Journal & Action

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

-1 : Journal-

You know, I'm a little shocked. I know I'm a cold-yet-spicy, and I know my breath smells like alcohol and cigarettes, but here we are at a theme park, the perfect place for a date, and I've been going around it all my lonesome.

Come now, ladies, gentlemen. In this age, when's the next time you'll get to go on a theme park date?

-2 : Action-

[On a prior night, Loraine is in a tacky aquarium themed bar in Fairy Park, colors of blue and purple luvdiscs everywhere. A mermaid costumed beauty sits halfway out of a tank, mixing drinks. She's drinking some kind of red, blended drink. She seems ... thoughtful. Perhaps the liquor has put a downer on her mood tonight.]

This place is tacky as all get out, but... no one here seems to much for want.

[She stares over at a grand piano, which she considers desecrated by all of the decorations, making it look like a giant clam with black and white musical teeth.]

... I wonder if they need a pianist.

Comments

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

... well done. I think that qualified as the right answer.

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[saikyocivrobo]

Well, we've been talking for a while and I gave so many answers that I had to stumble upon the correct one sooner or later by laws of probability alone, right?

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[saikyocivrobo]

[Werter notices he's not cleaning Loraine's clothes anymore and just resting his hand on her chest. He quickly takes it away.]

Err...

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

Ohh, how cute. You're blushing again.

[She smiled and brushed his hand away finally]

Well... That's enough for the first date.

[saikyocivrobo]

Funny how one can fight monsters routinely and still feel awkward in such situations... It's like a high school show about teenage superheroes, only it's been a while since I attended high school.

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

I don't think the experiences quite compare.

You know, I never had much of a formal schooling. I was mostly taught at home.

[saikyocivrobo]

Really? That's a surprise. I mean, most people don't get much formal education these days for obvious reasons, but they don't tend to be good doctors or pianists. Or both at once.

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

Well my parents taught me.

[saikyocivrobo]

Continuing the family tradition, huh? Can't say I'm doing the same myself. Neither of my parents is a chemist or, shockingly enough, a super robot pilot.

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

... I like playing the piano.

Doctoring?

... I just took the path of resistance... It's a shame my interests aren't really that lucrative.

Well.

Maybe the bathroom gin and the gardening, but that's just to feed my vices.

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[saikyocivrobo]

Well, interests are interests because they're fun, not because they're profitable. If you turn your hobby into a job, it might turn out you don't enjoy it as much as you used to, because of overexposure. So it might be a good idea to keep them separate.

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[saikyocivrobo]

Wait a second, gardening? Are you growing your own tobacco?

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

Not all of it. I trade for what I smoke, but I also have some space in hydroponics that I've made use of.

[saikyocivrobo]

That's an amusing coincidence. I'm trying to start a project related to hydroponics as well.

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

Ohh, so we're competing for space then.

What's your project?

[saikyocivrobo]

Tsukasa wants to start grow vegetables for his kitchen. I'm providing him with technical expertise and tiny robot workforce.

[heliotropesmoke.livejournal.com]

Huh.

Tell me how that works out.

[saikyocivrobo]

If everything goes well then I'll say the message not with words, but fresh food.