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[After getting violently ejected from his own house, Asch has set up temporary shop in Good Spirits until he figures out where to go (and whether or not to try and evict Guy and get his house back). Since Guy apparently hit his head and can't even remember working there, Asch is hoping that the bar will be the last place he'll have to worry about running into Guy again. And it's not like dealing with the shop is particularly hard; all you have to do is pour drinks and listen to people's griping, and what good is a replica if he can't do that in Asch's place? ...The listening part, anyway. Floating glasses of alcohol might give people the wrong idea.

So in short, Asch will be doing two things today: shopping and carrying groceries back to the bar to stock up, or hanging out in the bar and trying not to attempt to murder his invisible companion. Stupid drecks and their attempts at impressing him. He's not really used to being around a lot of people, so he easily forgets that he's the only one who can see Luke. Thus:]

I already told you to keep your feet on the ground. You could at least pretend to be normal.

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Shut up! Stop doing that, I don't need help.

[....]

Just be quiet already!!

[...Yeah he's a little crazy in public this week.]

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[Oh hey, it's Asch, one of the few humans that Ratatosk can tolerate. Doesn't mean he's going to go say hi, though.

... but then he notices Asch's derpy spirit caboose, and now he stops and just stares. He's gotta be seeing things.]

[If he's seeing things, he has a very active imagination, because Asch is now smacking the air where Luke hovers, the ghostly replica flinching as if he's actually getting hit, though Asch's hand just passes through him.]

[Okay, THAT warrants a response.]

... what the hell are you doing?

[kjhdkf NO GO AWAY, STOP WATCHING] ...There was an insect.

[Totally ignoring Luke's indignant reaction to that.]

I've never seen an insect with red hair before.

[....Wait, what?]

[HOLY SHIT THAT THING CAN SEE LUKE]

How can you see him!?

[Ratatosk just sort of rolls his eyes at this. Are all humans this stupid?]

Why wouldn't I be able to see him? He's right there behind you, and he's being even louder and more obnoxious than you are.

[Don't get snippy with me 8|]

He's just an aggregate of fonons. Aside from me, animals are the only ones who have been able to see him.

[Now you're just getting the biggest "duh" look this side of Auldrant.]

Do I look like a human to you?

[You get a look right back.]

I never said anything about humans.

You said that so far only animals have been able to see him, meaning that humans can't. And I'm no human.

[That much should be obvious.]

There's other species aside from humans here. [But whatever, who cares.] So who the hell are you?

[... what is this, why has everyone forgotten him? This is rather insulting.]

I'm Ratatosk, or is your memory really that bad?

[....What. What. That's Ratatosk?]

...What happened to Emil?

... who the hell is that?

[...Oh, great. Another screwed up memory. Asch waves absently as Luke starts to protest, eyes narrowing.]

Nevermind. What do you want?

I want to know what the hell he's doing here after he got sent back home a while ago and there haven't been any new arrivals in months.

[He gestures at Luke's spectral form.]

Sent home? He's been with me all this time.

[Luke smiles and waves, because surprise! He has. Honest.]

What? He was sent home a few months ago, right before the New Feathers stopped arriving. Don't tell me you just forgot something like that.

[Totally ignoring Luke now.]

I didn't forget. Look, it's... complicated. [In other words, he doesn't understand it either.]

Try me.

It's hardly your business.

And why's that?

[Hands on hips now, in a gesture that should look very familiar to Asch.]

[That's nice, Ratatosk. You can act like a prissy princess, good for you!]

Because it's mine. What more do you want?

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