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A Wonderful Time of the Year (Closed)
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Nov 30, 2021 1:39:18 GMT
"It's the most... wonderful tiiiiiime of the yeaaaar..."
This was the song that could be heard on the intercom all throughout the Shibuya 104 mall, which was almost entirely decorated nicely for Christmas. All the customers walking around were decked out in their winter clothes or were feeling festive by wearing ugly sweaters or holiday hats, or even just an antler headband. It was a fairly cold December afternoon when Kaya Matsui and Yuji Moriyama, along with their Digimon, decided to meet up and do some Christmas shopping together.
"I'm glad you two are here with us," Kaya said to Yuji and Kazuo as the group entered the mall. Hawkeye and Kazuo each had a similar disguise, with Hawkeye wearing a dark green knit sweater with a turtleneck, brown boots and a Santa cap, while Kazuo wore his typical disguise but also wore a Santa cap. "Hawkeye and I are gonna have to split up at some point to get each other's gifts, so we thought that you'd like to get your shopping done to make it a bit easier."
"It's no problem at all," Yuji said with a simple hand wave. "Christmas is a time to be together, right?"
"Right..." Kaya's face grew grim for a second. "This year has kind of been bad for us, honestly... the ExD incidents, finding out about Shoutmon, the Grandmaster guy..." Her face lit up again almost immediately before she stepped in front of Yuji with that classic smile of hers, her hands on her hips. "But I believe that a perfect Christmas can wipe away all the bad parts of the year! That's why we're here to find the perfect gifts for our friends and family!"
"She wouldn't be Kaya without an absurd amount of optimism," Hawkeye jokingly responded.
"She has a point though," Kazuo piped up, "a good Christmas can make things much better!"
"You got that right, Kazzy," Kaya said with a thumbs up. "Now let's see... what store should we go to first? I have a list of things I need to get on my phone..."
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Nov 30, 2021 2:27:11 GMT
Mandrake and Lothar entered the mall after parking the car in another parking lot a few blocks away since the mall parking seemed full. Their holosuits had some minor modifications to resemble winter gear and Mandrake wasn't wearing a hat but was still wearing his typical white gloves that he'd been wearing in holosuit form since he lost his left arm and gotten a bionic arm.
Meanwhile within Lothar's bag was Lilly one of her sapphire blue eyes visible as she took in everything seeming in awe about it. She seemed content indicating the general festive mood of most of the shoppers which some were dressed for the holiday. Since Lilly hadn't started talking yet mainly communicating her needs through various reptilian squeaks it was easier for Mandrake and Lothar to conceal her in one of their bags since she was not ready for a holosuit yet.
Listening to the festive music coming through the mall speakers, Lothar turned to Mandrake and said "It's amazing that this is the second December we have spent together and we already have three kids in less than a year."
Mandrake laughed quietly before he said "Life can indeed be strange, old friend." Sure Mandrake was aware of other digimon in the mall but they seemed to be just as happy to be there as many of the humans.
Then Lothar caught sight of something curious and tapped Mandrake's shoulder to get the disguised Wizardmon's attention before pointing at Kazuo in his unusual idea of a disguise. It was odd that no humans were saying anything as it was clear to anyone in the know about digimon that that particular Tentomon was not a human boy in a Santa hat.
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Post by supesman on Dec 2, 2021 17:44:14 GMT
Mandrake, Lothar and Lilly's attentions might be distracted somewhat for a moment by a piercing whistle. When they turned they would see a familiar pale, American face in the sea of dark haired Japanese folks bolting toward them through the ground, putting some of his acrobatic prowess into his motions as he darted from one foot to the other to avoid getting tangled up in the families and friend groups that milled around the mall. before they knew it he was standing in front of them. Zack had really gotten into the season, it seemed, as fitting for his genuine and unquenchable enthusiasm.
He was dressed in a puffy Christmas sweater crafted mostly of red, green and white threads. The scene depicted on it showed that it was his knit savvy daughter who had made it for him. "World's bestest dad" stitched into the front in the gold and bronze colors of his Digi-Rider persona.
