And those are very important, but you're missing a key feature. [ slightly amused. he fishes his phone out of his pocket and holds it up, turning the screen to livio to show him where the camera button is. ]
Whoa, whoa, whoa! [ livio your camera!! jonas at least isn't too alarmed, but he does bring his hand up to put it on livio's and lower the camera. shh. ]
[ thanks livio, he's always wanted to be a cryptid. ]
Yeah. Like...make sure your hand isn't covering the lens. [ adjusting livio's hand again. ] And you can hit the button to take a picture. This other button turns the camera so it faces you instead.
It's pretty easy to get the hang of with some practice. Phones where I'm from all come with a camera even if the quality's not great. Makes it a lot easier to get a record of stuff you see no matter where you are.
Don't feel too bad. It's only been a recent thing in the last decade or something. [ but hm? he blinks a little because that wasn't the question he expected. ]
[ he thinks about saying that for a while it was just for rich people, but that seems less relevant suddenly. ]
I didn't think it was for anything weird. [ livio is...too himself. really. to think that maybe there would be a weird reason for this right now. ] But sure? It'd be weirder if you did it without asking, actually.
[ it's because jonas is nice to him and livio likes him and just wants a picture.... a reminder of these little kindnesses that livio has never really experienced in his life. but he can't really just say that. ]
Okay maybe not with strangers--I mean yes, some people take photos with strangers or people they just met or mascots or whatever but. [ the point, jonas. ] We're all here. It's not like we're going to really stay strangers for that long.
[ okay no, moving on before he can get too confused ] I guess. But we're all technically rivals. [ really, enemies, but he's trying to be nice about it ]
Hey, teams aren't completely finalized yet. As far as I'm concerned the game hasn't really started until then. So...we're not technically rivals yet. [ likewise he is being nice about it mostly to prove his point.]
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[ shaking his head. like, eventually yes? but they're not there yet ]
Not like this....
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Have you looked at your phone much since we last talked? There's a camera in it.
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[ but wow. he examines it ]
Is it one of these buttons...?
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This thing. Open it up and you can take pictures.
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[ he opens it and immediately accidentally takes 3 blurry cryptid photos of jonas somehow ]
I didn't mean to do that!!!!
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It's fine. They're...pretty touchy. Probably should've mentioned it. [ whoops. ]
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[ there's a single picture taken of their hands, which is like completely darkened out ]
No kiddin'.... So I just press this button here to take a picture?
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Yeah. Like...make sure your hand isn't covering the lens. [ adjusting livio's hand again. ] And you can hit the button to take a picture. This other button turns the camera so it faces you instead.
[ i.e. a selfie. ]
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Oh, I see! It's not as complicated as I thought...
[ switches over to selfie mode, but doesn't actually take a picture ]
This is pretty handy.
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Hey, do ya mind if I take a picture of you?
[ saying like he didn't take 3 cryptid photos ]
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I guess not, but what for? [ curious. ]
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[ oh no he feels awkward ]
It's not for anything weird.... I just thought it'd be nice...
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I didn't think it was for anything weird. [ livio is...too himself. really. to think that maybe there would be a weird reason for this right now. ] But sure? It'd be weirder if you did it without asking, actually.
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So ya don't mind if I just...
[ takes the picture immediately ]
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except he doesn't even get to think anything before there's a camera and a photo. ]
Usually it's polite to make sure the person's ready, too, but yeah. Just like that.
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[ picture!!! livio is pretty pleased with it even though he absolutely just blindsided jonas meanly ]
At least it's over with!
... But thanks.
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Don't thank me for that, it's fine. Now you know for more pictures later.
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[ it's kind of unfathomable for livio for people to want pictures with him ]
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[ or near strangers.... but they're all basically still strangers in livio's eyes ]
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[ for better or worse. ]
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[ okay no, moving on before he can get too confused ] I guess. But we're all technically rivals. [ really, enemies, but he's trying to be nice about it ]
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[ giving him a little smile in return ]
... Thanks for the photo, Jonas.
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