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[ Season's greetings -- a Christmas present has arrived at the door!

Sometime on Christmas morning, a dump truck arrives at the park and deposits an enormous pile of COAL. Also, there's an envelope for 200 solars. It's really not enough to buy a gift shop, though one could get quite a few things at a gift shop. ]

[It's been a while since he last captured Inosuke for his biweekly bath. Of course he did expect the boy to get better at avoiding him, so he also had to improve his skills to track him, stalk him and finally detain him. More often than not he found that sometimes if that boy became upset enough he would come to him and Giyu wouldn't have to chase him all over the park. Not that he often engaged in such ridiculous things. But sometimes someone had to step in and he sure felt like it was up to him. It hasn't occurred to him yet to ask Tanjiro how to deal with any of this.

But at least today he isn't here to make sure Inosuke has bathed within a reasonable amount of time. He has come upon the harpy's nest, well, he hasn't exactly gone in. He's just sprucing up the area around it. As usually he is picking up things and organizing them. However he doesn't leave when he's done. Instead he searches for those signs he had seen before, those badly battered and weathered old things. When he finds one he would straighten it up and clean it up as he can't quite read what had once been written on it. Although he gets a feeling it wasn't all that legible to begin with it. And now with a clean start he will go retrieve some paints he had purchased some time back and it is time to paint some words on it.

WARNING: BEWARE OF HARPY

That's what it had said right?

An odd choice but he wasn't going to try to change these things. He would just make things easier to read. Giyu does note he isn't alone any longer and rather than turn to face Inosuke he speaks up.] Show me where the other signs are.

[ooc: beeeccaaauuuuseeee!!! i hope this is ok]

Huh?

[Inosuke hops up to perch on the back of "his" bench, the one closest to his nest. The one he frequently attacks people for making the mistake of sitting on.]

Signs? You gonna make me more signs?

[He cocks his head to the side, trying to make sense of the situation. Has the bear learned who the boss of the park is? He should have by now, that's for sure, but it doesn't seem like him at all.]

[The bear hasn't learned anything, if he had he would have left the life a homeless man a long time ago. Instead he still dwells within Inosuke's park so he may as well try to make it look decent. Not good. Just decent. And if anything these signs could help guide people away from Inosuke who it seemed actually did bite others (at least according to what he heard from Tanjiro).

He looks calmly at the boy. Before slowly nodding once.

Well he wasn't so much as making them rather than making them legible. But close enough and it seemed that Inosuke never really seemed to listen to him.]

I know the location of a few. But in case I've missed any then it would best if you show me where they are.

And. Did you take a bath?

[He digs his talons into the bench, eyeing Giyu suspiciously. Is that what this is? A trap to get him to take a bath? Usually, he'd fall for it immediately, but the word "bath" has been said and that's enough to put him on guard immediately.]

I'm not gonna take a bath, Bear.

The smell has made that clear.

[And he won’t be chasing Inosuke all over the park today so he would to stink up the place for a while longer. He isn’t about to convince this boy why it was necessary to bathe when that should be obvious. Or maybe he just couldn’t smell himself? Surely someone else must have commented on it? Tanjiro must have noticed as well as anyone else who spoke to him or unfortunately got too close. But anyway — he hasn’t really come to check that Inosuke was taking care of his hygiene.]

You always call me that. Did you forget my name? [And that’s a little worrying. But what he should be more concerned about is that he expects this boy to know his name when he never introduced himself to him. They’re meant to fail it seems.]

Your name's Bear, Bear!

[He'd usually stomp his foot at this point, but since he's perched on his bench, all he can do is flap his wings instead. It's become a new way to show irritation, but since he has them wrapped in cloth and newspaper at the moment to keep warm, he ends up scattering pieces of trash all over the bench the longer they wave.]

That's not my name. Even you should know that.

[Or rather it should be clear that he wouldn't be called Bear. He thinks a moment. Had they really spoken at length before? Not really, the most he knew about this boy was from Tanjiro's letters and they're interactions here on the peninsula. Truthfully for a while he wasn't sure which one of those friends this one was. But it did become clear quickly that this was no Zenitsu. But at least he had a name to call this boy, he would have never called him pig or bird.]