"Well hey there, lovebirds." He said, addressing Mandrake and Lothar, tucking his digivice back into the side pocket of his bag that had allowed him to notice them both. Though the Zatara thing that Mandrake had going on would probably have drawn the nerdy young man's eyes either way. "Don't you know that Japanese Christmas celebrations are all about romance?~" he said, clutching his hands together and drawing attention to the cultural differences inherent in this particular holiday season at this place and time. "You're gonna spoil each other's gifts if you're not careful." he prodded, really coming off as that friend of any couple's who was always "rooting for them" as it were.
A familiar little puroromon popped quietly out of the side of the bag and hopped from her father's backpack to the bag hanging from Lothar, being very careful to avoid the eyes of the otherwise distracted crowds she popped through the hole she spied that blue eye through.
"Hi Lilly." She said, muffled by the bag as she popped into the cozy little space with her reptilian friend.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Dec 7, 2021 1:07:04 GMT
While Kaya was looking through the Christmas gift list on her phone, the group heard a loud whistle behind them. They all turned around to see this American college kid dashing towards this one couple behind them with the acrobatic skills of an official gymnast. The couple themselves were a bit odd too, considering one of them was just ridiculously tall. "Wow, that guy's as tall as a basketball player," Kaya quietly told her group of friends.
"They seem a bit familiar," Yuji said, before getting another look at the really tall one. "Though I'm pretty sure I'd definitely remember meeting someone that tall that wasn't a Digimon."
"There's a good chance he's a Digimon in a holosuit," Hawkeye said. "Though it would not be wise to draw conclusions yet. With how... well, peculiar Kazuo and I look, it'll be likely that if they are Digimon, they'll take notice and try to talk to us."
"Still don't know why both of you refuse to wear holosuits now."
"It makes me feel weird..."
"Agreed..."
Kaya just rolled her eyes at that statement and looked back at her phone. "What they said makes sense though, we should probably split up. I'm thinking we do a little partner swap for the afternoon while we shop for each other."
"Um, you sure that's a good idea?" Yuji asked as he glanced at Hawkeye. He was so different from Kazuo that the teen was unsure if they could even get along...
"Hawkeye's a sweetheart, you two will get along fine!" Kaya insisted. She and Kazuo would then begin to discuss stores to visit and items to get while Yuji and Hawkeye did the same. For anyone that knew either of these pairs, it would be incredibly bizarre seeing them swap like this... would the other groups notice and come to speak to them?
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Dec 8, 2021 3:28:42 GMT
The the crowd would occasionally be staring towards the pair most of the brief focus was on Lothar as he still stood out even in his holosuit disguise. Sure he was much smaller than his eight foot Leomon form but six foot eight walking mounds of muscle were a rare sight in many countries. Speaking of standing out a familiar voice in the form of Zack minus the Digi Rider costume came into sight catching peoples' attention with him arriving in an acrobatic fashion gaining glances of his own. Mandrake just figured it was Zack being Zack as he said "I see you're not against drawing attention to yourself even when not working, Zack. Since Lilly hasn't started talking yet it makes sense for her to be where she is so as not to cause a potential scene. By human standards she could be confused as an adorable stuffed toy and still lacks the discipline not to freak out if suddenly startled."
Lothar's focus was now on a familiar looking young man not far from the Tentomon and was able to piece things together regarding the identity of both human and digimon. It seemed Yuji and Kazuo, though he and Mandrake had not seen the pair since LJ was a baby, were out and about in the mall handling seasonal shopping while Mandrake and Lothar were just there to spend time together.
Lilly's blue eyes blinked as she softly squeaked recognizing Marigold. She was told by Mandrake, telepathically, to be quiet as possible while in Lothar's bag and she was going to try her best to listen. Seeing Lothar was distracted, Mandrake looked over at the taller man and asked "What is, old friend?"
"It seems Zack and Marigold aren't the only familiar faces to us here, Mandrake. Yuji is here so the Tentomon with him is Kazuo." Lothar answered as Yuji was interaction with a girl and an oddly disguised Hawkmon as the two tamers were discussing swapping partners though Lothar was not close enough to here them over the bustle of the crowd.
Mandrake, now curious about what was going on between the two tamers, silently nodded to Lothar and the pair began approaching Kaya, Hawkeye, Yuji, and Kazuo before he spoke up addressing the group at hand. Zack probably likely followed given Marigold was basically attached to Lothar's bag interacting with Lilly. "Yuji? Kazuo? It's been awhile since we met in that restaurant in the Digital World, hasn't it?" Mandrake said his voice being friendly but not in a creepy sense.
