un: @cid text; with a photo

[levindicated]

[There’s just an image at first, without preamble or explanation. ]



Anyone know who this fucking kid is?

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[levindicated]

What’s right with it? What’s the matter, don’t know how to talk to girls?

[snapp_crackle]

Not knowing how to do something hasn't ever stopped me from trying.

[levindicated]

That’s the spirit. But it’s only half the battle. Do you know any girls?

[snapp_crackle]

Plenty, outside this freaky bubble city.

Inside it, not so much. I guess Gaia counts?

[levindicated]

Does Gaia count? Depends on how old you are, I suppose.

[snapp_crackle]

Sixteen. What are you, sixty?

[ This is a purely text medium and he has no idea what username cid even looks like. He's pretty sure most of the people around here are young enough that sixty would be insulting, though. ]

[levindicated]

[He’s not that insulted, overall.]

Why do I get the feeling that’s just the biggest number you know?

Anyway, did Gaia seem to like you?

[snapp_crackle]

[ Yes, but she thinks he's annoying for the very unfair reason that he is annoying- ]

We're friends.

I didn't say I wanted to kiss her or anything, you know!

[levindicated]

Oh, surely not.

[He might be sixteen, but Cid was clocking him in closer to ten years old.]

Forgive me for even implying…

[What else did he think talking to girl meant? Good god. ]

So you like to show off for friends, then?

[snapp_crackle]

[ Popp's maturity is variable, and sure does decline in a hurry when the subject of ~Girls~ arises. There's a very complex set of calculations going on in his head on whether it would be worse to imply that he likes bossy girls that hit people with hammers or that he does not and then he ended up chickening out of potential guy talk and coming off as either ignorant or prudish and this might have been the worst option, actually- ]

I mean, yeah? I only showboat a little bit more when those friends are also pretty girls.

[levindicated]

… Well, you’re young. Maybe I wasn’t much better at your age.

[At the same time, he wasn’t looking to publicly embarrass Gaia as collateral.]

So, what do you do that’s so worth showing off?

[snapp_crackle]

What's that supposed to mean?!

[ It's a rhetorical question. ]

Getting into fights way above my weight class, mostly. I figure that's what Echo wants me around for.

[levindicated]

And you’re winning these fights, right?

[snapp_crackle]

shut up im working on that part

[levindicated]

Oh dear.

You know the showing off bit only works if you actually win the fight, right?

[snapp_crackle]

Group victories count.

[levindicated]

That they do.

Is there any chance there’s a correlation between showing off and relying on your teammates for victory?

[snapp_crackle]

Maybe.

I said I'm working on it.

[levindicated]

Well, what you should be working on is actually winning your fights. Showmanship comes later- naturally with finesse.