pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

IM PUTTING THE TIMON GIF IN HERE LATER YOU CANT BEAT ME

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[uncurtained]

...You have to promise not to laugh.

[crashout]

I'm not gonna laugh. [He might laugh because he sucks, but he gently bumps into her shoulder anyway.] Tell me.

[uncurtained]

With everything that's been going on, I just wanted something... nice, right?

[She chuckles a little bit, but.]

The Princess Bride.

[crashout]

I don't think I've ever read the book, but I've seen the movie a few times. [It does sound nice though.] Are they the same?

[uncurtained]

They're pretty similar, yeah. You should read it sometime, I think you'd actually like it.

[crashout]

I can't even remember the last time I've read a book, so maybe I'll take your word for it. I don't mind recommendations.

[uncurtained]

[She's just giving him an affronted gasp.]

Well, that needs to change pronto, no matter what you pick.

[Beck Beckson, resident book nerd.]

[crashout]

[That actually gets a laugh.]

You think? I mean I've read stuff for class but that probably doesn't count, huh?

[uncurtained]

Weren't you an economics major? It definitely doesn't count.

[The shade!!]

[crashout]

[Be nice to him!!!]

Okay yeah but I had to take other classes, Beck! [But he also sounds like he's trying not to laugh.] I've read some classics for my general English courses. But those were still years ago.

[uncurtained]

Yeah? What was your favorite when you did have to?

[She's curious.]

[crashout]

...the one that stuck with me the most was probably This Side of Paradise. [He was, in fact, looking at Fitzgerald for a reason when they were in the library.] When I first read it I thought it was kind of depressing, but looking at it now I sort of get it a lot better.

[...but he shrugs.] I think the last book I read for myself without prompting was The Hobbit and that was definitely around high school.

[uncurtained]

You're a cynical idealist, huh?

[It makes sense, though, and she gives a nod.]

That one is pretty good. I haven't read any fantasy in ages...

[crashout]

[There's a low laugh.] I don't really know what I am anymore, but that probably sounds right. I...spent a long time not really seeing what humanity was like. Now that I have, I can't really go back to being overly optimistic. Maybe that's why I'm still okay with fantasy sometimes.