002 ★ video

[nextlineis]

Who: jojo & you
Broadcast: video
Action: optional, but on the caprine
When: rite meow!!!

So, it's September already, which means my birthday is coming up!

I mean, it's technically February back home, but I'm not gonna complain about celebrating my birthday early. Besides, that seems like way too complicated math to try and figure out what it should be.

[It actually is not that complicated. It's the 28th of February where he's from. C'mon Jojo...]

[But then again, this is the guy who struggled at determining the age of someone who was a baby 50 years ago...]

Anyway, I'm gonna be nineteen on the 27th. Just to give you guys the heads up. You know. [He grins.] In case you wanna get me something.

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[nextlineis]

She'd agree with me.

[...Maybe. On a good day.]

[mylegacy]

Mm. And make you fried chicken, no doubt.

[nextlineis]

Yeah, [his smile's a little softer. He misses her a lot more than he'd admit to.] Probably.

[mylegacy]

Did she make you anything else?

[That he misses, or wants especially.]

[nextlineis]

Oh that's right, you've probably never had fried chicken before, have you?

[mylegacy]

. . . No. So?

[nextlineis]

Well, you got [he starts listing them off with his fingers,] mac & cheese, coleslaw, corn on the cob, cornbread...oh and potato salad!

I told you, Granny makes a huge dinner. Even I can't eat it all.

[...Sorta true, sorta not. He certainly tries.]

[mylegacy]

[Well. All of that is a little out of his comfort zone, but he's nothing if not an adaptable cook. He shrugs lazily.]

Sounds like it would take all day to make. I hope you're properly grateful to her.

[nextlineis]

Of course I am. What do you take me for?

[mylegacy]

Do you really want me to answer that question, Jojo?

[nextlineis]

[A long pause.]

...No. No, I really don't.

[mylegacy]

[He laughs.]

That's right. Good choice. Save yourself a lot of public embarrassment.

[nextlineis]

Please, I don't get embarrassed.

[mylegacy]

You should. You're very embarrassing.

[nextlineis]

[He grins impishly.]

So that's why you talk to me where everybody can see? 'Cause I'm so embarrassing?

[mylegacy]

Maybe I'm a masochist.

[nextlineis]

[He snorts.]

Yeah, whatever. I think you're just starting to realize you're not as cool as you thought.

[mylegacy]

Is that what you think?

[There in an undertone of "no cake for you" in here somewhere.]

[nextlineis]

[NOT THE CAKE. DEAR GOD, ANYTHING BUT THE CAKE.]

Uh, yeah! You're...uh...um... [Shit. Dammit. He looks up when it suddenly occurs to him exactly what to say.] You're cooler!

[...Smooth, Joseph. Real smooth.]

[mylegacy]

[Okay he's just going to wheeze-laugh for a little while. H E L P.]

[nextlineis]

[He should be more annoyed than he actually is because Caesar is laughing at his expense. He tries to look it, at the very least. But even as he crinkles his nose, Joseph can't stop grinning. He's not really sure what exactly's changed, but Caesar's been laughing a lot more lately. It's a surprisingly very nice thing to hear and see. So he just grins like an idiot, not saying a word and looking a little proud of himself.]

[mylegacy]

[It takes him a little while to calm down, because oh my God Joseph, but even when he does, he can't quite stop grinning, either.]

I'm not getting you anything.

[Which basically means "clear some space because somebody's going way overboard".]

[nextlineis]

[He rests his chin on a fist.]

Yeah, yeah, of course you aren't.

[mylegacy]

Honestly. Don't get your hopes up, you'll only disappoint yourself.

[nextlineis]

What's this? Are you feeling alright, Caesarino? It sounds like you're getting modest.