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Post by supesman on Dec 8, 2021 4:27:46 GMT
"Mandrake. My buddy, my pal, my friend. I go out in a custom gold and bronze motorcycle jacket and be visaged helmet." he said, pointing and motioning to his torso and face as if trying to remind them. As if they could have possibly forgotten the way that he chose to spend his god given free time. "Do I look like the kind of man who even approaches the same COUNTY as subtlety? Besides, what would be the point of dedicating my life to being so awesome if I didn't get to show off just how awesome I was." He said, placing his fist on his hips in a classical heroic pose, his teeth glinting as he showed off a pearly white smile. Part of him was overplaying it on purpose, being the silly, absurdist superhero because he thought it was funny. It was still hard to figure out just how far removed he was from his own hype though.
marigold sat down next to Lily, both of them playing the act of the stuffed animal, a pantomime that most digimon got very good at before they learned how to do most other things. marigold still preferred it to the use of a holosuit, she would rather look around and people watch while the grown-ups talked than having to disguise herself as a human with all the wrong body parts and stuff. She still didn't know how her father got by half the time with only two arms to his name. Though to be honest she didn't understand how he got away with doing most things the way he did them.
"Howdy folks." He said, his enthusiastic American accent still unmistakable even when talking in picture perfect Japanese. That and his complexation which didn't exactly strike anyone around him as being the face of a local. "I'm Zack." He said, extending out one hand to shake. "And thiiiis." He said, reaching into the bag and pinching his thumb and forefinger against Marigold's perfectly round head, pulling her free and lifting her up into the view of the new people "Is my little imp, Marigold." he said, holding her like the prize from a crane game. Marigold waved to the people, but without changing the neutral, doll's expression on her face, making the motion all the more comical. "I for one am ALL for switching dance partners, especially with these two." He pointed a thumb at Mandrake and Lothar. "Japanese Christmas is like Valentine's day TO THE MAX and these two silly gooses are gonna ruin it for themselves. We'll take each of them shopping, pick out something nice to open under the tree this year. Bing, bang boom just call me Santa-Cupid." Zack said, grinning again from ear to ear.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Dec 13, 2021 3:36:57 GMT
While Kaya, Yuji and their Digimon were discussing their shopping plans amongst themselves, the couple from before approached them and addressed Yuji and Kazuo directly as if they knew them. Both the human and the Tentomon looked at the two of them with confused expressions. "No offense sir, but I think I would remember meeting someone who had more than a foot of height on me." Wait... Digital World? "...who are you two again?""...Mandrake?" Kazuo eventually asked. "Lothar?"
"Oooookay, I'm lost, what's going on here?" Kaya asked, clearly not following what's going on in this situation. "They're involved with the Digital World," Hawkeye said. "They're probably Digimon in holosuits that Yuji and Kazuo had met before.""Well, it was one of my first trips to the Digital World," Yuji explained. "I ended up slipping and flinging another table's food right at them." This factoid was what got Kaya to start laughing and Hawkeye to start snickering under his wing. "Oh, don't laugh, you both know how clumsy I am.""That's what makes it funny!" Kaya said before calming down, looking back at Mandrake and Lothar. "Well I'm Kaya, and this is my partner, Hawkeye. It's nice to meet you both!""Are you guys here to do some Christmas shopping too?" Kazuo asked, holding his claws in front of his mandible like he usually tended to do. Then things got interesting when that other guy walked up, a foreigner who was speaking perfect Japanese. He excitedly introduced himself as Zack, and pulled out his Puroromon partner Marigold out, who had perfected the "crane game doll" act. He said he was all for switching partners for Christmas shopping and pointed out Mandrake and Lothar specifically. It seemed like this random Tamer was pulling a Jack Frost and joining the party whether they liked it or not. Though he did say something that got the group thinking... "Santa... cupid..." Hawkeye muttered. "Is that a jogress of Santa and Cupid?" Kazuo asked as he and the others all seemed to collectively think the same thing. And of course, such an image of Santa Claus in a diaper with mini angel wings was not a pleasant thought at all, as all four of them seemed to go completely white at such an image. "Aaaaand that's not gonna leave my head, wonderful," Yuji sarcastically stated. So... all that was left to decide was what the groups were going to be, and where each group was going to go, meaning that now the author had to basically write two scenarios in one thread for however many more posts. Hurray!
