catch-all; marcoh

[clockpunk]

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w0 monday

[clockpunk]

[ we're checking out the train station. there's a train there, but chrono seems suspicious of getting on. ]

Is it actually gonna leave...?

[boxcar]

I think it might.

You won't know where it goes if you don't get on and see.

I don't mind going. Are you coming?

[clockpunk]

[ considers for a long moment. ]

...yeah. Let's go see what's out there.

[boxcar]

Alright.

So far nothing has been bad, so this probably won't be either. If there is though, stay close.

[ Instead they can have a perfectly pleasant Spirited Away type of train journey. Let's go to the beach, beach... ]

[clockpunk]

[ ninki minjaj

chrono just nods as they get on the train. it's a quiet trip. he didn't bring anything beach-ready, either. ]

...huh.

[boxcar]

[ He's taking a look around. ]

We are on the coast?

[ Heaven has coastlines? ]

[clockpunk]

I guess so. With the water we woke up sittin' in, guess it had to come from somewhere.

[ walkin' along the boardwalk taking everything in. he's never been to this kind of beachside hub before. ]

[boxcar]

I didn't think of it that way. But it wasn't wet back there?

[ He's also slowly walking along, looking at the scenery. He's lagging a bit behind in comparison. This seems very new to him. ]

[clockpunk]

Maybe it was unrelated...

[ weird magic heaven water. chrono pauses when he realises he's pulled ahead a bit. ]

You didn't have this kinda thing where you're from, huh.

[boxcar]

[ He glances away from the sea horizon back to Chrono. ]

I've heard beaches are nice. Either in Vatican City or elsewhere in the world.

I've never been to them though.

[clockpunk]

...do you wanna head down to the water?

[ never going to a beach is. kinda sad. ]

[boxcar]

Sure.

[ He doesn't consider that this is for him. He just thinks Chrono wants to look at it so he'll go along. ]

You had them in... [ Thinks to try to remember. ] Asakusa?

[clockpunk]

[ steppin' down onto the sand. chrono kicks his shoes off and starts carrying them instead. ]

Nah, not in Asakusa itself, but wasn't too far to go to find one. Train trip, like this. [ hesitates for a moment. ] ...an' one of my friends is like, obnoxiously rich, so he would take us to this island his family owned sometimes.

[boxcar]

[ Marcoh would have genuinely just started walking into the sand with his shoes on but he sees Chrono do this and figure he should at least try to follow suit. ]

Was it fun to go there?

[ He's not an eat the rich sort of guy, he sounds a regular amount of curious. ]

[clockpunk]

[ hes like a big puppy............. ]

Yeah. It was really pretty, and it was always a group of us spendin' time together. I'll miss that.

[ he gives marcoh a curious look. ]

What did you do for fun?

[boxcar]

[ He's solemn at the 'I'll miss it' part. Maybe there will be a little island Chrono can go to with his new dead friends...

He glances back at him at the question. Hmm. ]

I go on long jogs. Up and down the Ten Thousand Steps of Penitence if I feel like adding a challenge that day.

[clockpunk]

That's a lot of steps. Who's Pentinence?

[ he might be stupid. ]

But man, yeah. [ smiles. ] I've been doin' more body training recently - or, I was. Maybe you could show me some stuff.

[boxcar]

[ We're two peas in a pod... ]

It's a concept. Being sorry for the wrongs you did. [ Thinks about it, maybe that sounds oddly too heavy-handed. ] It's a church thing.

[ Nailed it. ]

You're free to come along if you want. Or spar, if that's your thing too.

[clockpunk]

Oh, church thing. Sure.

[ that's........... a lot of steps,, ]

Sparring? Nah, I don't know anythin' about combat. I mean, I can throw a punch pretty good, but that's about it.

[boxcar]

[ He just nods. ]

It's a good thing if you've never had to. Having a gym would be nice but we already have enough as it is. I can make use of what we have.

w1 saturday

[boxcar]

[ Man. Times are troubling but probably more so for our teens who have to put up with so much. Thank you for your Sailor Service.

Marcoh nods awkwardly at Chrono post-trial, somewhere. ]

...

[ He should say... SOMETHING, right? ]

Good work, hanging in there.

[clockpunk]

I didn't.

[ it's bitter. he didn't mean to snap - but the one bit of information he had been able to provide turned out to be useless anyway. and he broke down at the end. ]

...I didn't really know them, either. It was harder to stay angry.

[boxcar]

You did good.

[ He'll say that regardless of what Chrono thinks. ]

There's too many things to consider. Anger is easy. Today was not easy.

[clockpunk]

[ there's a frustrated hunch to his shoulders at the reassurance. ]

How do you stay so calm? I-I thought I knew how, but...

[boxcar]

It's easier when it's not personal, and when there are others to be more worried about.

I prefer it that way. To help others stay settled, than get wrapped up too much in my own thoughts.