My name is Tomioka Giyu.

[You can almost see the name entering the Inosuke Hashibira Name Processor and being horribly mangled in its inner workings.]

Takigawa Ayumu.

[He considers it. That sure is a name. Does he care? Not really.]

Bear.

[Unfortunately Giyu is not all that aware that this is something common of this boy. While he began to understand that Inosuke referred Tanjiro by some variety of things he hadn't expected that to be the fate of everyone who shared their names with him. So there's no surprise that he just forgets that bear thing for a moment.]

Who is Takigawa Ayumu?

A big dumb bear!

[His wings are really flapping now, to the point where they've more or less broken free of their wrappings.]

Dumb stupid bear! I'm gonna stuff you down a chimbley!

[He's been thinking about that one for a while. The problem is the logistics and he doesn't excel at planning.]

[Give him a moment to process this information. But watch as his eyebrows draw ever closer together in what would be annoyance. His name is not Takigawa Ayumu. Nor is it bear. Or Dumb stupid bear. He had shared his name with this boy and yet he wasn't capable of using it. But he isn't going to stoop down to calling Inosuke bird. That's just ridiculous.

But also a chimbley? What was even that supposed to be. Give him another few seconds.]

Did you mean a chimney? [Clearly he is not impressed by Inosuke's ignorance. He isn't cowed by him either. He is taking a step towards him. Still holding the paint container in one hand and the brush in the other.] Lets hear how you plan to do that.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID! I'm gonna grab you and climb up the chimbley and SHOVE YOU DOWN IT UNTIL ALL THE COAL COMES OUT!

[This sounds more premeditated than your usual Inosuke plan..]

It's chimney. Learn to pronounce things correctly before you continue with such an ill-conceived idea.

[He would cross his arms now, but he's still holding that paint so — and though it may seem some thought has been given he really would like to see him try (mostly to watch him fail). But wait did he want coal?]

You do know coal doesn't come from chimneys right?

[There's a moment where he really looks like he's thinking that through. To be perfectly honest, he has no idea where coal comes from. He just knows what Bakugo told him, which was that he should shove Giyu down a chimney.

Or that's what he remembers of the conversation. In truth, Bakugo told him to climb up a chimney, but at this point that doesn't really matter anymore.]

There's still coal in there!

[Presumably.]

[There is no room in Giyu's heart to pity such an uneducated child. But he is willing to correct him. Harshly if need be. And now it seems like it is one of those times. Yes, he is a patient man, does he have his limits. Like anyone else. For now he makes sure speak clearly, but he doesn't raise his voice.]

Have you ever seen a chimney? Let me explain. A chimney is used to carry off smoke. It's a long vertical structure usually found atop buildings. A fireplace may be connected to a chimney. And while a fireplace may contain coal more than likely it's already been burned to ash. So, no coal does not come from chimneys or fireplaces. To obtain coal you have to mine it.

[Or buy it. But he isn't sure if there is any mines here or shops that sell it. Not that he's going to go further into that. He'll let Inosuke figure all that out mostly because he's getting the feeling this boy never listens to anything he has to say.]

[There's silence again while Inosuke processes that. If what the bear is saying is true, then that means the Santa lied. The alternative is that the bear is lying. Usually the tiebreaker would be which one of them he likes better, but he doesn't like either of them, so it's really hard to decide what he's supposed to do about this going forward.

Well, coal or no coal, there's one part about the whole thing that remains true.]

I can still shove you in one!

[That was almost exhausting. There was also an inkling of a feeling that he just wasted his time and breath with that whole explanation. Nothing he had said as far as he could tell sank in or was even remotely appreciated not that he was expecting any gratitude. Inosuke declaration is met with a cool disinterested look. Giyu doesn't even blink but he does raise the container with paint.]

Shall I assume you don't want me to repair the rest of your signs?

You can fix the signs and THEN I can shove you in a chimbley!

