but he sure as shit isn't elaborating]

[just like Akira. to drop a weird factoid of his life and not. . . elaborate. . .]

[justonezero]

Like... scolds scolds or...?

[purrtagonist]

Scolds scolds. It's like he thinks he's my mom.

[justonezero]

[..........]

Do you have a talking cat?!

[purrtagonist]

Mmmmaybe.

[yes]

[justonezero]

That sounds like a yes!

How do you get a talking cat?!

[purrtagonist]

I'll answer that question if you answer one for me in return.

[justonezero]

Huh? Oh, sure. Go ahead?

[purrtagonist]

How are you feeling?

[between yesterday and this morning and Everything]

[justonezero]

I'm feeling okay! I mean, the stuff with the skeleton, and the murder, and the recording were all kind of scary...

But I got better pretty quickly. So I mean... right now, that's probably pretty good, right?

[purrtagonist]

[mmmm]

Adapting to a scary situation isn't a bad thing.

But don't force yourself to be okay when you aren't, all right?

[he's already getting those kind of vibes from Yoshi's smile]

[justonezero]

Don't worry about that, I'm way too incompetent to force myself into anything!

[Ahaha.]

I mean, it's different if someone else wants me to do it - I'm happy to do almost anything people ask! But this is definitely just how I am.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . YOSHI. . .]

Okay.

Then I'm asking you to not force yourself to be okay when you aren't.

[he really doesn't want to encourage this mindset, but. . .]

[justonezero]

Hm? I'm not forcing myself, either!

[Still just as cheerful, if with the slightest hint of confusion. He really is okay...?]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . is he. . .]

. . . all right. If you insist.

[. . .]

Just take care of yourself. I know you said doing what other people ask you to do makes you happy, but the fact that you're so agreeable kind of worries me.

[justonezero]

[He's as okay as he always is!]

Does it? My parents taught me to be nice to everyone, so...

[Because doing anything anyone tells you to is definitely the way to be nice to others.]

[purrtagonist]

There's a difference between just being nice and being. . .

[well]

A pushover.

[justonezero]

So it's bad to help everyone?

[Except...]

I like devoting myself to people, though. I'm garbage, but if I can do anything to make people happy, then that's good, right?

[purrtagonist]

You're approaching it from the wrong angle.

"I'm garbage, so I should help out everyone else" isn't a good way to look at it, because you're devaluing yourself as you do so.

And I already told you once-- you have plenty of value just by existing.

[justonezero]

I don't think I'm devaluing myself! It's natural that everyone else is more valuable than me, that's all.

[He just

Seems to sincerely believe this.]