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[doitrockapella]

Carmen Sandiego

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." —Winston Churchill

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[doitrockapella]

Does he know anything about motorcycles? I've been thinking of investing in one.

[mercurio]

he has one! custom made!

[doitrockapella]

Really? Did he build it himself?

[mercurio]

parts of it? i think?

[doitrockapella]

Now that's interesting. I think I would like to talk to him about it, actually, if you think he'd be willing.

[mercurio]

yeah of course! he also has retrospec so you can find him through here
cloud strife!

[doitrockapella]

Well, well, so you're Cloud's mysterious brother. What a small world.

I've heard nothing but good things about you, believe me.

[mercurio]

you know him already?
...did he say things about me?

[doitrockapella]

We've crossed paths on occasion.

I hear you're fond of Halloween and costume parties.

[mercurio]

oh uhm.. who said that?? i haven't really celebrated halloween before

[doitrockapella]

Really? I was led to believe you were fairly excited about it.

[mercurio]

who isn't excited about halloween? i just never had the chance to celebrate it before nor get a costume for it
then i got older and never thought about doing something for it

[doitrockapella]

You NEVER got to? No carving pumpkins, no trick-or-treating, none of it?

[mercurio]

my mom never gave me permission to

[more like she never got him a costume nor was around for him to technically go out on his own, plus no friends... halloween spent watching horror film reruns by himself at home!]

[doitrockapella]

She had some objection to the holiday? I know it's frowned upon, in some schools of thought...

[mercurio]

not sure
she just wasn't around much by the end of the month

[doitrockapella]

[...at this rate a couple pounds of cherry gummies are going to end up anonymously on prompto's doorstep]

I'm sorry to hear that.

But I suppose you'll just have to make up for lost time by having an extra amount of fun this year, hm?

[mercurio]

[are you trying to make him fat]

no it's okay idk how to say "i had a crappy childhood" without getting the pity effect going and not saying anything usually makes people think i'm just making things up

but yeah i'm hoping to do some stuff this year after i find a costume

[doitrockapella]

Well, for what it's worth, I promise not to pity you. I'm tempted to try to make it up to you a little, I'll admit, but it's not coming from a place of pity.

Empathy, maybe. But not pity.

[mercurio]

i got a brother now though
and i think his dad is kinda like my dad now
i'm doing a lot better

[doitrockapella]

He told me he's new to the city, and hasn't had time to really see much of anything. Is that the same for you, or have you lived here longer?

[mercurio]

born and raised here actually
i'm trying to show him around as much as i can

[doitrockapella]

What have you seen so far?

[mercurio]

we went to the ocean and down the boardwalk also i've been showing him places to go eat around town
oh the petting zoo also it was one of my favorite days

[doitrockapella]

All excellent choices. I'm partial to the zoo myself, but I like the big cats best — and they're not really up for petting.