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ᴀʟɪsᴀɪᴇ "ғɪᴛᴇ ᴍᴇ" ʟᴇᴠᴇɪʟʟᴇᴜʀ ([personal profile] adelphoi) wrote2018-09-23 06:59 pm
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-03 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
hey is it cold in here or is it just me???

[ Alisaie will receive this message from Prompto, despite the fact that they are in the same room, mere feet from each other. It's just...he's flopped down on his bed, lying on his stomach with his homework laid out before him, while rocking out to some jams on his headphones. He's well-situated. This is just easier! And it's probably less intrusive...

So, yeah, he's that guy that texts someone in the same room as him. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-05 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
lol why would i wear a jumper im not a baby!! :P
idk i was just wondering if you were cold too

[ So they could adjust the heat if she was! Doy! But if she's not, then fine, he'll just pull his covers over himself. Hopefully he doesn't get too hot...

...And yes, he completely misunderstood why she was asking.

A moment later, Prompto sets his phone down and puts his pencil in between his teeth as he begins to struggle to pull the sheets over him without actually getting off the bed. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-06 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
bc babies wear jumpers!
ur funny Alisaie :o)


[ It wasn't a joke??? Anyway, Prompto is still fidgeting on the bed, trying to pull the sheets over himself, completely oblivious to Alisaie's protest because he still has his earphones on. The rustling only gets worse as his legs get involved, but at least he's slowly worming himself into warmer quarters... ]

...need, like, a bunk sidecar or somethin'...

[ He mutters to himself. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-06 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh.

The thing is, absorbed as he was in his task and his music, he didn't notice her approach at all. Not until she's there, leaning up and pulling off his headphones and speaking to him. He doesn't actually hear what she was going to say, because instead he's yelping around the pencil that is still in his mouth, and jumps about a mile directly into a sitting position, sending his papers of runes flying. ]


Shiiiiiiiiiiit — you scared the bejeezus outta me! [ He exclaims, hand flat to his chest, eyes wide. ] Wh-wh-what was that?

[ ...He didn't hear what she said. Because he was being noisy. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-06 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
...Oh! Shoot, s-sorry! Guess I didn't...headphones, y'know...

[ He chuckles uneasily, offering her a lopsided grin, before he sits up so he can jump off the bunk and retrieve his scattered papers. There he goes again, making an idiot out of himself in front of her, but this is hardly the first time, and it won't be the last. He's sort of gotten used to that sense of pervasive embarrassment anytime he's in her presence. How she hasn't requested to move yet is beyond him. ]

Maybe I'll, uh, study at my desk for a bit...

[ ...He's still cold tho. :( ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-06 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hey, being grown used to is about the best he can ask for, all things considered. ]

Right! Uh...sorry again, Alisaie.

[ Sheepishly, he takes his loose papers from her when she offers them, hoping she doesn't look too closely at his work. It's...not great, and he knows it, but he doesn't need to give her any more reasons to question why he's even at this school. He questions it enough himself, honestly. ]

Back to the drawing board...
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-07 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, he can feel her silent judgment now...I mean, she's got to be side-eyeing his work, right? It's bad. He knows it's bad. He's kinda surprised she hasn't started laughing at it, or something. If she, you know, laughed... ]

Um...just...some basic runes. Gotta learn the foundation before you can get to the fancy stuff! H-heh...it's a work in progress.

[ Whether or not that progress amounts to anything remains to be seen. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-08 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...Well, that was weird. Why did she hesitate like that? Did he say something weird??? Whoa, his runes must be worse than he thought...

Biting at his lower lip, Prompto mimics her movement, grabbing his book and other papers off of his bunk before settling down at his desk.

...He pulls a blanket around his shoulders. ]


Can't believe you're not cold...not even your ears?!
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-09 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
And I told you, I'm not a baby!

[ He's apparently under the impression that jumpers are something only babies wear. He doesn't know your French Briticisms?!? ]

I've got...a coat. Kinda heavy for wearing inside, though. You don't mind if I turn it up a lil' bit?
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-09 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Great!

[ He veritably jumps back up from his desk that he was sitting at for all of 0.5 seconds before stepping over to turn the thermostat up. Not too much, but enough that he can hopefully continue to embrace his bare-armed ways. ]

Lemme know if it gets too warm for you. [ And then, hesitating for a moment before he sits back down: ] U-um. Good talk! Good talk...

[ ...He's just going to go back to his homework now. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-09 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It doesn't take much to draw Prompto's attention away from his homework again, much as he might have been trying to "focus". At the sound of Alisaie's voice, he glances up at her, pointedly — it isn't often she's the one to speak up first, and it's usually to tell him to stop doing something that's annoying her. If it takes him a moment to answer, it's only because he first has to figure out what she's talking about. ]

...Oh, you mean, my runes? [ The...ratio??? ] How, uh...would I go about fixin' that, d'you think?

