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but this is fine! vax just lets bass take his hand with zero to no protest, letting him just lead him along into this well lit picture room? the halogen lights, ] Is everything in your kinda place so fucking bright?
[ local peasant still understanding fluorescent lights ]
... Boy couldn't be Riff, could it? [ that??? makes sense to him?? he'll peer over bass's shoulder at the display, though. ] Seems like something a couple've good friends would do.
That'd mean you two'd be pretty fated to be best friends, huh.
[ this is a little lighter than what he wants to say, really - with... what he knows about riff, especially, but he bites his tongue on that part for now.
he puts a hand on bass's shoulder, and gives it a squeeze. ] Not that uncommon in this place, yeah? Look at me and Percival. Or Estinien and Aymeric.
[ me like i want to talk plot but also my cute purikura pictures with my son this is a struggle
the hand on his shoulder shifts a bit, and pulls him in for a one armed hug, instead - a big squeeze, wordless. it's not like he knows how to work this stupid machine so fret's gonna have to be the one to start it anyway - and, if nothing else, vax is (somewhat ironically) good at being a steady presence. ]
in any case, he takes that hug, and then just exhales big and slaps his face gently. stop being sad. it's fine. this won't come back to bite him in the ass later with the weekly effect.]
listen. vax notices this! he notices this. he is not a fool. but for now, he'll tuck it away in his pocket when they're not crammed into a photobooth. this whole place is all about their memories, lately - might be good to have some new ones. he crowds in a little closer to look at the screen, missing his wings for the point of reassuring physical contact. this'll have to do for now. ]
I didn't even know what a camera was until - however fucking many weeks ago. [ too many ] What're you supposed to do?
[he leans in a little close. all of my characters have one thing in common and it's that they are reassured by physical touch.]
So you just - pose? Do regular camera stuff. [he points up at the camera.] That's gonna take three pictures, and it'll count down. And then we add stickers and effects like stuff that says "wow!" or "hot stuff!" or whatever.
[ vax is the right person to be by if you need that!!! he does not mind at all, though he does look like an old man trying to squint at this screen and the camera. ]
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meet me at the purikura archway
the one with all the booths
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[ typical
however he is very prompt, and comes to the archway a minute or two later! the fit. ]
Bass. [ sup. ]
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anyway he comes in, and immediately grabs vax's hand.]
C'mon!
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but this is fine! vax just lets bass take his hand with zero to no protest, letting him just lead him along into this well lit picture room? the halogen lights, ] Is everything in your kinda place so fucking bright?
[ local peasant still understanding fluorescent lights ]
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[fuck. he can't remember, and for a second he can't speak because he has to clear his throat, but.]
The city is all lit up like this all the time.
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Yeah? Seems fucking bright. Really takes the festival of dancing lights out to pasture.
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Oh - here, here's a good one. The filters don't suck. [drags him into one of the booths!]
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[ but he will crowd into the booth with fret!! there's. a lot happening in here. ] This really for taking the pictures, or whatever?
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I used to - I - with um. [god, this SUCKS.] ... A girl I was friends with, I think? And... another boy, we had fun with these...
[ghhhh] ... Sorry. No, um. It's fun.
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... Boy couldn't be Riff, could it? [ that??? makes sense to him?? he'll peer over bass's shoulder at the display, though. ] Seems like something a couple've good friends would do.
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[... right? but. sorry, hold on, he's having a moment.]
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he's quiet, or a moment, thinking on what emet told him about their adventure. ] .... Couldn't he be, though?
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long pause]
... Maybe? [he sounds hesitant.] But that'd mean...
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[ this is a little lighter than what he wants to say, really - with... what he knows about riff, especially, but he bites his tongue on that part for now.
he puts a hand on bass's shoulder, and gives it a squeeze. ] Not that uncommon in this place, yeah? Look at me and Percival. Or Estinien and Aymeric.
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That's true. [he leans a little into the hand.] ... I don't like that it made me forget.
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[ that's a little encouraging to hear, honestly. after his witnessed conversation with atsushi and vin the other day, it's definitely reassuring. ]
Well, hey. 's flip this place the bird for that first picture. Sometimes makes me feel better.
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he takes a deep breath.] Yeah. Okay, okay, let's do it.
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the hand on his shoulder shifts a bit, and pulls him in for a one armed hug, instead - a big squeeze, wordless. it's not like he knows how to work this stupid machine so fret's gonna have to be the one to start it anyway - and, if nothing else, vax is (somewhat ironically) good at being a steady presence. ]
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in any case, he takes that hug, and then just exhales big and slaps his face gently. stop being sad. it's fine. this won't come back to bite him in the ass later with the weekly effect.]
So you've never done one of these before, right?
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listen. vax notices this! he notices this. he is not a fool. but for now, he'll tuck it away in his pocket when they're not crammed into a photobooth. this whole place is all about their memories, lately - might be good to have some new ones. he crowds in a little closer to look at the screen, missing his wings for the point of reassuring physical contact. this'll have to do for now. ]
I didn't even know what a camera was until - however fucking many weeks ago. [ too many ] What're you supposed to do?
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So you just - pose? Do regular camera stuff. [he points up at the camera.] That's gonna take three pictures, and it'll count down. And then we add stickers and effects like stuff that says "wow!" or "hot stuff!" or whatever.
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Just make weird faces, then?
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[so like, yes]
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