turbo heaven 🌼 chrono

[outdistanced]

this boy's hair is so mystifying

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[clockpunk]

Mmh.

[ he's going to keep worrying anyway but thanks, is what that noise means probably.

oh. chrono blinks, and nods. ]

Yeah. It'd be quiet up there, but real pretty.

[outdistanced]

Mm. I always liked looking at the stars, but I never really thought about what it's like outside of the Tower until we got here, let alone out there.

[ this has nothing to do with their action movie ]

[clockpunk]

...you sound like Rapunzel, dude.

[ this is said with about half the usual snark. he's contemplative, eyes on the tv but not really absorbing anything. ]

It's scary, that openness. But it's not empty. There's a lot to learn and explore.

[outdistanced]

Wha- Hey! Can you guys all stop saying stuff like that?

[ it's starting to get tiring. or maybe embarrassing. it does bring a faint flush to his face. MOVING ON, ]

...You would be the type to want to check that stuff out, though, wouldn't you. Especially with your whole [ gestures vaguely ] thing with Dran.

[clockpunk]

[ HEH!!!!!!!!! he's not even surprised this isn't the first time. all that tower talk.

for the second time in as many comments!! oh!! yeah you hit the nail on the head with the part he wasn't explaining, laurence!! ]

--yeah? Yeah. That's why I wanted to go. [ he blinks the surprise away, shaking his head. but he looks a little happy. ] It's just a dream. There's no way that level of space travel will exist in my lifetime, but... it'd be the only way to see him again. To find Cray out there.

[outdistanced]

[ surprise he's perceptive when he cares enough to be ]

You never know. Maybe there'll be another way you can see him again and you just don't know it yet. If you could make the connection once...

[ he shrugs. probably not. laurence doesn't know what it's like, and that feels a little too hopeful, but it's nice to have something to look forward to even if it isn't necessarily real, right? ]

It's too bad teleporting doesn't work between worlds.

[clockpunk]

Hmm. Maybe. I'll always have him with me if I keep playing Vanguard, but it's not quite the same.

[ the connection's too dangerous to selfishly think of opening again, though... the thought had crossed his mind before.

...........raises eyebrows. ]

You'd wanna come over and help?

[outdistanced]

Guess not. Maybe better than nothing, though...?

[ he doesn't know exactly how dangerous this connection is to say.

...shrug? ] I don't think I could. I'm just one Daphne.

[clockpunk]

It's definitely better than nothing.

[ his deck's sitting on the nightstand, so he kinda. glances in that direction with a vague smile. ]

It's the thought that counts. Appreciate it.

[outdistanced]

[ the way he still barely knows anything about this deck ]

Yeah, yeah. It's not like you'd need me to figure it out, anyway.

[clockpunk]

[ it's awkward to just card loredump!!!!! ]

Havin' you around wouldn't make it any worse.

[outdistanced]

[ snorts. ]

Thanks. You really know how to make a guy feel appreciated, huh.

[clockpunk]

[ just leans on him. ]

I did literally just tell you that I appreciated it. What, expectin' something more?

[outdistanced]

S-Shut up.

[ stupid!! ]

I doubt you'd want to put up with me for that long, anyway. I'm still figuring out how to deal with things outside the Tower...

[clockpunk]

[ wow got THE tsundere line. incredible

the snickers die off pretty quick at that, though, expression turning puzzled. ]

Huh? No way. Isn't it the perfect opportunity to learn other stuff, when you're with a friend who knows it?

[outdistanced]

[ NYEH. ]

...I guess? It's just kind of annoying when there's so much I don't know.

[ aka he's learned how sheltered and ignorant he is and it's incredibly humiliating to feel so lost all the time. ]

[clockpunk]

...you're worried about that? It's not annoying to me. We're all learning, Laurence.

[outdistanced]

It's not really the same, though...

[clockpunk]

Maybe not, but it's not so different that it's bad or anythin'. You really think I'm just puttin' up with you?

[ maybe he HAS been shit about making people feel appreciated... ]

[outdistanced]

[ ugh. ]

That's not what I meant. I just have to keep asking a ton of questions about things I should probably already know. It's frustrating enough for me, so it has to be a pain for everyone else, too.

[clockpunk]

[ ...shoulderpat. ]

Sure, I get that it's gotta be frustrating. But if anyone gets annoyed about it, that's just them being an asshole. It's not on you.

[outdistanced]

[ stop now he's starting to feel even more self-conscious. what if he pretends this conversation didn't happen. ]

...Your movie's still going.

[clockpunk]

[ sure, we can do that. chrono's still leaning on him though. ]

...ah. Man, I really thought this one would be good for this. Maybe it needed to be somethin' I haven't seen, too.

[ so he can shut up during it. ]

[outdistanced]

[ that's fine he's not pushing chrono off yet ]

Giant monsters, giant monsters, punching things. I think I got the gist.

[clockpunk]

Yeah, but... there's somethin' passionate in it. Gets your blood movin'.

[ sighs. ]

Or, there should be. It's not really hittin' right now.