[ fair enough. he doesn't expect full details in the first place, and he finds the answer satisfactory enough. ]
America. Modern-day Oregon. [ he only repeats it that way because of how she said it, fully anticipating her not to know anything. ] Soooo you'll have to forgive me for having no idea what a shogunate really is. That's a little out of my wheelhouse.
[ nope, no clue. maybe there was stuff about america in the museum. but at most she'd remember would be something about a trail and dying from dysentery. ]
It's just the name of the guy who rules our country.
[ she finishes laying down the first coat on his left hand, and moves to his right. there's a little mark of improvement, but, well. about what you can expect from someone painting nails for the first time. ]
You don't have one of your own? [ what is a president ]
[ all very valid of her. but he makes a face at that, easily letting her take his right hand. i suppose he will now have forest green nails for the mini event. ]
We do, but it's a different word. Ours is called a president? There's a whole government system where we're from, but it's not like I'm old enough to vote yet. I haven't paid as much attention to it as I probably should.
[ why should he, really? when it doesn't matter yet. there are too many other things to worry about. ]
[ imagine...democracy....hard to vote when you're seventeen. ]
Oh, yeah, definitely the most important thing on the agenda today. [ he's at least watching her go with little fuss. the iron vicegrip of his emotions seems to slowly be letting up, too, seeing how she'll catch little blips and drifts of calm, intrigue, and curiosity as she works and they talk. ]
The most surprising? Maybe the coliseum. I mean things like that exist where I'm from, but I've never seen one like it in person. Same with that tower. I've only seen pictures. But you're probably another one who isn't used to most of this, huh?
[ meanwhile she's the same steady calm. sometimes, something floats to the surface, like amusement, but they're all normal reactions expected of an easy conversation. there's genuine interest too, albeit subdued.
she hums, and nods. ]
So they're recognizable to you, but not something you've actually been to.
...Right. To me, the bowling alley is really just as wild as the museum. [ she doesn't have anything against bowling, she just can't get over how silly it is as a concept. ]
Right, that's exactly it. Almost everything is recognizable to some degree even if it's, like, slightly to the left of what I've seen myself. Including that creepy house that's out there. [ but he immediately kind of finds himself vaguely agitated when she mentions the bowling alley. ]
If it makes you feel better, bowling alleys are kind of a relic where I'm from. Like. They exist, but I don't know anybody who actually goes for fun. [ regardless. ] I'm still kind of hoping for something like a movie theater though. Just to pass time.
Do you think this place might be some kind of fake? Like how the museum was.
[ there's no deep suspicion in her voice, she's just tossing an idea out into the open for the sake of it. and also, noted not to bring up past murder-related locations. (or at least that is what she assumes is bothering him.) ]
Movie theater... that's with the moving pictures, right?
Maybe. [ he hadn't put that much thought into it, but even he can admit a lot of this is very weird. yuzuriha will never know it's just that jonas thinks bowling is stupid, no other reason. ]
Anyway it's possible this place is fake and that the stuff around us is fake, but considering the alternative is having nothing at all and just wandering...I'll take it. But yes, that's a theater. They're really common where I'm from, so it's always buildings with a ton of screens but they're still showing the same movie on like four of those screens. Maybe we'd get lucky with a variety here.
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America. Modern-day Oregon. [ he only repeats it that way because of how she said it, fully anticipating her not to know anything. ] Soooo you'll have to forgive me for having no idea what a shogunate really is. That's a little out of my wheelhouse.
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It's just the name of the guy who rules our country.
[ she finishes laying down the first coat on his left hand, and moves to his right. there's a little mark of improvement, but, well. about what you can expect from someone painting nails for the first time. ]
You don't have one of your own? [ what is a president ]
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We do, but it's a different word. Ours is called a president? There's a whole government system where we're from, but it's not like I'm old enough to vote yet. I haven't paid as much attention to it as I probably should.
[ why should he, really? when it doesn't matter yet. there are too many other things to worry about. ]
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I guess there are more pressing matters, yeah.
[ ... ] Like making sure your nails look nice.
[ she swipes on another coat, and immediately has to wipe off a bit of the excess from his cuticle with a q-tip. ]
...Of the places we've been to here, what's been the most surprising to you?
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Oh, yeah, definitely the most important thing on the agenda today. [ he's at least watching her go with little fuss. the iron vicegrip of his emotions seems to slowly be letting up, too, seeing how she'll catch little blips and drifts of calm, intrigue, and curiosity as she works and they talk. ]
The most surprising? Maybe the coliseum. I mean things like that exist where I'm from, but I've never seen one like it in person. Same with that tower. I've only seen pictures. But you're probably another one who isn't used to most of this, huh?
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[ meanwhile she's the same steady calm. sometimes, something floats to the surface, like amusement, but they're all normal reactions expected of an easy conversation. there's genuine interest too, albeit subdued.
she hums, and nods. ]
So they're recognizable to you, but not something you've actually been to.
...Right. To me, the bowling alley is really just as wild as the museum. [ she doesn't have anything against bowling, she just can't get over how silly it is as a concept. ]
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If it makes you feel better, bowling alleys are kind of a relic where I'm from. Like. They exist, but I don't know anybody who actually goes for fun. [ regardless. ] I'm still kind of hoping for something like a movie theater though. Just to pass time.
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[ there's no deep suspicion in her voice, she's just tossing an idea out into the open for the sake of it. and also, noted not to bring up past murder-related locations. (or at least that is what she assumes is bothering him.) ]
Movie theater... that's with the moving pictures, right?
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Anyway it's possible this place is fake and that the stuff around us is fake, but considering the alternative is having nothing at all and just wandering...I'll take it. But yes, that's a theater. They're really common where I'm from, so it's always buildings with a ton of screens but they're still showing the same movie on like four of those screens. Maybe we'd get lucky with a variety here.