PCs with Taichi

[silentscout]

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[goalsides]

Depends on how long they've been under construction too. They might've been working on it way before we even got here. And if they're just renovations the original structures were probably still there.

[silentscout]

Maybe. But if everything was under construction, then why didn't those four say something about it?

[goalsides]

Mm...they kind of said things were being renovated and some of the buildings would be done soon. Luke couldn't give me an idea of which ones would be done, but it's gotta mean they're all in different stages of progress.

[silentscout]

Maybe. Or maybe Luck is just embarrassed that they weren't paying attention.

[goalsides]

Maybe. I don't know, they all seemed to follow the same story. Is it really possible that all four of them ignored the obvious for so long?

[it's kind of a rhetorical question.]

[silentscout]

[Wheezes I just realized I wrote Luck instead of Luke]

It's that or they're in the same situation as us and are too embarrassed to admit to it. But that's possible too.

[goalsides]

[i gotchu, we good.]

There are a few other possibilities, too, but...I don't know how likely they are. They're pretty specific. If they are in the same situation as us though, why lie about it?

[silentscout]

Dunno. I'm not good at people.

[He's not good at explaining himself either it seems.]

[goalsides]

Like...talking to them, or understanding them?

[how does he keep meeting so many introverts.]

[silentscout]

We're talking right now.

[Yeah he means understanding them.]

[goalsides]

Yeah, we are. [so he gets what lalli means, and he shrugs.] I don't know if people are ever really good at people? You just have to keep talking to them and eventually they become friends and it's easier.

[says the one whose profile tomorrow will reveal that he can't read a situation.]

[silentscout]

[Honestly they match in that regard, they'll get along splendidly.]

...

I've only ever had one friend before. I don't think it's that simple.

[goalsides]

[...interesting.]

What was your friend like?

[silentscout]

Very loud and opinionated. I can't even understand him most of the time but he never stops talking. Sometimes I can hear it when I'm sleeping too.

[When he says that, it's not with the usual bite that his petty complaints have.]

[goalsides]

[...well that doesn't sound bad to taichi who is also loud and opinionated half the time, but given they're having this conversation on the roof away from people this makes sense.]

Sounds annoying. [but he sounds amused, like he doesn't believe that.] How long have you been friends?

[silentscout]

[He takes a moment to count back on his fingers, but in the middle of counting he abruptly stops.]

Does it count from when you met them? Or the first time you called them a friend?

[goalsides]

It counts for whatever you want it to count, probably. I guess maybe it starts the minute you start to get to know each other better.

[silentscout]

I don't really know that much about him. We speak different languages so I can't talk to him very much. His Finnish is terrible and I only know a little bit of Swedish.

[goalsides]

[squinting.]

Do you trust this guy?

[silentscout]

[Immediately, with no hesitation:]

Yes.

[goalsides]

Then I'd say your friendship probably started around the time you decided to trust him.

[silentscout]

[THINKING AGAIN...]

...about six months.

[goalsides]

That's not a bad start. And even if you don't always understand him you trust him, right?

[silentscout]

Mhmm. He's really obvious and can't hide anything, so it's easy to tell what he wants. And because it's easy to tell what he wants, you don't have to worry about him being untrustworthy.

...and he saved my life.

[goalsides]

Then I'm not surprised to hear you trust him. [back to his original point though.]

It wasn't always so easy to tell what he wants though, I bet, especially when you didn't know him that well. So I think being good with people just takes time and a little bit of effort. Anybody can learn to be good with them, even if it's not a lot of people.