Konoha mouths of soundlessly, blinking still, before she finally shakes her head.]
I don't think we do?
[She's not even really familiar with formulaic jokes at all, her people are still in "tell funny stories" level of humor. But now that it's clear what she's supposed to do...]
[ huh! no knock knock where she’s from. that's an interesting thing for him to learn. guess this must be one of those ‘differences’ that taxon talked a lot when describing intradimensional travel.
well— he can roll with this, he tells himself with his usual optimism. it’s all about the delivery when it comes to a joke! (that, and making sure the audience gets the joke.) ]
Okay! Knock knock! [ he raises his servos up. ] Just— Trust me on this? I promise, it'll be funny when we get to the punchline.
[It's a good thing he's caught on to the fact that she needs guidance through this, because... she's still waiting for it to make sense, staring up at him like...
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oh.
oh!
ohhhhh. ]
Oh no! You're supposed to say, 'Who's there?' to the 'knock knock' prompt.
[ he's about to add, 'everybody knows that!' but he manages to stop himself. instead, he asks, ] Are there no knock knock jokes where you're from?
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Konoha mouths of soundlessly, blinking still, before she finally shakes her head.]
I don't think we do?
[She's not even really familiar with formulaic jokes at all, her people are still in "tell funny stories" level of humor. But now that it's clear what she's supposed to do...]
Who's there?
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well— he can roll with this, he tells himself with his usual optimism. it’s all about the delivery when it comes to a joke! (that, and making sure the audience gets the joke.) ]
Okay! Knock knock! [ he raises his servos up. ] Just— Trust me on this? I promise, it'll be funny when we get to the punchline.
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She doesn't know, but-]
Who's... there?
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Okay! One last time! [ he wiggles his winglets, trying to show he means what he's saying. ]
Knock knock!
[ daylight p l e a s e... just... please show mercy on poor konoha. you sacred her already. ]
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Who's there?
[She really doesn't get it but with all this work then surely it's going to be gut bustingly funny, right? Right?{
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because, thankfully, daylight now goes: ]
Orange! [ he pauses, waiting for her reply.
then he remembers that knock knock jokes are not a thing where she is so- ] Now you ask, 'Orange who?'
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Well, exactly like he's a talking robot.]
Orange who?
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Orange you glad I didn't say, 'Knock knock?'
[ ...
....
.....
if konoha were to attempt to strangle daylight, there and then, a lot of people would understand her reasons for doing so.
(also... it would be very impressive if she did that at all.) ]
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She looks at his body, confused, trying to connect why the color "orange" was suddenly involved in this, speechless until...
She finally has to admit...]
I... don't get it... sorry...