16th Swing - [Video/Action] Private from Clove

[deadalready]

[Cato was just minding his business this morning - getting ready to go to the lake, as he had been for the last few months on a daily basis, without Clove. It was sort of a godsend that she hadn't been going out there much lately. But his good luck would run out soon, he knew it.

So it was sort of horrible that, as he was leaving, he saw Clove's journal. And...might have...peeked inside. And saw her latest post that way. The big snoop.

Which prompts this:]

Don't anybody tell her what I'm doing! [Oh god he's super serious. Also maybe your apartment isn't the best place to be giving this warning, Cato.]

It's suppose to be a surprise and I don't want any of you jerks to fuck it up, got it?

If you can't help yourself from telling her than just avoid her, if I find out she knows about it I'm going to kill whoever does it.

[It's kind of horrible that it's up in the air whether or not he's just saying that or if he actually means it. He does have his murder face on for emphasis but it sort of melts away to something a little less angry. A lot less angry, really.

But much more contrite.]


But it...it occurs to me that I might .... [siiiiiiiiiiigh. It hurts admitting this so he just speeds through the last of the sentence.] actually need some help on this?

[But! Once he admits it, it's less awful to continue. Marginally]

I don't really know what I'm doing or how to do it. And I know I've been... [irritating? pig-headed? muleish? an asshole?] stubborn with refusing help but I could actually use it.


[Say the magic word Cato.]

Please?

[It looks like that word leaves an extra bad taste in his mouth and Cato twists his face up like he just ate something sour before closing the journal so he could leave and get to work.

He'll be at the lake the rest of the day, digging out space for a foundation some ways from the actual lake itself.]

Comments

Video

[that_is_asecret]

It is a bit early for threats, wouldn't you say Mr. Cato?

[He seems amused however]

Video

[deadalready]

[He isn't going to say he didn't mean to make threats. Because that would be a lie and stupid.

But being nice is still weird for him. Even after about 2 years of "normal" living, he still has problems with it. Go figure.]

No.

[Petulance at it's finest.]

Video

[that_is_asecret]

[He laughs]

As long as you are certain about it.

[He waves a gloved finger at the camera]

Not the best way to get people to do things, especially in a place where death isn't permanent.

Video

[deadalready]

What, you mean a week of nonexistence and a few months of something inconvenient aren't enough motivate people?

[Cato used sarcasm! It's probably not effective at all.]

Video

[that_is_asecret]

[There is a bit of amusement]

Surprisingly no. Although threatening to curse people with something rather inconvenient works well, especially if you can back that up.

[Tread carefully Cato]

Video

[deadalready]

[DON'T TELL HIM WHAT TO DOOOOOO.]

Pretty much the same thing in Luceti.

[video]

[girlverine]

...What are you trying to do?

[A pause.]

Threatening people probably won't get them to help you.

[video]

[deadalready]

I asked. Nicely.

[Nice for him.

And he somehow doesn't take the threat before it into account.]

[video]

[girlverine]

Mm.

[She doesn't care about threats anyway.]

What are you trying to do?

[video]

[deadalready]

Build a house.

[Cue the laugh track.]

[video]

[girlverine]

Oh.

[Laura doesn't really do laugh tracks.]

...Why?

[video]

[deadalready]

[Oh thank God.]

Because I wanted to?

[And before Laura can say it, Cato beats her to what everyone else has to say to that:]

I know that there are free apartments and houses around here that I could take and not bother doing this work at all but it...means more if I do it.

S'not like I have anything else to do.

[What with the lovely near radio silence on the Third Party's part.]

[Video]

[fashionably_strong]

Sure! What are you trying to do?

[Video]

[deadalready]

I've... [There's a pause and a slight note of embarrassment to it. He's been laughed at for it before and somehow being laughed at again would be just as bad as the first time, if not worse.]

beentryingtobuildahouse.

[He shoves it all out in one breath and - yep - his cheeks are definitely turning pink.

[Video]

[fashionably_strong]

Oh, I see. And it's a surprise for Clove?

[She's kind of curious as to why he doesn't just take one of the available houses, but maybe it's a tradition in their world...]

What part do you need help with?

[Video]

[deadalready]

[It's more about the lake than a house. They stay there so often Cato sometimes wonders why they don't just live there. Then he realizes why when the weather becomes inclement.

Besides. The other lake has a house. But it's not their lake.]

Uh, alllll of it?

[He draws out the all like he's guilty of being lazy and doesn't want to get caught by his mom. Truth is, Cato just isn't a construction worker.]

[Video]

[fashionably_strong]

[Bulla blinks. Well, that covers a lot of possible things, and she's not a construction worker, or even an architect...but she is superhumanly strong, and she's been there alongside her mother and brother when they've built things far more complex than a house.]

What have you built so far? The first thing you need is a solid foundation for the house to be built on.

[Video]

[deadalready]

[And Cato blinks. This is weird, being asked about this kind of stuff by a - ostensibly - girly girl.]

The ground's been getting soft enough to finally do that at least.

Also, how did you know that?

[He only asks because he had no fucking idea until he read a book about it. The idea that Bulla knows things is also very weird.]

video:

[hikaruorkaoru]

[Oh, look who it is, Cato. Your favorite red-head.]

...So. Still can't do it, huh? That must suck.

[Being oh-so-helpful. Again. But this time? He is safely speaking over the journal.

See? He can learn!]

video:

[deadalready]

[...You haven't been burned at the stake yet. Impressive.]

Oh God, what do you want?

[Yeah, he's going to make this easy for you apparently Hikaru.]

video:

[hikaruorkaoru]

[Hey, you didn't have to deal with him without Kaoru, Cato. Be grateful.]

'M just saying.

I mean. Seriously. How do you go two months sucking at something and just realize you suck?

...Are you stupid?

video: 1/2

[deadalready]

[...Yeah, somehow that doesn't matter.]

Do you, like, do this for a living or something?

video: idk idk

[deadalready]

Get the shit kicked out of you, I mean.

video:

[hikaruorkaoru]

Actually, most people think I'm quite charming.

video:

[deadalready]

....So you hang out in mental hospitals then.

[He learned what those are! Also he's extremely proud of himself for that one can you tell?]