turbo heaven 🌼 chrono

[outdistanced]

this boy's hair is so mystifying

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[outdistanced]

[ if he notices the rest of the world around them blurring, he doesn't say. his eyes are focused fully on the lanterns and their reflections in the water. beautiful. ]

They don't just burn?

[ rhetorical, because they're obviously doing just fine. but all he knows are the basics of thermodynamics; it certainly never would have occurred to him to use them for something like this. ]

I don't think it matters where they come from. What are they for?

[clockpunk]

Eventually they do. [ ...eh, well ] I think the modern shows actually use LEDs instead, but these are the ones I know best.

[ he has to keep an eye on the progression of this illusion, his mental image strong as ever but this drawing less on memory than everything else. still, he watches laurence focus, absorbs that honest thought, and feels a little proud. ]

Mm, well... wishes and hopes for the future. [ hm. ] Thought this might be a little different from the fireworks.

[outdistanced]

You guys have a lot of traditions for wishes, huh?

[ hah. it's interesting, though. there's nothing of the sort in the tower, where they're supposed to wish for nothing, because they should already have everything a demiflora could ever want. ]

It's okay. We can see fireworks anytime in the marketplace. [ pauses to glance at chrono from the corner of his eyes. ] And you're bringing me back for the real thing, anyway, aren't you?

[clockpunk]

Gotta take any opportunity to help manifest 'em.

[ he'd never believed it much as a kid, and it seemed silly to do so now that he wasn't far off being an adult, but a lot had changed. anything that affirmed a wish, made someone believe a little more that their goals might come true... those would always be more than worth the time and effort.

laurence's glance catches his own, and he smiles, fond and full of conviction. ]

Yeah. Definitely. We'll see it all.

[outdistanced]

[ a soft laugh. ]

Guess so. We could really use it here.

[ heaven is a lot more dreadful than he ever would have thought. less opportunity, less pearly gates, too much misery. a wish wouldn't do much change it, maybe, but it's nice to think about, anyway. if only it worked that way. ]

Sounds like you're gonna have your hands full playing tour guide for a while. What else are you even going to show me?