catch-all; marcoh

[clockpunk]

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[boxcar]

Nobody would like it if I weren't nice.

I'm alright. I will not break any time soon.

[clockpunk]

It's alright to... relax a bit, though. I think.

[ he hopes. ]

Have you ever seen a movie before?

[boxcar]

...I will try.

[ He does, in his own definition, but he understands most people have a different one. ]

Not really. No.

[clockpunk]

I thought maybe it'd be something we could all do this week. Maybe in the lobby. I'll bring the TV down and anyone who wants to can pick something.

[ ... ]

Before... all that, I'd had the idea.

[boxcar]

[ He thinks about that. ]

Koharu had the living room changed to a space for everybody. I think a movie there could be good.

[clockpunk]

Yeah. Yeah, I think so too. Taair seemed to enjoy it, so...

[ nods. ]

I'll ask everyone this week. Do you have a genre you'd like to see?

[boxcar]

[ .............................. ]

Uh, anything is good.

[clockpunk]

[ huffs a laugh. ]

This isn't the time to be askin', huh.

[boxcar]

No, it's fine.

Better to talk about these kinds of things than others.

I'm probably just not your best go-to for asking about movies. Maybe Koharu would know better?

[ Everyone tuck in to watch a romcom. ]

[clockpunk]

I haven't really spoken to her much. Maybe it's a good way to start.

[boxcar]

I think so. What you suggest sounds normal.

I think a lot of people could use "normal". Kids and adults both.

[clockpunk]

Normal's all I've really wanted for a while.

[ sighs. ]

What's "normal", for you?

[boxcar]

...

[ He hesitates. ]

Hard to say. [ Slowly. ] It used to be living with my sister.

[clockpunk]

[ he nods, not trying to push. even as he asks; ]

Older or younger?

[boxcar]

Younger.

[ He seems somewhat used to questions about his sister now. He just doesn't talk much, it doesn't seem reluctant yet. ]

[clockpunk]

So you were lookin' after her. What's she like?

[boxcar]

Yes. Ever since I was ten years old.

She is a good girl... woman. [ He can't treat her like baby forever. She is a full-grown woman. ] Strong-headed.