check this out. I saw it the other day. didn't go in. no clue what it is. looked cool though so I took a picture. what do you think?
[ He attaches a photo of a bright golden door surrounded by elegant columns. Dolores may well have passed by it herself if she's ever prone to exploring the University District. It certainly is an eye-catching place — whatever it is... ]
[ He's sniggering to himself at that, grinning at his phone. He's pretty much dressed and ready, just lazy, so he Thumbs Up reacts Dolores' last text (and Haha reacts at her first one), and doesn't send a real response. He'll take those twenty minutes to go collect himself an afternoon snack while Dolores gets ready — they both have their investments.
By the time she's done, she'll find him in the hammock downstairs near the front door, munching on half an empanada and aimlessly trying to coax Bianca the black sheep toward him without moving from his spot. But the sheep doesn't pay him any mind. Camilo looks bored...! Not having a whole town of people in constant and myriad need calling on them all the time is— not as refreshing as it seemed it'd be? He practically scrambles to get out of the hammock as soon as he spots Dolores on her way. That startles the sheep at last, who bleats and scurries away, earning a roll of the eyes from Camilo as he gets to his feet. ]
Listo. Vamos.
[ He reaches a hand out toward the coatrack, and, never missing her cue, Casita responds by throwing Camilo's coat and an umbrella at him, which he catches gracefully...-ish. He catches it. ]
[She at least needs some time to change her clothes and fix her hair, but twenty minutes later she is heading to the hammock where her brother is lounging and if he hadn't got up of his own accord he might have found himself being tipped out onto the floor.
Another time, perhaps.
Dolores gives a nonverbal cue for her own coat but gets it passed to her (rather than thrown at her) and she doesn't manage to quite hold back her smirk as he fumbles to catch the umbrella.]
Smooth, Camilo.
[As she pulls on her coat she looks over her shoulder to where the sheep ran off.] ... What were you doing?
[ Casita often serves Camilo's sass right back at him — he deserves a dose of his own medicine sometimes. He's not the only prankster in the family... He straightens himself up, casting a shady eye at the coatrack and a more sheepish glance at Dolores as he puts his coat on, popping his lapel pointedly with a clear of his throat. ]
Nothin'... Hanging with Bianca...
[ And by "nothing" he means, he was trying to feed the sheep a piece of his empanada. And the sheep did not want it. Because it's a sheep. But he was just that bored... They couldn't leave soon enough; Dolores obviously made it down in the nick of time. ]
[Camilo undoubtedly deserved everything that Casita saw fit to throw at him, including the umbrella.]
Nothing, huh... [Dolores does not look like she believes this to be true, but they have somewhere to be! So, she does not linger on it and instead starts nudging Camilo towards the door. If they start chattering here they're never going to leave.]
Come on, let's go. Before your boredom gets you into trouble.
[ He gives a short chuckle at that, throwing her a sly smirk, but sets off in stride with her all the same. ]
It already has, reading Mamí's books... Not good, by the way. Really cheesy. Kiiiinda hilarious, though.
[ Which is why he kept reading... It's practically comedy for him. Comedy that makes him cringe, too. Aaaand cry once but he doesn't wanna talk about that. ]
[She nudges her elbow against his arm as they walk, not quite hard enough to knock him off-balance (though he can be a little clumsy sometimes, so who knows...) and shakes her head. Of all things to read, when she knows that there is a massive library in the city, he had to choose their mother's romance novels?
Well.
Dolores would be lying if she said she hadn't taken a couple of them, but she read them all years ago.]
I thought you might like to read something with more swords and less kissing.
[ He gives a little shrug. That's what it's all about, right? It might not be his ideal first choice of books to enjoy, but he can find something decent with anything... It was mostly because they're in the house, he'd say... but really it was just because he likes to hang out in their mother's room and they happen to be there. ]
There was one with swords and kissing. ...It was aight.
