caughtinanetwork | Thirty-Eighth Flare - Video

Sooo....

[Lea is in his cafe, for those who recognize it, chin on the table and tapping his fingers against the surface.]

For all the people who have suddenly realized that waking up is a thing, mornin'. Glad to see we have all the screeching a guy could ever want.

That said, does anyone else remember the really really weird... dreams from last week? I just want to make sure that was a real thing and not just the scientists... I don't know, filling the bubble with some sort of drug. What if we were all high, and we didn't know?

...Maybe we need to talk to someone who's been high. Anyone seen Gamzee around?

Joking aside, I actually wanted to talk to you guys about something else!

[Picking up the SFC, Lea heads to the back of his cafe, where there's a rather large set of stables. What are those stables for? All of his Chocobos, of course, from yellow to red to blue and a few other colors.]

For the uninitiated, these are Chocobos!

People use them basically like horses, I guess. What I was thinking of was...

Well, who would be interested in a city-wide race? You don't have to have your own chocobo. I would be happy to lend you one of my own! Or you could always go to the farm down in the Nostalgia Nook. You could have, like, a couple weeks or something to practice with whichever Chocobo you chose, and then there would be a race around the city! Just a couple of laps.

Who would be interested?

[Private to Karkat]

[Lea looks sheepish.]

So... do you still like grub loaf?

[Private to Demyx]

[Still holding the SFC, Lea starts to pace around a bit, filled with a nervous energy.]

So, uh, I've spent the last couple weeks talkin' to a couple people who worked for me, and they should be alright with making, like, a wedding cake. I also know this other lady who said she could do, like, a priest's job and all that. There are also a bunch of people who can give me the stuff we need, I guess.

I mean, a wedding is just like a big party, right? So we just gather all our friends over and stuff, entertain them a little while we finish stuff up, then we do a... ceremony or something I guess? Then we just party a whole lot.

So, I guess... Whenever you're ready? Man I looked up what a good wedding date would be, but it's all stuff that doesn't matter in Vatheon! [He runs a hand through his hair.] Unless you wanna have it on the island? Then I guess, you know, the season kind of matters unless you want to have a wedding while it's pouring rain.

[A pause. Lea cracks a grin.]

Which you probably would, but hey, remember the guests, man, I don't think they'd appreciate it as much as you.

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[All the staring for a few moments. You really look so much like Axel...]

...you must be Lea.

[And you're the friend of my Nobody who looks like this kid I befriended back in the garden, but the two of us became actual friends once upon a time in this place but this isn't the first time you've forgotten and I really don't know what to say now.]

[...Yeah, if that sounds as awkward out loud as it does in his head, Lea has a feeling he'll skip that. Vatheon makes these things so difficult.]

[So he just tries to smile and resists the urge to rub at the tattoo on his face, the very thing he got to differentiate himself from his other half.]

Yup, that's me. Having fun in the bubble down under, Roxas?

Ah-

[Right, he's supposedly been here before, so... Lea must've met him then.]

Well, until last week anyway.

Yeaaaaah, Vat tends to do that.

Still, it's not that bad a place when you get used to it, weirdo curse weeks aside. Ever ride one of these birds?

[He happily pats a calm, light brown Chocobo that nudges at his hair.]

No, I've- never even seen one before.

[Roxas looks a bit skeptical.]

Well, they're amazing, and you should do it.

[Grinning, he pets the chocobo and lets her peer at the screen closer.]

This one is Myde! They're pretty friendly.

Myde? [...gee, I wonder how that's spelled.]

Maybe I'll try it, but- I'm not signing up for anything.

Alas, you have seen through my clever scheme to ensnare you into the world of Chocobo racing! Whatever shall I do?

I'm sure you'll find someone else.

....Pssssst, Roxas.

Wanna know a secret?

A secret?

[...does he want to know?]

Yeah, a secret. Lean in close to the SFC, alright?

[You are kind of a weirdo, too, aren't you, Lea.]

I don't think it makes any difference if I'm closer.

[You should have expected this, Roxas, really.]

It is going to make the biggest difference, jeez, c'mon, just lean in.

...okay, fine.

[He'll humor you and lean in. You'd better not be about to yell in his ear.]

[Please, that is the oldest trick in the book! He will randomly scream in your ear some other day, Roxas, hold your horses.]

[For now, he just leans in as well...]

What I was doing? That was sarcasm.

[He leans back and does jazz hands of wonder.]

It's no big deal if you don't wanna race! They're awesome birds on their own.

[You know if you weren't going to scream, he did kind of think you'd tell him something he didn't know.]

I don't think the sarcasm was much of a secret.

Then you gotta recognize it! Else we're going to be spending a lot of time with me explaining that I wasn't serious.

I knew you weren't serious.

No you didn't.

Yeah, I did. You just thought I didn't.

Nooooo you didn't.

Yes, I- ... I'm not getting into this.

[Lea just laughs.]

Wow way to be a spoilsport!

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