week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[irreversal]

[ I'm gonna say Shoko was the passenger princess here because she's gotten too used to Ijichi driving her around everywhere...

Anyway, thank goodness there's booze. ]

Heh. I've never been to one of these before. I feel like I'm in one of those old American movies...

[gamboler]

[ It works for him, Aventurine has that smooth driver rizz, like the kind that you want to be your uber driver, but also might drag race on the weekends. Once they're parked and have their snackies, he's going for the popcorn. ]

Come to think of it, I never have either. I don't tend to have a lot of spare time to watch movies. Wonder what we're in for?

[ Something better than Clockie and Hamster Ball Knight and all that noise, he should hope. ]

[irreversal]

[ Yeah, even Shoko has to admit he has the smooth driver rizz.

While he gets started on the popcorn, Shoko cracks a cold one open... It looks like they got in just in time for the movie to start, so here comes Finding Nemo! ]

Oh? Wow. I haven't seen this since I was a kid.

[ I'm choosing to believe Shoko, too, got to watch Finding Nemo as a millennial child ]

[gamboler]

[ It was probably Gojo's favorite movie after the Digimon movie and Lord of The Rings, so I mean — ]

Oh? What's it about?

[ Something in the ocean? The fish are talking... ]

[irreversal]

It's about...

[ ... ]

Mm. Finding the fish Nemo. And about keeping on swimming, or something.

[ who needs ai-generated summaries when you have Shoko Ieiri!! ]

[gamboler]

...Oh. That sounds a little dull...but the fish are cute, at l—

[ what the fuck the mom fish just died ]

[irreversal]

[ she sure just fuckin died... and so did all but one of them lil clownfish bebes... ]

...Oh, right...

[ she definitely forgor that happens in the first scene— ]

[gamboler]

[ wow that was

traumatic.

Immediately, he's holding out a hand to her. ]

I'm gonna need something to drink.

[irreversal]

Yes, yes. Here.

[ girl.... it hasn't even been five minutes. The first ten minutes of Up would kill this man.

She hands him his bottle of beer. ]

...It's a cute, fun movie for the most part, though. There are some funny sharks.

[gamboler]

[ He cracks open the beer without hesitation, takes a swig, and swallows hard. Okay. Okay! He's fine. ]

Do you watch a lot of films, Shoko?

[ He'll just. Make conversation while he recovers from his Trauma. ]

[irreversal]

[ See? Look how much cuter the film is now, with Nemo waking up for his first day at school...

Anyway, Shoko reclines her seat a bit, reaching for some popcorn for herself. ]

Dunno know if it counts as a lot? I have them on sometimes. Haven't really been out to see one like this in a while, though...

[gamboler]

[ Sure, it's cute until those "funny sharks" come to eat them, probably... ]

Work keeps you busy, hm? [ That's...not surprising, given everything she told him before. ] So does mine. I rarely have time for hobbies these days. It's a shame.

[irreversal]

[ Don't worry, they're vegetarian...

She can't quite help but give a mirthless laugh; it's a blessing they're at a drive-through movie, or else the other moviegoers might throw popcorn at them for being so chatty. ]

Do people like us even have hobbies?

[ Or do they simply have coping mechanisms. ]

[gamboler]

[ Well, damn, she's got him there. ]

I'm not a professional gambler, believe it or not. Not in the literal sense, anyway. That's...probably about as close as I come to a hobby.

[ He's a gamer at heart. He had fun beating people's asses at Uno this week. ]

[irreversal]

Ehh...?

[ Look at them, a gambler and an alcoholic. ]

Maybe you should take up an instrument, so Nico-san can teach you.

[ Teasingly. ]

[gamboler]

[ Shooting here a sidelong look, as he takes a long, long sip of his beer. He could play dumb, but that's not really his style. Has he really made himself so obvious, though? ]

I've no doubt he'd have me plucking strings like a song bird before you can say "Sway to My Beat in Cosmos". [ ... ] That, or he'd get so excited about hearing me play that he'd forget to tell me any of the notes.

[ Either seems entirely possible. Knowingly: ]

Funny you should bring him up out of the blue, Miss Shoko.

[irreversal]

[ bro is out there calling Aventurine fancy French pet names in front of god and everyone and they think they're being subtle... ]

Was it really out of the blue...? I was just suggesting a new hobby for you.

[ lol ]

[gamboler]

[ (starchy) ]

Mh-hmm...sure it has nothing to do with the fact that we've been spending more time together?

[irreversal]

So you admit that you have been spending more time together.

[gamboler]

Oh, sure. But I've been spending more time with everyone, Shoko. Yourself included!

[irreversal]

[ . . . ]

Bullshit.

[gamboler]

[ Excuse?? ]

That's awfully pointed. Why is it bullshit?

[irreversal]

[ He's trying so hard... Calmly: ]

Because I saw you dragging him away for some alone time that one night, and unless it was a quickie, I'd think that puts Nico-san well above the rest of us in terms of time spent.

[gamboler]

[ Without missing a beat: ]

Oh, that? He needed a little pick-me-up after being laid low by garlic bread.

[irreversal]

Don't call yourself little. Unless... you are?