So go downtown, things'll be great when you're

[hotheadwarmheart]

Who: Lea and people!
When: Mid-May
Where: Various places in the city
What: In between schoolwork, Lea has some errands to run and other things to do in town. Care to join him?
Notes: Sub threads for Xion and Eleven are closed, but otherwise, have at him! :3

[For Xion]

Over the past couple months it had become rather painfully clear that there were a great many things about normal life in a school and city that Xion just didn't know about. Up til this point, Lea had been explaining things as they went, but he'd begin to realize that this was somewhat impractical long term. Thus, having heard about a more general library in the city, he'd opted to take Xion there to see if they had some books that she could refer to that might help.

Hopefully they had a children's section somewhere because he didn't think any other books would explain the kinds of basic concepts Xion needed to learn...

[For Eleven]

Having discovered through conversation that Eleven had never had ice cream before, Lea had taken it upon himself to correct this unfortunate oversight. And he knew just where to take Eleven for his introduction to frozen deliciousness: the Ice Creamatorium.

"Now I gotta warn you," he said as they approached the unusual ice cream shop, "the themeing of this place is a little off the wall. But trust me, you'll like it."

[For anyone]

Having a little money in his pocket now opened up a great many more possibilities for things to do in the city, both in terms of errands and in terms of leisure activities. And Lea needed to get to know the city a bit better anyway. Thus he could frequently be found out and about on weekends (and occasionally when he should have been doing other things), running errands or taking in the sights and wouldn't mind having some company.

Comments

[nobodys_puppet]

"But there were others around, even without us, you wouldn't have been alone." Right? "People... counting on him?" so much of this was still confusing.

She looked down at her gloves. "Sorry. But I was trying not to..." she trailed off and changed what she was going to say. "I still don't understand."

[hotheadwarmheart]

"There's a difference between being around other people and not being alone," Lea said. "I'm pretty sure you noticed it before I turned up."

"Something that makes Sora unique is that he can connect his heart to anyone, and do it really easily," he said. "Without even trying, in fact. He managed to connect himself to mine, even before I had a proper heart again. And because he spent so much time travelling the worlds, he met, helped, and connected to a lot of people. And there were even more people out there who needed his help. Riku knew that."

He sighed a bit as she said she still didn't understand respect though. "I'm honestly not sure how else to explain it," he confessed. "I mean, I know what it is, but I don't know how to put it into words. It's like trying to explain a color or something."

"I guess... basically think how you would like to be treated in any given situation," he said. "Not how you think you deserve to be treated, but how you want to be treated. Then you treat other people that way. That, basically, is respect."

[nobodys_puppet]

"Hearts... can... connect?" she asked, tilting her head, confused.

"And... doesn't everyone want to be treated differently?" Or did everyone else want to just be left alone by anyone who wasn't a friend?

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Yeah," Lea said. "That's pretty much what friendship is, when you get right down to it; two people's hearts connecting. Other than that, I don't think it's really a thing that can be explained, and maybe that it's one of those things that really shouldn't be. It's something too essential to try and boil it down to some dry words."

"And, most people do," he said. "But until you get to know them, you don't really know the specifics. So treating others they way you'd want people to treat you is a good rule to follow until that happens." Though what she had in mind wasn't quite what he meant.

[nobodys_puppet]

"But we became friends without hearts," she pointed out.

But she nodded to the other. "So... I should just leave everyone alone then, and that is... respect?"

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Frankly I think both of us were probably developing hearts already by the time we really started getting to know each other," Lea said.

He chuckled at her assertion of what 'respect' was. "Not quite," he said. "It's more... being considerate to others and not acting like a jerk. Like for an example, take what we're doing right now. When you're talking to me, you're paying attention, being asking questions politely, and not interrupting me when I'm talking or trying to talk over me; that's respectful. Likewise, I'm paying attention and not interrupting you, giving you time to ask the questions that you want, and trying to give you the best answers that I can; that's respectful too. And we're both being respectful to the other people here by not hogging the whole reading nook and talking quietly so we don't disturb them. Understand?"

She is letting that go mostly to not break things that come later if I have timing correct.

[nobodys_puppet]

She wasn't fully sure about that, but let it go.

"Maybe....?" she admitted. She was unsure, but she thought she mostly got it. Probably.

OK. XD

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Good," Lea said, chuckling slightly. "Because I've honestly run out of ways to try and explain it. And I'm sure if you look for those sorts of things and put them into practice, it'll clear things up eventually. It just sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is."

Figure this one is near about wrapped?

[nobodys_puppet]

"Alright, Axel, she said, softly.

Yep, just about.

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Right," Lea said. "Now, before we got sidetracked, I think we were here to get some books, so we should probably get back to that, huh?" Before they went off on another tangent.

Re: Yep, just about.

[nobodys_puppet]

She nodded. "Alright."

And wrapped!

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea nodded, handing the few he'd already gathered to Xion as he returned to scanning the shelves there were probably a few more they could snag before they sat down.