dappledleaves | CICONIA: WHEN THEY CRY

[ Oh, Sinclair... so sincere. So pure. Oria laughs. ]

It's fine. We're all the lechers here except you.

[ Is it though??? ]

[...

he throws a fry at Oria's face.]

That's exactly what I mean.

[ Oria expected this, so he catches the fry in his mouth. :9 Yum. ]

Hey, I can't change everyone else's minds! Looks like you'll have to get used to it.

[Sinclair also expected this but he was hoping...]

I slowly am but...

[Now he's distracted]

...I wonder how many time you can catch a fry like that.

Wanna find out?

[ He grins. Oria is so ready to catch more fries in his mouth.

This is what youth is actually about: doing silly things like this. ]

If you're ready--

[Tossing another!! Lets go, lets test Oria's skill.

It would be nice if it could always be this peaceful.]

[ He catches the fry in his mouth. Successful! He even chews on it and swallows while waiting for the next one. Delicious. ]

If you toss it way up, I'm not gonna bother!

[He waits for Oria to finish chewing before he tosses another, a little off angle towards the left]

I wouldn't do that. That's a waste.

[ Oria leans into that direction and catches it. Munch. ]

Yeah, we shouldn't get in trouble for causing a preventable mess.

[ It's fun, but Sinclair might get the feeling that he's being stared at... ]

Mm...that would be a problem.

[Another fry in the same direction. Go, Oria go! But...uh, that feeling...Sinclair blinks and turns around, scanning the restaurant. Hello??]

[ There doesn't seem to be anyone staring at Sinclair from where he is. Despite that, the same feeling creeps back in.

Oria, oblivious to the creepy feeling, eats up the thrown fry and looks at Sinclair curiously. ]

You threw it here, you know. You didn't throw it anywhere else.

I know. I just thought--

[He wishes Charon could exist in any cameras around because he doesn't like this feeling at all]

...I just thought someone was watching us.

[ Oria sure wishes it was someone who would admire Sinclair from a distance, but he'd still hate the idea of that at the same time. The duality of man makes this complicated.

He lowers his voice. ]

If you don't feel comfortable being here, we can leave.

[Sinclair looks over...and nods, reaching for Oria's hand]

...lets go get some more desserts to bring back.

[refill the peep stash]

[ Oria holds his hand and gets up. He's sure the workers will clean up after them, so he doesn't hesitate on leaving the plates behind. ]

I know just the place for that.

[ He smiles and runs off with him. Yes, Oria paid already for the meals. Don't worry about it. ]

Ah--

[Sinclair yelps, laughing]

Hey, where are we going?

[ Once the two are out of earshot...

"He has sharp senses."

"As expected of someone like him." ]

Only the best candy store in this entire place!

[ When Oria says that, it must be the only store that still sells Peeps.

Because it definitely is.

Thankfully, the stares are no longer there so Sinclair can rest easy for now. ]

[(fear) but Sinclair relaxes the moment the feeling fades. Better...]

Oh? They have peeps then?

[the one world they are united in this]

Yup! It's the only store that sells them now, because the other store closed down.

[ Their peeps... Oria is finally glad to have a comrade in his favoritism of sugary baby birds. ]

And I really need to restock them. The sugar crash I feel after a gauntlet session is seriously no joke.

You know, being a gauntlet knight is the only job I can think of where we can eat as much sugar as we want without being scolded.

[He understands though. Some days the fatigue is a lot and he can barely move...sugary baby birds from hell are the only things that can save him]

Right? And we're fit anyway, so they can't say anything either.

[ Super child soldiers! Oria opens the door and they are basically in Candyland. ]

I wonder if they have some new flavor taffies!

[ So he goes over to the taffy section while dragging Sinclair because he forgot that he's still doing that. ]

[Sinclair doesn't mind being dragged along even as he peers at the shelves]

I hoped they restocked on gummy bears...

[haribos how he had missed you ]

Oh, oh! Look!

[ Oria is so much more like his age in this verse due to tremendously less political pressure than others, but some things about him stays the same.

He points to an entire shelf full of various haribo gummy bears. ]

Oh my god, that one is like a meter tall.

[ that is

a big gummy bear]

...could anyone actually eat that?

Duh! Me!

[ meanwhile, me, haki, would probably barf from attempting ]

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