homophonic: jonas

[camena]

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[camena]

You can do anything you set your mind to. [ platitude? did you want meaningless platitude? ]

[westedge]

Just because your profile says "fatherly advice" doesn't mean I actually need it right now.

[camena]

No, see, that's how fatherly advice works. You feel like you don't need it at the time, and then—later, you realize it was at just the right time!

[westedge]

[ there's a snort. ]

Right, okay. Any other advice you feel like dishing out that may or may not matter later? [ picking up a white hoodie to look it over... ]

[camena]

Yeah. Don't wear white when you live in a gross warehouse.

[westedge]

[ pff. ]

Besides that, but thanks. I don't know...just...looking to expand my horizons, or something.

[camena]

With options like this, you can expand them like... an inch. In one direction only.

[westedge]

This suddenly feels a lot more like you just not trusting my judgment here.

[ not at all true. ]

[camena]

[ she looks over his clothes, pretending to judge very harshly. ]

Hmmm. Wellllll...

[westedge]

[ throws a blue sweater over her head so she stops pretending to be judgey. ]

[camena]

[ weh ]

Hey! Penalty! [ what ]

[westedge]

[ lmao. ]

You can't call foul for a play that was legal. [ double what. ]

[camena]

That was a highly illegal move!

[westedge]

Not according to the very legitimate ref who watched the play.

[camena]

[ well now she's just holding up this sweater to see if she likes it! ]

... Is the cashier the ref? Because you can't be the ref.

[westedge]

I can definitely be the ref and the player. [ it's a sweater that's at least a few sizes too big for her. ] But yeah, in this case, the cashier's a ref since you care about it being an unbiased party.

[camena]

[ well that's the ideal size. ] Oh, you supposedly could have been a ref and player. But then why appoint someone else?

Suspicious.

[westedge]

I believe in trying to make it a fair match. I'm very generous like that.

[ he says, moving on to check out sweaters in darker colors like greens, blacks, reds, etc. ]

[camena]

So you admit you would have cheated.

[ she goes to look at dresses. but they're all tacky so she is just. frowning at them. ]

[westedge]

[ he doesn't follow but he does talk over his shoulder. ]

It's not cheating, it's called having a strategy. Which, actually, very important here? Good skills to have.

[camena]

Ohhh, okay. So I should just be counting on you for everything around here, huh?

[westedge]

[ it's a joke, and even if his own tone is a joke, the answer isn't. not really. ]

I mean you could. But I know that's not like you. [ because alex still wants the freedom and flexibility to do things for herself. ]

[camena]

[ she's just taking it as a joke. it's fine. ]

You'd get tired of that soooo fast, anyway.

[westedge]

[ he kind of laughs. ]

Oh yeah? What makes you so sure of that?

[camena]

Because I can do everything by myself.