[At this point, it really does seem like he's getting the word wrong on purpose out of pure spite.]

Chimney.

[He corrects him automatically. Not understanding that there is a possibility that the incorrect pronunciation could be intentional but he looks at the boy evenly. He doesn't say more. Instead he waits for him to start leading in the right direction to the next sign. Which might help Inosuke understand if he said something. But Giyu doesn't.]

THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO, BEAR! RIGHT IN THE CHHHHIMMMMMBLLLLEY.

[He's hopping up and down in anger now. It's amazing that he hasn't tried to attack yet. It's like he's gotten himself so worked up that he's forgotten that he can do something other than yell.]

...

[His ears hurt from all this yelling. And this boy it seemed was unable to pronounce words properly. Maybe if he tried harder he would finally get it. So Giyu showing more patience than he typically would (because he had more time on his hand than he knew what to do with) would slowly repeat the word for Inosuke.]

Chimney. [Maybe this time he would get it right.]

[It doesn't help. All it does is earn an incoherent scream of rage from Inosuke. He launches himself off the bench, like he intends to tackle Giyu and drag him off to a chimney immediately.]

[Face marked by displeasure. He can't help to think he was wrong to believe the boy's voice was at its most awful before. This here is truly horrific. While he may have attempted to cover his ears seeing now that Inosuke had launched himself at him, Giyu would catch the harpy before using that same momentum to toss him further along in one swift motion. He was trying to help him. He didn't need him getting too close with that shrill voice of his.]

[Right. This is how things started, isn't it? Why he doesn't like the bear in the first place. He's added so many more reasons that the fact that he never liked him to begin with kind of got lost at some point.

This is what Inosuke thinks to himself as he goes sailing across the park.

It's easy enough to get enough control to land gracefully, but that doesn't mean he's happy about it. Even as furious as he is, he knows it isn't wise to press things further.

He also isn't wise.]

GET OVER HERE AND FIGHT ME, BEAR!

[The moment Inosuke left his hold, once he was sailing through the air, Giyu had taken the initiative to step away. Already having turned his back on the harpy he took the first step that would placemore distance between them. Forgetting the idea to fix any signs as he spilled the paint by dropping it along with the paint brush previously.

However after that first step he stops. The cause: the boy's yelling. Fight him? Why would he want to do that. There is something else he should do. Slowly he turns to face Inosuke. There's sourness in his expression. Determination too. And no hesitation despite the horrible yelling as he makes his way towards Inosuke. A sleeve is rolled up. Intentions not so clear but he wasn't going to fight him. No. He was however going to teach him a lesson.]

[He may not have swords (yet), but he does have talons, claws, and that headbutt he's been working on perfecting, so when Giyu starts to approach, Inosuke cackles and lowers his head to charge.

He still hasn't learned. He'll never learn.]

[Completely unfazed. Nor is he intimidated. Giyu stops. He waits. He sees it coming. So Inosuke better be prepared. The moment he charges forward Giyu will stop him with a paw on the boy's head. And if Inosuke isn't careful he will take a hold of him before laying him over his knee. Sorry, but unruly children need spankings. Clearly he isn't fit to be a parent... or an older brother... thank goodness he isn't either one of those things...]

[Getting hold of Inosuke isn't impossible, but keeping a hold on him is much more difficult. Not only is he too flexible for his own good, but he has an extra set of limbs to flail around.

And he sure is flailing.

He manages to wriggle loose and hop up on the bench again.]

HA.

[It would sound more victorious if he didn't sound so irritated. The very nerve of this bear. How dare he.]

[As long as a couple of smacks got the point across; except more than likely they barely had an effect on the boy. Actually it is clear that his attitude hadn't changed at all. And Giyu hadn't felt too inclined to keep him restricted. So between the both of them there was no getting this boy to behave.

And really his interest is minimal tot he point that he isn't even looking at Inosuke as he celebrates his great escape. Instead he is looking down at the spilled paint. Well like any other normal person. Giyu is going to turn to leave, leaving Inosuke by himself on his bench and doing it is whatever Inosuke does.]

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