PCs with Lux

[silentscout]

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[silentscout]

[Whites, at least, makes sense to Lalli. Part of his previous uniform had been white and that part had to be washed separately. Different cycles for types of fabric...

Lalli will reach over and shut the lid to the washer, and that one also starts up.]

Huh. Press buttons, then close it to start it?

[illuminance]

Well, that's progress!

Then the next step is to put our laundry in. [ and hope they have all the settings right... ]

[silentscout]

...I still don't trust it.

[He fishes his socks out of the pile of stinky clothes and tosses those in.]

We can test it with those.

[illuminance]

[ nice, throw the socks into a third machine and start that thing up! ]

I don't know... The phones and their portraits are impressive too - I can believe that these machines will do the laundry. But it certainly can't hurt to test it before putting in all of your clothes.

[ lux, a noble, has probably never had to wash her own clothes. ]

[silentscout]

The clothes from this world are itchy and uncomfortable, and I only put up with them when I have to. So I don't want my clothes ruined.

[Lalli you are wearing full wool clothing in summer, how are you not dying of sweat?]

Especially not the cloak, I need that.

[illuminance]

That's very understandable. We should be sure to take good care of your clothes.

I don't think we're required to wear the uniforms they've provided us, anyway.

[silentscout]

They didn't complain when I wore my cloak to class, but I did put the uniform on under it.

[illuminance]

I wonder if they... Knew?

[silentscout]

Maybe. Someone probably saw it.

[He's tugging at the sleeve of his shirt, he feels so exposed :(]

What are these clothes even made out of? It doesn't feel like wool.

[illuminance]

I'm not sure...

I'm certain they tried to teach me about fabrics and other things like that, but I was not a very attentive child.

[silentscout]

No kid is.

[Even though he has a dismissive tone, he's not trying to be rude. Rather, he's trying to reassure Lux that not paying attention is normal for a kid.

He's just. So bad at it.]

[illuminance]

[ aw, she could tell it was a kindness! ]

Ha. You're probably right about that.

[silentscout]

[Lux the Lalli-whisperer.]

...

How long does this machine take to wash?

[illuminance]

... I have no idea.

[silentscout]

...

[He watches the machines run for a bit longer.]

...maybe we should play a game while we wait.

[illuminance]

I'll go get one!

[ without waiting for input, lux hurries off! then returns with connect four! ]

How's this?

[silentscout]

[He looks at the box with a sense of suspicion.]

As long as it doesn't have anything to do with illnesses.

[illuminance]

I carefully chose one that has no story what-so-ever.

[ between lalli and yamato, she is taking no risks. ]

[silentscout]

[Lux is such a good girl.]

...okay. How do you play?

[illuminance]

[ she skims over the rules to make sure she has them right, since she's read them before... then starts to set up the board. thing. whatever you call it when it's a board that stands upright. ]

Each of us drop tokens into this board, taking turns. The objective is to make a line of four without being cut off by the other's token.

[silentscout]

Okay.

[He will take the red tokens, because heck yes red.

And then he drops one in the board, to see what happens. It just thunks into place.]

[illuminance]

[ perfect! she's happy with blue. and drops her token in next to his. ]

Seems easy enough.

[silentscout]

[He drops his next token on top of the first.]

This seems too easy. Whoever goes first will win, right?

[illuminance]

[ she drops her token on top of his to cut that line off. ]

Will they? If I just keep countering you, neither of us will win.

[silentscout]

[He drops one in the empty column next to his first ones.]

Then it is a game of attrition. Or one of distraction.