007 ☀ Stahn Aileron, Kashuu Kiyomitsu

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[It's the most unfortunate side effect of being friends with Kashuu - having to deal with his Literal Nonstop Fashion Parade.

But he's easily distracted too, at least, so there's that!]

People always get the good flavors so fast, y'know?

[He complains, while planning to snatch up the good flavors himself... He'll also stop several times on the walk to readjust his sandals and beach sleeves (which he is totally still wearing because sunburn is the skin's enemy!!) though, so he's not the fastest-moving beach-goer...]

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[stahn, on the other hand... is easily clad in just swim trunks without very much care for what the sun may do to him.

(he's wearing sunscreen, it's fine??)

he's got his flip-flops and he's just casually enjoying it all, patient enough with kashuu needed to stop. it doesn't bother him.]

I wonder what flavors they'll even have. I didn't get a good look at it since I was running!

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[SUNSCREEN IS ALL ONE REALLY NEEDS unless they're Kashuu "anyone who sees me naked will die" Kiyomitsu.]

They'd better at least have strawberry and peach.

[AND LO, once they get there, that's exactly what they have!! ...And like, fifty other flavors, honestly. This is one well-stocked cart. Kashuu's almost intimidated?!]

Woah... How are we supposed to choose from this?

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[kashuu isn't the only one—stahn is pretty amazed at what he's seeing.]

Whoa...

[he's kind of overloading just reading all the flavors. so many fruits, some he's never even heard of, plus a bunch of other crazy flavors too.]

They all sound really good... I don't know what to get at all!

[and then he tilts his head at a particular flavor.]

Durian... ice cream? [really? really? that's a weird flavor.]

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[DURIAN. Which right hand of satan put this here...]

Some of these sound a little...

[Hm. A LITTLE HM. He's looking from one end to the other, interested in some and concerned by a handful.]

—Is that sea salt and cucumber?

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That's what it says...

[but stahn is scrunching his nose, because that just... doesn't sound like a good ice cream flavor. he doesn't have any problem with cucumbers, but.

as ice cream?]

Maybe we should just find something that sounds like it should be ice cream...

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That's what I'm thinking. I don't wanna get stuck with something gross...

[Because he, fussy moron that he is, will absolutely dump it out like right within eyesight of the vendor, probably. Stop Him.]

Mmm... I wonder if those "lemonade" flavor things are any good?

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[yeah, it's probably better they just avoid that in general.]

I don't know... they could be? Lemonade is pretty tasty! I don't know about as ice cream, though.

[though he's getting distracted by the name of another flavor. what does it mean.]

Rocky Road... [what would even be in that.]

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[ROCKY ROAD. Kashuu temporarily abandons his post at the Lemonade Section to look over at this, because what the heck...]

Huh... What does that even mean? Where's not dirt in here, is there? Hey— [Turning his attention to the attendant, help them.] Is there dirt in here?

[The poor person just looks baffled, like they can't tell if Kashuu is joking or not... FOOLISH FOOL.]

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...Or...

Rocks?

[he is peering at this. truly, this poor vendor has no idea what kind of idiots he's dealing with.]

I don't think rocks or dirt would make very good ice cream. That's even worse than durian!

[they need so much help. and stahn is, of course, completely earnest about this.]

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[MORON ONE AND MORON TWO HERE. They could have their own Dr. Seuss book written about them...]

...I'm gonna get one.

[Who's the biggest moron, though. It's this one.]

Like, just a small scoop... I'm kinda curious, you know? Like, are you? I'll get a good flavor too, though.

[Just in case he has to wash the taste of dirt and rocks out of his mouth.]

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I'm curious, but... I think there are other things I want to try first.

[not just normal flavors, either. he's kind of eyeballing something interesting—]

I think I'm going to try this one. Black Sesame... it doesn't sound like it should be in ice cream. But I think I'll get some vanilla or something, too.

[just in case it's really bad at weird.]

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Huh...

[He hadn't even spotted that one. There are just too many to look through...!]

