ic contact;

[coexistent]

"I'm not around, so... leave a message, I guess."

Comments

[discard]

[Yeah, he's just going to offer up tartly--]

If you would rather scrub them by hand, please, feel free to do so.

[Leon will be using a hose.

Which thankfully is not hard to find and not hard to use, thank goodness. they can just spray down tables and chairs and so many other things........... what happened to their poor ice cream shop...]

[coexistent]

That's not what I meant.

[it's fine, roxas will just be the one to pick a fight while they work. because:]

Is there some reason why your attitude always sucks?

[discard]

[Nah, he's just a grumpy edgelord.]

If you take issue with it, then cease making pointless suggestions and focus on the task at hand.

[Stop being a dick, Leon.]

[coexistent]

I can talk and work at the same time. You don't have to act like I'm some kind of idiot, you know.

[as leon continues to prove his point.]

[discard]

That does not mean your words are any more sensible, simply because you are capable of multitasking.

[Leon Magnus: still a dick.]

[coexistent]

They're sensible enough, you're the one who's always got an attitude about everything.

[maybe try being less of a dick, leon.]

[discard]

[How about no!!!]

If you are expecting me to attempt to make friends with you simply because we happen to work in the same establishment, you are sadly mistaken.

[coexistent]

Who said anything about being friends?

[roxas doesn't get this leap in logic, since he's honestly not trying to befriend leon at all.]

It's just a pain working with someone who acts like he's better than everyone else.

[discard]

[That's because that's...most of the speeches he's heard since arriving here........

ahem.]

Yes, well. Be as it may, I have no intentions of changing my attitude whatsoever. This is a temporary situation and nothing more.

[coexistent]

[sorry, roxas isn't a sunshine protag, he's not interested in changing jerks into friends!!!!]

Just because it's temporary doesn't really mean you should act like you're above it. We're in the same position here...

[discard]

[Hmph.]

I am above this menial labor. Do you not believe you are as well?

[coexistent]

Not really. It's something to do around here and I get free ice cream. What's so bad about that?

[discard]

[???? He doesn't get it...]

Do you not have any ambitions beyond this?

[coexistent]

....That's not what I said.

[stop being purposely obtuse, leon!] But I'm not gonna spend all day, every day looking for a way out when there aren't any leads, either. And I'm not gonna just sit around and do nothing at all, either.

[discard]

[He's sincerely clueless this time!!]

That is not what I meant.

[He crosses his arms, setting his mop aside for a moment as he looks at Roxas with a sincerely curious quirked eyebrow.]

For now, put thoughts of CERES and escaping this place out of your head. Do you truly not have any ambition beyond working at an ice cream shop?

[At least you could...learn something cooler??? Work somewhere cooler??? Leon's been ambitious all his life, so he doesn't understand it at all.]

[coexistent]

I... have things I want to do.

[they're just stupid kingdom hearts existential life crisis things.]

I just wanna be a normal kid. I wanna do the things other kids do, like that homework thing, and spending time together having summer vacations and going to the beach. I just wanna be me. So I guess... [well, he finds it insulting that leon insinuates that working in the ice cream shop is a bad thing.

but roxas has his reasons for not hating it.] I guess I just don't think it's that bad to do this, if it's the closest thing to that I can do here.

[discard]

[.... He really does hate that there's a part of that that resonates with him.

He left that possible life behind him a long time ago, but there's no denying that he doesn't understand where Roxas is coming from with that. The chance at a normal life....

...Well, he really doesn't know what to say to that. He can't even really scoff it off.

So instead, Roxas just gets a quiet:]

I see.

[And then Leon goes back to mopping, falling silent and putting his focus into cleaning because otherwise he'll think too hard about that.]

[coexistent]

[wh...at.]

That was a lot of fussing for an "I see," you know.

[why did he even ask so condescendingly if he was going to react that way and then just... go on like nothing even happened at all? roxas really doesn't understand guys like leon at all.

he has a hard enough time understanding people, but this is kind of exceptionally confusing to him.]

[discard]

I'd thought you didn't want to hear my opinion.

[You can't suddenly want to know what he thinks, Roxas, that's not the deal here!!!]

[coexistent]

I don't care, but I figured you'd have some jerky thing to say like you usually do.

[considering he was the one who asked to begin with???? leon what the hell are you even.]

[discard]

Don't act as though you know anything about me.

[Just...saying........ though ultimately, he just huffs, moving towards the counters to start scrubbing those down.]

I simply understood your answer. There was no need to say anything else.

[coexistent]

How could I know anything about you? You probably wouldn't have even told me your name if you didn't have to. I'm just going by what I've seen from you... you know, all the time.

[aka he's a jerk and roxas doesn't understand how that loud blonde guy is always so nice to him??? what weird people.]

...You're really weird, you know that?

[discard]

[As if you're not also weird, Roxas....]

It isn't as though your opinion matters in the least to me.

[Hmph!!!]

So keep it to yourself.

[Ah yes, still a dick.]

[coexistent]

Says the guy that's always giving his own rude opinions...

[yeah, roxas sure is snarking under his breath as he works.]

[discard]

[THAT GETS IGNORED.

THOROUGHLY.

Even though Leon hears it.]

If you have time to mutter, you have time to scrub. Start over there. [While Leon starts from this side.....]