Zenitsu Catch All

[burningrescue]

meme.....to come....

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week 1; tuesday

[swordflash]

[Here's Zenitsu, seated on a stone bench out in the garden with some flowers piled next to him. Right now he's in the middle of weaving a ring of flowers together, albeit very slowly lest he drop a hand or finger and mess everything up. He's starting to make some headway, but this peaceful little process he's built for himself is not long for this world when one (1) Galo is also around.]

[burningrescue]

[You thought correctly! The sounds of someone being extremely loud are approaching from the direction of the pond. It's Galo, and he's practicing waving around his dumbass matoi he made out of a pool cue and bedsheets. Trying to do some baton tricks with it. It's highly annoying.]

[swordflash]

[Zenitsu can't ignore these sounds when they're so loud. At this rate the flowers might even start to wilt! He cranes his neck in the offending direction and blinks at the bedsheets on a pool cue.]

Good morning, Mr. Thymos. Is that a matoi?

[burningrescue]

Aha! You're an expert, huh? That's right!

[Doing another complicated twirl, tossing it in the air and catching it.]

This is my very own homemade symbol of firefighting prowess!

[swordflash]

[He sets the woven flowers down on his lap.]

You really enjoy your job, don't you, Mr. Thymos?

[burningrescue]

It's more than a job! It's my calling in life! I have the soul of a firefighter down to every last drop.

[He's still messing around with his dumb stick, but paying more attention now.]

See, when I was a kid, I got saved from a fire that burned my house down. Since that day, I knew all I wanted was to rescue people from fires.

[swordflash]

You've never had second thoughts?

[Wow . . . ]

[burningrescue]

Uh-uh. Not once. I worked hard every day to get this job.

[swordflash]

Does it ever scare you? You risk your life every time you go near a fire. Even here, you still seem to be working hard.

[burningrescue]

Nah. I know I trained hard, and I'm ready for any situation I could be thrown into. It was much scarier when I was a kid and didn't know what to do. Thinking about that, I couldn't possibly be afraid.

[Also, he's just dumb.]

[swordflash]

[Grown-ups are so fearless. Zenitsu is a little envious of that.]

You felt like that? I guess even adults were kids before . . . I can't imagine you not knowing what to do. You seem so sure about everything.

[burningrescue]

Hah! I'm not sure about most things. Everyone always says I'm not the brightest guy around. But I'm sure when it's important, y'know?

[swordflash]

[He nods. On second thought, he can understand why people might say that. Still . . . ]

It doesn't bother you when people say that?

[burningrescue]

Uh.

[Rubbing his head, embarrassed.]

A little, sometimes! Only if I think it's misunderstanding me. I know what's important and what I'm about, you know?

[swordflash]

Here it's saving everyone, right? Have you talked to the Master yet?

[burningrescue]

The Master? [He's kind of surprised.] Nuh-uh. I keep asking and asking...

[swordflash]

Does that mean you've been ringing the blue bell? Mine looks so fragile like it'll break after I ring it once or twice. I don't even know if that's what the bells are really for.