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Dec 13, 2021 4:16:24 GMT
Lilly let out a soft squeak similar to that of a baby crocodile when Zack plucked Marigold up like the crane game claw but it was only loud enough for the rest of the gathered group to hear. Anyone looking at the opening in Lothar's bag would notice a sapphire colored eye matching Mandrake's just visible as if looking for Marigold soon locking on Zack.
Mandrake chuckled at Yuji's explanation of how they had met. "Yes that was when our eldest kid was only a baby. Hard to believe it was only a short time ago by human terms." Mandrake said with another chuckle.
When Kaya managed to compose herself she introduced herself and her partner Hawkeye. "Nice to meet the both of you too, Kaya." Mandrake said before turning his attention to Kazuo and said "We weren't totally planning on Christmas shopping as Lothar and I were just planning to spend some time with our daughter, Lilly."
Lilly had been watching Marigold as she was imitating a stuffed toy but let out a soft squeak of surprise as Lothar had reached into his bag lifting the Jyarimon resting her in the palm of his hand. Lothar then pointed to Marigold before he softly said "Try not to move, Lilly." Lilly blinked at all the people before sitting as still as possible for a young child. It wasn't perfect but she was mostly still with the occasional twitch that could easily be explained with Human World logic. She was even blinking when no one else in the store was looking their direction.
Then the image of Santa and Cupid fused together came to Mandrake and Lothar's minds causing them to shudder at the thought of such a fusion. Then turning to look at Zack, Mandrake said "Thank you for bringing up such an unsettling image, Zack. I think it will be stuck in more than just Yuji's head for some time." Mandrake's words had more than a slight hint of sarcasm to them.
"So how are we going to handle this switching then?" Lothar asked trying to change the direction of the conversation to something less unsettling.
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Post by supesman on Dec 13, 2021 17:39:39 GMT
"It's no MORE embarrassing than how Mandrake, Lothar and I met. Considering that the climax of that little adventure involved me kicking a porta-john onto the head of a Clockmon. I can still smell it in my boots when the weather gets humid." he said, pinching his nose and wagging the flat of his other hand as if waving off a heavy stink. Marigold visibly rolled her eyes as he tucked her into the side pocket of his bag so she could peak out, still slumped over like a stuffed animal with the band of the netted pocket coming up under her armpits.
"As for splitting things up, I'll take one of the lovebirds so long as one of them agrees to take Marigold. i'm not trying to spoil HER christmas presents before the season." he said, patting the little "plush" bee girl with two fingers. Marigold pouted, very much wanting to know what she was getting for Christmas beforehand. He pouted slightly, placing his hands on his hips and tapping his foot as the group around him seemed to react poorly to the mix of holiday icons he had placed in their minds. "Oh come on now, I'm trying to be romantic. It's pretty much a cultural trope. The loving pair, sat in a ferris wheel looking out over the warm city lights as snow drifts to the ground a bit at a time, exchanging gifts with little red bows. Magical. Where's your sense of romance?" He said, always up to his eyes in idealism and the season of the holidays seemed to bring it out of him even more than normal. "I mean these two have already had more than one kid so it's not like they DON'T know how to..." He paused, looking down at Lily and then at Marigold. "...create the right atmosphere, right?" he said, changing tact quickly in order to avoid saying something close to the two younglings that he couldn't UN-say.
Marigold still snickered, not so much because she was in on what Zack had avoided saying out loud but more because she enjoyed seeing her father flustered by the people around him.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Dec 14, 2021 1:39:50 GMT
Zack took this moment to explain how he and his partner met Mandrake and Lothar, which apparently involved kicking a porta-potty onto the head of a Clockmon. "Ugh, how charming," Hawkeye said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. He clearly wasn't that much of a fan of "toilet humor" so to say.
"To be fair, I slipped on some ice from someone else's drink that the restaurant clearly didn't-" Yuji stopped partway through his sentence when he took in what Mandrake had just said. "Wait, your eldest kid? How many more did you have since the last time you saw us?"
"Some Digimon just have kids ridiculously fast," Kaya said as she shrugged her shoulders. "Luneth and Rory are only a month apart in terms of age, remember?"
