homophonic: jonas

[camena]

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[westedge]

[ now that she's up here, she'll see that there's also a half-eaten hot dog up here. ]

Like you aren't without me? I don't know...sometimes...trees. [ sometimes you jsut want a Break and a tree is a good option for not being found by people who don't know where to look. ]

[camena]

Hey, I hadn't climbed a single tree yet!

[ also she's laughing at that rhyme because it seemed like it was kind of a struggle. ]

You didn't even finish the hot dog? Come on, if you're facing the punishment for it anyway.

[westedge]

[ she's right, it was a struggle. he is struggling. i'm saying this is probably at least a While after he ate the hot dog so eventually i can stop writing rhymes but this is funny. ]

I have no way of knowing if the timer restarts. Pretty sure if it did it'd break my heart. [ gazes into the sun. ] Plus I'm saving it for the squirrels. Yesterday Shenhe gave me a referral.

[ and speaking of shenhe. ]

We kinda claimed the tree in the Japanifornia park before. I think...we both understood each other more.

[camena]

Oh yeah? You're having... friendship-affirming tree-climbing sessions now? Always worked for me in elementary school, so sure. Why not.

[ however alex is now a little distracted because she is staring longingly into the distance. where is shenhe... she could be hanging out with shenhe right now....... ]

[westedge]

[ i hope she abandons his ass for shenhe honestly. ]

I mean...maybe? It's more like...when I talk to her she's not really judging me.

[ which is part of why he likes shenhe. she's one of the rare people that he can talk to without feeling like he has to be a certain way or that someone might be judging how he presents himself. ]

[camena]

[ she probably will eventually. it's fine. ]

... Yeah, I get that. Like—everything is so weird to her that nothing is? Or, no one is?

[westedge]

[ no, that's not quite it. it's a little different than that, but he's not sure how to verbally say it while he's dr. seuss so he. shakes his head no while also shrugging like he's somehow indicating "close but not exactly." ]

[camena]

[ alex swings her legs a bit. ]

Just tell me when it's easier.

[westedge]

[ there's a nod to that. he seems to be thinking some things over. ]

Are you going to explain about Setsu, too?

[ he can get away with that because it is a rhyme. wow. ]

[camena]

I'm just messing with you because you're so into them.

[ from her perspective, he's been really unsubtle about it. two weeks of hanging out all the time and holding hands? ]

[westedge]

[ HUH???

jonas, wondering if alex has decided something he is unaware of. ]

What are you even talking about right now? [ he would love to stop there, but the annoyance on his face says he physically cannot, so. ] Alex. Wow.

[camena]

Like all the—the hand holding? For like the entire time we've been here?

[ alex, who has not perceived touch week or red string for herself or any strangers, at least noticed it for... jonas. nailed it. ]

Want me to try and see what they think? I'm good at this stuff.

[ debatable. ]

[westedge]

I'm pretty sure they're just like that? [ rolling his eyes. ] Don't be a brat. I'm not interested in them. So...there's nothing to ask about, the end.

[ he says, unaware that he has also been touchy, or that red string is a thing, or that any of this is weird. ]

[camena]

[ sorry but this all sounds like pretty typical fake denial to her!!! ]

If you say so!

[westedge]

...[ sorry he just looks extremely frustrated and stops talking for the time being :nyeh:

at the same time, a squirrel comes down to clamber up his shoulder and chitter at both of them. ]

[camena]

[ ............ ]

Feed the squirrel the hot dog.

[westedge]

[ this is genuinely the most chaotic answer to his plight.

but also. he had strongly debated it himself so honestly that's all the push he needs to break off a piece to feed it to their squirrel friend.

the squirrel takes it! and eats the piece of hot dog!!





and absolutely starts squeaking. there are no words they can understand, but the cadence does seem to be in a rhythmic tone.

which is why he sort of just starts losing his shit laughing because it's so. fucking weird. he hates this place actually. ]

[camena]

[ weirdly she is actually kind of too startled to laugh ]

I don't know what I expected.

[westedge]

[ this poor squirrel chitters again, but chitters in an echoing tone after. ]

You seem to forget logic comes to a halt, but also? This is totally your fault. [ he's still laughing because it is. weird. also he's stressed and annoyed that he's cursed, but it's fine. ]

[camena]

[ i've only had sick rhymes squirrel for half a minute, but if anything happened to him i would kill everyone in this tree and then myself ]

What—hey, you're the one that actually did it!

[westedge]

[ we bring him to trial now. ]

Maybe that's true, but you suggested it. Sooo the blame's not on me, so quit.

[camena]

[ let a squirrel loose in the warehouse. pretend not to know who's done this. ]

Wonder what he's saying.

[westedge]

[ team squirrel... ]

Uh...maybe he's asking for water in a cup? I don't know, Alex, just make it up.

[ this is such a good distraction. ]

[camena]

No way, I'm not a squirrel interpreter. I'd cause a national incident.

[ ok ]

[westedge]

What kind of a national incident would involve a squirrel?

[ oh. wait. he just sags back against the tree trunk. ]

Finally.

[ 50-60 tags of rhymes was my limit. ]