[ Well, she volunteered, so he's going to ask for some clarification. She did say she would help him with his runes, and while he isn't going to twist her arm into it, if she's offering help right now, he'll absolutely take her up on it.

There's no way he'll finish this assignment otherwise. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-10 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ He follows her movements as she draws the rune in the book and indicates the ones he had been sketching out. Is it too round? Are the shapes really that precise? This does give him a good place to start from, however. If he can perfect these basic runes, then maybe he can move on to bigger things.

...If being the keyword. ]


Whoa, you basically have to be an artist to get these down right...I can barely even tell the difference.

[ It's also probably one of those things that comes with practice, sure, but boy, is he gonna need a lot of practice... ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-10 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, god, it's terrifying when she flips the page to the more complicated symbols, but after spending so much time practicing the basic ones, he starts to see where they fit together. It...also helps him appreciate just how far he has to go. Also, why did she mention cake? Now he's thinking about cake...

...Anyway.

His eyes follow her fingers on the page as the traces the runes, nodding slowly. ]


Oookay, so...they're kinda like...legos?

[ ...Putting it in his terms helps him understand, okay. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-10 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...Wait, what?

Prompto might know Alisaie is fey, but he doesn't know how long she's been in the human world. It doesn't even occur to him that she might not know what legos are. It's just one of those universal things, you know? ]


Yeah, legos! C'mon. Little colorful building blocks? Full of imagination and suffering if you step on one?

[ She doesn't know the pain of stepping on a lego in the dark of night... ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-10 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What a shame...he's going to have to see if they carry some in town. She's got to experience legos! Even if they're...probably totally not her thing and she'll find it a huge waste of time. It's the principle of the matter. ]

Riiiiight, just like a lego castle...got it.

[ He hesitates a moment, biting his lip. ]

Can I try again, and have you take a looksy after?
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-11 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ She smiled...again. This one is more noticeable than the last, when they had been in the library, and he'd thanked her for helping him find a book on runes. She also hasn't smiled even slightly since then — at least, not in his presence — and by now, the significance of winning one from her isn't lost on him. Whoa, he feels like he hit a home run...

...except that he has no idea what he did that might've made her smile. It probably wasn't even him, really. She probably just really likes runes... ]


O-okay! I'm gonna make these ones real nice, just you wait!

[ Bending down over his desk again, he sets to work. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-12 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ And yet here he is, looking into it.

About fifteen minutes later, after many pencil scratches and eraser marks, Prompto lifts his paper victoriously up onto the air with gusto. It would seem he is done. ]


Eureka! I've done it!

[ ...He glances over at Alisaie. ]

Heh, I just wanted to say that. You got a sec to look this over for me now?
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-12 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ One day she will be used to this...maybe. Probably. Probably not. Anyway, once she gives her approval, he crosses the short distance over to her desk and sets down his paper. ]

I had to redraw a few of 'em more than once, but I tried to really pay attention to the shapes this time...

[ They're not great, but they're not terrible, either. Certainly an improvement over what he was doing before. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-13 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ They're not...bad? Color him genuinely surprised, even with all the extra time he took. He was sure he still managed to screw them up somehow, but that doesn't sound as though it's the case. Huh...

Maybe he won't fail as hard at this as he thought he would. Maybe.

He flashes her a grin. ]


Really? Th-that's great! Super-duper great. I'll keep at it — heh, before you know it, I'm gonna be a rune wizard!

[ ... ]

...Except not a literal rune wizard. Y'know. [ He shrugs. ] Not a wizard.

[ Anyway. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-14 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh...yeah, he definitely recognizes that thing — or at least, its basic intentions. He'd used one back home when he'd gone to normie school and had to draw geometric shapes. It's no surprise that there's something similar here for runes, also though he isn't exactly sure what all those extra fiddly bits do. Hopefully he won't have to use those quite yet.

Taking the compass in hand, he turns it over before grinning at her once again. ]


Thanks! But...don't you need it?

[ Or is she just so pro that she does not?? ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-16 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Of course she does... ]

Well, if you're sure...heh, thanks, Alisaie! Man, I owe you big time after all of this...you like ice cream? I'll bring you ice cream sometime.

[ Is the least he can do. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-16 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hmm...slowly but surely, he is cracking the puzzle that is Alisaie, and the key is...sweets. ]

I hear there's a cute little parlor down in town. W-we should go some time! I mean, if you want. It'll be my treat since you're helpin' me out.

[ Good thing it doesn't occur to him that this sounds a lot like a date. ]
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[personal profile] punshots 2019-02-17 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ And he would never expect to ask anyone on a date, because he's chicken shit, so they're good there...not a date! No matter what it sounds like on paper.

If Prompto realized what it sounded like, he would probably be dead by now, or at the very least, comatose. ]


Heh, you got it, then! Just lemme know when you've got some time. I'll stop interrupting your studying now.