Zack didn't seem to appreciate the reaction everyone gave to his "Santa-Cupid" comment, asking the others where their sense of romance was. "I don't really get romance," Kazuo said. "It's all very confusing, especially in anime and manga. Why is it so important?"
Zack was about to say something along the lines of something that would've been very not PG-13 for the server, and he attempted to stop himself and say something different thanks to the presence of Digimon children. "You... do realize that Digimon do not mate in the same way that humans do, yes?" Hawkeye asked Zack. "It is VERY different, actually. And it's less disturbing, too." Hawkeye remembered being in the V-Pet and hearing about when Kaya learned about all... that stuff. He severely wished he wasn't there.
So, how would the switching be commenced then? "Well, it was going to be me and Kazuo as one group, and Yuji and Hawkeye as another. I'm thinking... if you guys want to join us, then Marigold, Lothar and Lilly come with us, and Mandrake and Zack go with Yuji and Hawkeye. Sound good?"
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Dec 14, 2021 3:24:42 GMT
"Seeing as I was being held hostage by said Clockmon it was a miracle I didn't get anything on me when Zack did that." Mandrake said taking in the sarcasm from Hawkeye. Then when Yuji asked how many kids he and Lothar had since they met, Mandrake chuckled before he said "To ease your mind it is far from what would call an army, Yuji. Sometime after we met LJ had digivolved all the way to the rookie level and went off on his own. Shortly after that Lothar and I adopted an orphaned Dorimon named Kshin. Then when he went of on his own we had Lilly some time later so that means we have three kids so far. LJ and Lilly aren't even a year apart in age since LJ was born last August and Lilly was born in September of this year."
"It's okay not to get romance, Kazuo. Even Mandrake and I don't always understand it and we have children." Lothar said with a shrug. When hearing how the group would be divided Lothar gently placed Lilly back in his bag and waited for Marigold to climb in. "Works for me. How about you, Mandrake?"
"Works for me. Perhaps we can get some gifts for LJ, Kshin, and Kshin's friend Grace." Mandrake said clearly in agreement as well.
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Post by supesman on Dec 14, 2021 16:42:14 GMT
"Dad, what does he mean "less disturbing"? how do humans have-" Marigold started to say before Zack, in something of a parental panic stuffed her into the bag that Lothar was carrying so that he would have to answer that particular line of questioning very far.
"I'll tell you when you're older!" he said, stuffing her down into the bag with one hand and visibly letting out a relieved breath, wiping the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand, looking like a man who had just dodged a proverbial bullet. "Yea, I'm alright with those groups. I need to swing by the toy store and the book store before we go anywhere...plus the fabric shop." he said, pulling out the folded list he had been keeping in his pocket. "I've got a bunch of gifts I need to grab from all over really, I've been making a LOT of new and interesting friends this year. All fo you lot included." he said, gesturing to the assembled group but especially Mandrake and Lothat, ESPECIALLY especially Mandrake. "Don't think I've forgotten about how much I owe you for stitching me back together when that Flymon speared me clean through. That's not exactly a gift I can repay with stocking stuffers but I'm gonna make the attempt anyway." He said, not looking up from his list.
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Post by Kaya Matsui and Hawkeye on Dec 18, 2021 4:29:04 GMT
"Again, charming," Hawkeye sarcastically said again with a groan. This was a bird that preferred to not let anyone know when he was doing his own business, so it was logical that he didn't enjoy that type of discussion. Hell, he instantly hated any show or movie that made those kinds of jokes.
As for Mandrake and Lothar's new kids, they didn't have too many. Aside from LJ, there was the adopted Kshin, and there was Lilly. LJ and Kshin went off on their own it seemed though. "Hey, that Kshin name sounds familiar..." Kazuo stated.
"Yeah, I think we met Kshin sometime last month," Yuji said. "It was a complicated situation involving this Vorvomon who ended up coming to this world through a portal and wanted to explore..."
"What's a Vorvomon...?"
"Dragon Digimon, one that appears to be made out of molten lava."
"Awwww, I bet he was very cute!"
"He thought I was a human at first because of my disguise."
"...your disguise fooled someone? There's a first for everything, I suppose."
When Hawkeye explained that humans had children differently than Digimon, Marigold of course wanted to know what he meant by that. Hawkeye gasped a bit when he realized his mistake, but thankfully Zack stepped in and slapped a "tell you when you're older" on her. "Apologies for that, Zack..."
