I did say to look forward to it later, didn't I? That said, if Saphir wants you over for dinner then he wants me to crash again, hmm?
[That is not even a mock-threat, he is just here to be smug over dinner plans momentarily before he pops off to radio silence again. Siblings gotta sibling, after all, and Subete has his own things to get to!! Some time later more towards evening, though, Hikage will get these twopictures popping his way.]
Wow. This is within walking distance of the hotel. Want to meet up here when you're done?
[This is probably a dangerous proposition because will they actually get to dinner with that many books involved.]
[ It's not until he's started to bring Marona back that Hikage checks his phone again, smiling at all of this. He could just use a simple emoji to express what he's feeling but that's what stickers are for. ]
I'm sure it'd be something, but I already have my own plans for dinner. He's not the only one who can dig his heels in.
Really? I didn't think this place would have a library that big. We can meet there then, we just started to head back.
[He is biased as hell and not afraid to show it. Aren't they all?]
This is about the right size for a major metropolitan library. At least this city itself has some interesting features. We'll have to take full advantage.
[He is getting no reading done currently but that's fine; there will be plenty of opportunity to get stuck in this library in coming days, guaranteed. The real problem is that heโs getting used to these dumb stickers...]
Oh, yes. Now that I've had a look around the city and a few travel sites, we've got our work cut out for us.
[He sends a link to the local sake brewery because priorities. They might have plans, but thereโs nothing saying they canโt have more options. He has a bigger list for later, too, of course. ☆]
Looks to me like they have a pretty expansive menu and their own home brews, too, along with some interesting western-inspired drinks. Not a bad place to get a taste of how America does sake.
[Look at him talking like he knows what he's talking about when not that long ago -- give or take 20 years -- he was still dipping his toes into wine. Truly the house has been a terrible influence.]
Starting early sounds good to me, too. Let's see how sneaky you are, then.
[Did he have to make this a challenge, no. Is he having too much fun with this, maybe.]
[Oh. You'd think it would knock him off-kilter less the second time around in a day but the only reason his phone hasn't met another bad end is because mercifully, in a library the only thing he could do to it would be to drop it down one of the amazingly numerous stairwells.
Looks like they won't be going to Best Buy today, but it's still a little while before he musters:]
Well, that's good to know. (โขฬโโขฬเน)เซญโง
[He doesn't send a sticker back this time, possibly because he's just worn out his stickering cooldown for a little while, possibly because he's just basking in getting that sticker in return; maybe a combination of the above. They're real good at this KO'ing each other thing, somehow.]
Hmm. Yes, I think that's something beyond help.
[The wryness doesn't quite come across in text, and maybe that's a good thing. There's a pause because ah, this entire conversation is still so much. Thanks, Saphir.]
I am getting a little hungry, though. Just give the word, and we can help each other out.
[That's probably not entirely serious, but also: win-win phone strategies.]
[ As if he wasn't distracted in several ways already, smh. Maybe that's why his next text takes some time to come through, or maybe it's because he's trying to pick his battles for once in the promise of that later they've been chasing all day. ]
Next time .
It's handled for now. I need to pick up another controller, though.
[Itโs fine, he still has reading to do, or rather hiding his phone and his face in a book under the guise of reading because thereโs at least a small smile following him around that refuses to go away at this point: anticipation or satisfaction or something else.]
Anytime.
Iโm surprised he agreed to it after the fuss. But very well. All done, then?
He insisted on it for whatever reason. And yeah, I just activated Lyft.
Not to his house, I don't need a repeat of the last 20 years anytime soon. [ Joking mostly but also maybe not an impossibility all things considered. He's really had enough of being trapped in houses for all his years and then some. ]
[You never know. But no heโs definitely being ridiculous here, for various reasons and they both probably know it.]
There wasnโt even a decent library by the end, 20 more years is too much to ask. That is to say, yes, thereโs far more than an eveningโs worth of entertainment here.
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Tell me later--I don't want to get Marona home too late, I feel like Saphir would try to invite me over for dinner.
[ He'll be quiet for a while too because he honestly shouldn't be texting this much but like hell if he knows phone etiquette he's an old man. ]
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[That is not even a mock-threat, he is just here to be smug over dinner plans momentarily before he pops off to radio silence again. Siblings gotta sibling, after all, and Subete has his own things to get to!! Some time later more towards evening, though, Hikage will get these two pictures popping his way.]
Wow. This is within walking distance of the hotel. Want to meet up here when you're done?
[This is probably a dangerous proposition because will they actually get to dinner with that many books involved.]
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I'm sure it'd be something, but I already have my own plans for dinner. He's not the only one who can dig his heels in.
Really? I didn't think this place would have a library that big. We can meet there then, we just started to head back.
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[He is biased as hell and not afraid to show it. Aren't they all?]
This is about the right size for a major metropolitan library. At least this city itself has some interesting features. We'll have to take full advantage.
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Right. And that's why we're here: to take advantage of everything
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[He is getting no reading done currently but that's fine; there will be plenty of opportunity to get stuck in this library in coming days, guaranteed. The real problem is that heโs getting used to these dumb stickers...]
Oh, yes. Now that I've had a look around the city and a few travel sites, we've got our work cut out for us.
[He sends a link to the local sake brewery because priorities. They might have plans, but thereโs nothing saying they canโt have more options. He has a bigger list for later, too, of course. ☆]
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We did want to visit an izakaya in the US, so we'll have to go.
If I'm lucky, Saphir won't be home when I drop Marona off. We could start early, then. [ Now he's just even more impatient, smh. ]
2/2 actually
1/2
[Look at him talking like he knows what he's talking about when not that long ago -- give or take 20 years -- he was still dipping his toes into wine. Truly the house has been a terrible influence.]
Starting early sounds good to me, too. Let's see how sneaky you are, then.
[Did he have to make this a challenge, no. Is he having too much fun with this, maybe.]
2/2
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trying
[ Suddenly, hieroglyphics. This has nothing to do with the fact that he's probably been caught, f. ]
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Hmm?
[Local emojis continue to be mysterious, or maybe heโs teasing while waiting. F.]
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wont change my mind
pointless
1/something
Looks like they won't be going to Best Buy today, but it's still a little while before he musters:]
Well, that's good to know. (โขฬโโขฬเน)เซญโง
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3/maybe
4/4????
[As a distraction, maybe. There are all kinds of things you can use a phone for. ☆]
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i cant help him
he has his choices i have mine
[ ask him again and he might change his mind because his patience is wearing thin. ]
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Hmm. Yes, I think that's something beyond help.
[The wryness doesn't quite come across in text, and maybe that's a good thing. There's a pause because ah, this entire conversation is still so much. Thanks, Saphir.]
I am getting a little hungry, though. Just give the word, and we can help each other out.
[That's probably not entirely serious, but also: win-win phone strategies.]
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Next time
It's handled for now. I need to pick up another controller, though.
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Anytime.
Iโm surprised he agreed to it after the fuss. But very well. All done, then?
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He insisted on it for whatever reason. And yeah, I just activated Lyft.
Not to his house, I don't need a repeat of the last 20 years anytime soon. [ Joking mostly but also maybe not an impossibility all things considered. He's really had enough of being trapped in houses for all his years and then some. ]
You're still at the library?
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Maybe heโs just that into Mario Kart.
[You never know. But no heโs definitely being ridiculous here, for various reasons and they both probably know it.]
There wasnโt even a decent library by the end, 20 more years is too much to ask. That is to say, yes, thereโs far more than an eveningโs worth of entertainment here.
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