quietmounds | (no subject)

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WHAT Christmas in July
WHERE Every-fucking-where
WHEN Day 141 & 142

[IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR. It's . . . well, time doesn't really work well here anyway, but it's been 'a while' since the last 'festive activities' so that's what's happening, right here, right now.

It's still warm enough for shorts and t-shirts, but there's also big fat snowflakes falling from the sunny sky, making piles of it that are pleasantly cool and don't seem to melt. Skating rinks! Palm trees and cacti decorated with pretty sparkly lights! Do we even have those? We do today.

Besides that, you can do whatever you want to, to get into the #mood:

Mistletoe? Mistletoe for kissing, for cuddling, for whatever?
Mysterious gifts with your name on them that turn out to be a long-lost item from your childhood?
Blankets that you get trapped under until someone joins you in there to cuddle?
[insert your fun here]

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[glancing at him]

Wasn't American, it was Wakandan. Hunting to eat and survive.

[nodding, very awkwardly]

I was speaking of the practice in general.

[LISTEN IM SORRY WE'RE NEVER TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING I'M TRYING GIVE A BROTHER A BREAK]

Wouldn't know, didn't really run in those circles. For, you know, reasons.

[o... ok just nods again, dropping his gaze]

[slinging his bag off his back, carefully burying the book under his clothes before shrugging it back on]

[glancing up, sort of just... waiting for Erik to walk off]

[purely icon, idk man]

[well I mean, the chance is like 50/50 right. sort of.

looks at his feet again when Erik doesn't make to leave]

What did you like to do, as a child?

Edited 2018-07-17 05:00 (UTC)

Sports. Basketball, soccer, swimming, track— I was over all of them.

[trying a smile, his voice just slightly teasing]

Were you any good?

One of the best. Pissed off the coaches and recruiters.

Your attitude, or their envy and scorn for your success?

Attitude. And I kept turning them down, didn't have time to mess with them.

That makes sense.

And now?

Now? Here? Not interested, and half the people here don't know what soccer is.

[he smiles, genuine]

I meant what you like to do now.

[scowls, dislike even though he can't see it, he can feel it]

I'm catching up on games and movies. Dropped off long enough for a new Madden and Fifa to drop. There's that whole Star Wars mess now, too.

[that's like the default state of a conversation with you bro he got it]

I... don't have any idea what you're talking about, with the exception of Star Wars.

[sssigh]

They're video games. Football and soccer.

Virtual reality?

No, Xbox. Cool it, Wakanda.

[he... makes a face, but goes quiet again instead of retorting]

[makes a small "tch" sound, slinging his head to the side]

...

[very carefully, without looking over] Will you show me how to play them?

You know how to play.