It seemed like everyone was perfectly fine with their groups, at least. Kaya clapped her hands together before saying, "Alright, then it's settled. We'll meet back here in this spot in one hour. And remember, we can't show each other what we bought afterwards!"
And thus, the two groups would split up and go in different directions in the mall. What each respective group would notice is how the swapped partners would get along. Kaya and Kazuo were having a blissful time chatting with each other as they walked, while Yuji and Hawkeye weren't even really making eye contact or acknowledging that the other was even there. Would Mandrake and Zack say something about this...?
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Dec 18, 2021 6:02:08 GMT
Mandrake smirked as Zack managed to deflect Marigold's questions and Lothar watched as the smirk was followed with a certain mischievous glint in the disguised Wizardmon's sapphire blue eyes before he looked at Zack and said "What's wrong, Zack? You worried Marigold isn't mature enough for the human equivalent of the talk?" If that was proof Mandrake was more like his father than the magician would admit Lothar had witnessed it right there. Boy was Lothar sure glad Mandrake wasn't as mischievous as his Jijimon father Theron. This sight made it impossible for Lothar to hold back a chuckle.
When Kazuo and Yuji talked about meeting Kshin last month, Mandrake said "Chances are he was there with his friend Grace as well." Then he focused his telekinesis on Lothar's bag lifting what looked like a couple of photos out of it. Lilly squeaked in surprise before she began gumming on her iguana plushie. Photos in hand he showed them to Yuji and Kazuo. One was of Kshin in his true form of a scarless Gumdramon with amber eyes. The other was of Kshin in his holosuit disguise. "Did the digimon you met named Kshin look like this? If he did then yes that is Lothar's and my son." Mandrake glanced back at Kazuo still puzzled at how anyone would be fooled by his odd choice of disguise.
Groups had been decided and after Kaya suggested the group meet up back in an hour. "Lothar, I'll handle the gifts for LJ and Lilly while you take care of the ones for Kshin and Grace. We can get somethings for our parents after returning to the Digital World." Mandrake said recieving a nod from Lothar before he left with Marigold and Lilly in his bag while following Kaya and Kazuo not really talking much as Kaya and Kazuo were doing most of it while Lilly was giggling while in his bag gumming on her toy.
Meanwhile Mandrake went with Yuji, Hawkeye, and Zack noticing how awkward the swap was for both Yuji and Hawkeye as they weren't acknowledging other. Perhaps Hawkeye and Lothar shared that in common as he was not what most would consider openly chatty with everyone.
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Post by supesman on Dec 18, 2021 18:34:20 GMT
"What's the tal-?" Marigold said, popping out of her bag just as they were beginning to part ways. Zack, with that same panicked, manic energy spun on his heels, reaching out with one hand and stuffed her head back down into the bag like he was pushing on part of a game of whack-a-mole at an arcade.
"I'll tell you when you're older!" he said again, pushing her down and then scurrying along tocatch up with his group, giving Mandrake a glare that, even without words got it's point across just with the expression itself. The expression itself reading "I could throttle you right now." It lingered for a moment before he exhaled, having dodged that particular parental bullet, Marigold instantly getting distracted within the big, playing with the toy and Lily. "Hey Mandrake? Buddy? My kid is LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. I know it might seem different to you because you grew up in the digital world and your aging is different but that particular question is one that I am very much taking advantage of the nearly two decades of leeway I have been given. At best, she'll find out when she's fourteen." He said, exhaling and actually letting his shoulders drop. he was visibly sweating, having to dab at his own head with the sleeve of his shirt. Mandrake already knew what was in the backpack he was carrying, though they both probably hoped it wouldn't be used while they were in the middle of shopping. "Let's stop by the fabric store first ok? Marigold's list is as long as my arm and I might as well knock out the biggest chunk first, especially since I don't think anyone else is gonna need anything from there and it'd be out of our way to go at the end. Unless Mandrake is planning on knitting something shear for Lothar's "present."" he said, paying Mandrake back for the embarrassing obfuscation he'd had to do in front of his own kid by again conjuring specific images in the group's collective mind. He reached out, gently but firmly elbowing Mandrake in the side, giving him a grin and a bounce of his eyebrows just to drive the point home of what exactly he meant by "something shear."
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