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[mylegacy]

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

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[lapidarius]

...You're the one that's going to get frostbite now, you know.

[He didn't really care about whether or not he heard an apology. On the scale of things, that didn't matter. Trying to hide the slight tremor to his hands, Kakyoin put his glasses back on.]

[If they didn't care worth a damn about themselves individually, someone had to.]

[mylegacy]

Eh.

[Yeah, "eh" apparently.]

I'm not made of sugar. I won't melt. So it is what it is.

Where the hell did you even get this?

[lapidarius]

You can still freeze.

[>:|]

There's a few different ways to get something like that around here. One of the people running this place was offering small exchanges a while ago, but I don't really need anything for myself. [A shrug.]

[mylegacy]

[Just going to ignore that. You're not his mom, Kakyoin.]

And you decided on this? I don't understand.

[lapidarius]

[Another shrug. Kakyoin folded his arms and glanced away, not entirely sure he understood either.]

It was just...the first thing I thought of.

[mylegacy]

The first thing you thought of was a picture of a man you only know as old, when he was younger and presumably even stupider. You wanted that instead of something that could actually be useful to you.

[lapidarius]

...Stop being hung up on what's 'useful' or not, just for a minute.

You just said I didn't waste my time. So this is worth it, to me.

[mylegacy]

[.......]

[shut up kakyoin]

You don't even know me.

[lapidarius]

Yeah, you've said that to me before. And you're still right, to a point.

But I know well enough to understand you're the kind of person I can get along with.

[suck it up you're getting befriended]

[mylegacy]

[Okay, you know what. This is about all the bonding he can take.]

[Enjoy this wall of water he's kicking at you, noncanon grandson.]

[lapidarius]

Hey--!

[He stumbled and fell backwards, ending up sitting on the beach looking like a bright red drowned rat with crooked glasses.]

[mylegacy]

[nyohoho]

I'm sorry, what were you saying?

[lapidarius]

I think I was going to say 'look behind you'.

[Because 'behind you' would be sneaky Hierophant, kicking up some water right back at Caesar.]

[mylegacy]

[WHOOPS]

[If Kakyoin looked like a wet rat, Caesar looks like a wet, angry dog. He blows his hair out of his face grumpily, takes two steps forward, and sits down in the surf, making a rude gesture.]

[lapidarius]

What's wrong? Don't tell me you can't take exactly what you're willing to give out.

[mylegacy]

You remember how we were talking the other day - about the entire ocean?

[lapidarius]

...I recall something to that effect, yes.

[mylegacy]

I can't do that.

[A beat.]

. . . But I can do this.

[And his hands come together under the water and shove, a Hamon-charged wave crashing towards Kakyoin on the shore.]

[lapidarius]

WHAT-

[congratulations]

[he is thoroughly soaked and oh my god his poor hair]

[mylegacy]

[Aaaaand Caesar stands up, shakes the excess water out of his hair, and smirks like the world's biggest douchebag. Which he is.]

Don't tell me you can't take exactly what you're willing to give out.

[lapidarius]

You shouldn't challenge me with unfair odds, Caesar.

[Kakyoin stood up and raked his hair back out of his face, smirking.]

I don't give up easily.

[mylegacy]

That sounds like an excellent reason to challenge someone, to me.

[He's bored. Bored bored bored. Why not provoke everyone?]

[lapidarius]

If you wanted a fight that badly, you should have just asked.

[mylegacy]

I would have, if you hadn't decided to be all nice to me.

[Gross.]

[lapidarius]

I'm perfectly capable of fighting people that I also like being nice to.

[logic]