"The electricity?"
"Yes. With it, we should be able to play video games."
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"The electricity?"
"Yes. With it, we should be able to play video games."
[Casually snatches the bouncy ball to toss up in the air a few times.]
Ne, I didn’t think there would still be useful toys or stuff like that around. We should take it back with us.
"Agreed! Would you mind if I took the candy with me, Taro-san?"
It seems untouched, like.
Maybe we should open it, there might be something special inside!
"Hai, hai~"
"Oh, look! Marbles. And some jacks. A bouncy ball. There's all sorts of treasures in here. I think there might even be a piece of candy."
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You’re probably right. Everyone always checks shops first.
[Common sense and movie logic.]
Those ones over there don’t look too touched, let’s start there first. Keep an eye out, Clear-san!
[And then he’s going, going, already heading in the direction he pointed seemingly without a care in the world. He’s paying far more attention than his closed eyes would suggest.]
"Hmhmhm~ Oh? What are these? Taro-san, come look at this box."
Clear-san is so fast!
[After a celebratory wave of his hand, he quickly takes off after the older man, darting through the gates faster than the guards could spare a glance. It’s not until he catches up to Clear that he finally slows down a bit, casting a quick glance around with his hands stretched behind his head.
Deteriorating wastelands…the usual sight nowadays.]
Where should we go first, Clear-san? There’s a lot of buildings out here…
Clear peers around the area like a hound tracking a scent.
"The rarest finds are electrical equipment, like batteries or wiring. If we could find a rechargeable set, we'd be the heroes of the city! So maybe we could poke around the old houses? I bet all the stores are already empty."
"No, I don’t mind. I hope you don’t either, if they’re really that far apart. I’m in…" He took a moment to think. "Riaj County, J-8."
"I believe I'm in a trailer~! All the way in G-10. There isn't a whole lot of space in Vermille that's safe, but I think it's really cozy being packed like little sardines."
"I do, but I mean— tell me a single person who isn’t. I’d like to go back to a time before the world crumbled in on itself too…”
"That’s just asking for the impossible."
"........."
"This may sound a little off-putting, but I'm happy to be here. I've made friends here, and that makes me really happy."
Aaaah, I guess that’s true.
In that case, I’ll stay back here until we’re ready to go.
And after some fumbling...
"Taro-san, let's go!" Clear scuttles past the gate and into the wilderness beyond. Time to go exploring.
"Ah, yes. Research on monsters, people, fonons, fonon frequencies and the various other components of such, biochemistry, physics. In my more early years I tried dabbling in technology, but grew disgusted rather quickly. I believe there was a rumor that I collected the bodies of those killed in war to run tests on~"
Clear lapses into silence. He isn't used to Jade's sing-song tone and has no idea if the man is only joking or if he's completely serious. Whatever the case may be, he's too shy to ask for the truth. "........"
"No….which makes it a bit impossible."
"Maybe we should try to fix it!"
"There are a bunch of them where I live…….we just need a system."
"And electricity! Which... which we don't have, huh?"
This is only twice as awkward because he can’t even tell if Clear is looking at him. “… Yeah.”
"Neku-san, do you feel... homesick? I mean, our living conditions aren't very good."
"Oh, no, no, nothing like that. I did dabble in a few research fields in my youth, though.”
"Research fields?"
I think you’ll be fine, Clear-san! I’ll tag along, I don’t see why I shouldn’t in the first place.
"Who knows. They might think it's too dangerous for you since you're so small."
"I don’t think anyone is ugly enough to kill another person with just their looks. Like, I don’t even think that level of ugly is even attainable."
"..............."
That would make sense, but it seems pretty empty.
Say! Do you want to go first, Clear-san? They’ll probably listen to you more since you’re older.
"Maybe they will. Okay! I'll go ahead and ask them first. Would you like to wait here or come with me?"