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[mylegacy]

"Leave a message, per favore; I'll be back before you know it."

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Comments

[lapidarius]

I guess so--I mean, I like studying, reading, maybe painting once in a while...that's not really 'nothing', right?

[mylegacy]

No, that's not nothing. Just because it's not. I don't know, mountain climbing or something doesn't mean it's not something you like.

[Kakyoin why are you so weird.]

What do you read, then?

[lapidarius]

Mostly just...textbooks, lately. Primarily geology, but I should probably look into a couple other things.

[mylegacy]

. . . Why?

[Seriously. Why. The narration is pretty sure Kakyoin is going to misinterpret this, but what can you do, amirite.]

[lapidarius]

...Why not?

[??????????]

I like learning about things.

[mylegacy]

But I mean — is there something wrong with geology?

[lapidarius]

Not at all. I just don't want to limit myself to one subject. I'm really interested in geology, but I also want to try learning Italian and maybe studying art a little more--things like that.

[mylegacy]

. . . I can teach you Italian. If you want to learn more things from me, I mean.

[lapidarius]

Really?

[...Wondering if that sudden reply was too eager, he tried to dial it back a little.]

I mean--you don't have to. But if you really want to offer, I'd definitely accept.

[mylegacy]

[Oh. No, that's a good reply, if the sudden grin's anything to go by.]

It's something I'm passionate about. I would always get so mad at Jojo because he never even tried to learn. But I'd be a good teacher at it, I think, and you wouldn't even have to get up early.

[lapidarius]

Jotaro is better at it than I am.

[THE INDIGNITY. DO YOU SEE HOW OFFENDED HE IS.]

I absolutely can't stand for that, so i have to catch up.

[mylegacy]

[GASPS . . . gasps]

You'll have to buckle down, then, if he's got a head start. How are you at rote memorization?

[lapidarius]

Excellent, as a matter of fact. I'll have you know I consistently get nearly perfect grades in everything. Besides, it can't be much harder than English was.

[fuck english, chimes in the native english speaker.]

[mylegacy]

[ENGLISH IS GARBAGE, we all holler from the rooftops]

Good. I'll make up some tables for you tomorrow, then — declensions and conjugations. Plus a small vocabulary list of basic action verbs and a few nouns. Everything else you'll learn as you go. You'll memorize on your own time, and when you're with me, we'll speak, so you learn how it feels for real.

[lapidarius]

[GOOD LORD TALK NERDIER TO HIM do you see this eager child vibrating with excitement]

That sounds fantastic. With methods that thorough I'll catch up to Jojo in absolutely no time.

[mylegacy]

He doesn't stand a chance.

[— AGAINST MY ORGANIZATION LAUNCHER —]

[lapidarius]

He's hopelessly outmatched and outnumbered. It's almost unfair, but that's not going to stop me.

[mylegacy]

Playing fair is overrated. Just surprise him with all the Italian you know in a month or two, maybe he'll pass out or something.

[lapidarius]

He sent me pickup lines once.

[SAID IN THE TONE OF A CHILD WHO JUST REALIZED VENGEANCE IS WITHIN HIS GRASP.]

Awful ones. I have to figure out even worse ones to tell him to his face and watch him suffer appropriately.

[mylegacy]

[. . .]

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

[@ future jotaro: sorry]

You've probably come to the right place, then.

[SHITTY PICKUP LINES CENTRAL, RIGHT HERE]

[lapidarius]

[HALLELUJAH CHORUS]

I can't tell you how thrilled I am that you're willing to help me get revenge here.

[mylegacy]

Revenge is what I do, Kakyoin. Revenge and this.

Do you want really embarrassing, awful lines that work, or really embarrassing, awful lines that are just embarrassing and awful?

[lapidarius]

Both.

[he is THAT OFFENDED, judging by the actually evil grin on his face.]

[mylegacy]

[This . . . is genuinely delightful.]

All right. And in which direction are we going? Functional to humiliating, or the other way?

[lapidarius]

Hm...that's a good question.

[Which is being given appropriately careful thought.]

I think humiliating to functional would be better. He'll let his guard down and think I've become a babbling idiot, and then I'll be able to go straight for the throat.

[Prooooobably literally.]