come into the world, what's reverberating is an exquisite concerto of raison d'etre;

[recrypt]

what the hell is a comics shitpost i'm cry

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[vigilantics]

[ she snorts ]

Ah, you should say that to everyone who keeps asking me about my love life.

[ anyway ]

No one expects anything actual romantic to come from something like this, but... isn't it nice, to do something dumb and not life threatening every once in a while?

[recrypt]

And exactly what is going on with your love life, hm? ♪

[ because as she sees it, it's currently just describable as 'messy.' ]

... But no, actual, genuine downtime isn't something I'm used to.

[vigilantics]

Absolutely nothing.

[ her love life is dead

but she hums. ]

Then we are going to try to get you to be sliiiightly more used to it.

[recrypt]

The closest I've ever come to an uninterrupted period of downtime was those seven weeks in the mansion.

[ which, yeah. ]

... is that nothing by choice, or is this one of those 'it's not you, it's me,' things?

[ she may or may not be taking any chance not to talk about herself. ]

[vigilantics]

[ steph realizes this, and she will let 45 get away with it for now. ]

It is currently by choice, future actions pending.

[recrypt]

Pending. Related to our current state of affairs?

[ please stop talking business at the beach, i say to my own character. ]

[vigilantics]

Sort of?

Not entirely related, but it does play a part.

[recrypt]

Hmmm.

[ ... ]

We're not making very good use of the atmosphere here, are we?

[vigilantics]

Nope!

I think people are into like, long walks on the beach, but... wanna build a sandcastle?

[recrypt]

Is that what people do at beaches? I suppose I wouldn't be opposed.

[ there is

a slightly odd, wistful note in her tone, barely noticeable, but ]

You'll have to show me how, though.

[vigilantics]

[ there's a smile. ]

It'll be easier if we had buckets, but we can do it the good ol' fashioned way instead! Our castles just may be slightly lumpy.

[recrypt]

We could always go back to see if they'll give us any... but we might as well do it the old fashioned way. For authenticity, or whatever excuse we want to put on it.

[vigilantics]

It's good if the first attempt is messy, anyway.

[ and then you can do better! ]

We need wet sand, so that it actually sticks together when we form it.

[recrypt]

Hm. And how well does it hold its shape once it ends up drying out?

[ since it's not like they can keep it wet forever. ]

[vigilantics]

It usually depends on how well built it is? No matter what, it's going to eventually come down, but if you have a solid castle it'll last longer.

[recrypt]

And what defines well-built when it comes to sandcastles? I assume you want something more bottom heavy, considering.

[ guess they're just collecting sand by hand all the meanwhile, huh ]

[vigilantics]

[ yup ]

Pretty much. If we wanted to make it really tall, we'd need tools for that, but we can manage.

[recrypt]

[ cool, here they are, building castles in the sand. i'm glad that uh

all the sand she's collecting is slowly but surely beginning to look a little. frosty? but anyway.

... ]

And what, exactly, are we going to do after this when it's done? ... At what point do you call a castle done, anyway?

[vigilantics]

We pose dramatically in front of it! To show off our creation.

[ just because they can. ]

... but once we feel satisfied with it.

[recrypt]

Shame we don't have anything to take selfies with here, huh...

[ oh well. ]

... Well, it's going to need a moat at the very least. I won't accept anything less.

[vigilantics]

What shall our moat size be? Just, you know, your average moat, or a moat where we are very clearly trying to show off?

[recrypt]

It'll have to be a functional defensive structure at minimum. We can work up to grander displays after.

[vigilantics]

Working our way up... got it.

[ she looks around. ]

Let's pick the perfect spot.

[recrypt]

... there are spots?

[ it all just looks like level sand. ]

[vigilantics]

Yes! Like, we don’t want something too close to the water or else a wave might knock it down before we’re finished, but we don’t want something too far away or else it’s going to be a pain in the ass.