[Dolores shoots her brother a wry smile and resists the urge to nudge into him again. Sometimes it's just too much fun to pick on her brother like that.]
Just all right?
[Maybe they could find him something more interesting to read? Or at least something that he would think of as more than 'aight'.]
Do you know anything about this thing? It looked like some kind of exhibition.
[ He shoots a wry smile right back, letting out a tiny chuckle under his breath. He knows Dolores just resisted teasing him more, he can tell, and so just casts her that knowing eye, smirking wide. He's eager to change the topic, though, because woof, their mom's books were... not his favorite. ]
I dunno what it is. It's something like that. It looked cool outside, though — sooo I guess we'll find out!
[It feels normal, at least, to be teasing her brother like that and Dolores has begun to entirely appreciate such glimmers of normalcy in this strange world. When he smiles back at her she grins, shaking her head at him, but his eagerness to see this new thing is catching and her steps quicken as she slips her arm through his and squeezes his elbow lightly to her side.]
Whatever it is, it has to be more fun that sitting in the house reading romance novels. [She teases him, still smiling.]
[ They're vibing on the same level, Camilo thinking much the same thoughts as Dolores links her arm in his. He has so scarcely felt glimmers of normalcy since arriving here; although the whole city is still quite alien to him, just hanging out with his sister like this feels familiar. In truth, they seldom took casual arm-in-arm strolls even back home, so often at the beck and call of everyone else in town — and certainly with less entertainment around, regardless. They had so much normalcy, the quality time like this didn't feel so urgent and needed... But after everything their family has been going through here, it feels like they need each other's support so much more than ever before, and while it's uncomfortable talking about that need, these moments of simple intimacy are more comforting than he can say. Glimmers of normalcy, indeed — even if it's a new normal.
When Dolores mentions she brought some cash along, Camilo's smile turns a little slyer and crinkles the corners of his eyes in amusement... because, still, yes, very much on the same wavelength. ]
Hah. I brought money, too — just in case. Now we've gotta buy something cool~
[ They've gotta, you know. Camilo's been okay with managing what little money he gets in Kaisou, but... man, he does enjoy spending it on enjoyment. He's not a natural saver like some people. And frankly, there's just a lot of cool stuff to throw his money at in this city! "Alien" doesn't strictly mean "bad," after all. ]
[They certainly had very different lives at home. Camilo was always at the forefront of everything, the prankster, the on-door greeter, always helping and creating mischief in equal measure. Dolores tended to fade into the background even in family situations and she knows it, but it is a purely deliberate decision that she makes in order to tolerate the constant cacophony of noise around her.
It's more difficult here - the encanto was an oasis of silence in comparison - but she can tolerate it for the sake of spending some time with Camilo.]
I'm sure we can find something that will be up to your standards, hermanito.
[His sly smile has her grinning, then laughing as she looks away from him.]
There is a lot to buy here, hm? It makes me wonder how much people really think that they need.
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Date: 2022-04-06 03:50 pm (UTC)check this out. I saw it the other day. didn't go in. no clue what it is. looked cool though so I took a picture. what do you think?
[ He attaches a photo of a bright golden door surrounded by elegant columns. Dolores may well have passed by it herself if she's ever prone to exploring the University District. It certainly is an eye-catching place — whatever it is... ]
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Date: 2022-04-08 08:43 pm (UTC)It's some kind of exhibition. Do you want to go and take a look?
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Date: 2022-04-09 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-04-12 11:53 am (UTC)[Honestly...]
I can be ready to go in twenty minutes.
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Date: 2022-04-12 05:20 pm (UTC)By the time she's done, she'll find him in the hammock downstairs near the front door, munching on half an empanada and aimlessly trying to coax Bianca the black sheep toward him without moving from his spot. But the sheep doesn't pay him any mind. Camilo looks bored...! Not having a whole town of people in constant and myriad need calling on them all the time is— not as refreshing as it seemed it'd be? He practically scrambles to get out of the hammock as soon as he spots Dolores on her way. That startles the sheep at last, who bleats and scurries away, earning a roll of the eyes from Camilo as he gets to his feet. ]
Listo. Vamos.
