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levelshift) wrote2023-02-06 08:33 am
levelshift) wrote2023-02-06 08:33 am
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[It's the default request to leave a message that comes with every voicemail. Accelerator hasn't bothered to change it.]
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[Yelling from the bathroom while he compacts the plushie horde into something more manageable. It's a shame he has a limit as to how big he can affect things, otherwise he'd just make something stupidly huge.]
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[He's yelling that back, annoyed with himself. Maybe he should just drop it and not think about gifts, it's not like he's any good at that kind of thing.]
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[]Donnie comes back with several larger plushes in his arms.]
...still not done yet. But...I haven't really thought about what I'd want for Christmas.
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... Ugh, more plushes. What the hell is he supposed to do with all of them?]
You're the one who celebrates the damn holiday. You must've thought about it sometime over the year.
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...I think I was too busy with other stuff.
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How important is Christmas and whatever else holidays that are going on for Americans? I've seen a lot of stores selling crap for it, but that's just capitalism.
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[He folds his arms.]
...it's...weird not having everyone around for it though. At least Leo's here. I've been planning his present for months.
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[Bluh, it's pretty easy to avoid in Japan, but if Donnie has been planning a gift for months. How irritating.]
What are you getting him?
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Oh, I built him a motorcycle. We were kind of talking about it offhandedly at some point. I never did get around to making an extra pair for the Turtle Tank but this one's different and made just for him.
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[A motorcycle. Donnie is building a motorcycle. Leo is undoubtedly going to love that. Why is Donnie so weirdly good at gift-giving??? It's like he's got a third superpower or something.]
I'm sure he'll like that.
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Still, Donnie grins.]
He better!
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Any advice for this kind of shit? I can't say I've ever been in a position to deal with gift-giving before.
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[Donnie walks off again as he mulls this over, returning again with several more plushies. He drops them onto the growing pile on the floor before flopping down to sit with them, pulling a couple into his lap so he can cushion his elbows.]
Well, there's no real rule to it. You can either be practical and find something you think someone might need. Or you can go off of what you think or know someone likes. Or you can just give them something random and call it a day.
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Great, so it's anything goes.
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You sure you don't want more of these? They are really comfortable.
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Being thoughtful really isn't my style.
[But neither is going to the effort of coming up with a terrible gift.]
I'm absolutely sure I don't want any of them.
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Well then, like I said, don't worry about it.
[He knows how important it is keeping up one's image. He's probably failed miserably in the emotionless bad boy one he'd been attempting to cultivate in his earlier teens but no one tell him that.]
Okay, okay.
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(And also because the social awkwardness is still an overwhelming force with Accelerator. He has no idea what he'd do if his image faltered. Probably crawl into a hole forever.)
Of course, he still has to do something about this whole gift thing. He still feels bad about Donnie building him the crutch, if he has to use Christmas to even things out then so be it.
(And also because it's a nice thing to do for his friend. Not that he'd ever admit that out loud, but....)
All the thoughts going around in Accelerator's head, so he finishes off his coffee and gets up.]
You want a coffee?
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[Since he's here. Surrounded by plush coffee cans. The suggestion, it is strong. It's nice of Accelerator to be offering anything at all so Donnie decides not to tease him about it.]
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He heads into the kitchen, disposing of his empty can and retrieving two new ones from the fridge. When it comes back into the living room he tosses one to Donnie as he goes to drop down onto the couch.]
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