007 ☀ Stahn Aileron, Kashuu Kiyomitsu

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[This is why they get along, honestly.]

Seriously? I guess really hot weather is just as bad as cold weather when it comes to making people just wanna sleep... But you're totally missing out on all of the good foods if you do that! It's better to just stick your feet in a bucket of cold water to wake yourself up.

[Or maybe be more normal and just sit in front of a fan or remove some excessive articles of clothing, either way.]

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It was kind of hard to find cold water in the desert, though....

["seasons" are kind of a loose thing in his world, okay. it's a jrpg world, so there's A Desert Country and A Snowy Country and Not!Japan and Not!Europe. and then there's stahn's home country, which is mostly farmland and fairly warm, temperate weather.

extremes are hard for him.]

But I definitely don't want to miss out on any of the food, either! [the struggle is so very real.]

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Oh, yeah...

[Guess who's never been to an actual desert before, it's this guy. IT'S HIM. He doesn't live in a jrpg world and doesn't travel outside of Japan, so the worst he gets is way too much snow. The opposite problem, really.]

But hey, you're pretty awake now, right? Maybe we can just do, like... a taste-test tour! Or something like that. You can try a bunch of different things that people eat when it's hot out!

[Or maybe he could pick one idea and stick with it BUT NO!!]

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[maybe kashuu needs to come on a vacation to stahn's world and see all kinds of new things. clearly....]

Oh! That sounds like a lot of fun too! There's really all kinds of things we can try that they probably wouldn't have at home...

[fitzgald is a warm enough country that ice candy is one of the specialty treats in noischtat—but that's just one kind of treat and not really very worldly. there are probably all kinds of amazing things he hasn't had yet!

...clearly stahn isn't going to help with trying to keep kashuu on track here. oops.]

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[He'll become the sword version of Ariel, it'll be great fun until he finds a climate that he hates and then it'll just be nonstop complaint central.]

We'll make a list! That way we can keep track of everything we wanna try out. There's sundaes and soft-serve and rootbeer floats, too - that's not even counting all the other stuff that can just be frozen for fun, like the fruits. Nice, huh?

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[at leat they'll probably complain together, since stahn is really only good with temperate weather, mostly.]

Yeah! We can make a list and then when we think of more things, we can always add to it! I saw a stand nearby that had... ice cream in sandwiches too!

[a big cookie ice cream sandwich, actually, but stahn was too busy being amazed at ice cream in sandwich form to take note of that.]

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[The more sugar crammed into one treat, the better.]

Eh, really? I don't think I've ever seen 'em sold in stands before... Let's go take a look!

[Fortunately the beach is pretty empty at this hour and day, so it's not like chances are high that someone's gonna run by and steal their watermelon and food and towels... Kashuu's already standing up, grabbing a widebrim hat to cram on his head so the sun can't get him even after he steps out from under the umbrella.]

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Yeah! They had a lot of different things, but I never saw ice cream in sandwiches before!

[stahn is stahn, so he's trusting enough even if there is a crowd of people to leave their belongings behind. of course, first comes standing and...

shaking some of the sand out of his hair. oops.

he doesn't seem to mind the sun exposure... but too much sand in his hair? no thanks. he'll be washing it out for a week as it is.]

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[Since it's kinda-sorta his fault (or definitely his fault) that Stahn ran over so fast and thus got that sand in his hair in the first place, he'll reach out to hopefully help pat some of it away, too.]

Geez, your hair's like some kinda trap...

[Ensnaring all that wanders too close.]

D'you need a tie?

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[it just can't be helped, he has so much hair that there's no avoiding getting sand in. especially since he kind of flopped against it when he got there.]

...Do you have one? [for some reason, he's not expecting kashuu to be that prepared. even though it's kashuu, and even though that definitely can tie into #aesthetic.

good job, stahn.]

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[It totally ties into #aesthetic, and Kashuu immediately starts rummaging around in his beach tote...]

What color d'you want?

[Because of course does he not only have a tie, but he has Multiple in Many Colors. The handful he pulls out has reds and pinks and blacks and whites, but there are some blues, greens and purples mixed in too. Why is he like this.]

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Whoa... amazing! You have so many!

