[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: 2022-04-23 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.