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[ Stops eating for a moment - though he's mostly done by now, flow of time what are you - to watch looking interested and then.... Amused. His smile is both fondly teasing: ]

... Are you telling me you can become a literal mini sun?

Edited (I CAN SPELL WORDS) 2025-01-02 03:52 (UTC)

[laughs]

Like, a lamp at most. It's not that cool.

Okay, maybe it's not traditionally cool but it is cute and very you.

[goes a little red and lets the light fade]

What about you? What's your third?

I mean it.

[ He says helpfully but then thinks about the question. ]

It's an outfit change ability? I can manifest a new outfit for whatever situation I feel like I'm in. Others, too, if I want. The clothes go back to normal eventually and I can't always control it.

Whoa... I've never of one like that before! That's so cool.

It's convenient. I rarely use it intentionally, though?

Wasted on someone not in the Arias.

You have an insanely good fashion sense so I don't think it's wasted on you at all. For the record.

[ no don't do that, ]

... I would tease you about being into goths, but then we wouldn't be here if you weren't.

And your third one?

Oh, it's—

[holds up his hand again and watches as a bunch of vines spring out of nowhere and entwine around it]

I can't take them off or anything - they have to be touching me or they just disappear. The most it can do is kind of act like a cushion if I get hit by anything.

[ blinks. ]

Woah. So it's basically like a leafy shield?

Pretty much, yeah.

[it shrinks back down until it vanishes out of sight]

I've always thought it's kind of weird, but it's useful enough. Not the first thing I'd think of if I had to make a shield, though, you know?

No, but neither would others. And it can just grow back over it. At least it offers a little bit of protection, right?

True! It's better for more minor stuff, but it's not, like, the worst.

[finishes eating probably, the flow of time is a mystery--]

So... Movies? Or did you want to do anything else?

[ The flow of time is an illusion. He half laughs. ]

Movies. We have a soda machine back in the suite unless you want lemonade. [ Moving to pick up the plates real quick. ] And I have a nice projector and an infinitely more comfortable bed to relax on.

Soda sounds great if that's okay with you. We can still grab popcorn on the way if you want, too.

[reaching for his hand as he stands up]

[ Easily takes it back, giving it a squeeze. ]

All the popcorn we can carry, of course.

Important relationship making or breaking question: no butter, butter, extra butter, or extra extra butter?

Ooh, the pressure is on...

[laughs a little]

Extra butter. I'm interpreting that as, like, not enough that the popcorn gets mushy.

[ Makes a brief face of disappointment: ]

Okay, fair and very good point. I'm somewhere between the extra and extra extra butter factions. Don't ask me how it works, I just am.

Chocolate or no chocolate?

On the popcorn or just in general?

[ Doot doot [mystery time ] halfway to the theater: ]

On the popcorn specifically, but also in general.

Huh. I don't think I've actually tried it with chocolate before, but I can get behind it as a concept for sure. How about you?

Not all the time, but it definitely hits the salty-but-sweet kick when you're on it. Like, eat it together piece by piece? Totally different experience.

Kind of like dipping fries in a milkshake, right?

[ Thinks about it. ]

Yes, but with more of a crunch.

[ Begins to load up on said popcorn. ]

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