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[laserguy]

[Being in a new world is cool and all, but also sucks when everything you see is still a shade of red. Figures that the first time he's away in some new place he can't fully appreciate it, although, maybe he doesn't want to considering that stupid but truthful parchment he got referencing an incident that he's not exactly proud of.

How do they even know??

So excitement is honestly at an all time low and he's also sort of angry?? And the best thing to do when you're angry is clearly use this charm device and just say dumb shit--]

so who else is a freak here

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[usarinpa]

[ Despite all the otherworldly bullshit she's seen her, she still seems a little flabbergasted behind her charm. She hasn't grasped yet that the laser eyes are a constant thing for him. ]

Wow.

[ Not sure what to say to that. That's the stuff of comic books where she's from, though you could argue there's some top secret tech that would let it happen. Only someone like Pewter would know about that, though. ]

Uh, how old are you now?

[laserguy]

[......He walked right into that one, didn't he? Scott pinches his nose, but he commends his own efforts for not letting his sigh be too audible for Mizuki to hear.]

Would you believe me if I said I was twenty?

[It's not like he cares about letting her know his actual age, it just sounds a little lame after he said the whole 'I was sixteen when I knocked a tree over' bit.]

[usarinpa]

...Whaaat. No way you're older than me.

[ Mizuki please, you haven't even seen the guy. ]

Okay, maybe you are. Only by two years, though.

[laserguy]

[.....Oh she actually believes him. Scott will just... let this happen. It's just a little white lie, nothing will come from it, probably.]

Yeah, just two years. Totally.

[He's not making this very convincing is he--]

Anyway. Yeah. You're a freak too and that's cool. Join the club.

[usarinpa]

[ God, what is she gonna do, ID him? Does he have like, a basic-bro prepubescent boy voice? If she wasn't suspicious before, it'll be the way he says 'totally' that does it. There's a notable pause, like maybe she should have chosen the video option after all, but she drops the issue for now. ]

You sound super enthusiastic about this "club."

[ He doesn't. ]

[laserguy]

Really reading the excitement in my voice, aren't you?

[He can see the flyers now, join 'Freak Club' and get a free cookie or some shit.]

You can be vice-president.

[usarinpa]

Ha!

[ That free cookie'll get 'em. ]

Dunno about that... Sounds like a lot of work, but maybe we could make it fun. What did you do with your laser eyes?

[laserguy]

Besides causing destruction? Nothing. I don't plan on using them either.

[Because that's all that his power is for, causing destruction and terrifying others around him if he doesn't have his shades on. Maybe absolute emergency he can blow through a locked door and escape.]

[usarinpa]

[ Scott won't see it, but there's a silence that follows during which Mizuki is almost disappointed. Why have a gift like that if you aren't going to do anything with it? Yet she manages to refrain from judging, remarking casually, ]

That's... fair, I guess? Seems like kind of a waste, though.

[laserguy]

Yeah? [Some of that defensive tone comes back, because 16 year olds.] What would you use it for?

[usarinpa]

Uh...

[ Good question. It sure would have been useful at the cathedral, perhaps! Or perhaps it would've made things worse. That said, she wonders if she wouldn't just use laser beam eyes for the same reason she uses her super strength.

Rather than anwer however, she asks another question. ]

Would it even still work if you were missing one eye? [ General "you." ]

[laserguy]

[.......

What kind of question is that? Oh. Oh. It's about her. Huh, guess that's kind of different. Scott actually tries to put thought into this, wondering how'd it feel if he opened just one eye and shot his optic blasts out of it.

Seems uncomfortable, but possible.]

Uh, I'm pretty sure? Although, everyone would just start calling me cyclops.

[usarinpa]

[ Hm. If she made him uncomfortable, she can't tell. She's gotten used to one eye; it's not having Aiba that's taking some adjustment. Though she's more used to it now than she was a couple months ago, so she's got that going for her. ]

I've heard worse. [ As far as nicknames go. ] ...So what should I call you?

[ Does she even realize that she dodged the original question? Who knows. ]

[laserguy]

You can just use my first name like everyone else.

[He definitely has forgotten about the original question.]

I'm Scott.

[usarinpa]

[ Fair enough. She's prone to nick names once she gets close with someone, but Scott doesn't leave her much to work with... There's a shrug behind the blackened screen. ]

Hey. I'm Mizuki.

[laserguy]

Well, nice to meet you, Mizuki.

[If you can call talking over these charms as meeting someone.]

I'll let you know if I get the club started. I can't be the only member in it.

🎀

[usarinpa]

Uh, yeah. Good talk.

[ She never got to see what he looked like, but that doesn't really bother her. Mizuki's the type to mind her own business, unless she knows you super well, or you're super interesting. Which to be fair, he is! But what is she gonna do, ask for a demonstration over video?

Nah. She'll see for herself someday. ]

...Let me know. See ya. [ aaand after that moment's linger, there's probably a click. ]