[ He reaches a hand out toward the coatrack, and, never missing her cue, Casita responds by throwing Camilo's coat and an umbrella at him, which he catches gracefully...-ish. He catches it. ]
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Date: 2022-04-16 05:27 pm (UTC)Another time, perhaps.
Dolores gives a nonverbal cue for her own coat but gets it passed to her (rather than thrown at her) and she doesn't manage to quite hold back her smirk as he fumbles to catch the umbrella.]
Smooth, Camilo.
[As she pulls on her coat she looks over her shoulder to where the sheep ran off.] ... What were you doing?
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Date: 2022-04-21 09:01 pm (UTC)Nothin'... Hanging with Bianca...
[ And by "nothing" he means, he was trying to feed the sheep a piece of his empanada. And the sheep did not want it. Because it's a sheep. But he was just that bored... They couldn't leave soon enough; Dolores obviously made it down in the nick of time. ]
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Date: 2022-04-23 09:48 pm (UTC)Nothing, huh... [Dolores does not look like she believes this to be true, but they have somewhere to be! So, she does not linger on it and instead starts nudging Camilo towards the door. If they start chattering here they're never going to leave.]
Come on, let's go. Before your boredom gets you into trouble.
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Date: 2022-04-23 09:58 pm (UTC)It already has, reading Mamí's books... Not good, by the way. Really cheesy. Kiiiinda hilarious, though.
[ Which is why he kept reading... It's practically comedy for him. Comedy that makes him cringe, too. Aaaand cry once but he doesn't wanna talk about that. ]
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Date: 2022-04-26 06:56 pm (UTC)Well.
Dolores would be lying if she said she hadn't taken a couple of them, but she read them all years ago.]
I thought you might like to read something with more swords and less kissing.
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Date: 2022-04-27 06:45 pm (UTC)[ He gives a little shrug. That's what it's all about, right? It might not be his ideal first choice of books to enjoy, but he can find something decent with anything... It was mostly because they're in the house, he'd say... but really it was just because he likes to hang out in their mother's room and they happen to be there. ]
There was one with swords and kissing. ...It was aight.
[ But just aight. ]
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Date: 2022-04-30 10:47 pm (UTC)Just all right?
[Maybe they could find him something more interesting to read? Or at least something that he would think of as more than 'aight'.]
Do you know anything about this thing? It looked like some kind of exhibition.
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Date: 2022-04-30 10:53 pm (UTC)I dunno what it is. It's something like that. It looked cool outside, though — sooo I guess we'll find out!
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Date: 2022-05-05 09:12 pm (UTC)Whatever it is, it has to be more fun that sitting in the house reading romance novels. [She teases him, still smiling.]
I brought a little money, just in case.
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Date: 2022-05-06 08:58 pm (UTC)When Dolores mentions she brought some cash along, Camilo's smile turns a little slyer and crinkles the corners of his eyes in amusement... because, still, yes, very much on the same wavelength. ]
Hah. I brought money, too — just in case. Now we've gotta buy something cool~
[ They've gotta, you know. Camilo's been okay with managing what little money he gets in Kaisou, but... man, he does enjoy spending it on enjoyment. He's not a natural saver like some people. And frankly, there's just a lot of cool stuff to throw his money at in this city! "Alien" doesn't strictly mean "bad," after all. ]
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Date: 2022-05-09 08:15 pm (UTC)It's more difficult here - the encanto was an oasis of silence in comparison - but she can tolerate it for the sake of spending some time with Camilo.]
I'm sure we can find something that will be up to your standards, hermanito.
[His sly smile has her grinning, then laughing as she looks away from him.]
There is a lot to buy here, hm? It makes me wonder how much people really think that they need.