I'll trade you a little of mine if you trade me some of yours. ...If it doesn't taste super terrible, I mean.

[WHO KNOWS with flavors like rocky road and black sesame. They're really living on the edge here.]

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Oh! Yeah.

[and maybe a little even if does taste terrible, honestly.]

Maybe they'll end up being good, and we'll have some new flavors to like!

[stahn wants to be optimistic about it even though... he's really so, so unsure that any of this will taste good.

you know, aside from the vanilla, at least.]

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Maybe... That'll be a pain, though. We'll have to come aaall the way out here if we ever get a craving for these again, you know?

[As if these flavors don't exist anywhere else?! Okay, Kashuu, okay...

BUT he'll just place down the orders for their respective ice creams, requesting each one in a different bowl, much to the chagrin of the poor worker that's stuck dealing with them. He'll also slide payment over himself because SURPRISE.]

My treat! Since you went through the trouble of bringing stuff and running over here so fast.

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I wonder if you can get ice cream like this in other places...

[well. at least stahn is trying to think of this much, but he's more just thinking aloud than really wondering to kashuu about it.

not like it matters.

because really, the second kashuu offers to pay, he lights up, both excited and grateful for this.]

Really? That's so nice of you, Kahsuu—thanks a lot! [which he means, of course. what a good friend.]

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Mm, no problem. Let's just hope that they turn out okay, yeah?

[Because otherwise it'd be like THROWING HIS MONEY IN THE GARBAGE and then he'd be obligated to eat something nasty anyway...!

But fortunately, the rocky road actually doesn't look very intimidating up close.]

Huh... I think these might be chunks of chocolate or something. And nuts?

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[stahn's got his mysterious new flavor in hand, though kashuu's observations distract him from immediately trying his.]

Whoa, really?

[he's peering down at it.. probably a little too closely.]

Why would it be called rocky road, then?

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[Good thing Kashuu's not the kind of butthead who would lift his ice cream up to smush it against Stahn's nose when he peers too closely... But the question has him peering at it pretty closely himself, lifting the spoon so he can nudge pieces of it around.

The cart attendant is definitely questioning their life choices that led them to this moment, now.]

...Maybe 'cause it looks like a rocky road? I mean, it still looks like dirt to me.

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Ohh... that makes a lot of sense!

[that poor cart attendant, honestly. stahn is pretty amazed at kashuu's deductive reasoning, because he honestly would not have even considered that otherwise.]

It's still a pretty weird name, though. How is anyone supposed to know what it is when it's called something like that? [it seems so risky.]

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That's a really good point. Like, if people weren't as adventurous as we are, they'd totally skip right over it. Hey! You should consider naming that something different.

[The attendant just politely asks them to make room for other customers...

At least Kashuu will listen, grabbing his two cups and then a handful of spoons for maximum sampling and stepping off to the side.]

So! D'you want to risk the first bite, or are we both gonna brave our own picks first?

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Hmm... Maybe we can both try yours at the same time, and then try mine? Or the other way around.

[this way if either flavor is bad, they both suffer together equally.

though stahn has a decent amount of faith in the rocky road now that they can see chocolate and nuts—pretty normal ice cream things. the sesame one... that's more questionable.

though he's hopeful.

it's not like stahn doesn't like sesame, but he's never once considered it for ice cream.]

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Hm... Okay, sure. That seems fair.

[And with that he'll mosey to one of the benches near the stand so he can plunk down the ice cream, holding his spoon at the ready and getting a little portion for himself.]

On the count of three?

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[stahn will get a small amount on his spoon as well, nodding.]

Count it down!

[why he's trusting kashuu with the countdown, we just don't know.]

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[HONESTLY THOUGH. If Stahn were anyone else, Kashuu would just do a countdown and then leave him to taste it on his own. But he'd feel too guilty doing that here...]

O-kay! Three... two... one - go!

[And he'll actually take a bite. Miraculously, it's about as good as one could expect from a choco-marshmallow-nut combo.]

—Not bad at all, huh?