♞ X. voice & action.

[holyknights]

[There are two boys in Luceti who don't really care about all of the new people in the village today. They just want to sit here and read. Of course, it doesn't mean they aren't a little annoyed, and Elliot will be much more vocal about his annoyance than Leo, that's for sure. It's hard to read with all of this noise.]

If all you're gonna do is complain, then maybe you should just leave.

[All of you. Residents and newcomers alike!!]

Comments

[undespairing]

[But all he's saying is that you need to smile more...!]

Nice to meet you too, Elliot! Hey, what do you like to do around here?

[holyknights]

[Too bad Elliot doesn't know how...!]

Read. There isn't much to do around here.

[...okay, that's a lie. It's just all Elliot likes doing.]

[undespairing]

Oh, reading's always fun. There's all sorts of stories, and history and alchemy and all sorts of other things. I'm sure there's other things to do if you look around, though! Not that you have to.

[Taking a breath, and--]

So what're you reading now?

[holyknights]

I don't know. It's his book. [He gestures to his servant.] I just picked it up. Are those things you like reading about?

[undespairing]

Oh really? Does that make him the reader? [Glancing over at said servant.] I do like reading about those things, sure! A lot of it's for school, though.

[statice]

Most of the time.