[IC] Misc. Open Post

[curriculum_fictae]

For various overflow, misc. threads that don't fit on the comms they're for, etc.

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[curriculum_fictae]

[ Are you making a friend Bruno?? How does that feel.

Martin returns the smile, bright and warm. ]

Thank you, Bruno.

[hijoperdido]

[It feels REALLY weird. A human friend. How novel.]

Y-yeah. Of course.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ He continues to take small, pleased bites. ]

Do you have books back here?

[hijoperdido]

Um. A few, yeah. Mostly stuff I grabbed when no one was looking.

[He gestures to the small stack on a barrel in front of the arm chair.]

[curriculum_fictae]

May I look through them?

[hijoperdido]

Uh...

Sure?

[There aren't many, mostly just some old story books Abuela had carried with her.]

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[ Ah, yeah. He sees that immediately just sorting through them. ]

Not much for entertainment back here, I see.

[hijoperdido]

Kinda make my own entertainment. Just, y'know.

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… You only have yourself and the rats to help?

[hijoperdido]

Yeah. I mean, who else am I gonna ask?

[curriculum_fictae]

I suppose there’s no one else. Yeah.

[hijoperdido]

But you know, it's great, I mean I get to listen to them, hear all the gossip. I-I'm not sure Isabel really wants to marry that guy Mariano.

[curriculum_fictae]

Who’s Isabel? And … who’s Mariano?

[hijoperdido]

Isabel is the oldest of my other sister - sister who made all the food.

Mariano's just - He's a good guy, he's just from the village.

[curriculum_fictae]

So, good people, but a bad matchup?

[hijoperdido]

I think so, yeah.

[Munch munch.]

I think Dolores likes him.

[curriculum_fictae]

… Oh. Oh dear. That cannot be comfortable for any of them.

[hijoperdido]

No, but. Isabel's pretty determined to do what's best for the family, and Dolores isn't going to get in the way of that because she also wants the family and village happy.

[curriculum_fictae]

…

Um. I. Don’t take this the wrong way, but. Is anyone in your family happy?

[hijoperdido]

[He gestures vaguely with one hand.]

They're happy when everyone's happy.

[curriculum_fictae]

Okay, then who is happy in this family?

[hijoperdido]

I-

I just told you, they all are. Just, y'know. Sometimes it's not so obvious and everyone has bad days sometimes.

[curriculum_fictae]

The fact that you can’t even name anyone specifically is telling, Bruno.

[hijoperdido]

Look, what- What exactly do you want from me here? You show up out of nowhere, start asking about my family, then start criticizing my family. What do you want.

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[ Martin pinks at that and withdraws. ]

I - sorry. I just want to help. That’s all.