[of course, stahn is also terrible at aesthetics by normal fashion standards because he truly comes from the strange world of super 90s character design.

so even though his swim trunks are a very typical blue and white pattern, he reaches out pretty thoughtlessly for a red hair tie.

because you know. who needs to match their hair tie to their attire?]

This should work! Thanks, Kashuu!

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[The real questions here that Kashuu asks himself every day essentially just boil down to: why am I surrounded by these people? Just! A red tie!! With blue trunks!! Exhausting.

And while normally this would be a completely miniscule oversight to any normal person, or at least something that they could let go of, this is Kashuu. Kashuu "actual moron" Kiyomitsu.]

You sure you want that one?

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[and of course, stahn is completely and totally oblivious. it's not even a miniscule oversight—it's a whole and complete one for stahn.]

Eh? Is there something wrong with it? [he's looking at the hair tie very closely. what's wrong with the one he picked? kashuu offered it!]

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Don't you think it might be a little, y'know... clashy?

[GESTURING toward his very blue trunks and then the very red tie.]

Those colors work good as a pair but not as a combo in an outfit.

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[this is something stahn has literally never thought about before. he wears blues and greens and whites and purples all at once, so color coordination is definitely not something stahn thinks hard about.]

Is it bad? I didn't think it mattered when it's just a hair tie. [will anyone even be able to see it?

(will anyone even care but kashuu?)]

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[No one will care but Kashuu, probably. But Kashuu will also care so much that it'll make up for anyone who doesn't...]

You're out on the beach! Tons of people will be here eventually, probably, so you should look your best.

[He's already fishing around for another hair tie?! The beach isn't even that full, someone tell his ass to settle down.]

What about something like - oh, this white! That'd match.

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Am I trying... to impress someone?

[he's really confused, they're at the beach, sure. but what does that have to do with how he looks? why does he need to look his best when they're there to just hang out and go swimming?

kashuu aesthetic is something that really baffles stahn sometimes.

either way...]

White's okay too, I guess. As long as it ties my hair back...

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Maybe we should get you something cute to put in your hair too, while you have it up like that...

[Meanwhile, his ass completely ignores the first question since clearly Stahn's joking! "Am I trying to impress anyone", he says, like the entire world isn't a stage waiting to be impressed. Gosh, that Stahn, so funny.]

Ooh, maybe you could do a braid someday, too. Like one of those beach styles! You'd let me style your hair again, right?

[RIGHT, STAHN, RIGHT.]

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A beach.... style braid?

[kashuu, he doesn't even know what that is.]

That sounds like a lot, ahahah....

[even if he trusts kashuu to not destroy his hair, after the last hair-styling experience, he's still wary. he's truly too simple a soul for this life.]

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[Meanwhile, Kashuu is already getting swept away by visions of loose and chic braids with stupid little beach trinket-y decorations that would totally put Ariel and her sisters to shame... Maybe he can go scouting later and find some nice sea shells, even! Yes, a good plan, good work Kashuu.]

It's not! The whole point of beach-style stuff is to look good without actually putting a lot of effort into it. Or, like... at least make it look like you didn't put a lot of effort into it.

[Welcome to yet another side of the wild world of fashion, Stahn.]

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Wouldn't it be easier to not put a lot of effort in if you're trying to look like... you're not putting effort in?

[he doesn't get this at all. he's asking so sincerely because the concept of putting a lot of effort into looking like minimal effort was done just for... a hairstyle is...

weird?

stahn definitely does not get this kind of fashion thing at all.]

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[DOES ANYONE REALLY. Not even Kashuu gets it, probably - he just knows it's the hip cool thing for trendy people to do, and so he is here for it.]

No way! There's totally a difference between actually not putting any effort in and just making it look effortless. Like... bedhead versus super messy, pretty and relaxed curls!

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...I don't think I get this at all, Kashuu...

[this is just confusing him even more, honestly. it sounds like way too much work to him.]

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[It's too much work, no normal person would go through all of this trouble and yet here Kashuu is.]

I'll show you someday, okay? When you let me do your hair again.

[Just stating it like it's definitely going to happen RIP IN REST, STAHN.]

A-ny-way! If you don't wanna do it now, that's fine - let's go check out that food before it gets bought up by everyone else!