( january catch-all )

[mercurio]

WHO: prompto & various
WHERE: throughout new amsterdam
WHEN: the month of january (ic: september)
WHAT: a bunch of random slice of life scenarios...
NOTES OR WARNINGS: PG ? (will update as necessary!)

Comments

[mercurio]

[prompto laughs abruptly at that, nearly dropping the board in the process. she asks it all earnestly, he can't help but find it funny...!]

[but her intents are serious and he waves his hand about.]

No, I get it! This place is really loud! Eventually you get used to it and it becomes background noise. You won't even register it.

I guess you also gotta learn to be alone despite being surrounded by people. Like, a park's never not gonna be without people. But if you listen to music or focus on your own stuff, you can pretend you're by yourself. That or find a really empty space to hang out at.

[he smiles, signs of his laughter gone]

I like being around people, even if they're strangers, but I get the feeling you're a bit of the opposite of that, huh?

[forcevisions]

[ There's a fleeting look of offense at first -- at his laughter. She swallows it down quickly and looks instead mildly perturbed, but the thought is there. She's going to be more careful with that sentiment in the future. ]

It's not that I don't like people... [ Said with a scoff, like that would be absurd. It's not, exactly. There are people she doesn't like. And being constantly surrounded by them is overstimulating, so maybe she doesn't. But she likes individual people, and groups of people when they're not always around her. ] I'm just used to not having them around.

Where I lived before, you could go miles and miles without seeing a single one.

[mercurio]

Then I read you wrong, sorry.

[apologies aren't an issue for him -- but this idea of the place where rey came from being so distant from others is just so strange to him. guess therein lies the differences between someone raised in a city and... someone who wasn't.]

It'll get better? I mean, it's just a matter of getting used to it.

[he thinks he's finished, and so he passes the cleaning rag over it one last time and spares his work a glance. he'll work on melting the right circuit path now himself to try and salvage this. sweat forms on the back of his neck, and he's fully aware that he'll have a sunburn and a new set of darker freckles after today. even with the sun setting and everything, it's so intense.]

Outside of those things... There's gotta be something you like about livin' in a city?

sorry i lost this notif!

[forcevisions]

[ A big, stupid grin spreads over Rey's face and she says without hesitation: ] The food.

[ Which is an odd thing given that they're on diets that mostly replace meat with insects, and plenty of the usual luxury food items are unavailable. But for Rey, it's an enormous step up from vegmeat and polystarches, and even those, only fractions of a portion at a time. ]

[mercurio]

The food, huh?

[he's grinning down at the board.]

What's your fave? I like the spicy stuff being sold out in the night market.

[forcevisions]

Same! [ She crouches down next to him then, more fully engaged. Grinning ear to ear, she says, ] We should go. When you're off.

[mercurio]

[he stops, then looks up at her. most people he hangs out with can't really stand the spicy. it's nice that someone isn't looking at him weird for his preference.]

Yeah? Yeah! Okay, we totally should!

[what is this feeling of friendship...]

I'm big on the curries, although the best thing is to have ice cream straight after something spicy. The blend of two different flavors...

[he's grinning, and keeps quiet for a second before presenting the board to rey.]

This should do it. Give it a try? We'll know if we'll need a new one or not.