the joke of all of us being a clown is going to be made until we're dead. but while he really has no interest in the circus itself, he was curious about the tarot cards so hewwo. here is law. ]
What are you doing there?
[ we will side step all of the weekend as a courtesy unless he brings it up himself. ]
[ law will just silently watch them and hum softly. he isn't familiar with them or, uh, notices much of a difference honestly but there is one instance that he can remember seeing something vaguely familiar.
bending down to start picking them all up again? Just cursing to himself in both understandable and probably not understandable language, tail flicking back and forth like a very irritable cat.]
This shit keeps happening! If I don't drop them, I can't read them at all!
[ law will help molly with a few cards, not too many, as he's a bit distracted (tail!!) and the fact that he mentioned how he can't understand the cards or just randomly goes fish hands.
hmm? ]
You can read in general, though, right?
[ is...this a nicer way to ask if someone's illiterate? ]
[ law will definitely hand them over because he has no reason to hold onto them any longer than needed but uh. molly? molly can.... you not read...?
give him a second to, uh, try to respond to this. maybe. molly had a very bad weekend so he's not about to make it worse if nothing but out of a mutual respect that it's going to be a long time for all of them here. ]
It can be a little strange with some of the lingo used.
Lust was helping a bit. Then, of course, things around me starting happening at an incredibly unsettling rate and I haven't had the down time to sit back and study my letters exactly.
[He doesn't seem to mind the questions so much, as law is actually being quite polite about it.]
I can muddle through enough. And I suppose you could read me things, if you like.
[ well, as long as molly brings up the things that were happening to him at the alarming rate then there's no need for law to feel bad about it. though, he tilts his head to a side. ]
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wk 1; tuesday
the joke of all of us being a clown is going to be made until we're dead. but while he really has no interest in the circus itself, he was curious about the tarot cards so hewwo. here is law. ]
What are you doing there?
[ we will side step all of the weekend as a courtesy unless he brings it up himself. ]
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Molly stops in the middle of whatever he was doing - seems like digging through the tarot deck that had been laying out - and looks up.]
Ah, fellow Pride. I'm not sure. Wasting time. You?
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[ he'll gesture towards the cards. ]
Are you familiar with those or just looking at them?
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[Only some of them. For example, the moon card is laying face up on the table in front of him.
He stops to dig into his pocket and holds up an entirely different, second deck though.]
These, on the other hand, I am very familiar with.
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that was years ago, but still important. ]
These are fortune teller cards, right?
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[Gesturing to the seat across from himself, on the other side of the table.]
You'd like a reading?
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[ law will help himself to the opposite side of the table, sitting with a bit of a slouch. ]
Do I need to do anything?
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[ and now he's gonna vibe for this reading. ]
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Molly would start laying out the cards but
he just
drops them everywhere instead.]
Fuckin' shite bastard bitch--!
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...um. he...will be polite enough not to call molly out for it but the look on his face totally reads "what the fuck??" ]
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bending down to start picking them all up again? Just cursing to himself in both understandable and probably not understandable language, tail flicking back and forth like a very irritable cat.]
This shit keeps happening! If I don't drop them, I can't read them at all!
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hmm? ]
You can read in general, though, right?
[ is...this a nicer way to ask if someone's illiterate? ]
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[He's trying to sound light and airy about it, but the answer does seem slightly strained. Holding out his hand for the cards law has touched.]
I-- I've been practicing. For the texts. It isn't my favorite activity.
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[ law will definitely hand them over because he has no reason to hold onto them any longer than needed but uh. molly? molly can.... you not read...?
give him a second to, uh, try to respond to this. maybe. molly had a very bad weekend so he's not about to make it worse if nothing but out of a mutual respect that it's going to be a long time for all of them here. ]
It can be a little strange with some of the lingo used.
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[He takes them back and puts them into his deck, fanning them out briefly to check they're all still there.]
Not a very good reader, no. Haven't the time. Didn't pick it up much, in between learning and speak and everything else.
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there we go. ]
Are you practicing on your own here or...is there someone helping you?
[ not that it matters to law but he's curious. you know, since he was a kid who was given advance text to read and understand at an early age. ]
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[He doesn't seem to mind the questions so much, as law is actually being quite polite about it.]
I can muddle through enough. And I suppose you could read me things, if you like.
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Does that help?
[ he's not offering...yet. ]
Being read to, that is.
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Anyway, quickly, in a joking tone:] Only if you do voices.
[And then more seriously.]
Actually, do you have steady handwriting?
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I'm not good at voices, but I'll make one attempt.
[ very seriously. ]
And I do. I have to write note to my crewmates and some of them are important.
[ so, you know, while he does have doctor script, he also has normal human script that isn't a disaster and lots of squints...but louder. ]