01 -- Two Boys and a Bed -- Video

[flamesbond]

[A general Mognet post today because Lea and Isa need anyone who can help.

Lea points his camera at the mess of wood and metal that is going to be their bedframe.

Eventually.

He hopes. Currently it’s just a disaster with Isa sitting in the middle of it, fuming and sweaty. Their apartment, like so many, is powerless.]

So...anyone know how to read backwoods Wutaian? At least I think that’s what the directions are in...or was it something else, Isa?

I think that’s what it is.

[He squints at the directions before holding them up for Lea’s phone to capture.]

[And yeah, it’s some dialect of Wutaian that two boys from Kalm would never have learned to read. Lea sighs]

Never buy a bed from a backalley furniture store, guys. Even if it’s a great deal for a queen-sized bed.

[Yes. Two teenaged boys got one queen-sized bed. No, they don’t see a problem with this.]

Okay, you’ve asked. Turn that off and go change the laundry to the dryer already.

You nag, you know that?

I wasn’t nagging. Nagging would imply I asked you more than twice.

[He pauses.]

You’re not still filming this are you?

[Lea snorts]

I'm getting it, I'm getting...Nag

[It cuts off.]

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[aiza]

[Isa takes off his shirt and wipes away the sweat with it because fuck, it's getting way too hot for even that.]

This electricity being out business is so stupid.

[He's never had to go this long without AC indoors, okay? It's a bit rough for him. Outside there's at least breezes. In the bedroom there's one window that's only letting in a little bit of a breeze every so often.]

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[flamesbond]

[Lea's already down to just his shorts. He's managing better than Isa]

I think we have Ice materia here somewhere...or we can splurge and buy some?

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[aiza]

[He's about to say what a good idea that is, but then he realizes it won't work.]

And when the ice melts we'll have a flood of water in our room.

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[flamesbond]

No, dumbass, I just blast you with a small Blizzard spell to cool you down!

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[backwatertrooper]

[Excuse him as he silently watches through the whole thing, head tilting the longer it goes on and biting his lip to stifle amusement. Then he shakes his head.]

Just one? But don't you---

[Live together. The earlier amusement slides sideways into flustered realisation, and Cloud cuts himself off. He glances away and then back, head ducked down. Two of them and a single bed, and either they don't see it or they just don't want to talk about it to other people and really, that's fine.

But he also remembers Isa's' "friends like us" comments while they talked about Tifa and his older self, so... maybe neither of them see it? He doesn't know.]

... don't know Wutaian, backwoods or otherwise.

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[flamesbond]

Don't we what?

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[backwatertrooper]

... live together.

[There's a little cringe and Cloud shakes his head and hopes he's not blushing.]

Never mind. Isn't it too hot to do something like that?

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[flamesbond]

We do, which is why we bought the bed. S'cheaper.

[See? Logic!]

Maybe, but we need to do it.

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[aiza]

What Lea said. But why are you so confused by this?

[Enlighten him, Cloud because he is confused as can be about what you're getting at.]

It is too hot, but I don't want to sleep on a mattress on the floor again. And we got rid of the old bed already.

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[notachocobo]

...How old are you two again?

[Too young to be moving in together and sharing a bed, that's for damn sure.]

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[aiza]

Lea just turned 17, and I'll be 17 near the end of the month.

[It is not too young!]

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[notachocobo]

And how long have you two been dating exactly?

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[flamesbond]

[Lea stares at Cloud]

We're...not?

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[aiza]

[Also stares.]

Since never?

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...does it have pictures?

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[flamesbond]

Not very many. Like...three?

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[Well, there went that idea.] Are the pieces labeled? Maybe you can put it together that way?

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[flamesbond]

...you know.

We never looked for that.

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[carrotcop]

[Have a small bunny giving you guys a sympathetic wince.]

That sounds a lot like Itreea furniture from back home. Impossible instructions in different languages.

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[aiza]

[It's a talking bunny. After dogs, bunnies are his favorite animal. Isa smiles slightly.]

Itreea? Never heard of it. Where are you from?

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[carrotcop]

Zootopia! Well, not originally.

[She returns the smile, ears perked.]

But that's where I live and work now! I got some of my furniture from Itreea and if it hadn't been for Nick I probably never would have figured it all out.

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[flamesbond]

--whoa are you a rabbit?

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[carrotcop]

[Judy's ears perk and she blinks.]

Yes?

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[backwaterpuppy]

I know some Wutaian. It's probably enough to put together a bed.

[He shrugged. Spending time in a country, even if it's for war, teaches people a few things about that country. Having a Wutaian best friend who likes to speak and write his native language for the purpose of being a dick also motivated a person to learn.]

Which one of you gets the bed?

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[flamesbond]

Even a backcountry dialect? And we're sharing.